Head for an oral care implement

US11425991B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Ulrich Stoerkel · Bad Nauheim, DE
• Simone Bertrand · Kronberg, DE
• Marlis Huebner · Schwalbach, DE
• Andreas Birk · Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, DE
• Franziska Schmid · Frankfurt, DE
• Alexander Hilscher · Oberursel, DE
• Heidrun Schmelcher · Oberursel, DE
• Jochen Ganninger · Eschborn, DE
• Jochen Kawerau · Kronberg, DE
• Uwe Jungnickel · Königstein, DE
• Benedikt Heil · Diez, DE
• Christian Mandl · Munich, DE
• Eva Kaiser · Kelkheim, DE
• Kathi Ballmaier · Usingen, DE
• Christine Hielscher · Munich, DE
• Britta Stockinger · Frankfurt am Main, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 11, 2015
• Grant date: Aug 30, 2022
• Expiry date: Nov 2, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A46D1/023
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A head for an oral care implement has a mounting surface and at least one tuft mounted thereon. The tuft has a longitudinal axis and a cross-sectional area extending in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The tuft comprises a plurality of substantially cylindrical filaments. Each filament has a longitudinal axis and a cross-sectional area extending in a plane that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The cross-sectional area of an individual filament has a substantially non-circular shape. The plurality of filaments is arranged such that the cross-sectional area of the tuft has a scaled-up shape of the individual filament's cross-sectional area.