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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
May. 07, 2014
Colgate-palmolive Company, New York, NY (US);
Donghui Wu, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Alan Sorrentino, Cranbury, NJ (US);
Robert Moskovich, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Eduardo Jimenez, Manalapan, NJ (US);
Kenneth Waguespack, North Brunswick, NJ (US);
Douglas Joseph Hohlbein, Hopewell, NJ (US);
Matthew Lee Kolb, Upper Black Eddy, PA (US);
Paul Donald Carse, Milford, NJ (US);
Colgate-Palmolive Company, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is an oral care implement, comprising: a body comprising a handle and a head at an end of the handle; the body having a cavity therein for storing an oral care fluid; the head having at least one oral care element extending therefrom, and a fluid outlet through which the oral care fluid is dispensable to an exterior of the oral care implement; a passageway fluidly connecting the cavity with the fluid outlet; a mechanism for introducing air into the cavity from the exterior of the oral care implement; and a control valve on the head movable relative to the head between a first position for preventing fluid flow from the cavity through the fluid outlet and a second position for permitting fluid flow from the cavity through the fluid outlet.