Patents Assigned to Colgate
  • Toothbrush
    Patent number: 9930958
    Abstract: A toothbrush having an applicator for dispensing an oral care material to a user's oral cavity. In one aspect, the toothbrush comprises a body comprising a handle portion, a head portion and a longitudinal axis; a plurality of tooth cleaning elements extending from the head portion; a store of an oral care material in the body; a depression formed in the handle portion of the body, the depression comprising a floor; and an applicator forming at least a portion of the floor of the depression, the applicator fluidly coupled to the store of the oral care material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Robert Moskovich, Kelly Gail Duncan, Matthew Lee Kolb
  • Tube
    Publication number: 20180086529
    Abstract: A tube or other container for storing and dispensing a product such as toothpaste, a lotion, a cream, etc., includes one or more creases. Initially, each crease can be in a contracted position, where the tube has a first volume when the crease is in the contracted position. Due to outgassing of the product and/or other factors, pressure may increase within the sealed tube. In response to the pressure increase, the one or more creases can deflect from the contracted position to an expanded position, where the tube has a second, increased volume when the crease is in the expanded position. Deflection of the one or more creases effectively increases the volume of the interior of the tube, and maintains pressure within the tube at a desirable level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: John CRAWFORD, Scott BECKERMAN
  • Oral Care Compositions and Dispensing System Therefor
    Publication number: 20180085292
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a capsule comprising one or more solid oral care ingredients, said capsule being adapted for use in an apparatus that combines a solvent, for example water, and the oral care ingredients to provide a liquid, for example aqueous, oral care composition. The present disclosure also provides apparatus adapted to provide an aqueous oral care composition by directing water through the capsule; aqueous oral care compositions prepared by use of the capsule and/or apparatus, and methods for the use of the aqueous oral care compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Robert Pierce, Nagarajan JAYARAMAN
  • Composition with zinc amino acid/trimethylglycine halide precursors
    Patent number: 9925130
    Abstract: A personal care composition for application to the skin or hair comprising a cosmetically acceptable carrier and zinc X halide precursors wherein the precursors are a zinc ion source, an X source, and a halide source, wherein the halide source can be part of the zinc ion source, the X source, or a halogen acid, wherein the precursors can complex into the zinc X halide when the composition is applied to the skin or hair, wherein X is an amino acid or trimethylglycine. Methods of making and using the compositions are also provided. When the precursors complex into a zinc X halide, the complex can be used to deliver zinc salts to block perspiration and provide antibacterial effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Long Pan, Jairajh Mattai, Shamim Ansari, Jianhong Qiu, James G. Masters, Ying Yang
  • Cleansing Bars with Phenoxyethanol
    Publication number: 20180079992
    Abstract: A cleansing bar composition comprising at least one cleanser chosen from soap and surfactant; phenoxyethanol; and one or more hydrophobic stabilizing agents, wherein the composition is a solid cleansing bar. Also methods of enhancing the deposition of phenoxyethanol by a cleansing bar comprising the step of pre-mixing phenoxyethanol with one or more hydrophobic deposition aids during manufacturing of the cleansing bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey MASTRULL, Vikton DUBOVOY, Laurence DU-THUMM, STeven MISNER, David SANTOS, Long PAN
  • Oral Care Implement
    Publication number: 20180078027
    Abstract: An oral care implement and a method of forming the same. In one aspect, the invention can be an oral care implement having a handle and a head. The head has a basin cavity formed therein which has an open top end. An aperture is formed into the basin cavity that forms a passageway to an outer surface of the head. An applicator is positioned within the basin cavity so that a portion of the applicator protrudes through the aperture. The oral care implement also includes a head plate with a plurality of tooth cleaning elements mounted thereon. The head plate is coupled to the head and encloses the open top end of the basin cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Eduardo Jimenez, Joseph Fattori
  • Oral and personal care compositions and methods
    Patent number: 9918909
    Abstract: A composition comprising a film or a plurality of film fragments entrained in a carrier is disclosed. The film or plurality of film fragments can comprise a functional material. The film or plurality of film fragments can comprise repeated shapes. Also disclosed is a composition comprising a plurality of discernable lamellar fragments entrained in a carrier. Also disclosed is a method for administering a functional material to a human or animal subject in need thereof, the method comprising applying to the subject a composition comprising a film or a plurality of film fragments entrained in a carrier, wherein the film comprises the functional material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Thomas J Boyd, Guofeng Xu, M. Teresa R Carale, Beth Ann Boff
  • Compositions for tooth-whitening comprising a bleaching agent and a basic amino acid, and methods and devices for application thereof
    Patent number: 9918918
    Abstract: The present invention provides tooth-whitening compositions comprising a bleaching agent and a basic amino acid, together with devices for application thereof, and methods of use therefor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Michael Prencipe, Richard Scott Robinson, Rajnish Kohli, Richard J. Sullivan
  • Oral care compositions and methods
    Patent number: 9918926
    Abstract: Provided is a mouth rinse composition comprising a phosphate/acrylate co-polymer and an orally acceptable carrier and methods of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Lynette A. Zaidel
  • Apparatus For Dental Treatment
    Publication number: 20180071065
    Abstract: An apparatus for treatment of teeth, including one or more dental treatment applicators having at least two walls and a floor, the walls and floor defining a well configured to accommodate at least one human dental arcade and an active agent. Furthermore, one or more energy-applying elements such as electrodes or light sources are located on at least one of the walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Lion Flyash, Kamal Khawaled
  • Oral care compositions comprising zinc amino acid halides
    Patent number: 9913784
