Patents Assigned to Colgate
  • Publication number: 20250009118
    Abstract: An oral care implement that includes a handle and an oral care refill head. The oral care refill head is alterable between a first state in which it is separated from the handle and a second state in which it is coupled to the handle. The oral care refill head has a proximal edge surface that defines an opening into a sleeve cavity. The proximal edge surface may be inclined in one direction only as it extends from an inner edge surface to an outer edge surface. The handle may have a gripping portion and a stem, with a distal end of the gripping portion forming an annular shoulder surface that surrounds the stem. The annular shoulder surface may be inclined in one direction only as it extends from an inner shoulder edge adjacent to the stem to an outer shoulder edge adjacent to an outer surface of the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Al Aquanza SPROSTA, Eduardo Jimenez, Douglas Hohlbein, Michael Rooney, Yanmei Ji, Xiangji Ding
  • Publication number: 20250009117
    Abstract: An oral care implement including an elongated body having a head portion supporting plurality of tooth cleaning elements and a handle portion defining an outer surface. The handle portion may include a shell portion formed from a transparent material and a core portion that is surrounded by the shell portion. The core portion may be formed from a colored material that is visible through the shell portion. The tooth cleaning elements may include bristle tufts arranged in specific columns and rows. A grip component may be coupled to an outer surface of the handle portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Wen Jin XI, Guang Sheng GUO, Felix MUELLER, Robert MOSKOVICH, Stephen NELSON, Joachim STORZ
  • Patent number: 12185829
    Abstract: An oral care implement having a head with a bristle bearing surface. The oral care implement may include a central bristle tuft extending from a central portion of the bristle bearing surface, the central bristle tuft terminating in a domed distal surface. Furthermore, the oral care implement may include a plurality of perimetric bristle tufts extending from the bristle bearing surface and arranged to circumferentially surround the central bristle tuft. Each of the perimetric bristle tufts may have an inclined distal surface that slopes downward towards the central bristle tuft. The bristle bearing surface of the head may have a total surface area (TSA), and the toothbrush may include a tooth cleaning element field having X number of tooth cleaning elements that collectively occupy a total cleaning element area (TCEA) such that 1 X × T ? C ? E ? A T ? S ? A = Z and Z is in a range of 0.04 to 0.065.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Fan Gang Xie, Wen Jin Xi, Yanmei Ji, Jiang Zhou, Douglas Hohlbein
  • Publication number: 20250002827
    Abstract: Home care compositions and films formed therefrom are disclosed herein. In accordance with an aspect of the invention, provided is a home care composition including a polysaccharide comprising a pullulan, an alginate, or a combination thereof; optionally, a cellulose; a polyol; one or more surfactant comprising an anionic surfactant, a betaine surfactant, a nonionic surfactant, or a combination of two or more thereof; optionally a fragrance; and optionally an emollient, wherein the home care composition is in the form of a film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Lucero Arantxa CARDENAS DAVALOS, Carolina Bermudez Salguero, Sandra Paola Sanchez, Luis Miguel Lopez, Federico Daniel Sandoval
  • Patent number: 12180599
    Abstract: An electrolysis device may include a housing having a cavity that is configured to receive a precursor solution. The precursor solution may include chloride. An electrolysis circuit may be located in the cavity of the housing. The electrolysis circuit may include a power source, a first electrode and a second electrode electrically coupled to the power source, and a control circuit electrically coupled to the power source and the first and second electrodes. Upon the control circuit being activated while the precursor liquid operably couples the first and second electrodes together, the electrolysis circuit may be configured to generate a hypochlorite solution from the precursor solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Chun Huang, Paloma Pimenta, Guofeng Xu, Matthew Lee Kolb
  • Publication number: 20240423767
    Abstract: An oral irrigator tip (120) may be configured for coupling to an oral irrigator (100) for purposes of irrigating a user's teeth, gums, and interproximal regions. The oral irrigator tip (120) may have a first end (123) having an inlet (124), a second end (125) having an outlet (126), and an internal fluid passageway (128) that extends from the inlet (124) to the outlet (126). The oral irrigator tip (120) may further have an attachment portion (130) for coupling the oral irrigator tip (120) to an oral irrigator handle (110). The outlet (126) may have a polygonal shape or the outlet (220) may be elongated or the outlet (320) may include multiple outlets (321, 322, 323) that are linearly aligned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Jiang ZHOU, Tonny HE, Yanmei JI
