Oral care implement
AssigneeColgate-Palmolive Company
InventorDouglas J. Hohlbein
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Abstract
An oral care implement has an improved handle for control. The handle may include a gripping region having a grip surface with a plurality of spaced slot openings exposing portions of the base. In one construction, the handle may have an inclined portion and a grip body extending through a base of the handle. The grip body forms opposite finger grips on the inclined portion of the handle. In one construction, the handle may include a grip element which provides shifting of a mass centroid of the handle during use. In another construction, the handle includes a resilient grip body and the handle includes an aperture extend through the handle. Aperture has an inclined surface for engaging a resilient grip body.
Claims34
An oral care implement comprising:
- a base with a gripping region and an oral engaging region, the base having an aperture extending therethrough;
- a gripping member at least partially overlying the gripping region of the base and provided with at least one opening exposing a portion of the base;
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- a resilient grip body in the gripping region and extending through the aperture, the gripping member having a different durometer characteristic than the resilient grip body.
An oral care implement comprising:
- a base with a gripping region and an oral engaging region, the gripping region including a rear segment and a front segment inclined relative to the rear segment wherein the front segment is inclined relative to the rear segment at about 20–40 degrees thereby defining the inclined portion;
- a resilient grip surface being disposed on the rear segment;
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- a grip body extending through an aperture in the base and spaced from the grip surface, the grip body forming opposite finger gripping surfaces on the inclined portion of the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.