Patents Assigned to Colgate
  • Pump dispenser
    Patent number: 10086391
    Abstract: A pump dispenser, having a container with a body defining a chamber for storing a product and defining an opening at a first end of the chamber through which the product is dispensable, the body having a first surface at a second end of the chamber, opposite from the first end; a closure movable between a closed position where the closure blocks the opening and an open position where the opening is not blocked; a pump for pumping the product from the chamber; and a projection extending from the closure, the projection having a first portion extending from the closure and a second portion extending from the first portion, the first and second portions extending in different directions, the second portion having a second surface that faces and approaches the first surface of the body when the closure is moved from the open position to the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Kiat-Cheong Toh, Joseph Knorr
  • Holographic Laminate and the Tube Made Thereof
    Publication number: 20180275606
    Abstract: A laminate that may be used to store a product such as a toothpaste, various food items, lotions, etc. The laminate includes a reflective metal layer, a hologram layer, and an outer film interposed between the reflective metal layer and the hologram layer, wherein the outer film is transparent or translucent. The formation of the hologram layer can be performed at a lower temperature that the formation of other laminate structures so as not to damage the hologram. The laminate may be used as a tube wall, and can provide a self-sealing side seam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Jun WANG, BoXian LI, Guoxing ZHANG
  • Devices and Methods for Making a Pouch
    Publication number: 20180273217
    Abstract: Provided is a device (400) for forming a pouch. The device can include a first sealing section (404) having a curved heat-transfer surface, and a second sealing section (406). The second sealing section (406) can include a first heat-transfer surface (407), a second heat-transfer surface (405), and a heated cutter (408). The heated cutter (408) can be disposed between the first heat-transfer surface (407) and the second heat-transfer surface (405). The device can also include an optional cutting face that accepts the heated cutter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Thierry BERNARDY, Joel MILLON
  • Highly digestible pet food for improving stool quality
    Patent number: 10080378
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides highly digestible pet food compositions that, when ingested by an animal, result in reduced stool volume, weight, and odor, and methods of use employing those compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: David Kappelman, Susy Tejayadi, Valerie Proctor
  • High-pH Active Compositions
    Publication number: 20180263874
    Abstract: The present invention provides active compositions that contain an aluminum system active, a buffer comprising urea or an amino acid in free or salt form; and a calcium ion source. The compositions are stable at high pH; i.e., at a pH above 4 or 5, reaching neutral or basic pH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Long PAN, Scott SMART
  • Oral Care Compositions and Methods of Use
    Publication number: 20180263885
    Abstract: Described herein are oral care compositions comprising a basic amino acid; a combination of zinc ion sources; and from about 0.75 wt. % to about 2 wt. % of a chelating system; along with methods of making and using same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Marcella MOURAO, Wilbens JOSIAS, Betty WON, Lisa MANUS, Michael STRANICK, Xiaoyi HUANG, Michael PRENCIPE, Amy RUSSO, Hansruedi STETTLER, Peng YAN, Chengkang TAN, Vyoma PATEL, Andre Michelle MORGAN, Andrei POTANIN
  • Oral Treatment System
    Publication number: 20180263746
    Abstract: A oral treatment system that emits electromagnetic radiation onto surfaces of a user's teeth and may also dispense a oral treatment material for contact with the user's teeth. In one aspect, the oral treatment system includes a mouthpiece comprising a wall and a bite platform extending from the wall that collectively define a first channel for receiving a user's teeth; an electromagnetic radiation source coupled to the mouthpiece and configured to emit electromagnetic radiation onto surfaces of the user's teeth that are positioned in the first channel; and one or more apertures in at least one of the wall or the bite platform, the one or more apertures configured to dispense a oral treatment material to the first channel for contact with the surfaces of the user's teeth that are positioned in the first channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Scott DEMAREST, Stacy LAVANDER, Richard ADAMS, Yu SHI
  • Vibrating Toothbrush
    Publication number: 20180263744
    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 alleviate weakness conditions that might subject the toothbrush to fatigue and breakage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Alan Sorrentino
  • Oral care compositions comprising a peroxide source, a polyhydric alcohol, and a surfactant
    Patent number: 10076476
    Abstract: Provided is an oral care composition comprising a peroxide source, a polyhydric alcohol and a surfactant system having an HLB value of from 4 to 13, wherein the combined amount of the polyhydric alcohol and the surfactant system is from 60 weight % to 95 weight % by total weight of the composition, and wherein the weight ratio of the polyhydric alcohol to the surfactant system is from 9:1 to 1:4. The composition is resistant to peroxide decomposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Lin Fei, Suman Chopra
  • Oral care implement
    Patent number: 10076180
    Abstract: An oral care implement having a grip component. In one embodiment, the invention can be an oral care implement comprising: an elongated body comprising a head portion and a handle portion, the handle portion comprising a socket; at least one tooth cleaning element mounted to the head portion of the elongated body; and a first grip component comprising: an annular rim defining a central opening, the annular rim formed of a rigid material; and a resilient body mounted to the annular rim that covers the central opening, the resilient body formed of a resilient material; the first grip component mounted within the socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Douglas Hohlbein
