Patents Assigned to The Colgate-Palmolive Company
  • An Oral Care Composition
    Publication number: 20190209448
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an oral care composition for use in the treatment or prevention of erosive tooth demineralization, plaque, and caries. This oral care composition includes zinc lactate dihydrate, a stannous ion source, at least one phosphate salt, and a buffer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Nihal DOGU, Kavita VEMISHETTI
  • Personal Care Gel and Method
    Publication number: 20190209442
    Abstract: A moisturizing gel composition is disclosed containing 4 wt. % to 12 wt. % of a humectant selected from trimethylglycine, propylene glycol, glycerin and combinations thereof; 1 wt. % to 6 wt. % of a skin feel agent selected from PEG-14M, polyglyceryl-3-laurate, ppg-3 isostearyl methyl ether, PEG60 almond glyceride, and combinations thereof; 0.25 wt. % to 1 wt. % of a skin conditioning agent selected from shea oil and triterpenesters; 0.2 wt. % to 2 wt. % of a structure increasing polymer selected from carbomers, acrylate polymers, acrylate copolymers and combinations thereof; and a cosmetically acceptable aqueous carrier; wherein, the composition has a pH of 4 to 7. A method to produce the composition at low temperature is further disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Farrah SYED, Cheryl KOZUBAL, Marian HOLERCA
  • Bottle holder
    Patent number: 10342391
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser for dispensing a fluid and a method for dispensing a fluid such as a mouthwash may include a container having an internal reservoir for containing a volume of the fluid and a fluid pump connected to the container. The fluid pump may include a head, a spout, a stem, and a collar. The collar may attach the fluid pump to the container. The fluid dispenser may further include a container holder having a stem support that defines a slot that receives the stem of the fluid pump, a base, and an attachment member extending from the stem support toward the base. Various fluid dispenser designs, implementations, and uses are discussed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Scott Beckerman
  • Powered toothbrush
    Patent number: 10342648
    Abstract: A powered toothbrush apparatus with capacitive touch control is disclosed. The tooth brush includes a head portion having an oscillating tuft block driven by a motor, a handle portion, and an elastically deformable capacitive touch control panel mounted in the handle portion. In one embodiment, the control panel includes a plurality of capacitance sensor buttons each having movable sensor targets paired with a corresponding capacitance sensor electrically connected to a programmable microprocessor. Applying finger pressure on the control panel adjacent a sensor target changes capacitance of the sensor button. The microprocessor detects the change in capacitance, which controls the operating mode of the toothbrush including on/off, motor speed, brushing mode such as pulse, or other. A related operating method is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Brian Bloch, Lars Ralf Rainer Lieberwirth
  • Tooth whitening oral care product
    Patent number: 10342752
    Abstract: A tooth whitening composition containing film flakes of a hydroxyalkyl methyl cellulose and a pigment in combination with an orally acceptable carrier vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Venda P. Maloney, Suman K. Chopra, Rahul Patel
  • Oral care system and method
    Patent number: 10342325
    Abstract: An oral care system includes a toothbrush and a dispenser detachably coupled to the toothbrush. The dispenser includes a chamber containing an oral care material. A compression device assembly includes an actuator operably coupled to a compression device movably mounted inside the dispenser. In one embodiment, the actuator may be a ratcheting rocker switch that alternatingly engages gear racks formed on the dispenser housing. Actuating the rocker switch imparts pivotable and indexed linear motion to the switch. This in turn axially translates the compression device in a first longitudinal direction thereby compressing and extruding the oral care material from the dispenser. The corresponding indexed movement of the compression device dispenses predetermined doses of the oral care material providing precise control over the amount of oral care material dispensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Robert Moskovich, Matthew Kolb
  • Dentifrice compositions comprising zinc oxide and zinc citrate
    Patent number: 10342750
    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: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Michael Prencipe, Yun Xu, Xiao Yi Huang, Steven Fisher, Betty Won, Lyndsay Schaeffer-Korbylo
  • Apparatus and method for mixing and dispensing fluids
    Patent number: 10343126
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for mixing a concentrated product and a liquid. The apparatus includes a body defining an internal volume. A mixing device is positioned at least partially within the internal volume. The mixing device includes one or more vanes that separate the internal volume into a first portion and a second portion when the mixing device is in a first position. The first portion and the second portion are in fluid communication with one another when the mixing device is in a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Kiat-Cheong Toh
  • DISPENSER SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190200813
    Abstract: A system for dispensing a fluid, such as a hand soap or the like. The system includes a dispenser and/or a refill cartridge. The dispenser includes a dispenser body having a refill cavity, a dispenser lid configured to be coupled to the dispenser body, and a pump sub-system mounted to the dispenser lid. The pump sub-system includes a first dip tube, a dispensing orifice, and a pump. The refill cartridge includes a cartridge body having a fluid cavity, a store of a fluid in the fluid cavity, and a second dip tube extending into the store of the fluid. The refill cartridge is configured for slidable insertion into and removal from the refill cavity of the dispenser body. The dispenser lid may be coupled to the dispenser body thereby mating the first and second dip tubes to enable dispensing of the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Kiat-Cheong TOH, Peter FALLAT, II, Francis TATU, Brian BALAMUCKI
  • Dispenser System
    Publication number: 20190200812
    Abstract: A system for dispensing a personal care fluid, such as a hand soap or the like. The system includes a dispenser and a refill cartridge. The dispenser includes a dispenser body having a refill cavity and a dispenser lid configured to be coupled to the dispenser body. There may be a pump sub-system mounted to the dispenser lid, or alternatively the personal care fluid may be dispensed by squeezing the dispenser and refill cartridge. The refill cartridge is configured for slidable insertion into and removal from the refill cavity of the dispenser body. The personal care fluid system is designed so that a user can readily and easily change out/replace the refill cartridge for use with a common dispenser, dispenser lid, and pump sub-system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Kiat-Cheong TOH, Mark BARTLETT, Peter FALLAT, II
