US Patent Issued to Colgate-Palmolive on June 16 for "Oral irrigator tip" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,655, issued on June 16, was assigned to Colgate-Palmolive Co. (New York).

"Oral irrigator tip" was invented by Jiang Zhou (Nantong, China) and Tonny He (Yangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oral irrigator tip (120) for an oral irrigator (100). The oral irrigator tip (120) may be configured for coupling to an oral irrigator (100) for purposes of irrigating a users teeth, gums, and interproximal regions. The oral irrigator tip (120) contains a dispensing member (150) in its interior, and the dispensing member (150) leaches an oral care agent during use as a fluid such as water flows past the dispensing member (150) within ...