Elk Premium Building Products, Inc.

Colgate Palmolive Company

Kevin Connor

David DeRogatis

Eduardo J Jimenez

John J Gatzemeyer

Paul Fair

Paul F Fair

Evan T Ward

Sayed Ibrahim

Ariel Haskel

Robert Riebe

James E Michaels

Diane Salko

Karen Lee Wisniewski

Mohamed Omer

A fastener is configured to affix a first article such as a picket to a second article such as a rail to form a railing or balustrade. The fastener includes a first engaging surface having a maximum diameter configured to engage an interior surface of an opening in the first article and a mating surface configured to mate with the second article. The first engaging surface can have shape selected from cylindrical, ellipsoidal, conical, elliptic conical frustum, pyramidal frustum, and ball and other shapes having cross-sections of rectangular, pentagonal, hexagonal, octagonal and other regular polygons having at least four sides such that good engagement is obtained and the fastener is hidden from view in the assembled railing.

Fasteners, railing system and method of assembly

An oral care implement has an interactive display that displays images representing oral care regions of the mouth. The user can interact with the display by playing a game, which can relate to oral care. An oral care implement has a plurality of lighted segments that can be sequentially illuminated to indicate a recommended brushing sequence. The lighted segments can be shaped and/or labeled to indicate particular oral care regions of the mouth.

Oral care implement having user-interactive display

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Toms River, NJ, United States of America

Kevin Connor