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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2010
Wen Jin Xi, Shanghai, CN;
Liu Yu, Yangzhou, CN;
Jian Rong Zhou, Yangzhou, CN;
Colgate-Palmolive Company, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
An oral care implement, such as a toothbrush. In one aspect, the invention is an oral care implement comprising a handle and a head. A plurality of tooth cleaning elements may extend from a front surface of the head, which is formed by a plurality of spaced-apart segments formed of a rigid material, wherein the plurality of segments include a cruciform segment integrally formed with and extending from a distal end of the handle, a first pair of segments located on opposite sides of a longitudinal portion of the cruciform segment, and a second pair of segments located on opposite sides of the longitudinal portion of the cruciform segment, the first pair of segments located on an opposite side of a transverse portion of the cruciform segment from the second pair of segments. The segments of the first and second pairs are flexibly connected to the cruciform segment.