公开(公告)号：US20190014897A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-17

申请号：US16065416

申请日：2015-12-28

Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company

Inventor： Eduardo Jimenez ,  Douglas HOHLBEIN ,  Kenneth WAGUESPACK ,  Anthony BAXTER

IPC: A46B9/04 ,  A46B5/00 ,  A46B7/02

Abstract: In some embodiments an oral care implement herein may be embodied as a toothbrush having a head disposed at a distal end of a handle. The head may include a fixed bristle support and at least two movable bristle supports, movable relative to the fixed bristle support and relative to each other. An actuator is disposed to actuate the movable bristle supports between a brushing position in which bristles on the fixed bristle support and the movable bristle supports are substantially parallel and an interdental cleaning position in which the movable bristle supports are moved relative to each other such that the bristles on the movable bristle supports are angled toward each other. In the interdental cleaning position, the bristles may form a point or similar bristle tip, which may be useful for interdental cleaning.

公开(公告)号：US20200163445A1

公开(公告)日：2020-05-28

申请号：US16775314

申请日：2020-01-29

Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company

Inventor： Eduardo Jesus JIMENEZ ,  Kenneth WAGUESPACK ,  Douglas Joseph HOHLBEIN ,  Anthony BAXTER ,  Marisol RODRIGUEZ ,  Alberto MANTILLA ,  Ellis Junior SMITH ,  Chad Leighton HELLAND

IPC: A46B5/00 ,  A46B9/10 ,  A46B9/06 ,  A46B9/04 ,  A46B7/06

Abstract: A method of forming an oral care implement. The method may include providing a body having a base and a bridge extending from a distal end of the base, the bridge terminating in a free end, mounting a plurality of tooth cleaning elements to the bridge, bending the bridge toward a proximal end of the base, and coupling the free end of the bridge to a proximal end of the base, thereby forming a head of an oral care implement.

公开(公告)号：US20180289143A1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-11

申请号：US15766602

申请日：2015-10-09

Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company

Inventor： Eduardo JIMENEZ ,  Kenneth WAGUESPACK ,  Douglas HOHLBENIN ,  Anthony BAXTER ,  Marisol RODRIGUEZ ,  Alberto MANTILLA ,  Ellis Junior SMITH ,  Chad Leighton HELLAND ,  Dario Alejandro NARVAEZ LOPEZ ,  Mauricio ISSA

IPC: A46B9/04 ,  A46B5/00 ,  A46B7/02

CPC classification number: A46B9/04 ,  A46B5/0037 ,  A46B5/0075 ,  A46B7/02 ,  A46B2200/1066

Abstract: An oral care implement in one embodiment includes an elongated body comprising a head portion supporting plurality of tooth cleaning elements and a handle portion. The tooth cleaning elements are disposed on longitudinally extending bristle carrier sections hingedly coupled together about a common pivot axis. The axis may be formed by a flexible web. A slidable actuator mounted in the handle portion is mechanically coupled to the bristle carrier assembly by an elongated operating rod. Moving the actuator in opposing rearward and forward directions opens or folds the bristles on the carriers outwards or inwards respectively about the common pivot axis. In the folded position, the bristles are configured for interdental cleaning of the teeth. In the open or extended position, the bristles are configured for general purpose cleaning of the teeth.

公开(公告)号：US20180352945A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-13

申请号：US15767675

申请日：2015-10-12

Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company

Inventor： Eduardo Jimenez ,  Kenneth WAGUESPACK ,  Douglas HOHLBEIN ,  Anthony BAXTER ,  Marisol RODRIGUEZ ,  Alberto MANTILLA ,  Ellis Junior SMITH ,  Chad Leighton HELLAND ,  Dario Alejandro NARVAEZ LOPEZ ,  Mauricio ISSA

IPC: A46B9/10 ,  A46B9/04 ,  A46B9/06

CPC classification number: A46B9/10 ,  A46B5/0075 ,  A46B7/02 ,  A46B9/04 ,  A46B9/045 ,  A46B9/06 ,  A46B2200/1066 ,  A46B2200/108

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.

公开(公告)号：US20180303231A1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-25

申请号：US15768764

申请日：2015-10-22

Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company

Inventor： Eduardo JIMENEZ ,  Kenneth WAGUESPACK ,  Douglas HOHLBEIN ,  Anthony BAXTER ,  Marisol RODRIGUEZ ,  Alberto MANTILLA ,  Ellis Junior SMITH ,  Chad Leighton HELLAND

IPC: A46B5/00 ,  A46B9/04 ,  A46B9/06 ,  A46B7/06 ,  A46B9/10

Abstract: An oral care implement having movable and fixed tooth cleaning elements. The oral care implement may include a handle and a head coupled to the handle. The head may include a base that is coupled to the handle and a resilient bridge coupled to the base. The resilient bridge may be flexible between a normal state in which a portion of the resilient bridge is spaced from the base by a gap and a flexed state in which a portion of the resilient bridge is moved toward the base. Tooth cleaning elements may be coupled to the resilient bridge. Furthermore, the resilient bridge may include one or more apertures through which tooth cleaning elements that are fixed to the base may extend.