US Patent Issued to Colgate-Palmolive on May 26 for "Oral care implement with fluid dispensing system" (New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,787, issued on May 26, was assigned to Colgate-Palmolive Co. (New York).

"Oral care implement with fluid dispensing system" was invented by Erin Speicher (Hoboken, N.J.), Leighton Davies-Smith (Lebanon, N.J.), Adam P. Vallee (Cato, N.Y.) and Mark Bartlett (North East, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oral care implement with fluid dispensing system includes a head, handle, and intermediate neck. The head comprises plural tooth cleaning elements. A reservoir containing oral care fluid is fluidly coupled to an elastomeric valve nested between a pair of longitudinally spaced protective lamellas on the head. A depressible actuator bu...