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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:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2011
Applicants:
Thomas Mintel, Rahway, NJ (US);
Douglas Hohlbein, Hopewell, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Mintel, Rahway, NJ (US);
Douglas Hohlbein, Hopewell, NJ (US);
Assignee:
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A46B 9/04 (2006.01); A46D 1/00 (2006.01); A46B 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A46B 9/04 (2013.01); A46D 1/0238 (2013.01); A46D 1/0276 (2013.01); A46B 3/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
An oral care implement comprising at least one tapered bristle. In one embodiment, the invention can be an oral care implement comprising: a handle; a head having a face; a tuft hole in the face, the tuft hole having a polygonal transverse cross-sectional profile; and a bristle tuft mounted in the first tuft hole and extending from the face of the head, the first bristle tuft comprising a plurality of tapered bristles.