Oral care implement having a liquid collection system
AssigneeColgate-Palmolive Company
InventorsJohn Gatzemeyer, Madhusudan Patel, Elizabeth Gittins, Harsh M. Trivedi
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Abstract
An oral care implement includes a collection system for oral fluids. Some embodiments of the implement may include an oral care region having a wearable oral member having a thickness that is reduced during use, a reservoir for retaining an oral fluid, a receiver coupled to the oral member for receiving an oral fluid, and a fluid pathway in communication with the receiver to provide the oral fluid to the reservoir.
Claims19
An oral care implement, comprising:
- an oral care region having an oral member with a thickness which is reduced during oral use;
- a plurality of tooth cleaning elements that are disposed opposing the oral member;
- a receiver coupled to the oral member for receiving an oral fluid;
- a fluid pathway in communication with the receiver;
- and
- a reservoir in communication with the fluid pathway for retaining an oral fluid, wherein the oral member comprises a first layer and a second layer that is soluble.
An oral care implement, comprising:
- a collection member for collecting an oral fluid;
- tooth cleaning projections opposing the collection member;
- a reservoir for storing the oral fluid;
- a fluid pathway fluidly connecting the collection member with the reservoir to provide the oral fluid to the reservoir;
- at least one indicia that provides an indication when a predetermined amount of oral fluid is stored in the reservoir;
- and
- a water-soluble layer positioned above the indicia, wherein the water-soluble layer covers the indicia.
The oral care implement of claim of 11, further comprising a receiver coupled to the collection member for receiving the oral fluid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.