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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 12, 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, NY (US);
Mauricio Issa, New York, NY (US);
Colgate-Palmolive Company, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
An oral care implement having a handle, a head, and at least one movable cleaning element coupled to the head. The movable cleaning element may be used as an interdental cleaner. The movable cleaning element may be positioned within a loop formed by fixed cleaning elements on the head. The movable cleaning element may be coupled to an actuator that moves the movable cleaning element between a first position wherein a distal tip of the movable cleaning element is spaced a first distance from a front surface of the head and a second position wherein the distal tip of the movable cleaning element is spaced a second distance from the front surface of the head, the second distance being greater than the first distance. The movable cleaning element may maintain the first and second positions until subsequent actuation of the actuator.