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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2009
Eduardo Jimenez, Manalapan, NJ (US);
Michael Rooney, Millburn, NJ (US);
Robert Moskovich, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Jacob Pringiers, Colombo, LK;
Luca Casini, Milan, IT;
Joachim Storz, Zell am See, AT;
Raimund Klausegger, Vienna, AT;
Eduardo Jimenez, Manalapan, NJ (US);
Michael Rooney, Millburn, NJ (US);
Robert Moskovich, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Jacob Pringiers, Colombo, LK;
Luca Casini, Milan, IT;
Joachim Storz, Zell am See, AT;
Raimund Klausegger, Vienna, AT;
Colgate-Palmolive Company, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
An oral care implement with a soft tissue cleaner. The inventive oral care implement comprises different kinds of soft tissue cleaners that offer expanded in-mouth cleaning. In one aspect, the invention can be an oral care implement comprising: a handle; a head having a structural body having a front surface and a rear surface opposite the front surface; a basin formed into the rear surface of the structural body, the structural body comprising a protuberance extending upward from a recessed floor of the basin, the basin surrounding the protuberance; a first cleaner formed of a resilient material for cleansing soft oral tissue located within the basin, the protuberance of the structural body extending through a central hole of the first cleaner; and a second cleaner formed of a resilient material for cleansing soft oral tissue, the second cleaner located on the protuberance of the structural body.