  • Case for Dental Treatment Device
    Publication number: 20190201177
    Abstract: A case for a dental treatment device includes a bottom panel having an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surface of the bottom panel defines a first concave portion that corresponds to a shape of a bottom of the dental treatment device. The first concave portion forms a corresponding first convex portion of the outer surface of the bottom panel. The case also includes a top panel having an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surface of the top panel defines a second concave portion that corresponds to a shape of a top of the dental treatment device. The second convex portion forms a corresponding second convex portion of the outer surface of the top panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Scott BECKERMAN, Andrew LANZA
  • Oral Hygiene Systems and Methods
    Publication number: 20190200746
    Abstract: A method for promoting compliance with an oral hygiene regimen includes displaying, on a display device, a representation of at least a portion of a set of teeth of a user. The method also includes overlaying an indicium on the representation such that the indicium is associated with a first section of the representation. Responsive to a determination, via at least one of one or more processors, that a head of an oral hygiene device is positioned directly adjacent to a first section of the set of teeth that corresponds to the first section of the representation for at least a predetermined amount of time, the indicium is removed from the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Thomas SERVAL, Yann NICOLAS
  • DISPENSER SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190201925
    Abstract: A system for dispensing a fluid, such as a hand soap or the like. The system includes a dispenser and/or a refill cartridge. The dispenser includes a dispenser body having a refill cavity, a dispenser lid configured to be coupled to the dispenser body, and a pump sub-system mounted to the dispenser lid. The pump sub-system includes a first dip tube, a dispensing orifice, and a pump. The refill cartridge includes a cartridge body having a fluid cavity, a store of a fluid in the fluid cavity, and a second dip tube extending into the store of the fluid. The refill cartridge is configured for slidable insertion into and removal from the refill cavity of the dispenser body. The dispenser lid may be coupled to the dispenser body thereby mating the first and second dip tubes to enable dispensing of the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Kiat-Cheong TOH, Peter FALLAT, II, Francis TATU, Brian BALAMUCKI
  • Systems and Methods for Estimating a Three-Dimensional Pose
    Publication number: 20190200902
    Abstract: A method for estimating a pose of an oral hygiene device including a pattern and a plurality of groups of visual markers relative to a location includes (i) receiving image data reproducible as an image of at least a portion of the oral hygiene device; (ii) analyzing the image data to identify a region of interest within the image; (iii) identifying, using at least one of the one or more processors, all candidate visual markers within the region of interest; (iv) obtaining a first proposed three-dimensional pose of the oral hygiene device; (v) validating the first proposed three-dimensional pose of the oral hygiene device; and (vi) obtaining a second proposed three-dimensional pose of the oral hygiene device based on the validated first proposed three-dimensional pose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Vincent EL KOUBY-BENICHOU, Oliver GIROUD, Thomas SERVAL, Yann NICOLAS
  • Oral Care Implement
    Publication number: 20190200744
    Abstract: An oral care implement having tooth cleaning elements and an elastomeric soft tissue cleanser. In one aspect, the oral care implement has a handle and a head coupled to the handle, an elastomeric soft tissue cleanser having a plurality of protuberances extending from a rear surface of the head, and a plurality of tooth cleaning elements extending from a front surface of the head. The protuberances of the elastomeric soft tissue cleanser collectively define a convex longitudinal side profile and comprise at least one convex transverse top profile. The plurality of tooth cleaning elements collectively define a concave longitudinal side profile and comprise at least one concave transverse top profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Eduardo JIMENEZ, Kenneth WAGUESPACK, Robert MOSKOVICH, Andreas WECHSLER, Joachim STORZ
  • Oral care compositions and methods of use
    Patent number: 10335615
    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: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Ying Yang, Dandan Chen, Robert D'Ambrogio, Paul Thomson, Harsh Mahendra Trivedi, Michael Prencipe, James Masters, Stanislav Jaracz
  • Oral Care Compositions and Methods of Using the Compositions
    Publication number: 20190192394
    Abstract: An oral care composition comprising zinc phosphate and stannous fluoride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Aarti REGE, Richard SULLIVAN, David SURIANO, Nihal DOGU, Mary COLLIGAN, Steven FISHER, Andre MORGAN
  • Fluid Delivery Apparatus
    Publication number: 20190191860
    Abstract: A fluid delivery apparatus including a reservoir containing at least one fluid. A capillary channel extends from the reservoir to deliver the fluids stored in the reservoir through one or more fluid outlets via capillary action. In one embodiment, an applicator formed of a capillary material is located within the outlet. A variety of fluids can be administered for therapeutic, hygienic, and/or other benefits. In one aspect, the apparatus includes a housing defining a reservoir; at least one fluid stored in the reservoir; and a capillary channel in fluid coupling with the at least one fluid, the capillary channel including a first capillary member and a second capillary member that circumferentially surrounds the first capillary member such that the first and second capillary members are concentric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Eduardo JIMENEZ, Michael ROONEY, Robert MOSKOVICH, Thomas BOYD, Sharon KENNEDY, Madhusudan PATEL, John GATZEMEYER, Alan SORRENTINO
  • Oral Care Compositions
    Publication number: 20190192395
    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: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Aarti REGE, Michael PRENCIPE, Madhuleena BHADRA
  • Refill head for an oral care implement
    Patent number: D853732
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Daniel Wainless, Douglas Hohlbein, Douglas Henderson, Jiunnhaur Lim, Jiantao Wang, Pei Zhou, Thuanchong Tan, Pengyang Fu