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US 8,806,695 B2Granted
Oral care implement having flexibly supported cleaning elements extending in opposite directions
AssigneeColgate-Palmolive Company
InventorsRobert Moskovich, Douglas Hohlbein, Bruce Russell
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Abstract
An oral care implement having a head with a soft tissue cleaner disposed on a second side thereof. In one embodiment, the invention can be an oral care implement comprising: a handle; a head attached to the handle and having a first side and a second side; a plurality of tooth cleaning elements attached to the first side of the head; and a soft tissue cleaner disposed on the second side of the head, the soft tissue cleaner including a first portion comprising a plurality of projections and a second portion comprising a plurality of bristles.
Claims16
An oral care implement comprising:
- a handle;
- a head having a head platform, the head extending from a proximal end to a distal end along a longitudinal axis that extends in an axial direction, the proximal end of the head attached to the handle and the distal end of the head remote from the handle, the longitudinal axis dividing the head into a first side and an opposing second side;
- a first fixed pod extending from a first face of the head platform and having a first perimetric edge surface;
- at least one movable carrier supported above the first face of the head platform by at least the first fixed pod and a first suspension member, a plurality of tooth cleaning elements directly attached to the at least one movable carrier, the at least one movable carrier having a second perimetric edge surface and a third perimetric edge surface;
- the first perimetric edge surface of the first fixed pod positioned in confronting relation with and spaced apart in the axial direction from the second perimetric edge surface of the at least one movable carrier so that a first gap exists between the first perimetric edge surface of the first fixed pod and the second perimetric edge surface of the at least one movable carrier;
- the first suspension member comprising a first elongated reinforcement connector extending from a first end to a second end, the first end of the first elongated reinforcement connector directly connected to the first perimetric edge surface of the first fixed pod at a first connection point and the second end of the first elongated reinforcement connector directly connected to the second perimetric edge surface of the at least one movable carrier at a second connection point;
- wherein the first elongated reinforcement connector extends from the first perimetric edge surface of the first fixed pod to the second perimetric edge surface of the at least one movable carrier in the axial direction, the first elongated reinforcement connector located within the first gap between the first perimetric edge surface of the first fixed pod and the second perimetric edge surface of the at least one movable carrier;
- and
- wherein the first connection point is located on the first side of the longitudinal axis and the second connection point is located on the second side of the longitudinal axis.
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An oral care implement comprising:
- a handle;
- a head having a head platform, the head extending from a proximal end to a distal end along a longitudinal axis that extends in an axial direction, the proximal end of the head attached to the handle and the distal end of the head remote from the handle;
- a first fixed pod extending from a first face of the head platform in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis;
- a second fixed pod extending from the first face of the head platform in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis;
- at least one movable carrier supported above the first face of the head platform by the first fixed pod, the second fixed pod and a first suspension member, the at least one movable carrier extending between the first fixed pod and the second fixed pod;
- the first suspension member comprising a first reinforcement connector connected to the first fixed pod at a first connection point and to the at least one movable carrier at a second connection point and a second reinforcement connector connected to the first fixed pod at a third connection point and to the at least one movable carrier at a fourth connection point;
- wherein each of the first and second reinforcement connectors extends from the first fixed pod to the at least one movable carrier in the axial direction;
- wherein the first and third connection points are located on a first side of the longitudinal axis of the head and the second and fourth connection points are located on a second side of the longitudinal axis of the head;
- and
- wherein the first and second reinforcement connectors are separate unitary structures that are at least partially spaced apart from one another.
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An oral care implement comprising:
- a handle;
- a head having a head platform, the head extending from a proximal end to a distal end along a longitudinal axis, the proximal end of the head attached to the handle and the distal end of the head remote from the handle;
- a first fixed pod extending from a first face of the head platform, wherein the first fixed pod is substantially non-movable;
- at least one movable carrier supported above the first face of the head platform by at least the first fixed pod and a first suspension member, the at least one movable carrier being movable toward the first face of the head platform;
- the first suspension member comprising a first reinforcement connector connected to the first fixed pod at a first connection point and to the at least one movable carrier at a second connection point;
- wherein the first reinforcement connector extends from the first fixed pod to the at least one movable carrier in a direction of the longitudinal axis;
- and
- wherein the first connection point and the second connection point are located on opposite sides of the longitudinal axis of the head.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.