  • Patent number: 12171850
    Abstract: Described herein are personal care compositions comprising a complex comprising a plurality of short chain fatty acids; along with methods of making and using same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Min Li, Aixing Fan, Thomas Boyd, Nadia Soliman, Vinay Bhardwaj
  • Publication number: 20240415623
    Abstract: A teeth cleaning device includes a support structure having a floor, a glossal wall, and a facial wall that collectively define a dentature channel. The floor may include first, second, and third floor portions, with the first floor portion located between the second and third floor portions. First and second floor air bladders may be located along the second and third floor portions. First and second teeth cleaning pads may be coupled to the first and second floor air bladders, respectively. The first floor portion may not have any air bladders and teeth cleaning pads therealong. An air flow subsystem may be fluidly coupled to the first and second floor air bladders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Robert PIERCE, Nagarajan JAYARAMAN, Mark BAKHRAKH, Igor KACHKO, Stanislav KOLCHANOV, Pavel KARAVAEV, Rostislav KHORENYAN, Irina SIGALOVSKY, Semyon KOGAN
  • Publication number: 20240415746
    Abstract: Oral care compositions and, e.g., to oral care compositions adapted to form a film on an enamel substrate are disclosed herein. In accordance with an aspect, provided is a method having from about 1 to about 10 wt. % of a fluoride ion source; optionally, from about 2 to about 20 wt. % of hydroxyapatite; from about 3 to about 30 wt. % of a film-forming agent; and from about 7 to about 35 wt. % of an adhesive, wherein the oral care composition is adapted to form a film on teeth, and all weight percentages are based on the total weight of the oral care composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Joshua Eric KAUFFMAN, Qichao RUAN, Nihal DOGU, Stacey LAVENDER, Betty WON, Michael STRANICK, Shiyou XU, Luciana RINAUDI MARRON, Dennis ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240420096
    Abstract: A system comprising a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium communicatively coupled to the processor is provided. The medium stores instructions configured to cause the processor to perform operations including receiving, from a user, a search request comprising one or more keywords related to a desired item, determining that the user is a participant in a closed-loop recycling program based on a user setting, identifying, based on the determination and the keywords, one or more item results, at least one qualifying result of the one or more item results having a packaging meeting a predetermined level of recyclability, and providing to the user in a prioritized manner, the at least one qualifying result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicants: COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Bruce CUMMINGS, Eva Maria PONCE CUETO, Suzanne E. GREENE, Saikat BANERJEE
  • Patent number: 12168240
    Abstract: A system for dispensing a personal care fluid, such as a hand soap or the like. The system includes a dispenser and a refill cartridge. The dispenser includes a dispenser body having a refill cavity and a dispenser lid configured to be coupled to the dispenser body. There may be a pump sub-system mounted to the dispenser lid, or alternatively the personal care fluid may be dispensed by squeezing the dispenser and refill cartridge. The refill cartridge is configured for slidable insertion into and removal from the refill cavity of the dispenser body. The personal care fluid system is designed so that a user can readily and easily change out/replace the refill cartridge for use with a common dispenser, dispenser lid, and pump sub-system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Kiat-Cheong Toh, Mark Bartlett, Peter Fallat, II
  • Publication number: 20240407982
    Abstract: The application relates to personal care products (e.g., deodorants and/or antiperspirants) that can provide a sweat reduction effect without the use of aluminum salts. In one aspect, the compositions comprise a metal oxalate (i.e., potassium oxalate or potassium titanium oxalate). Methods of preparing the personal care composition and uses of the personal care composition are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Dariusz DZIEKONSKI, Tochukwu OFOEGBUNA, Hrebesh Molly SUBHASH, Shyamala PILLAI
  • Patent number: 12165749
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving identities of features of a first composition, and receiving a value of a property of the first composition. A learning model is trained using values of predefined characteristics of the features of the first composition, and the value of the property of the first composition. The learning model is then provided identities of second features of a second composition. Using the learning model, a value of a property of the second composition is determined and displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Iraklis Pappas, Bartosz Luczynski, Donghui Wu, Dong Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 12161520
