Patents Assigned to Colgate-Pamolive Company
  • Patent number: 5991958
    Abstract: A toothbrush having two head sections, the sections being normally biased to assume an angle with respect to each other, to thereby define a generally concave bristle tip configuration. The two sections of the head have facing ends joined by a thin bridge section integral with the two heads. In one embodiment, there is one bridge section near the lower surface of the head. In another embodiment, there are two longitudinally spaced bridge sections each near the lower head surface. In a third embodiment, the bridge section is a thin integral connection between facing ends of the two sections. In other embodiments, the two head sections are normally aligned and are also joined by a thin, integral bridge section, with the bristles of the head section most remote from the handle being of uniformly different lengths. The space between the two facing ends is filled with an elastomer, typically SANTOPRENE (brand). The two head sections define an articulated head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: Colgate-Pamolive Company
    Inventor: Douglas J. Hohlbein
  • Patent number: D402615
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1998
    Assignee: Colgate-Pamolive Company
    Inventor: Joseph Cicansky