Abstract: Disclosed herein are oral care compositions comprising a zinc amino acid halide. Methods of making and using the compositions are also provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 19, 2012
Date of Patent:
October 23, 2018
Assignee:
Colgate-Palmolive Company
Inventors:
Long Pan, Shaotang Yuan, Shira Pilch, James G. Masters, Zhiqiang Liu
Abstract: A multicomponent composition separating surfactant and fragrance into separate phases to increase the fragrance release from the composition.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 17, 2012
Date of Patent:
October 23, 2018
Assignee:
Colgate-Palmolive Company
Inventors:
Joseph Knorr, Junhong Mao, Alison Kugler, Ammanuel Mehreteab, Andrei Potanin
Abstract: A package (100) for an oral care implement such as one or more toothbrushes can include a transparent or translucent front panel (102) having a flat surface at a consumer-facing side of the package. The package can further include a transparent or translucent back panel (104) attached to the front panel, the back panel having a contoured surface, as well as text and/or graphics (116) on the front panel, wherein the package is configured to be displayed with the front panel of the package facing a viewing location. The front panel can further include an opening tab (120) defined by a tab line (122), a flap (126) defined, at least in part, by the tab line, and an opening cavity (124) in the back panel that is positioned behind the flap.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 23, 2015
Date of Patent:
October 23, 2018
Assignee:
Colgate-Palmolive Company
Inventors:
Robert Moskovich, Daniel Wainless, Alan Sorrentino
Abstract: This invention relates to oral care compositions comprising an effective amount of a basic amino acid in free or salt form, together with an anionic surfactant, and to methods of using and of making such compositions.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 20, 2018
Publication date:
October 18, 2018
Applicant:
Colgate-Palmolive Company
Inventors:
Michael Prencipe, Diane CUMMINS, Ravi SUBRAMANYAM, Richard SULLIVAN, Ralph Peter SANTARPIA III, Sarita Vera MELLO, Lynette ZAIDEL, Suman CHOPRA, Qin WANG, Gary TAMBS, Virginia Monsul BARNES, Donghui WU, Andre MORGAN, Rajnish KOHLI, Richard ROBINSON, Sergio LEITE, Eric SIMON
Abstract: An oral care implement body to which a replacement head can be detachably coupled. In one embodiment, the oral care implement body includes a gripping portion having a shoulder, a stem extending from the shoulder along a longitudinal axis, and a boss protruding from an outer surface of the stem. The boss may have a locking rib section having an undercut surface that is axially spaced from the shoulder and a positioning rib section extending from the locking rib section to the shoulder. The undercut surface may circumferentially protrude from a first side surface of the positioning rib section. The locking rib section may extend along a first rib axis and the positioning rib section may extend along a second rib axis, the first rib axis oriented obliquely to the second rib axis.
Abstract: Provided herein is a method for removing a chemical stain from a dental surface or inhibiting chemical staining of a dental surface, comprising contacting the dental surface with an oral care composition comprising zinc phosphate and an orally acceptable carrier.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 31, 2015
Date of Patent:
October 16, 2018
Assignee:
Colgate-Palmolive Company
Inventors:
Aarti Rege, David Suriano, Richard Sullivan
Abstract: Described herein are packages for storing and dispensing multi-part tooth whitening formulations, comprising a deformable material configured to form two or more sealed chambers, e.g., wherein the first chamber contains a low viscosity liquid solution comprising an enzyme having perhydrolytic activity, and the second chamber contains a peroxide source and a at least one acyl donor substrate. Particular multi-part tooth whitening formulations using this principle and methods of use thereof are also provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 18, 2012
Date of Patent:
October 16, 2018
Assignee:
Colgate-Palmolive Company
Inventors:
Thomas Boyd, Guofeng Xu, Richard Adams, Robert Pierce, Derek Samaroo, David Viscio, Kari A. Fosser, Robert Dicosimo, Hong Wang
Abstract: A dentifrice composition having a low water phase comprising effective amounts of polyphosphate and ionic active ingredients. The composition comprises a source of metal ions, an inorganic phosphate salt having four or more phosphorus atoms and a cross-linked polyvinylpyrrolidone thickening agent in a single phase. Preferred metal ions are stannous, copper and zinc, in particular from zinc citrate and stannous fluoride.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 2, 2011
Date of Patent:
October 16, 2018
Assignee:
Colgate-Palmolive Company
Inventors:
Steven Fisher, Lynette Zaidel, Michael Prencipe
Abstract: A toothpaste comprising at least 5% sodium chloride and a carrageenan-based binder, having high antibacterial efficacy, very stable viscosity and excellent striping properties, together with methods and uses therefore.
Abstract: Provided is an oral care composition, e.g., a dentifrice, comprising a calcium abrasive, e.g., calcium carbonate, potassium nitrate (KNO3), and a basic amino acid, in free or salt form, e.g., arginine, in free or salt form, wherein the potassium nitrate is present in an amount of 0.1-1% by weight of the composition and methods of using the same.
