Patents Assigned to Colgate
  • Publication number: 20180014923
    Abstract: An electric toothbrush includes a stem member on which a replaceable toothbrush is mounted. The stem member is made of synthetic resin and has a cavity for accommodating a DC motor and a vibration shaft connected to the DC motor. One end of the cavity is opened for inserting the DC motor and the vibration shaft together, and the other end thereof is closed. A free end of the vibration shaft is rotatably supported at the closed end of the cavity. The cavity has a cone-shaped wall so that the DC motor is firmly held in the cavity by a rigid contact between a shoulder portion of the DC motor and the cone-shaped wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicants: Colgate-Palmolive Company, Omron Healthcare Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasunori HATA, Tadashi TONE, Hideaki YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20180015016
    Abstract: An oral care composition comprises arginine or lysine, zinc citrate and zinc oxide, a fluoride source, and glycerin, as well as to methods of using and of making the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Xiaoyi HUANG, Michael PRENCIPE, Amy RUSSO, Hansruedi STETTLER, Vyoma PATEL, Betty WON, Peng YAN, Andre MORGAN
  • Publication number: 20180008519
    Abstract: A personal care composition, comprising a soluble zinc polyphosphate complex made by combining ingredients comprising an organic zinc salt, a plurality of long chain polyphosphates having 6 or more phosphate polymer units, and an aqueous solvent; wherein the relative amount of organic zinc salt and long chain polyphosphates provides a phosphorus to zinc mole ratio of at least 6:1. Also, a method of using the composition for reducing at least one of perspiration or body odor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Baohua QIAO, Peter R. HILLIARD, JR., Long PAN, Shiri NAWROCKI, Viktor DUBOVOY
  • Publication number: 20180008035
    Abstract: An oral care implement having a head with a soft tissue cleanser thereon. In one aspect, the invention can be an oral care implement including a handle and a head coupled to the handle, the head comprising a front surface; a rear surface opposite the front surface; a peripheral surface extending between the rear surface and the front surface; a first elastomeric soft tissue cleanser comprising a bumper portion that extends along the peripheral surface, the bumper portion comprising an undulating upper edge that includes a plurality of high points protruding above the rear surface and a plurality of low points located at or below the rear surface; and a plurality of tooth cleaning elements extending from the front surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Eduardo JIMENEZ, Kenneth WAGUESPACK, Robert MOSKOVICH
  • Patent number: 9861563
    Abstract: The invention provides oral care compositions comprising a mixture of tetrabasic zinc halide 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: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: LaTonya Kilpatrick-Liverman, Zhiqiang Liu, Long Pan, Ying Yang, Guofeng Xu, Michael A. Stranick, Zhigang Hao
  • Publication number: 20180000237
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a toothbrush that incorporates tapered bristle filaments in combination with tuft holes of a reduced size, such as between 1.3 mm to 1.4 mm in diameter. In another aspect, the invention provides a toothbrush that balances the number of tuft holes and the number of tapered bristle filaments within each tuft hole to achieve a unique ratio that reduces the cost of manufacture of the toothbrush while maintaining a mouth-feel that consumers associate with a quality product. In still another aspect, the present invention provides a toothbrush that incorporates tapered bristle filaments and also achieves a balance between reduced size tuft holes and the spacing between adjacent tuft holes to achieve a unique ratio that reduces the cost of manufacture of the toothbrush while maintaining a mouth-feel that consumers associate with a quality product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Yan Mei Ji
  • Patent number: 9855200
    Abstract: An oral care composition and method are described in which the composition includes a film or a plurality of film fragments entrained in a carrier. The film or plurality of film fragments comprises a zinc compound and the carrier comprises a polysaccharide and a maleic anhydride copolymer. The composition and methods provide benefits including one or more of increased consumer acceptability, improved solubility of zinc thus permitting the use of lower amounts of zinc compounds and reducing the adverse astringency associated with zinc, decreased adverse reactions brought about by the presence of zinc ions, enhanced aesthetics, improved stability for active or other functional materials, and controlled delivery of active materials such as zinc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Thomas S. Campbell, Thomas J. Boyd, Steven W. Fisher, Michael Prencipe
  • Publication number: 20170367945
    Abstract: The invention relates to an oral care composition used as a treatment for ulcerous conditions of the oral cavity, for example mouth ulcers and canker sores. The principal ingredients of the composition are Amla extract, Liquorice Extract, and a source of zinc. Further ingredients can include camphor, and carriers, solvents and excipients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Amit U Sirdesai, Divya IYER, Rolando PLATA, Shashank POTNIS
  • Publication number: 20170367469
