Patents Assigned to Colgate
  • Toothbrush with visual and/or other sensory effects
    Patent number: 8510893
    Abstract: Toothbrushes comprising components with light transmitting and structural characteristics provide enhanced visual and other sensory effects. The components in combination are generally chemically compatible and function to provide areas of varying visibility of features and optionally varying scent release.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Chi Shing Wong, Douglas J. Hohlbein, Kenneth Waguespack, Al Sprosta, Wen Jin Xi, Xiangji Ding
  • Antiperspirant Active Compositions and Manufacture Thereof
    Publication number: 20130209387
    Abstract: An antiperspirant active composition comprising an aluminum salt, the aluminum salt (i) having an aluminum to chloride molar ratio of 0.3:1 to 3:1; and (ii) exhibiting an 27Al NMR spectrum with a species distribution including at least 90% A130 polyhydroxyoxoaluminum cation as the predominant species detectable by 27Al NMR within the aluminum salt. The composition can optionally include zirconium. Also disclosed are a method of making an antiperspirant active composition and the use of a heating step at elevated temperature to convert Al13 polyhydroxyoxoaluminum cations in the species detectable by 27Al NMR within an aqueous aluminum salt solution into Al30 polyhydroxyoxoaluminum cations in the species detectable by 27Al NMR without increasing a SEC Peak 3 area in the SEC chromatogram of the aluminum salt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2010
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Iraklis Pappas, Long Pan
  • Oral compositions and methods
    Patent number: 8506698
    Abstract: An oral composition comprising an active component and an adhesive film forming component comprising bleached shellac and shellac wax for the treatment of teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Claude Blanvalet, Pierre Lambert, Viviane Tack
  • Fragrance dispensing pump head
    Patent number: 8505781
    Abstract: A dispensing pump including a pump mechanism and a pump bead is provided. The dispensing pump head includes an upper portion and a lower portion. The lower portion has a structure for attaching the dispensing pump to the container. The upper portion and the lower portion each has: (1) an internal area combining to form an enclosed space for containing a second product, and (2) a respective peripheral wall. The pump mechanism also includes a dispensing channel for the first product that extends between the upper and the lower portion. There is an aperture in either peripheral walls or a space between the respective peripheral walls. Upon the actuation of the dispensing pump, the upper portion passes into the lower portion to force air from the enclosed space and the second product is emitted through one of the apertures in either peripheral walls or the space therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: John C. Crawford, Kiat-Cheong Toh, Douglas Mooney
  • Fluid delivery system for an oral care implement
    Patent number: 8506196
    Abstract: A fluid delivery system usable in an oral care implement and a reservoir containing a flowable substance. A capillary channel formed of one or more wicking or capillary members extends through at least a portion of the oral care implement to deliver flowable substance(s) through one or more outlets via capillary action. In one embodiment, the rate of fluid flow through the capillary channel is different in at least a first flow section than in a second flow section. In another embodiment, the rate of flow between flow sections of the wicking member is different than in at least one of the flow sections. A variety of flowable substances can be administered for therapeutic, hygienic, and/or other benefits, such as fresh breath, tooth whitening, tooth sensitivity, plaque and/or tartar control, or producing sensations of heat, cool, or tingling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Thomas Boyd, Sharon Kennedy, Madhusudan Patel, John Gatzemeyer, Eduardo Jimenez
  • Oral care implement multiple soft tissue cleaner components
    Patent number: 8500766
    Abstract: An oral care implement with a soft tissue cleaner. The inventive oral care implement comprises different kinds of soft tissue cleaners that offer expanded in-mouth cleaning. In one aspect, the invention can be an oral care implement comprising: a handle; a head having a structural body having a front surface and a rear surface opposite the front surface; a basin formed into the rear surface of the structural body, the structural body comprising a protuberance extending upward from a recessed floor of the basin, the basin surrounding the protuberance; a first cleaner formed of a resilient material for cleansing soft oral tissue located within the basin, the protuberance of the structural body extending through a central hole of the first cleaner; and a second cleaner formed of a resilient material for cleansing soft oral tissue, the second cleaner located on the protuberance of the structural body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Eduardo Jimenez, Michael Rooney, Robert Moskovich, Jacob Pringiers, Luca Casini, Joachim Storz, Raimund Klausegger
  • Oral care implement with customizable element
    Patent number: 8499397
    Abstract: An oral care implement with an oral care region having cleaning elements for engaging oral tissue and a body for gripping the implement including a handle with a front and a removable faceplate is described. The removable faceplate may be transparent or translucent and may also include design features. The faceplate may provide protection to a user inscription surface on one of the surfaces of the handle which is may be configured to receive user indicia that may later be removed and further indicia provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: John Gatzemeyer, Eduardo Jimenez
  • Oral care regimen
    Patent number: 8501161
    Abstract: The invention includes methods of cleaning an oral surface, maintaining oral health and/or increasing oral health. Such methods encompass contacting an oral surface with a primary oral care composition at least once daily, and contacting the oral surface with a periodic oral care composition at least once within a period of about 42 days. The periodic oral care compositions suitable for use in the method comprise a first abrasive having an Einlehner hardness of greater than about 5 mg loss per 100,000 revolutions and a second abrasive having an Einlehner hardness of less than about 5 mg loss per 100,000 revolutions. In the periodic oral care compositions, the ratio of the first abrasive to the second abrasive is about 1:1.6 to about 1.6:1. The periodic oral care compositions are characterized by a pellicle cleaning ratio of greater than about 100 and a radioactive dentin abrasion of less than about 200.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Michael Prencipe, Isabelle Van Rycke, Richard Lovell
