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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2014
Applicant:
Colgate-palmolive Company, New York, NY (US);
Inventors:
Douglas J. Hohlbein, Hopewell, NJ (US);
Thomas Mintel, Rahway, NJ (US);
Bruce Russell, Howell, NJ (US);
Kenneth Waguespack, North Brunswick, NJ (US);
Urs Troxler, Schlierbach, CH;
Assignee:
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A46B 9/04 (2006.01); A46B 9/06 (2006.01); A46B 15/00 (2006.01); A46B 9/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A46B 9/04 (2013.01); A46B 9/028 (2013.01); A46B 9/06 (2013.01); A46B 15/0002 (2013.01); A46B 15/0032 (2013.01); A46B 15/0055 (2013.01); A46B 15/0075 (2013.01); A46B 15/0081 (2013.01); A46B 2200/1066 (2013.01);
Abstract
A toothbrush includes a head and a plurality of tooth cleaning elements for enhanced cleaning of the teeth. The tooth cleaning elements include cleaning elements that define a radial array arrangement for better retention of the dentifrice. A radial array may be strategically disposed in an off-axis arrangement within other cleaning elements on the head.