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US 8,997,301 B2Granted
Toothbrush with visual and/or other sensory effects
AssigneeColgate-Palmolive Company
InventorsChi Shing Wong, Douglas J. Hohlbein, Kenneth Waguespack, Al Sprosta, Wen Jin Xi, Xiangji Ding
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Abstract
An oral care implement that emits a scent. In one aspect, the invention is directed to a toothbrush comprising: a base component having a gripping region and an oral engaging region, wherein said base component comprises a first scenting agent; and a second component covering at least a portion of said base component in said gripping region, to control a rate of release of said first scenting agent from said base component in said gripping region.
Claims22
A toothbrush comprising:
- a base component having a gripping region and an oral engaging region, wherein said base component comprises a first scenting agent;
- and
- a second component covering at least a portion of said base component in said gripping region, to control a rate of release of said first scenting agent from said base component in said gripping region, wherein said second component includes varying thicknesses.
A toothbrush comprising:
- a base component having a gripping region and an oral engaging region;
- a scented component comprising a first scenting agent, said scented component covering at least a portion of said base component in said gripping region;
- and
- a second component covering at least a portion of said scented component to control a rate of release of said first scenting agent from said scented component, wherein said second component includes varying thicknesses.
1 more element
A toothbrush comprising:
- a base component having a gripping region and an oral engaging region;
- and
- a second component covering at least a portion of said gripping region, wherein said second component comprises a first scenting agent, wherein said second component includes varying thicknesses.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.