Oral care implement

US7836539B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Colgate-Palmolive Company · US

Inventors

• Robert Moskovich · East Brunswick Township, US
• Bruce M. Russell · Howell, US
• Luca Casini · Milano, IT
• Douglas Hohlbein · Hopewell, US
• Thomas Kuchler · Graz, AT
• Tanja Langgner · London, GB
• Thomas Mintel · Rahway, US
• Michael Rooney · Millburn, US
• Joachim Storz · Zell am See, AT

Key dates

• Filing date: May 5, 2005
• Grant date: Nov 23, 2010
• Expiry date: Apr 7, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61C17/3481
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

An oral care implement is provided having a handle and a head with a soft tissue cleanser and/or tooth cleaning elements. The tissue cleanser may include a plurality of projections for cleaning the soft tissue, which may include cleaning between the papillae of a user's tongue. The soft tissue cleanser may have an elongate ridge projecting from the head in generally the same direction as the projections. The handle may include a base with a gripping region and a projection protruding from the base in the gripping region. The handle may also have a grip surface with a plurality of spaced slot openings exposing portions of the base. The grip body may form opposite finger grips on the handle.