Oral care implement

US7845042B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Colgate-Palmolive Company · US

Inventors

• Robert Moskovich · East Brunswick Township, US
• John Gatzemeyer · Fryeburg, US
• Bruce M. Russell · Howell, US
• Peter Andersen · Zell am See, AT
• Luca Casini · Milano, IT
• John Hancock · Hertford, GB
• Douglas Hohlbein · Hopewell, US
• Eduardo Jimenez · Manalapan, US
• Thomas Kuchler · Graz, AT
• Tanja Langgner · London, GB
• Thomas Mintel · Rahway, US
• Michael Rooney · Millburn, US
• Alan Sorrentino · Cranbury, US
• Joachim Storz · Zell am See, AT

Key dates

• Filing date: May 5, 2005
• Grant date: Dec 7, 2010
• Expiry date: Mar 14, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A46B2200/1066
• 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 tooth cleaning elements may be flexibly mounted in the head for movement from an initial position with respect to the head during use. The soft tissue cleanser may include a plurality of projections for cleaning the soft tissue. The soft tissue cleanser may include a face having hills and valleys upon which the projections are located. 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.