Title:
ORAL CARE IMPLEMENT
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2021/113855
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
An oral care implement having a head and a handle. A plurality of tooth cleaning elements extend from an exposed front surface of the head. The handle has an open thumb gripping passageway extending between an exposed first surface of the handle and an exposed second surface of the handle opposite the exposed first surface. The handle also has a plurality of slots defining open slot passageways from the exposed first surface of the handle to the exposed second surface of the handle. The open thumb gripping passageway may be defined by a ring component that is fitted into an aperture in a body component. The open thumb gripping passageway may be a void space in the handle. The open slot passageways may be elongated along the handle and may serve to reduce a total amount of virgin material needed to manufacture the oral care implement.
Inventors:
HOHLBEIN DOUGLAS (US)
WAINLESS DANIEL (US)
WAINLESS DANIEL (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2020/070733
Publication Date:
July 15, 2021
Filing Date:
November 02, 2020
Export Citation:
Assignee:
COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO (US)
International Classes:
A46B3/22; A46B5/02; A46B9/00; A46B9/04; A46B15/00; A46D1/00
Foreign References:
| US20090158540A1 | 2009-06-25 | |||
| US8060972B2 | 2011-11-22 | |||
| EP0580406A1 | 1994-01-26 | |||
| US20100263149A1 | 2010-10-21 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
KLEIN, Todd E. et al. (US)
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