Tissue cleaner and oral care implement
AssigneeColgate-Palmolive Company
InventorsEduardo J. Jimenez, Robert Moskovich, Andreas Wechsler, Joachim Storz
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Abstract
An oral care implement is provided, in one embodiment, with a plurality of spaced-apart tissue cleaning pads (400) radially arranged around a central axis (450) to form a grouping on one side of the head. A bridge (465) is positioned between each pad (400). Each pad (400) further preferably includes one or more protrusions (980) along an upper surface thereof. There also is provided a plurality of cleaning elements (150) extending from an opposite side of the head of the oral care implement and connected to the cleaning pads through the head.
Claims18
An oral care implement comprising:
- a head having a first side including a plurality of first cleaning elements and a second side including a plurality of second cleaning elements;
- the plurality of first cleaning elements being spaced apart on the first side;
- the plurality of second cleaning elements being connected on the second side by bridges;
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- the plurality of first cleaning elements being connected to the plurality of second cleaning elements through the head;
- wherein the plurality of first cleaning elements are connected to the bridges that connect the plurality of second cleaning elements, and wherein the second cleaning elements further comprise a plurality of spaced-apart wedge-shaped elements radially arranged around a central axis, each wedge-shaped element having one or more protrusions, each wedge-shaped element having an inner region close to the central axis and an outer region spaced away from the central axis, the inner region being raised relative to the outer region.
An oral care implement comprising:
- a head having a first side including a plurality of first cleaning elements and a second side including a plurality of second cleaning elements;
- the plurality of first cleaning elements being spaced apart on the first side;
- the plurality of second cleaning elements being connected to one another on the second side by a bridge;
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- wherein the second cleaning elements further comprise a plurality of spaced-apart wedge-shaped elements radially arranged around a central axis, each wedge-shaped element having one or more protrusions, each wedge-shaped element having an inner region close to the central axis and an outer region spaced away from the central axis, the inner region being raised relative to the outer region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.