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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2018
Colgate-palmolive Company, New York, NY (US);
Chang L. Liu, Yangzhou, CN;
Jiang Zhou, Yangzhou, CN;
Yanmei Ji, YangZhou, CN;
Fan Gang Xie, Shanghai, CN;
Colgate-Palmolive Company, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
An oral care implement having a head with a plurality of cleaning elements coupled thereto and extending therefrom. In the exemplified embodiment, the cleaning elements have a plurality of bristle tufts each including a plurality of bristle filaments. In one aspect, the oral care implement may include a first bristle tuft having inner and outer filaments with the outer filaments being taller than the inner filaments and a second bristle tuft having inner and outer filaments with the outer filaments being shorter than the inner filaments. In another aspect, the oral care implement may include a bristle tuft having inner and outer filaments with the inner filaments being either taller or shorter than the outer filaments, and whereby distal ends of the inner and outer filaments are angled relative to an axis of the bristle tuft.