Colgate Palmolive Company

Kimberly Curtis

John J Gatzemeyer

Daniel Roman

Rachel Van Pelt

Helen Wolf

Ebru Hocaoglu

Norio Fujikawa

Scott Vincent Pancioli

Oliver William Henderson

An oral care implement including a handle and an oral care refill head. The handle has a gripping portion, an engagement component coupled to a distal end of the gripping portion, and a stem. The engagement component includes a plate portion and a first engagement feature. The stem extends through an opening in the engagement component and protrudes from the plate portion. The oral care refill head includes an oral care treatment portion and a sleeve portion. The sleeve portion has an inner surface that defines a sleeve cavity having a cavity axis and a second engagement feature. When the oral care refill head is detachably coupled to the handle, the first and second engagement features mate with one another to at least one of: (1) position the oral care refill head and the handle in an operational alignment; and (2) lock the oral care refill head to the handle.

Oral care system

Powered oral care implement

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New York, NY, United States of America

Kimberly Curtis