Oral care system, kit and method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8491210
APP PUB NO 20110135379A1
SERIAL NO

12883693

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An oral care system and method wherein a dispenser is mounted to the handle of an oral care implement. The dispenser holds an oral care material and is alterable between a storage state wherein a dispensing end of the dispenser nests within the handle and an application state wherein the dispensing end of the dispenser is un-nested and exposed for oral care use. In one aspect, the invention is an oral care system comprising: an oral care implement comprising a head, a handle having a longitudinal axis, and one or more oral surface engaging elements; a dispenser having a reservoir containing an oral care material and an applicator for dispensing the oral care material; the dispenser alterable between: (i) a storage state wherein the applicator is nested within the handle; and (ii) an application state wherein the applicator is un-nested from the handle and exposed for oral care use.

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  • COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Gatzemeyer, John Hillsborough, US 86 1047
Jimenez, Eduardo Manalapan, US 235 4279
Kennedy, Sharon Randallstown, US 67 749
Klausegger, Raimund Vienna, AT 31 407
Moskovich, Robert East Brunswick, US 316 6969
Storz, Joachim Zell am See, AT 74 1398

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