Oral care system, kit and method
AssigneeColgate-Palmolive Company
InventorsEduardo J. Jimenez, Joseph E. Fattori
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Abstract
An oral care dispenser and oral care system incorporating the system that includes a resilient applicator that optimizes application of the subject fluid to the desired oral surfaces. In one embodiment, the invention is a dispenser comprising a housing having an internal reservoir containing the fluid. The resilient applicator is coupled to the housing and comprises a dispensing orifice. The resilient applicator comprises a working surface that is oriented at an oblique angle to a longitudinal axis of the housing and is defined by a polygonal perimeter edge, the polygonal perimeter edge comprising a plurality of apex portions and a plurality of side portions, wherein one of the plurality of side portions forms a distal most-portion of the resilient applicator.
Claims40
An oral care system comprising:
- a toothbrush;
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- a dispenser detachably coupled to the toothbrush, the dispenser comprising:
- a housing having an internal reservoir containing fluid, the housing extending from a proximal end to a distal end along a longitudinal axis;
- a resilient applicator coupled to the distal end of the housing, the resilient applicator comprising a main body portion having a working, surface and a bottom surface and a dispensing orifice for dispensing the fluid from the reservoir, the dispensing orifice forming a fluid passageway from the bottom surface to the working surface, the fluid passageway having a transverse cross-sectional area that tapers from the working surface to the bottom surface;
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- wherein the working surface is oriented at an oblique angle to the longitudinal axis of the housing and defined by a polygonal perimeter edge, the polygonal perimeter edge comprising a plurality of apex portions and a plurality of side portions, wherein one of the plurality of side portions forms a distal most-portion of the resilient applicator.
An oral care dispenser comprising:
- a housing having an internal reservoir containing a fluid, the housing extending from a proximal end to a distal end along a longitudinal axis, the distal end of the housing comprising a transverse end wall having a top surface;
- a resilient applicator coupled to the distal end of the housing, the resilient applicator comprising a main body portion, a sleeve portion, and a dispensing orifice for dispensing the fluid from the reservoir, the main body portion having a bottom surface that is in contact with the top surface of the transverse end wall of the housing;
- wherein the resilient applicator comprises a working surface that is oriented at an oblique angle to the longitudinal axis of the housing and defined by is polygonal perimeter edge, the polygonal perimeter edge comprising a plurality of apex portions and a plurality of side portions, wherein one of the plurality of side portions forms a distal most-portion of the resilient applicator;
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- wherein the fluid is a tooth anti-sensitivity agent.
An oral care dispenser comprising:
- a housing haying an internal reservoir containing a fluid, the housing extending from a proximal end to a distal end along a longitudinal axis;
- an applicator coupled to the distal end of the housing, the applicator comprising a main body portion having an outer peripheral surface and an inner surface that defines a dispensing orifice for dispensing the fluid from the reservoir, wherein the main body portion has a thickness measured from the outer peripheral surface to the inner surface along, a reference plane that is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and wherein the dispensing orifice has a width measured along the reference plane, the thickness of the main body portion being greater than the width of the dispensing orifice;
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- wherein the applicator comprises a working surface that is oriented at an oblique angle to the longitudinal axis of the housing, the working surface defined by a multi-lobed perimeter edge, the multi-lobed perimeter edge comprising a substantially straight side portion extending between each pair of adjacent lobes, one of the substantially straight side portions forming a distal most-portion of the applicator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.