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US 8,813,296 B2Granted
Oral care implement having multi-component handle
AssigneeColgate-Palmolive Company
InventorsRobert Moskovich, Marco Bohner, Michael Rooney, Eduardo Jimenez
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Abstract
An oral care implement having a multi-component handle, and method of manufacturing the same. The invention can be a method of forming a handle for an oral care implement comprising: a) forming a core structure of a first hard plastic; b) forming an elongated handle body of a second hard plastic that at least partially surrounds the core structure so that opposing lateral surfaces of the core structure remain exposed; and c) forming a grip cover of a resilient material over at least a portion of the elongated handle body.
Claims20
An oral care implement comprising:
- a handle having a proximal end and a distal end;
- a head connected to the distal end of the handle;
- the handle comprising a core structure comprising a first rigid material, an elongated handle body comprising a second rigid material, and a grip cover comprising a resilient material;
- wherein the elongated handle body comprises the head;
- and
- wherein the core structure is disposed in a through slot that extends from opposite surfaces of the elongated handle body, and wherein surfaces of the core structure remain exposed via the through slot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.