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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2012
Filed:
May. 06, 2010
Robert Moskovich, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
John J. Gatzemeyer, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Bruce Russell, Howell, NJ (US);
Peter Andersen, Zell am See, AT;
Luca Casini, Milan, IT;
John Hancock, Hertfordshire, GB;
Douglas Hohlbein, Pennington, NJ (US);
Eduardo Jimenez, Manalapan, NJ (US);
Thomas Kuechler, Schliern, CH;
Tanja Langgner, London, GB;
Joachim Storz, Zell am See, AT;
Thomas Mintel, Rahway, NJ (US);
Michael Rooney, Milburn, NJ (US);
Alan Sorrentino, Cranbury, NJ (US);
Robert Moskovich, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
John J. Gatzemeyer, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Bruce Russell, Howell, NJ (US);
Peter Andersen, Zell am See, AT;
Luca Casini, Milan, IT;
John Hancock, Hertfordshire, GB;
Douglas Hohlbein, Pennington, NJ (US);
Eduardo Jimenez, Manalapan, NJ (US);
Thomas Kuechler, Schliern, CH;
Tanja Langgner, London, GB;
Joachim Storz, Zell am See, AT;
Thomas Mintel, Rahway, NJ (US);
Michael Rooney, Milburn, NJ (US);
Alan Sorrentino, Cranbury, NJ (US);
Colgate-Palmolive Company, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
An oral care implement having a handle and a head having a flexible support from which cleaning elements extend. In one aspect, the invention can be an oral care implement comprising: a handle; a head attached to the handle; a flexible support attached to the head and having a face; a plurality of cleaning elements attached to the flexible support and projecting outwardly from the face, the cleaning elements including bristles and wall-like elements and being movable in the outward direction from the head; wherein the cleaning elements comprise a row of first cleaning elements substantially aligned along a longitudinal axis of the head and traversing a central region of the flexible support; and wherein some of the wall-like cleaning elements laterally radiate from the central region of the flexible support.