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US 11,547,204 B2Granted
Oral care implement having a release component
AssigneeColgate-Palmolive Company
InventorsHallena Strotman, Zoe Scoullos, Leighton Davies-Smith
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Abstract
Described herein is an oral care implement comprising: a handle; and a head coupled to the handle, the head comprising a main body and a release component coupled to the main body, the release component comprising: a water-dissolvable matrix comprising a first polymer having a processing temperature greater than or equal to 130° C.; and a release agent comprising at least one of zinc oxide, potassium nitrate, and tetrapotassium pyrophosphate; wherein the release agent is dispersed throughout the water-dissolvable matrix.
Claims11
An oral care implement comprising:
- a handle;
- and
- a head coupled to the handle, the head comprising a main body and a release component coupled to the main body, the release component comprising:
- a water-dissolvable matrix comprising a first polymer having a processing temperature greater than or equal to 130° C.;
- and
- a release agent comprising at least one of potassium nitrate and tetrapotassium pyrophosphate;
- wherein the release agent is dispersed throughout the water-dissolvable matrix;
- and
- wherein the first polymer is a graft copolymer comprising units formed from caprolactam, vinyl acetate, and ethylene glycol.
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