  • Method of providing a visual indication of depletion of a fluid
    Patent number: 10076182
    Abstract: A method of providing a visual indication of depletion of an oral care fluid. In one aspect, the method provides a visual indication of depletion of an oral care fluid contained within a reservoir of an oral care implement having a delivery member formed of a capillary material. The method includes: a) providing an indicator fluid in the reservoir with the oral care fluid, the oral care fluid being a different color than the indicator fluid and immiscible with respect to the indicator fluid; and b) upon depletion of the oral care fluid from the reservoir, delivering the indicator fluid to a visible portion of the deliver member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Madhusudan Patel, Suman Chopra, Thomas J. Boyd
  • Teeth Whitening Methods, Visually Perceptible Signals And Compositions Therefor
    Publication number: 20180256468
    Abstract: Described herein are methods of cleaning a tooth comprising administering a composition comprising a zinc amino acid halide complex to the oral cavity; and retaining the composition in the oral cavity for a time sufficient to form a precipitate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Zhiqiang LIU, Long PAN, Shaotang YUAN, Jairajh MATTAI, James MASTERS
  • Implement and Dispenser System
    Publication number: 20180255915
    Abstract: A system comprising an implement and dispenser containing a fluid detachably coupled to the implement. In one embodiment, the dispenser has a housing that includes a reservoir containing a fluid and an actuator for dispensing the fluid from the dispenser. The dispenser is at least partially located within the cavity of the handle. The housing of the dispenser has at least one protuberance that protrudes radially beyond an outer surface of the handle thereby forming a ridge that a user can grip to remove the dispenser from the cavity of the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Eduardo JIMENEZ, Alan SORRENTINO, Robert MOSKOVICH
  • Anhydrous Tooth Whitening Compositions Comprising Cetylpyridinium Chloride
    Publication number: 20180256472
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a tooth whitening compositions comprising at least one hydrophobic polymer carrier; cetylpyridinium chloride; and at least one whitening agent, wherein the composition is free of water. Also disclosed herein are methods for reducing microbial growth on the surface of an oral care device comprising contacting the oral care device with saliva and a tooth whitening composition comprising at least one hydrophobic polymer carrier; cetylpyridinium chloride; and at least one whitening agent, wherein the composition is free of water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Kyle Robbins, Shyamala PILLAI, Kimdra SMITH-WEBSTER, Jason NESTA
  • Dispenser
    Patent number: 10070759
    Abstract: A dispenser includes a housing, a cartridge, and a pump assembly. The housing defines an internal volume. The cartridge is coupled with the housing. The pump assembly includes a tube that extends through the cartridge and into the internal volume of the housing. The tube includes a first inlet through which a first liquid is drawn into the tube from the internal volume when the pump assembly is actuated, and a second inlet through which a second liquid is drawn into the tube from the cartridge when the pump assembly is actuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Kiat-Cheong Toh, Joseph Knorr
  • Oral care compositions
    Patent number: 10071159
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions comprising an active compound from an extract of magnolia, or a derivative thereof; and a non-surfactant electrolyte in an amount effective to stabilize the composition, and methods of making and using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Shyamala Pillai, Lin Fei, Guofeng Xu
  • Methods of using omega-3 fatty acids
    Patent number: 10071071
    Abstract: A method for influencing behavior in young, adult or aged pet animals which comprises systemically administering a behavior influencing quantity of an omega-3 fatty acid or mixture of omega-3 fatty acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Steven Curtis Zicker, Chadwick E. Dodd, Dennis Jewell, Dale A. Fritsch
  • High salt toothpaste and methods for using same
    Patent number: 10071032
    Abstract: Compositions and methods of treating and/or preventing conditions of the oral cavity, e.g. gingivitis, comprise applying a toothpaste composition comprising at least 5% sodium chloride in a toothpaste base comprising a zinc salt, non-silica calcium carbonate abrasive and humectant, to the oral surfaces, e.g., the teeth and gums, of a patient in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Yun Xu, Dorathy Zeng, Kahn Tan, Pingdong Li
  • Toothbrush with visual and/or other sensory effects
    Patent number: 10070715
    Abstract: An toothbrush having a handle and a head. The handle may include a first component and a second component covering at least a portion of the first component. The first and second components may be chemically compatible. The first and second components may both comprise a hard polyolefin. The first and second components may have different transparencies. In one aspect, the first component may be opaque and the second component may be transparent or semi-transparent. In some aspects, the handle may also include a third component comprising a thermoplastic elastomer. Furthermore, there may be at least one projection extending outwardly from an outer surface of the first component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Chi Shing Wong, Douglas J. Hohlbein, Kenneth Waguespack, Al Sprosta, Wen Jin Xi, Xiangji Ding
  • Toothbrush
    Patent number: D828037
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Eduardo Jimenez