Oral care implement

US8800093B2 · 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 Kuechler · Köniz, CH
• Tanja Langgner · London, GB
• Joachim Storz · Zell am See, AT
• Thomas Mintel · Rahway, US
• Michael Rooney · Millburn, US
• Alan Sorrentino · Cranbury, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 2, 2011
• Grant date: Aug 12, 2014
• Expiry date: May 13, 2032

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 having a handle and a head having a flexible support from which cleaning elements extend. In one aspect, the invention can be an oral care implement comprising: a handle; a head attached to the handle; a flexible support attached to the head and having a face; a plurality of cleaning elements attached to the flexible support and projecting outwardly from the face, the cleaning elements including bristles and wall-like elements and being movable in the outward direction from the head; wherein the cleaning elements comprise a row of first cleaning elements substantially aligned along a longitudinal axis of the head and traversing a central region of the flexible support; and wherein some of the wall-like cleaning elements laterally radiate from the central region of the flexible support.