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.
Claims11
An oral care implement comprising:
- a handle;
- a head attached to the handle and having a first side and a second side opposite the first side;
- a plurality of tooth cleaning elements extending from the head in a direction away from the first side;
- and
- a soft tissue cleaner disposed on the second side of the head, the soft tissue cleaner including:
- (1) a first portion comprising a first plurality of projections formed of an elastomeric material and extending in a direction away from the second side of the head;
- (2) a second portion comprising a plurality of bristles extending in the direction away from the second side of the head;
- and (3) a third portion comprising a second plurality of the projections extending in the direction away from the second side of the head, wherein the second portion is located between the first and third portions.
An oral care implement comprising:
- a handle;
- a head attached to the handle and having a first side and a second side opposite the first side;
- a plurality of tooth cleaning elements extending from the head in a direction away from the first side;
- and
- a soft tissue cleaner disposed on the second side of the head, the soft tissue cleaner including:
- (1) a first portion comprising a first plurality of projections extending in a direction away from the second side of the head;
- (2) a second portion comprising a plurality of bristles extending in the direction away from the second side of the head;
- and (3) a third portion comprising a second plurality of projections extending in the direction away from the second side of the head, the second portion being located between the first and third portions;
- each of the plurality of bristles having a longitudinal axis and being movable in the direction of its longitudinal axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.