  • ABRASIVE SYSTEM FOR ORAL CARE COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20130195942
    Abstract: Oral compositions comprising a first and a second abrasive are provided. The first abrasive preferably has an Einlehner hardness of greater than about 5 mg loss per 100,000 revolutions, and the second abrasive preferably has an Einlehner hardness of less than about 5 mg loss per 100,000 revolutions. A ratio of the first abrasive to the second abrasive ranges from about 1:1.6 to about 1.6:1, and the first and second abrasives are preferably present in the oral composition at an amount of about 13% to about 21% by weight, respectively. The pellicle cleaning ratio of the oral composition is greater than 100 and the radioactive dentin abrasiveness is preferably less than 200, and in certain embodiments, preferably less than about 175. Methods of using the oral compositions are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2013
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Colgate-Palmolive Company
  • Oral compositions containing oxidized
    Patent number: 8491945
    Abstract: Oral composition comprising a Camellia extract of semi-oxidized tissue from a member of the genus Camellia and an enhancing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Thomas J. Boyd, Abdul Gaffar, David Viscio
  • Oral care system, kit and method
    Patent number: 8491210
    Abstract: An oral care system and method wherein a dispenser is mounted to the handle of an oral care implement. The dispenser holds an oral care material and is alterable between a storage state wherein a dispensing end of the dispenser nests within the handle and an application state wherein the dispensing end of the dispenser is un-nested and exposed for oral care use. In one aspect, the invention is an oral care system comprising: an oral care implement comprising a head, a handle having a longitudinal axis, and one or more oral surface engaging elements; a dispenser having a reservoir containing an oral care material and an applicator for dispensing the oral care material; the dispenser alterable between: (i) a storage state wherein the applicator is nested within the handle; and (ii) an application state wherein the applicator is un-nested from the handle and exposed for oral care use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Eduardo Jimenez, Sharon Kennedy, Robert Moskovich, John Gatzemeyer, Joachim Storz, Raimund Klausegger
  • Tooth whitening dental tray and method of use
    Patent number: 8485821
    Abstract: A dental tray with a hydrophobic tooth whitening formulation where the tooth whitening formulation is substantially non-water soluble, and a method of using this dental tray to whiten the teeth. The tooth whitening formulation is primarily comprised of a hydrophobic polymer and a peroxide or a peroxide yielding compound. Preferably the hydrophobic polymer is the condensation product of a silicone resin and an organosiloxane. The dental tray is formed to encompass the front and the rear surfaces of the teeth. The dental tray is comprised of a thermoplastic or thermoset polymer. The teeth whitening formulation is placed into the dental tray and the tray placed against the teeth to be whitened. This is for a sufficient period of time to at least partially whiten teeth. This can be a period of time from about 0.5 hour to 2 hours or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Michael Prencipe, Suman K. Chopra, Michael Collins
  • Toothbrush with powered head
    Patent number: 8479340
    Abstract: A powered toothbrush includes a handle having a neck. A head is mounted to the neck and has a first surface and an opposed second surface. At least one fixed tuft block is mounted to the head in a fixed orientation and has a plurality of tooth cleaning elements extending outwardly away from the first surface. A movable tuft block is flexibly connected to each fixed tuft block and has a plurality of tooth cleaning elements extending outwardly away from the first surface. A drive assembly is operably connected to the movable tuft block to move the movable tuft block with respect to each fixed tuft block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Alan Sorrentino
  • Stannous salt and sodium tripolyphosphate oral care compositions and methods
    Patent number: 8481004
    Abstract: Oral care compositions containing a stannous salt and sodium tripolyphosphate are provided where stannous tripolyphosphate ionic intermediates comprise less than about 1% of the compositions Tetrasodium pyrophosphate, a methylvinyl ether-maleic anhydride copolymer and/or a silica oral polishing agent may be added for further efficacy. In a single phase blend, the oral care composition may be effectively limited to comprise less than about 10% water. In a dual-phase blend a mixture having the stannous salt in a first phase and the sodium tripolyphosphate in a second phase may be generated from a dual chamber storage tube (with each phase provided from a separate chamber) immediately prior to dental care usage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: James R. Brown, Linh Fruge, Tao Xu, Michael Prencipe
  • Dentifrice containing functional film flakes
    Patent number: 8475771
    Abstract: A dentifrice composition comprising an orally acceptable vehicle having distributed therein a water hydratable film flakes having a matrix comprised of a water soluble hydroxy alkyl cellulose polymer and a starch, and having entrained therein a constituent selected from therapeutic cosmetic and decorative materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Thomas J. Boyd, Guofeng Xu, M. Teresa R. Carale
  • Oral care implement
    Patent number: D686416
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Wen Jin Xi, Guang Sheng Guo, Ran Zhang
  • Container
    Patent number: D688130
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: John C. Crawford, Christopher Hart, Stacy Castro
  • Container
    Patent number: D688131
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: John C. Crawford, Christopher Hart, Stacy Castro
  • Oral care implement
    Patent number: D686825
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Wen Jin Xi, Yu Liu, Jian Rong Zhou
  • Head portion of a toothbrush
    Patent number: D686826
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: David Kyung Min Lee