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US 9,033,899 B2Granted
Oral care implement
AssigneeColgate-Palmolive Company
InventorsJohn Gatzemeyer, Madhusudan Patel, Elizabeth Gittins, Harsh M. Trivedi
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Abstract
A toothbrush comprising: a body comprising a handle and a head; a plurality of tooth cleaning elements extending from the head; an oral member coupled to the body, the oral member comprising a water-soluble material; a reservoir in the body; and a fluid pathway in the body, the fluid pathway in fluid communication with the oral member.
Claims19
A toothbrush comprising:
- a body comprising a handle and a head;
- a plurality of tooth cleaning elements extending from the head;
- an oral member coupled to the body, the oral member comprising an inner water-insoluble porous material and an exterior water-soluble material, the water insoluble porous material being positioned between the water-soluble material and a front of the head;
- a reservoir in the body;
- and
- a fluid pathway in the body, the fluid pathway in fluid communication with the water-insoluble porous material and the reservoir.
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A toothbrush comprising:
- a handle;
- a head;
- a plurality of tooth cleaning elements extending from the head;
- an oral member comprising an inner water-insoluble porous material and an exterior a water-soluble material, the water insoluble porous material being positioned between the water-soluble material and a front of the head, the oral member located on the head;
- a reservoir;
- and
- a fluid pathway fluidly coupling the oral member and the reservoir.
4 more elements
A toothbrush comprising:
- a body comprising a handle and a head;
- a plurality of tooth cleaning elements extending from the head;
- an oral member coupled to the body, the oral member comprising an inner porous material and an exterior erodible or dissolvable material, the porous material being positioned between the erodible or dissolvable material and a front of the head;
- a reservoir in the body;
- and
- a fluid pathway in the body, the fluid pathway in fluid communication with the porous material and the reservoir.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.