Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Oral care implement
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Application No.: US15313593Application Date: 2014-05-29
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Publication No.: US10405641B2Publication Date: 2019-09-10
- Inventor: Kenneth Waguespack
- Applicant: COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US NY New York
- Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
- Current Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY New York
- International Application: PCT/US2014/039920 WO 20140529
- International Announcement: WO2015/183272 WO 20151203
- Main IPC: A46B3/06
- IPC: A46B3/06 ; A46B9/04 ; A46B9/02 ; A46D1/00

Abstract:
An oral care implement having a tuft hole with inclined walls. In one aspect, the invention can be an oral care implement comprising: a head having a front surface and a rear surface; a tuft hole in the front surface of the head, the tuft hole extending along a central axis, the tuft hole comprising a first sidewall and a second sidewall opposite the first sidewall, each of the first and second sidewalls comprising an inclined section that converges toward a central plane that comprises the central axis with decreasing distance from the front surface; and a bristle tuft formed by a plurality of bristles, each of the plurality of bristles having a first portion disposed within the tuft hole and a second portion protruding from the front surface of the head, the second portions of the plurality of bristles converging toward the central plane.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170150809A1 Oral Care Implement Public/Granted day:2017-06-01
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