Tongue cleaner
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsNayda Liz RAMOS-MEDINA, Philip Andrew SAWIN
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Abstract
A tongue cleaner comprises a base and a plurality of projections outwardly extending therefrom. At least one of the projections, having a first end attached to the base and a second opposite free end, includes an elongated stem and a head at the second end. The head has at least two mutually opposite cantilevered portions outwardly extending from the stem, each of the cantilevered portions having a bottom surface generally facing the base and a top surface opposite to the bottom surface, wherein a substantial portion of the bottom surface is inclined away from the stem.
Claims25
A tongue cleaner comprising:
- a base having a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;
- a plurality of projections outwardly extending, in a predetermined pattern, from the base in a third direction;
- wherein at least one of the projections has a first end attached to the base, a second free end opposite to the first end, and a height extending between the first end and the second end;
- wherein the at least one of the projections comprises an elongated stem and a head integral with the stem and disposed at a distance from the base, the stem having a longitudinal axis oriented substantially parallel to the third direction;
- wherein the head comprises at least two mutually opposite cantilevered portions outwardly extending from the stem, each of the cantilevered portions having a bottom surface generally facing the base and a top surface opposite to the bottom surface,
- wherein a substantial portion of the bottom surface is inclined away from the stem.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.