Oral care implement
AssigneeColgate-Palmolive Company
InventorsDavid Kyung Min Lee, Robert Moskovich
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Abstract
An oral care implement comprising a head and a handle coupled to the head, the head comprising a first face having a plurality of cleaning elements extending therefrom, wherein the plurality of cleaning elements comprises at least one bristle tuft positioned on a longitudinal axis of the head and having a distal end remote from the first face, wherein the at least one bristle tuft comprises bristles of varying lengths so as to form a cup-shaped recess at the distal end of the bristle tuft, the plurality of cleaning elements further comprising a plurality of cleaning elements which are substantially V-shaped in plan, positioned in series on the longitudinal axis of the head wherein a concave side of each said V-shaped cleaning element faces towards the bristle tuft.
Claims25
An oral care implement comprising a head and a handle coupled to the head,
- the head comprising a first end, and a second end, and a first face having a plurality of cleaning elements extending therefrom,
- wherein the plurality of cleaning elements comprises a bristle tuft positioned on a longitudinal axis of the head and having a distal end remote from the first face, wherein the bristle tuft comprises bristles of varying lengths so as to form a cup-shaped recess at the distal end of the bristle tuft, and
- the plurality of cleaning elements further comprising a plurality of V-shaped cleaning elements positioned in series on the longitudinal axis of the head, the plurality of V-shaped cleaning elements comprising a first V-shaped bristle tuft and a second V-shaped bristle tuft, wherein a concave side of each of the first and second V-shaped bristle tufts faces towards the bristle tuft, the first V-shaped bristle tuft adjacent the bristle tuft and the second V-shaped bristle tuft adjacent to the first V-shaped bristle tuft, the first V-shaped bristle tuft located between the bristle tuft and the second V-shaped bristle tuft, a first space between the bristle tuft and the first V-shaped bristle tuft being free of cleaning elements and a second space between the first V-shaped bristle tuft and the second V-shaped bristle tuft being free of cleaning elements.
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