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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2024

Filed:

Mar. 13, 2023
Applicant:

Colgate-palmolive Company, New York, NY (US);

Inventors:

Chang L. Liu, Yangzhou, CN;

Jiang Zhou, Yangzhou, CN;

Yanmei Ji, Jiangsu, CN;

Fan Gang Xie, Shanghai, CN;

Assignee:

Colgate-Palmolive Company, New York, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A46B 9/04 (2006.01); A46B 9/02 (2006.01); A46B 9/06 (2006.01); A46D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A46B 9/04 (2013.01); A46B 9/028 (2013.01); A46B 9/06 (2013.01); A46D 1/0276 (2013.01); A46B 9/065 (2013.01); A46B 2200/1066 (2013.01);
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. The first bristle tufts may be arranged on the head in a position so as to surround the second bristle tufts, or the second bristle tufts may be arranged on the head in a position so as to surround the first bristle tufts. Distal ends of the first and second bristle tufts may be angled.


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