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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2012
Applicant:
The Gillette Company, Boston, MA (US);
Inventors:
Mark Stephen Meadows, Boston, MA (US);
Jose Tadeo Vergara de Castro, Newton, MA (US);
Mark Edward Farrell, Medfield, MA (US);
William Ralph Brown, Jr., Peabody, MA (US);
Eric V. Borges, Plymouth, MA (US);
Long Sheng Yu, South Grafton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Braun GmbH, Kronberg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A46B 3/22 (2006.01); A61H 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An oral care implement may include a base portion sized for insertion into an oral cavity and a plurality of flexible, elastomeric elements extending from the base portion, wherein each of the plurality of flexible, elastomeric elements comprises an edge, wherein at least one of the edges comprises a micro edge, and wherein the plurality of flexible, elastomeric elements comprises an element density of less than about 5 mm.