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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:
Jan. 07, 2025

Filed:

Jan. 24, 2022
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Fan Gang Xie, Shanghai, CN;

Wen Jin Xi, Shanghai, CN;

Yanmei Ji, Jiangsu, CN;

Jiang Zhou, Yangzhou, CN;

Douglas Hohlbein, Hopewell, NJ (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A46B 9/04 (2006.01); A46B 9/02 (2006.01); A46D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A46B 9/04 (2013.01); A46B 9/028 (2013.01); A46D 1/0276 (2013.01); A46D 1/0284 (2013.01); A46B 2200/1066 (2013.01);
Abstract

An oral care implement having a head with a bristle bearing surface. The oral care implement may include a central bristle tuft extending from a central portion of the bristle bearing surface, the central bristle tuft terminating in a domed distal surface. Furthermore, the oral care implement may include a plurality of perimetric bristle tufts extending from the bristle bearing surface and arranged to circumferentially surround the central bristle tuft. Each of the perimetric bristle tufts may have an inclined distal surface that slopes downward towards the central bristle tuft. The bristle bearing surface of the head may have a total surface area (TSA), and the toothbrush may include a tooth cleaning element field having X number of tooth cleaning elements that collectively occupy a total cleaning element area (TCEA) such that and Z is in a range of 0.04 to 0.065.


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