Abstract: An oral care implement having a multi-component handle. The oral care implement may include a head and a handle. The handle may have a front surface, a rear surface, and opposing first and second lateral surfaces. The handle may include an elongated handle body, a grip cover, and a transparent component. The elongated handle body and the grip cover may be opaque. The elongated handle body may form a portion of the front surface of the handle and the grip cover may form a portion of the rear surface of the handle. The transparent component may form a portion of each of the first and second lateral surfaces of the handle. Thus, the transparent component may form a window through the lateral surfaces of the handle.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 13, 2018
Publication date:
October 11, 2018
Applicant:
Colgate-Palmolive Company
Inventors:
Michael ROONEY, Eduardo JIMENEZ, Marco BOHNER, Robert MOSKOVICH
Abstract: An oral care composition comprising at least one metal phosphate chosen from stannous phosphate, magnesium phosphate or aluminum phosphate; and at least one fluoride ion source. The at least one phosphate is added to the oral care composition as a preformed salt. Methods of administering the oral care composition to a subject are also disclosed.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 8, 2015
Publication date:
October 11, 2018
Applicant:
Colgate-Palmolive Company
Inventors:
Aarti REGE, David SURIANO, Richard SULLIVAN
Abstract: An oral care implement in one embodiment includes an elongated body comprising a head portion supporting plurality of tooth cleaning elements and a handle portion. The tooth cleaning elements are disposed on longitudinally extending bristle carrier sections hingedly coupled together about a common pivot axis. The axis may be formed by a flexible web. A slidable actuator mounted in the handle portion is mechanically coupled to the bristle carrier assembly by an elongated operating rod. Moving the actuator in opposing rearward and forward directions opens or folds the bristles on the carriers outwards or inwards respectively about the common pivot axis. In the folded position, the bristles are configured for interdental cleaning of the teeth. In the open or extended position, the bristles are configured for general purpose cleaning of the teeth.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 9, 2015
Publication date:
October 11, 2018
Applicant:
Colgate-Palmolive Company
Inventors:
Eduardo JIMENEZ, Kenneth WAGUESPACK, Douglas HOHLBENIN, Anthony BAXTER, Marisol RODRIGUEZ, Alberto MANTILLA, Ellis Junior SMITH, Chad Leighton HELLAND, Dario Alejandro NARVAEZ LOPEZ, Mauricio ISSA
Abstract: Oral care compositions comprising a capsules comprising flavoring and/or one or more active ingredients, and/or flavours, said capsules distributed in an orally acceptable vehicle or carrier.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 11, 2009
Date of Patent:
October 9, 2018
Assignee:
Colgate-Palmolive Company
Inventors:
Jose Eder Fontana, Edilberto Lemos, Henrique Jorge Sousa Sales, Marcia Pereira
Abstract: An oral care implement has a head portion with tooth cleaning elements on a front surface thereof and a reservoir containing a fluid. A delivery member extends through at least a portion of the oral care implement to deliver the fluid from the reservoir to an applicator that may be positioned on the rear surface of the head. In one aspect, the applicator and the delivery member may be separate components that are fluidly coupled to one another. The applicator and the delivery member may both be formed of a capillary material.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 22, 2015
Date of Patent:
October 9, 2018
Assignee:
Colgate-Palmolive Company
Inventors:
John J. Gatzemeyer, Thomas J. Boyd, Eduardo J. Jimenez, Bruce M. Russell
Abstract: Oral care compositions comprising: a) an oral care active; and b) an acrylic film forming polymer. In various embodiments, such polymers comprise monomeric units such as acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, acrylates, and combinations thereof. In one embodiment, the film forming polymer comprises a copolymer of a first monomeric unit selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, and combinations thereof, with a second monomeric unit selected from the group consisting of acrylates, acrylamides, acetates, and combinations thereof. In various embodiments, the polymer is a terpolymer comprising a combination of the second monomeric units. Preferably, the composition additionally comprises a lower alcohol, such as ethanol. In various embodiments, the oral care active comprises a whitening material, such as a peroxide.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 3, 2008
Date of Patent:
October 9, 2018
Assignee:
Colgate-Palmolive Company
Inventors:
Prithwiraj Maitra, Lynette Zaidel, Suman K. Chopra, Guisheng Pan, Michael Prencipe, Sayed Ibrahim
Abstract: An oral care composition is disclosed. The composition comprises zinc phosphate and a silicate compound comprising a metallic element that in cationic form is capable of reducing tooth enamel erosion. The zinc phosphate is added to the oral care composition as a preformed salt. Methods of administering the oral care compositions to subjects in need thereof are also disclosed.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 8, 2015
Publication date:
October 4, 2018
Applicant:
Colgate-Palmolive Company
Inventors:
Aarti REGE, Richard SULLIVAN, David SURIANO
Abstract: An oral care composition comprises zinc phosphate and at least one anti-microbial agent chosen from engenol, isoeugenol, eugenol acetate and isoeugenol acetate. The zinc phosphate is added to the oral care composition as a preformed salt.
Abstract: A dispenser that includes a resilient applicator that optimizes application of a subject fluid to a desired surface. In one embodiment, the invention is a dispenser comprising a housing having an internal reservoir containing the fluid. The resilient applicator is coupled to the housing and comprises a dispensing orifice. The resilient applicator comprises a working surface that is oriented at an oblique angle to a longitudinal axis of the housing and is defined by a polygonal perimeter edge, the polygonal perimeter edge comprising a plurality of apex portions and a plurality of side portions, wherein one of the plurality of side portions forms a distal most-portion of the resilient applicator.