Patents Assigned to Colgate
  • POWERED TOOTHBRUSH WITH ROTATING SECTIONS
    Publication number: 20130031733
    Abstract: The head of a toothbrush includes a first tuft block having bristles and a second tuft block having bristles. The first and second tuft blocks are mounted for counter-rotational or counter-rotational oscillating movement in a direction parallel to the outer surface of the head. The toothbrush head also includes a third section having bristles extending outwardly from the head to provide an extended field of bristles to support an elongated ribbon of toothpaste and for enhanced cleaning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: John J. Gatzemeyer, Thomas Mintel
  • ORAL CARE IMPLEMENT
    Publication number: 20130025081
    Abstract: An oral care implement includes a handle, a head mounted to one end of the handle that includes a first face having a plurality of tooth cleaning elements extending therefrom and a second face, a store of dentifrice retained at the head, and a film matrix retained at the head containing at least one rapidly releasable agent. A soft tissue cleaner can be included on the second face. The at least one rapidly releasable agent can be provided to the first and/or second faces during use from the film matrix. In addition, dentifrice can be provided to the first and/or second faces during use from the store of dentifrice. The at least one rapidly releasable agent can include, for example, a flavoring agent, a dentifrice, or a therapeutic agent. The toothbrush can be small in size and lightweight so as to be readily portable for use away from the home.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Colgate-Palmolive Company
  • ORAL CARE IMPLEMENT HAVING ONE OR MORE MOVING PIECES
    Publication number: 20130019427
    Abstract: An oral care implement is provided having a head frame and a cleaning elements assembly attached thereto with tooth cleaning elements extending from one or more carriers. One or more central carriers can be suspended via a flexible bridge between a pair of support carriers attached to the head frame. The bridge may be formed from an elastomer and permit the one or more central carriers to move from an initial position toward the head frame during use. The bridge may include rigid supports and flexible elastomeric supports. The carriers and the bridge can be formed as a unitary assembly attached to the head frame, such as via mechanical connections. The mechanical connections could include snap-fit connections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Colgate-Palmolive Company
  • Oral care implement
    Patent number: 8353075
    Abstract: An oral care implement or toothbrush includes a head, tooth cleaning elements and tissue cleansing elements. The tooth cleaning elements may be provided on a first face of the toothbrush head while the tissue cleansing elements may be disposed on a second face of the head. The head may further include one or more splits that provide flexible and non-flexible regions. Various configurations of splits may be used to create different effects such as more responsive flexion, regions of differing flexibility and/or different degree of flexion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: James Herbert Kemp
  • MALODOR REDUCING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20130000052
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods of reducing fabric malodor, comprising applying a water-soluble soil release polymer (SRP), as well as compositions comprising such polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Myriam Peeters, Alain Jacques, Doris Moré
  • Post-foaming dental mousse and methods utilizing the same
    Patent number: 8337818
    Abstract: A post foaming oral care mousse is provided by the invention. The mousse includes at least a dentifrice composition and a compressed liquid propellant having a boiling point less than ?10° C. The liquid propellant is blended into the mousse as an emulsion, and the emulsion is adapted to be dispensed from a container as a gel that foams after a time delay. The mousse has a viscosity of less than 30,000 centipoise when measured prior to the addition of the propellant. Preferably, the mousse expands at least 100 vol % in less than 5 seconds upon exposure to atmospheric pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Nora Lin, John Curtis, James Brown
  • DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING ORAL CONDITIONS
    Publication number: 20120322023
    Abstract: The present invention relates to devices and systems for detecting the existence of oral conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Douglas Hohlbein, Elizabeth Gittens, Harsh M. Trivedi, Sharon Kennedy, Madhusudan Patel, Deborah Peru
  • Vibrating toothbrush
    Patent number: 8327489
    Abstract: A vibrating toothbrush is provided with vibration-isolating zones that substantially isolate vibrations in the head and reduce vibrations transmitted to the handle without sacrificing structural integrity around the vibration-isolation zones. Such zones may generally comprise neck material that is reduced in cross-section, thinned, replaced by dampening material, or removed altogether to create transmission-inhibiting voids. The vibration-isolating zones may be further supported by the housing of the vibratory element to maintain the structural integrity around the zones and to thereby alleviating weakness conditions that might subject the toothbrush to fatigue and breakage conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Alan Vincent Sorrentino
  • MICROFIBROUS CELLULOSE HAVING A PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION FOR STRUCTURED SURFACTANT COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20120309662
    Abstract: An aqueous composition comprising surfactant, water, and a suspending agent comprising microfibrous cellulose that is characterized by a particle size distribution of the microfibrous cellulose that provides for increased structuring of the composition to suspend material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Robert D'Ambrogio, Deborah Ann Peru, Joan Ethel Gambogi, Kevin Mark Kinscherf, Dipak Patel, Robert Tavares
  • AQUEOUS ANTIPERSPIRANT/DEODORANT COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20120308501
    Abstract: An aqueous antiperspirant/deodorant composition comprising: (a) at least one active chosen from an antiperspirant active and a deodorant active, (b) a mixture comprising at least one basic compound chosen from a basic amide and a basic amine and a counterpart material for the basic amide and/or basic amine, and (c) at least 10 weight % water. Also, a method of manufacturing the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Michael C. Fitzgerald, Long Pan, Iraklis Pappas, LaTonya Kilpatrick-Liverman
  • Head portion of a toothbrush
    Patent number: D671746
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: David K. Lee
  • Oral care implement accessory
    Patent number: D672560
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Eduardo J. Jimenez, John J. Gatzemeyer
  • Handle portion of an oral care implement
    Patent number: D672561
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Xi Wen Jin, Kai Zhang, Ji Yan Mei
  • Closure
    Patent number: D672649
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Bruce Cummings, Amy Ramirez, Peter Booth, Martin Bunce, Mark Watson, John Lamb, Corinne Elstow
  • Oral care implement accessory
    Patent number: D673775
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Eduardo J. Jimenez, John J. Gatzemeyer
  • Oral care implement accessory
    Patent number: D674608
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Eduardo J. Jimenez, John J. Gatzemeyer
  • Oral care implement
    Patent number: D675447
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Wen Jin Xi, Yu Liu, Jian Rong Zhou
  • Oral care implement
    Patent number: D675448
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Wen Jin Xi, Yu Liu, Jian Rong Zhou
  • Toothbrush
    Patent number: D675830
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Eduardo Jimenez, Michael Rooney, Robert Moskovich, Andreas Wechsler, Joachim Storz, Raimund Klausegger
  • Oral care implement
    Patent number: D675831
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Wen Jin Xi, Yu Liu, Jian Rong Zhou