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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2009
Eduardo Jimenez, Manalapan, NJ (US);
Michael Rooney, Millburn, NJ (US);
Robert Moskovich, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Armin Baertschi, Winznau, CH;
Eduardo Jimenez, Manalapan, NJ (US);
Michael Rooney, Millburn, NJ (US);
Robert Moskovich, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Armin Baertschi, Winznau, CH;
Colgate-Palmolive Company, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
An oral care implement having an turbine-like arrangement of cleaning elements. In one aspect, the invention is an oral care implement comprising a handle: a head connected to the handle, the head comprising a first surface, the first surface comprising an elliptical zone and a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart spirals spreading out from the elliptical zone; and for each spiral, an arcuate cleaning element wall extending outward from the first surface of the head along the spiral. In another aspect, the invention may be an apparatus for incorporation into an ansate oral care implement that utilizes the aforementioned arrangement of cleaning elements.