Oral care implement

An oral care implement comprising:

• a handle;
• a head attached to the handle;
• a flexible support attached to the head and having a face;
• a plurality of cleaning elements attached to the flexible support and projecting outwardly from the face;
• wherein the cleaning elements comprise:
• a row of first cleaning, elements substantially aligned along a longitudinal axis of the head and traversing a central region of the flexible support the row of first cleaning elements comprising a combination of columnar and elongate elements, the elongate elements being elongated in a direction of the longitudinal axis;
• a plurality of wall-like elements laterally radiating from the central region of the flexible support;
• a first fair of bent cleaning, elements, each one of the first fair of bent cleaning elements disposed at an opposite end of the row of first cleaning elements, each one of the first air of bent cleaning elements having, a concave side oriented toward the row of first cleaning elements, and
• a row of second cleaning elements extending in a line substantially perpendicular to the row of first cleaning elements, wherein the second cleaning elements extend further from the face of the flexible support than the wall-like elements that laterally radiate from the central region of the flexible support.

An oral care implement comprising:

• a handle;
• a head attached to the handle;
• a flexible support attached to the head and having a face;
• a plurality of cleaning elements attached to the flexible support and projecting outwardly from the face;
• wherein the cleaning elements comprise:
• a row of first cleaning elements substantially aligned along a longitudinal axis of the head and traversing a central region of the flexible support, the row of first cleaning elements comprising a combination of columnar and elongate elements, the elongate elements being elongated in a direction of the longitudinal axis;
• a plurality of wall-like elements laterally radiating from the central region of the flexible support;
• a first pair of bent cleaning elements, each one of the first pair of bent cleaning elements disposed at an opposite end of the row of first cleaning elements, each one of the first pair of bent cleaning elements having a concave side oriented toward the row of first cleaning elements;
• and
• a row of second cleaning elements extending in a line substantially perpendicular to the row of first cleaning elements, wherein the row of first cleaning elements comprises two of the elongate elements and one of the columnar elements on each side of the row of second cleaning elements.

An oral care implement comprising:

• a handle;
• a head attached to the handle;
• a flexible support attached to the head and having a face;
• a plurality of cleaning elements attached to the flexible support and projecting outwardly from the face;
• wherein the cleaning elements comprise:
• a row of first cleaning elements substantially aligned along a longitudinal axis of the head and traversing a central region of the flexible support, the row of first cleaning elements comprising a combination of columnar and elongate elements, the elongate elements being elongated in a direction of the longitudinal axis;
• a plurality of wall-like elements laterally radiating from the central region of the flexible support;
• a first pair of bent cleaning elements, each one of the first pair of bent cleaning elements disposed at an opposite end of the row of first cleaning elements, each one of the first pair of bent cleaning elements having a concave side oriented toward the row of first cleaning elements;
• and
• a row of second cleaning elements extending in a line substantially perpendicular to the row of first cleaning elements, wherein;
• the elongate elements comprise a first elongate element positioned on a first side of the row of second cleaning elements and a second elongate element positioned on a second side of the row of second cleaning elements;
• the row of second cleaning elements comprises a third elongate element positioned on a first side of the row of first cleaning elements and a fourth elongate element positioned on a second side of the row of first cleaning elements. each of the third and fourth elongate elements being elongated in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis:
• and
• the first, second, third and fourth elongate elements collectively form a cross-shape configuration, a center point of the cross-shape configuration being devoid of cleaning elements.