Oral care implement substrates for oral care devices
AssigneeWillo 32 SAS
InventorsJean-Marie de Gentile, David Aurélien Barlet, Antoine Michel Jean Bodin
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Abstract
This disclosure relates to oral care implements and device and their methods of manufacture. A disclosed oral care implement includes a substrate having a first mounting surface and a second surface which is different than the first mounting surface, and a plurality of oral care elements extending from the first mounting surface. The oral care elements each form at least one return path through the first mounting surface. The plurality of oral care elements are attached to the second surface.
Claims20
An oral care implement comprising:
- a woven substrate having a mesh of woven material woven in two different directions, and having a first mounting surface and a second surface which is different than the first mounting surface;
- and
- a plurality of oral care elements extending from the first mounting surface in another direction distinct from the two different directions;
- wherein the plurality of oral care elements each form at least one return path through the first mounting surface;
- and
- wherein the plurality of oral care elements are attached to the second surface.
An oral care device comprising:
- an oral care implement comprising:
- (i) a woven substrate having a mesh of woven material woven in two different directions, and having a first mounting surface and a second surface which is different than the first mounting surface;
- and (ii) a plurality of oral care elements extending from the first mounting surface in another direction distinct from the two different directions;
- and
- an oral care device head;
- wherein the plurality of oral care elements each form at least one return path through the first mounting surface;
- wherein the plurality of oral care elements are attached to the second surface;
- and
- wherein the oral care implement is attached to the oral care device head.
A method for manufacturing an oral care implement, comprising:
- forming a substrate with a first mounting surface and a second surface which is different than the first mounting surface;
- and
- forming a plurality of oral care elements extending from the first mounting surface;
- wherein the substrate is formed by being woven along two different directions;
- wherein the plurality of oral care elements are formed by being added to extend in another direction distinct from the two different directions;
- wherein the plurality of oral care elements form at least one return path through the first mounting surface;
- and
- wherein the plurality of oral care elements are attached to the second surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.