Patents Assigned to The Colgate-Palmolive Company
  • Teeth cleaning device
    Patent number: 10413050
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the invention may be a teeth cleaning device including: a first support structure having a first dentature channel configured to receive at least a first portion of a dentature of a user, the first dentature channel defined at least in part by a first channel floor, a first facial wall, and a first glossal wall; a plurality of teeth cleaning pads, the teeth cleaning pads including: a first facial teeth cleaning pad coupled to the first facial wall; and a first glossal teeth cleaning pad coupled to the first glossal wall so as to oppose the first facial teeth cleaning pad, the first facial teeth cleaning pad and the first glossal teeth cleaning pad being oriented such that an acute angle is formed therebetween; a plurality of air bladders operably coupled to the teeth cleaning pads; and an air-flow subsystem operably coupled to the air bladders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Robert Pierce, Nagarajan Jayaraman, Igor Kachko, Mark Bakhrakh, Stanislav Kolchanov, Pavel Karavaev, Rostislav Khorenyan, Irina Sigalovsky, Semyon Kogan
  • Oral care compositions and methods for whitening teeth
    Patent number: 10413500
    Abstract: An oral care composition including an orally acceptable vehicle is disclosed. The orally acceptable vehicle includes a source of hydrogen peroxide, an acyl donor, and an enzyme that catalyzes the generation of peracetic acid between the source of hydrogen peroxide and the acyl donor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Jennifer Gronlund, Guofeng Xu, Venda Porter Maloney, Junhong Mao, Shaotang Yuan, Suman Chopra, Jodie Parker, Rajnish Kohli, Robert Dicosimo, Kari A Fosser, Sharon Haynie, Mark S. Payne, John Thomas Gannon
  • Teeth cleaning device
    Patent number: 10413389
    Abstract: A teeth cleaning device including: a first support structure comprising a first dentature channel configured to receive upper teeth; a second support structure comprising a second dentature channel configured to receive lower teeth; a first set of teeth cleaning pads located within the first dentature channel and a second set of teeth cleaning pads located within the second dentature channel; a first set of air bladders operably coupled to the first set of teeth cleaning pads and a second set of air bladders operably coupled to the second set of teeth cleaning pads; and a control unit operably coupled to an air-flow subsystem which is coupled to the bladders, the control unit configured to: (1) operate the air-flow subsystem to produce a first cleaning motion; (2) operate the air-flow subsystem to produce a second cleaning motion; and (3) operate the air-flow subsystem to produce a third cleaning motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Robert Pierce, Nagarajan Jayaraman, Igor Kachko, Mark Bakhrakh, Stanislav Kolchanov, Pavel Karavaev, Rostislav Khorenyan, Irina Sigalovsky, Semyon Kogan
  • Zinc Phosphate Complex
    Publication number: 20190274936
    Abstract: A soluble zinc polyphosphate complex made by combining ingredients which include an organic zinc salt and a plurality of long chain polyphosphates having 6 or more phosphate polymer units, the organic zinc salt and long chain polyphosphates being mixed in amounts that provide a phosphorus to zinc mole ratio of 15:1 to about 55:1. Further provided is a method of making this soluble zinc polyphosphate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Baohua QIAO, Long PAN, Gregory SZEWCZYK, Ravi SUBRAMANYAM, Shiri NAWROCKI, Viktor DUBOVOY
  • Oral Care Compositions and Methods of Use
    Publication number: 20190275355
    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: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Ying YANG, Dandan CHEN, Robert D'AMBROGIO, Paul THOMSON, Harsh Mahendra TRIVEDI, Michael PRENCIPE, James MASTERS, Stanislav JARACZ
  • Oral care implement
    Patent number: 10405641
    Abstract: An oral care implement having a tuft hole with inclined walls. In one aspect, the invention can be an oral care implement comprising: a head having a front surface and a rear surface; a tuft hole in the front surface of the head, the tuft hole extending along a central axis, the tuft hole comprising a first sidewall and a second sidewall opposite the first sidewall, each of the first and second sidewalls comprising an inclined section that converges toward a central plane that comprises the central axis with decreasing distance from the front surface; and a bristle tuft formed by a plurality of bristles, each of the plurality of bristles having a first portion disposed within the tuft hole and a second portion protruding from the front surface of the head, the second portions of the plurality of bristles converging toward the central plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Kenneth Waguespack
  • Oral care implement
    Patent number: 10405643
    Abstract: An oral care implement comprises a handle having a container containing oral care fluid, A head includes tooth cleaning elements and a fluid outlet to output fluid into the vicinity thereof. A manually actuatable pump mechanism in the handle between the container and fluid outlet is connected thereto by respective first and second conduits. The pump mechanism comprises a chamber having an inlet connected to the first conduit, an outlet connected to the second conduit, and an actuatable valve mechanism for selectively opening the inlet and outlet respectively to cause fluid flow into and out of the chamber. The mechanism comprises first and second valve elements and a deformable actuator connected to the first and second valve elements. A wall which defines at least a part of the chamber is adapted to be manually moved to operate the valve mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Donghui Wu
  • Oral care compositions
    Patent number: 10406082
    Abstract: Described herein are oral care compositions comprising (i) a magnesium alkali metal silicate complex clay, and (ii) an orally acceptable anionic polymer, in a dentifrice base, which compositions are useful for alleviating dental sensitivity. Also provided for, are methods of making and using the compositions described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Suman Chopra, Lin Fei, Rahul Patel