    Abstract: An oral care apparatus that includes an oral care implement and a tracking module detachably coupled to the oral care implement. The oral care implement includes a body having an inner surface that defines an internal cavity. The tracking module may be coupled to the oral care implement by inserting a portion of the tracking module into the internal cavity of the body. The tracking module includes a coupling portion and an electronics portion that are coupled together so as to be fixed together in the axial direction but freely rotatable relative to one another. The tracking module may only be able to be inserted into the internal cavity of the body in a single orientation. Furthermore, when in the internal cavity, the electronics portion of the tracking module may be non-rotatable relative to the body while the coupling portion of the tracking module remains rotatable relative to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Takahide Okai, Thuan Chong Tan, Mickael Norbert Bouffaut
  • Patent number: 12161743
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a chlorhexidine-cyclamate complex having a formula [C22H32Cl2N10][C6H12NO3S]2 having antibacterial and antiplaque properties, together with oral care compositions comprising the complex, and methods of making and using these complexes and compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Zhigang Hao, Chi-Yuan Cheng, Long Pan, Ravi Subramanyam
  • Patent number: 12161739
    Abstract: A solid oral care composition, e.g., a tablet or powder, comprising an alkali metal peroxymonosulfate as an effective bleaching agent for the bleaching of tenacious tooth stains, such as tobacco stains and coffee stains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Cajetan Dogo-Isonagie, Lin Fei, Suman Chopra, Jennifer Gronlund
  • Patent number: 12156588
    Abstract: A personal care implement includes a treatment device having a longitudinal axis and including a treatment portion having at least one treatment element; a connection portion having a main body and a first resilient snap attachment protruding from the main body, the main body formed of a first material having a first hardness and the first resilient snap attachment formed of a second material having a second hardness, the first hardness being greater than the second hardness; and the treatment device is alterable between: (1) a detached state; and (2) an assembled state in which the treatment device is detachably coupled to a grip section such that the first resilient snap attachment cooperates with and engages a first engagement portion of the grip section to secure the treatment device to the grip section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Daniel Wainless, Douglas Hohlbein, Douglas Henderson, Thuan Chong Tan, Pengyang Fu
  • Publication number: 20240390123
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the present disclosure is directed to a method for providing a personal toothbrushing challenge via an application of an electronic device. A user interface displays to a user of an electronic device, via a user interface, challenge parameters for creating a personal toothbrushing challenge, the challenge parameters including a type of challenge and a challenge period. The user interface receives from the user a parameter selection for each of the challenge parameters, each combination of parameter selections having a corresponding brushing expectation and point value. The electronic device receives brushing data from a user toothbrush indicative of user brushing activity, and determines, based on the brushing data, whether the user satisfied the brushing expectation corresponding with the combination of parameter selections. Upon determining that the user satisfied the brushing expectation, the user interface displays that the corresponding point value has been awarded to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Hannah PAYNE, Anne-Cecile GUILLOTEAU, Rachel VAN PELT, Jason STEINBERG
  • Publication number: 20240389745
    Abstract: An oral care implement is described. The oral care implement may include a head extending along a longitudinal axis and having a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a side surface extending between the first surface and the second surface. A central bristle tuft may from a central portion of the first surface. A plurality of perimetric bristle tufts may from the first surface and arranged to circumferentially surround the central bristle tuft. The perimetric bristle tufts may have distal ends that slope downwardly towards the central bristle tuft. The perimetric bristle tufts may be wedge shaped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Douglas HOHLBEIN
  • Patent number: D1056509
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Fan Gang Xie, Bo Zhang, Youran Wang, Hongmin Li, Yanmei Ji