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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2015
Colgate-palmolive Company, New York, NY (US);
Eduardo Jimenez, Manalapan, NJ (US);
Kenneth Waguespack, North Brunswick, NJ (US);
Douglas Hohlbein, Hopewell, NJ (US);
Anthony Baxter, Upper Montclair, NJ (US);
Marisol Rodriguez, New York, NY (US);
Alberto Mantilla, Rego Park, NY (US);
Ellis Junior Smith, New York, NY (US);
Chad Leighton Helland, New York, NY (US);
Dario Alejandro Narvaez Lopez, North Bergen, NJ (US);
Mauricio Issa, New York, NY (US);
Colgate-Palmolive Company, New York, NY (US);
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.