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A bendable and posable toothbrush toy has a toothbrush portion detectably secured to a handle portion in the form of an animate character. At least part of the character handle is posable, preferably the arms thereof, by providing a wire insert within the resilient material from which the character

A bendable and posable toothbrush toy has a toothbrush portion detectably secured to a handle portion in the form of an animate character. At least part of the character handle is posable, preferably the arms thereof, by providing a wire insert within the resilient material from which the character handle is molded. The toothbrush can therefore be changed to a variety of different poses, and different character handles can be interchanged. The toothbrush proper secures to the interchangeable handle by a twist-and-lock mechanism which allows young users to simply and detectably fasten the toothbrush portion to the handle portion at a precise relative angular orientation.

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[ I claim:] [1.] A bendable and posable toothbrush toy comprising a toothbrush portion having a longitudinal axis and being detachably secured to a handle portion, said handle portion being formed at least in part from a resilient material and having portions that are posable relative to remaining p

[ I claim:] [1.] A bendable and posable toothbrush toy comprising a toothbrush portion having a longitudinal axis and being detachably secured to a handle portion, said handle portion being formed at least in part from a resilient material and having portions that are posable relative to remaining portions of said handle portion and said toothbrush portion in at least a plane perpendicular to said longitudinal axis, to assume a variety of changeable configurations of said toothbrush, wherein said handle portion is in the form of an animate character having limbs extending at an angle relative to said longitudinal axis, said limbs being posable relative to said remaining portions, and wherein said toothbrush portion is secured to said handle portion by a twist-and-lock connection comprising a male connection formed integrally with said toothbrush portion and having at least one radially outwardly extending projection, and a cylindrical socket disposed in said handle portion having at least one axial groove for receiving said at least one projection, said at least one axial groove communicating with an inclined surface defined by a cut-out portion of said cylindrical socket and cooperating with said at least one projection to releasably secure said toothbrush portion to said handle portion, said cylindrical socket further comprising at least one axial abutment restricting said toothbrush portion to rotation in only one direction upon being inserted into said cylindrical socket.