US Patent Issued to Colgate-Palmolive on Sept. 8 for "Oral care implement" (New Jersey Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,661, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Colgate-Palmolive Co. (New York).

"Oral care implement" was invented by Eduardo Jimenez (Manalapan, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oral care implement including a head and a plurality of cleaning elements which may include a first annular cleaning component and a second annular cleaning component. The first annular cleaning component may have a first inner surface defining a first cavity and a first distal end that is sloped from a first low point to a first high point. The second annular cleaning component may a second inner surface defining a second cavity and a second distal end that...