US 12,226,010 B2
Oral care implement
Gerald Görich, Weiterstadt (DE); Markus Morgott, Eschborn (DE); and Uwe Jungnickel, Königstein (DE)
Assigned to The Gillette Company LLC, Boston, MA (US)
Filed by The Gillette Company LLC, Boston, MA (US)
Filed on Jan. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/100,730.
Application 18/100,730 is a continuation of application No. 17/077,639, filed on Oct. 22, 2020, granted, now 11,653,752.
Application 17/077,639 is a continuation of application No. 16/225,509, filed on Dec. 19, 2018, granted, now 10,842,255, issued on Nov. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 17208954 (EP), filed on Dec. 20, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0157442 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. A46D 3/00 (2006.01); A46B 5/00 (2006.01); A46B 5/02 (2006.01); A46B 9/04 (2006.01); B29C 45/14 (2006.01); B29L 31/42 (2006.01)
CPC A46D 3/005 (2013.01) [A46B 5/0095 (2013.01); A46B 5/02 (2013.01); A46B 9/04 (2013.01); B29C 45/14385 (2013.01); A46B 2200/1066 (2013.01); B29L 2031/425 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An oral care implement (10) comprising a head (14) and a handle (12), the head (14) being repeatedly attachable to and detachable from the handle (12), the head (14) being made from a non-magnetic and/or non-ferromagnetic material, and the handle (12) being at least partially made from a magnetic and/or ferromagnetic material,
wherein the magnetic and/or ferromagnetic material comprises an amorphous thermoplastic resin and iron oxide powder,
wherein the magnetic and/or ferromagnetic material has been molded into the handle (12) or part of the handle (12) of the oral care implement (10) by either injection molding or extrusion molding,
wherein the handle (14) further comprises a thumb rest (16) being made from thermoplastic elastomer material and/or from polypropylene material,
wherein a periphery of the thumb rest (16) is surrounded by the magnetic and/or ferromagnetic material of the handle (12).