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.