Patents by Inventor Armin Bärtschi

Armin Bärtschi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20100229316
    Abstract: An oral care implement with a handle includes a head with a tissue cleanser. The tissue cleanser may be a pad composed of an elastomeric material. The pad is disposed on the head on a surface opposite the tooth cleaning elements. The tissue cleanser may include a plurality of nubs extending for cleaning between the papillae of the tongue. The tissue cleanser may include a plurality of conically shaped nubs. A tissue cleanser can be used to reduce oral malodor problems and remove oral epithelial cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY
    Inventors: Douglas J. Hohlbein, Thomas E. Mintel, Armin Bärtschi
  • Patent number: 7721376
    Abstract: An oral care implement with a handle includes a head with a tissue cleanser. The tissue cleanser may be a pad composed of an elastomeric material. The pad is disposed on the head on a surface opposite the tooth cleaning elements. The tissue cleanser may include a plurality of nubs extending for cleaning between the papillae of the tongue. The tissue cleanser may include a plurality of conically shaped nubs. A tissue cleanser can be used to reduce oral malodor problems and remove oral epithelial cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Douglas J. Hohlbein, Thomas E. Mintel, Robert Moskovich, Armin Baertschi
  • Publication number: 20100050356
    Abstract: An oral care implement has a head and a first tooth cleaning element. The first tooth cleaning element has a generally convex end surface such that dentifrice applied to the head is adapted to be directed towards a distal cleaning surface of the head. The oral care implement can also include a gum massaging element extending from a peripheral side of the head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY
    Inventors: Armin Baertschi, Martin ZWIMPFER, Robert Moskovich
  • Publication number: 20090188063
    Abstract: The toothbrush body according to the invention has on its top side a hand-supporting section with at least one longitudinal support strip which extends along the longitudinal axis of a handle part and next to which is located at least one recess which extends laterally from the top side to a bottom side. The recesses can take the form of holes located between two longitudinal support strips or of open lateral recesses formed in the broad sides of the toothbrush body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2005
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Inventors: Armin Baertschi, Beat Huber
  • Publication number: 20090183324
    Abstract: The transmission according to the invention for an electric toothbrush serves for the transmission and reforming of a rotational movement provided by an electric motor into a particularly careful and effective cleaning movement of a cleaning element. The ratio of the distance between the longitudinal mid-axis of an output shaft and the longitudinal mid-axis of a drive shaft of the transmission and of the distance between the longitudinal mid-axis of a shaft driving a cam of the transmission and the longitudinal mid-axis of the cam amounts to at least 10:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Inventors: Franz Fischer, Armin Baertschi, Christian Hilfiker
  • Publication number: 20090158540
    Abstract: The inventive handle for a brush, in particular for a toothbrush or a domestic brush, has an integral handle body with a hollow space which is surrounded by a wall. Recesses which are offset in relation to one another and open into the hollow space are formed in the wall. The handle is produced from a plastic in an injection-molding process using an injection-molding die which has finger elements, with sections of these finger elements touching in a sealing manner when the injection-molding die is in the closed state and, as a result, these finger elements forming the recesses and the hollow space in the hardened handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2006
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: Trisa Holding AG
    Inventors: Armin Baertschi, Martin Zwimpfer, Christian Hilfiker
  • Publication number: 20090070947
    Abstract: A toothbrush has a removable end cap at its free end area directed away from the bristles, which end cap closes off an inner space of a grip element. The end cap accommodates an electrical control element, in particular a potentiometer, which can be adjusted via an adjustment element arranged rotatably on the end cap. The toothbrush also comprises an electrical power consumption unit, in particular an electric motor, which is designed to set the bristles in vibration. The energy supply from an energy reservoir arranged in the interior to the electrical power consumption unit can be adjusted continuously by means of the control element, as a result of which the vibration intensity of the bristles can be steplessly adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2007
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: TRISA HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Armin Baertschi, Franz Fischer, Christian Hilfiker
  • Patent number: D519738
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Armin Baertschi
  • Patent number: D458453
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Trisa Holding AG
    Inventor: Armin Baertschi
  • Patent number: D462178
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Robert Moskovich, Kenneth Waguespack, Armin Baertschi
  • Patent number: D471362
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Inventors: Robert Moskovich, Kenneth Waguespack, Armin Baertschi
  • Patent number: D486649
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Al Sprosta, Douglas Hohlbein, Robert Moskovich, Kenneth Waguespack, Armin Baertschi
  • Patent number: D631257
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Armin Bärtschi, Robert Moskovich