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are oral care compositions comprising a zinc amino acid halide complex, and linear polyvinylpyrrolidone and/or sodium tripolyphosphate, which compositions have improved rheological stability. Methods of making and using the compositions are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Gregory Szewczyk, Lisa Manus, Lyndsay Schaeffer-Korbylo, Andrei Potanin, Ravi Subramanyam
  • Oral treatment device
    Patent number: 9913992
    Abstract: An oral treatment device that emits light onto surfaces of a user's teeth. In one aspect, the oral treatment device includes an intraoral mouthpiece comprising: a lamp support surface; and a lamp. When the lamp is mounted to the lamp support surface, a first contact surface of the lamp contacts a first contact surface of a first electrical contact element of the lamp support surface; and (2) a second contact surface of the lamp contacts a second contact surface of a second electrical contact element of the lamp support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Scott Demarest, Francis Tatu, Mark Bartlett, Scott Mosby, Mark Lowenthal
  • Pulp chamber leak test
    Patent number: 9915580
    Abstract: A method of testing for leakage of a pulp chamber in a modified extracted tooth is provided, wherein the modified extracted tooth comprises enamel, dentine and a pulp chamber. The method comprises: (a) providing an extracted tooth which has been modified by removal of roots and dental pulp so as to create a pulp chamber, the pulp chamber having an opening at one end thereof, which opening is defined by a rim; (b) attaching a first end of a first tube to the rim of the pulp chamber so as to provide an air-tight seal between the first tube and the rim; (c) placing the modified extracted tooth into a liquid; (d) supplying a compressed gas into the pulp chamber via the first tube; and (e) determining visually whether or not bubbles of the gas are released into the liquid at the enamel of the tooth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Shyamala Pillai
  • Oral care composition containing pumice and calcium carbonate
    Patent number: 9913796
    Abstract: Disclosed are oral care compositions comprising an abrasive system, wherein the abrasive system comprises (a) a first particulate abrasive comprising at least 20 wt % pumice, based on the weight of the oral care composition, having an average particle size of from 20 to 300 microns; and (b) a second particulate abrasive comprising calcium carbonate having an average particle size of from 2 to 13 microns. There is also disclosed a method of cleaning teeth comprising applying the oral care composition to a tooth surface, the oral care composition being applied as a paste disposed in a prophy cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Andre Morgan, Vyoma Patel, Marilou Joziak, Michael Prencipe
  • Oral Care Instrument
    Publication number: 20180064239
    Abstract: A toothbrush is provided that includes a base component having a gripping region and an oral engaging region defining a longitudinal axis along a length of the oral engaging region and a transverse axis along a width of the oral engaging region. The oral engaging region has bilateral symmetry with respect to the longitudinal axis and can comprise wherein the oral engaging region has bilateral symmetry with respect to the longitudinal axis and comprises a first distal region having an approximately concave contour tapering to a second middle region having an approximately convex contour and widening to a third proximal region having an approximately concave contour. The oral engaging region can support a plurality of cleaning elements along a front side and a plurality of soft cleaning elements along a second side opposite the first.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Wen Jin XI, Fan Gang XIE, Guang Sheng GUO, Cun ZHANG
  • Package having unitary body including a break-off cap
    Patent number: 9908677
    Abstract: A package (1000) for containing a fluidic product. In one embodiment of the invention, the package comprises a first laminate sheet (200) and a second laminate sheet (300) thermoformed together to form a unitary body (100). The unitary body (100) has a product containing portion (110) having a product cavity containing a fluidic product, a nozzle portion (120) for dispensing the fluidic product from the product cavity, and a break-off cap (130) sealing a dispensing orifice of the nozzle portion (120). Each of the first and second laminate sheets (200, 300) includes a layer of polyethylene (PE) and a layer of polyethylene terephthalate (PET). The layer of PE has a first thickness and the layer of PET has a second thickness, the second thickness being less than or equal to the first thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Yu Shi, Derek Michael Samaroo, Jun Wang, Christopher Joseph Miller, Devesh Badola, Kai Wang, Sandeep Thombre, Alok Agashe
  • Oral care products comprising zinc oxide and trimethylglycine
    Patent number: 9901523
    Abstract: Described herein are oral care compositions comprising a mixture of zinc oxide and trimethylglycine, in free or orally acceptable salt form. Methods of making and using the compositions are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Guofeng Xu, Zhiqiang Liu, Long Pan, LaTonya Kilpatrick-Liverman, Ying Yang, Michael A. Stranick, Zhigang Hao
  • Oral treatment device
    Patent number: 9901744
    Abstract: An oral treatment device that emits light onto surfaces of a user's teeth. In one aspect, the oral treatment device includes an intraoral mouthpiece. The mouthpiece may comprise a lamp support structure comprising a lamp support surface; first and second lamps, each of the first and second lamps comprising a plurality of light emitters that generate light which is emitted from a rear surface of the lamp; each of the first and second lamps mounted to the lamp support surface, thereby forming a lamp assembly, each of the first and second lamps operably coupled to a control circuit having a power source; and a lamp retaining component coupled to the lamp support structure, a lower portion of the first lamp and an upper portion of the second lamp retained between the lamp retaining component and the lamp support surface of the lamp support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Scott Demarest, Francis Tatu, Mark Bartlett, Evaristo Delgado, Kathryn Neal, Patrik Johansson, Mark Lowenthal
  • Whitening oral care compositions
    Patent number: 9901521
    Abstract: Described herein are oral care compositions comprising a crosslinked polyvinylpyrrolidone complexed with hydrogen peroxide, together with a blue to violet-blue pigment; including some embodiments which further comprise an ethylene oxide, propylene oxide block co-polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Venda Porter-Maloney, Suman K. Chopra, Dennis Ontumi
  • Head portion of a toothbrush
    Patent number: D812911
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Brian Bloch, Lars Ralf Rainer Lieberwirth