    Abstract: An oral care implement that includes a head having tooth cleaning elements including at least one conical tuft of bristles. The conical tuft of bristles defines a cavity that has a transverse cross-sectional area that increases with distance from the head. The tooth cleaning elements may also include one or more arcuate cleaning elements that at least partially surround the conical tuft. The tooth cleaning elements may also include multi-height bristle tufts along lateral sides of the head. Furthermore, the head may have two conical tufts such that one of the conical tufts is oriented at a smaller acute angle relative to the head than the other conical tuft and/or one of the conical tufts is taller than the other conical tuft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Eduardo JIMENEZ, Kenneth WAGUESPACK, Robert MOSKOVICH, Andreas WECHSLER, Joachim STORZ
  • Publication number: 20170367953
    Abstract: This invention relates to oral care compositions comprising zingerone, a stannous ion source, zinc oxide, and zinc citrate, as well as to methods of using and of making these compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Dandan Chen, Ying YANG, Robert D'AMBROGIO, Paul THOMSON, Harsh Mahendra TRIVEDI, Michael PRENCIPE, James MASTERS, Stanislav JARACZ
  • Publication number: 20170367946
    Abstract: An oral care composition comprising zinc phosphate and stannous fluoride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Aarti Rege, Richard SULLIVAN, David SURIANO, Nihal DOGU, Mary COLLIGAN, Steven FISHER, Andre MORGAN
  • Publication number: 20170367956
    Abstract: Provided herein is an oral care composition comprising taurine or a salt thereof in an amount of from 0.001 weight % to 0.008 weight % by total weight of the composition, and an orally acceptable carrier. The composition is effective in accelerating HSP 27 production in damaged tissues of the oral cavity and enhances repair of the damaged tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Dandan CHEN, Harsh Mahendra TRIVEDI, Peter R. HILLIARD, JR., James MASTERS
  • Publication number: 20170367948
    Abstract: This invention relates to oral care compositions comprising a first source of zinc which is zinc citrate, a second source of zinc which is zinc oxide or zinc lactate, a stannous ion source, and a polyphosphate, as well as to methods of using and of making these compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Paul Thomson, Nihal DOGU, Divino RAJAH, Carlo DAEP, Rehana BEGUM-GAFUR, Michael PRENCIPE
  • Publication number: 20170367949
    Abstract: An oral care composition comprising zinc phosphate, stannous fluoride and an organic acid buffer system, as well as methods of using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Aarti REGE, Michael PRENCIPE
  • Publication number: 20170367947
    Abstract: An oral care composition comprising zinc phosphate, stannous fluoride and an organic acid buffer system, as well as methods of using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Aarti Rege, Michael PRENCIPE, Madhuleena BHADRA
  • Publication number: 20170368376
    Abstract: This invention relates to oral care compositions comprising zingerone, bisabolol, a stannous ion source, zinc oxide, and zinc citrate, as well as to methods of using and of making these compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Ying Yang, Dandan CHEN, Robert D'AMBROGIO, Paul THOMSON, Harsh Mahendra TRIVEDI, Michael PRENCIPE, James MASTERS, Stanislav JARACZ
  • Publication number: 20170368375
    Abstract: Provided herein is an oral care composition comprising a basic amino acid or a salt thereof in an amount of from 0.001 weight % to 0.08 weight % by total weight of the composition, and an orally acceptable carrier. The composition is effective in accelerating HSP 27 production in damaged tissues of the oral cavity and enhances repair of the damaged tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Dandan CHEN, Harsh Mahendra TRIVEDI, Peter R. HILLIARD, James MASTERS
  • Publication number: 20170367473
    Abstract: An oral care implement including an elastomeric component that includes a bumper portion that forms a distal-most section of the peripheral surface and a wall portion located along a distal-most section of the perimeter edge and protruding above the front surface. The wall portion may include a first ramped portion, an apex portion, and a second ramped portion. The wall portion may include a plurality of spaced-apart ridges protruding from an outer surface of the bumper portion and an outer surface of the wall portion. An oral care implement is disclosed that includes a soft tissue cleanser having a plurality of protuberances of differing heights.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Eduardo JIMENEZ, Joachim STORZ, Andreas WECHSLER
  • Publication number: 20170367939
    Abstract: This invention relates to oral care compositions comprising a first source of stannous, a second source of stannous, wherein the second source of stannous contains stannous pyrophosphate, and a zinc source selected from the group consisting of: zinc oxide, zinc citrate, zinc lactate, and combinations thereof, as well as to methods of using and of making these compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Paul Thomson, Nihal Dogu, Divino Rajah, Michael Prencipe
  • Publication number: 20170367943
    Abstract: Provided is an oral care product comprising an effective amount of a soluble orally acceptable sulfate, e.g., sodium or potassium bisulfate, in a buffered, electrically conductive medium, which product is useful in a method for in situ production of per sulfate (S2O82?), and methods of making and using the same, for example for whitening the teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Patrik JOHANSSON, Guofeng XU