Oral care implement
AssigneeColgate-Palmolive Company
InventorDouglas J. Hohlbein
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Abstract
An oral care implement with a handle includes a head with a tissue cleanser. The tissue cleanser may be a pad composed of an elastomeric material. The pad is disposed on the head on a surface opposite the tooth cleaning elements. The tissue cleanser may include a plurality of nubs extending for cleaning between the papillae of the tongue. The tissue cleanser may include a plurality of conically shaped nubs. A tissue cleanser can be used to reduce oral malodor problems and remove oral epithelial cells.
Claims21
An oral care implement comprising:
- a handle and a head, the head including a port, the head having a side including a cavity, a resilient tissue engaging region having a pad portion with a plurality of nubs extending therefrom and for removal of debris from an oral soft tissue surface, the pad portion and the port being disposed within the cavity;
- the head having an opposite side including a plurality of the tooth cleaning elements extending therefrom, one of the tooth cleaning elements being a bristle;
- and at least one of the tooth cleaning elements is unitary with the pad portion and the nubs, and extends through the port;
- wherein the unitary tooth cleaning element is adjacent to the bristle for cleaning teeth.
An oral care implement comprising a handle, a head, a plurality of elastomeric tooth cleaning elements and a bristle tooth cleaning element extending from one side of the head, and an elastomeric tissue cleanser disposed on an opposite side of the head in a basin having a sidewall portion, wherein said elastomeric tooth cleaning elements are formed as a unitary member with the tissue cleanser;
- wherein the head includes apertures in the basin;
- the elastomeric tooth cleaning elements are connected to the tissue cleanser thorough corresponding apertures, the tissue cleanser including a base having a plurality of projections extending from the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.