  • Antiperspirant composition
    Patent number: 10406085
    Abstract: Provided herein is an aqueous composition comprising an active antiperspirant ingredient and disodium EDTA, wherein the active antiperspirant ingredient is present in an amount of 0.2 weight % to 3 weight % by total weight of the composition on an anhydrous basis, wherein the active antiperspirant ingredient comprises an aluminum salt, and wherein the pH of the composition is from 2 to 5. The composition may be used as an antiperspirant when applied to the axillary area of a person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Viktor Dubovoy, Sandra Wadeer, Long Pan, Christine Boyke
  • Oral care composition containing ionic liquids
    Patent number: 10406090
    Abstract: The present invention relation to an oral care composition comprising an ionic liquid wherein the ionic liquid comprises: (a) a pyrazolium cation and (b) an anion selected from the group consisting of acetate, halide, phosphate, alkyl phosphate, sulphate, alkyl sulphate and tosylate is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Madhusudan Patel, Mahmoud Hassan, Rosa Paredes
  • Barrier tube shoulders
    Patent number: 10407219
    Abstract: Provided is a method for making barrier tube shoulders. The method includes forming a parison from a multi-layer laminated structure having an inner layer that faces an interior of the parison, an outer layer comprising an exterior surface of the parison, and an interdisposed layer between the inner layer and the outer layer, wherein the interdisposed layer is a flavor barrier layer. The method also includes providing an extrusion blow molding (EBM) mold comprising at least one cavity shaped as a barrier tube shoulder, positioning the parison in the EBM mold, and blow molding the parison such that the parison substantially conforms to the EBM mold to form a barrier tube shoulder having the barrier layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Jun Wang, Christopher J. Miller, Scott Beckerman, Sunil Shah
  • Cleansing bars with phenoxyethanol
    Patent number: 10407648
    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: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey Mastrull, Viktor Dubovoy, Laurence Du-Thumm, Steven Misner, David Santos, Long Pan
  • Oral care compositions
    Patent number: 10406087
    Abstract: An oral care composition comprising zinc phosphate, stannous fluoride, arginine or lysine and an organic acid buffer system, as well as methods of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Aarti Rege, Michael Prencipe, Marc Estriplet
  • Oral Care Compositions with Increased Whitening Efficacy
    Publication number: 20190269601
    Abstract: An oral care composition and method for whitening teeth is disclosed. The oral care composition includes an orally acceptable vehicle, a blue dye and/or blue pigment having a blue to blue-violet color with a hue angle in the CIELAB system from about 200 to about 320 degrees, and a phosphate/acrylate copolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Eric SIMON, Venda Porter MALONEY, Hallena STROTMAN
  • Liquid Cleansing Compositions with an Antibacterial System and Method of Manufacturing Thereof
    Publication number: 20190270951
    Abstract: A liquid cleansing composition and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The liquid cleansing composition includes a cleansing component and an antibacterial system. The antibacterial system includes an antibacterial agent and an antibacterial enhancing agent. The weight ratio of the antibacterial agent to the antibacterial enhancing agent is greater than or equal to 0.30:1 and less than or equal to 0.65:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Eugene HARDY, Alison KUGLER
  • Dentifrice Composition Comprising Zinc Oxide and Zinc Citrate
    Publication number: 20190269586
    Abstract: Described herein are oral care compositions comprising a combination of zinc oxide and zinc citrate, and methods of preparing and using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Michael PRENCIPE, Yun XU, Xiao Yi HUANG, Steven FISHER, Betty WON, Lyndsay SCHAEFFER-KORBYLO
  • Fluoride Free and Anionic Surfactant Free Dentifrice Having a High Micro Efficacy
    Publication number: 20190269588
    Abstract: An oral care composition and method are described in which the composition is free of an anionic surfactant and a fluoride source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Michael COLLINS, Barbara HEPLER, Kimdra SMITH-WEBSTER, Linh FRUGE
  • Fluid supply apparatus and personal care implement containing the same
    Patent number: 10398216
    Abstract: A fluid supply apparatus with leakage protection. The apparatus includes a housing defining a storage cavity having a total volume including a fluid portion and a gas portion. The storage cavity extends along a cavity axis from a first end to a second end. A capillary member is fluidly coupled with the fluid. A vent tube having a primary vent passageway and a plurality of vent apertures is located in the storage cavity. The primary vent passageway forms a pathway from the vent apertures to the external atmosphere. Fluid cannot flow through the vent apertures at ambient temperature and pressure equilibrium. The vent apertures may be located and arranged on the vent tube such that irrespective of vertical and angular orientation of the housing relative to a gravitational vector at least one of the vent apertures is in spatial communication with the gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Leighton Davies-Smith, Al Sprosta, Shyamala Pillai
  • Oral device with activating element
    Patent number: 10398894
    Abstract: An oral care implement herein may be embodied as an oral device for placement in the oral cavity. The device may include an insert configured for placement in the oral cavity in contact with a wearer's teeth and an activating member configured for placement in the oral cavity and selectively attachable to the insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Patrik Johansson, Evaristo Delgado, Daniel Wainless
  • Tracking module for an oral care implement
    Patent number: D858997
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Takahide Okai, GuanMin Sun