Oral care implement

US10485328B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Colgate-Palmolive Company · US

Inventors

• Eduardo Jimenez · Manalapan, US
• Kenneth Waguespack · New Brunswick, US
• Douglas Hohlbein · Hopewell, US
• Anthony Baxter · New York, US
• Marisol Rodriguez · Brooklyn, US
• Alberto Mantilla · New York, US
• Ellis Junior Smith · Belmont, US
• Chad Leighton Helland · Knoxville, US
• Dario Alejandro Narvaez Lopez · North Bergen, US
• Mauricio Issa · New York, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 12, 2015
• Grant date: Nov 26, 2019
• Expiry date: Dec 17, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A46B2200/108
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

An oral care implement having a handle, a head, and at least one movable cleaning element coupled to the head. The movable cleaning element may be used as an interdental cleaner. The movable cleaning element may be positioned within a loop formed by fixed cleaning elements on the head. The movable cleaning element may be coupled to an actuator that moves the movable cleaning element between a first position wherein a distal tip of the movable cleaning element is spaced a first distance from a front surface of the head and a second position wherein the distal tip of the movable cleaning element is spaced a second distance from the front surface of the head, the second distance being greater than the first distance. The movable cleaning element may maintain the first and second positions until subsequent actuation of the actuator.