US 12,251,286 B2
Device for applying emulsion compositions
Michael David Curtis, Cincinnati, OH (US); Jennifer Marie Hasse, Cincinnati, OH (US); Niranjan Ramji, Mason, OH (US); Paul Albert Sagel, Maineville, OH (US); Joe Leon Washington, III, Cincinnati, OH (US); and Laura Ashley Willis, West Chester, OH (US)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Apr. 18, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/639,216.
Application 18/639,216 is a continuation of application No. 16/898,469, filed on Jun. 11, 2020, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/957,363, filed on Jan. 6, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/861,357, filed on Jun. 14, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0261078 A1, Aug. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. A61C 19/06 (2006.01); A46B 9/00 (2006.01); A46B 9/02 (2006.01); A46B 11/00 (2006.01); A61C 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61C 19/066 (2013.01) [A46B 9/005 (2013.01); A46B 9/02 (2013.01); A46B 11/0024 (2013.01); A61C 3/005 (2013.01); A46B 2200/1046 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An oral applicator for application of an oral care composition to an oral cavity comprising:
(a) an applicator tip for applying the oral care composition to a tooth and a gum of the oral cavity comprising:
(i) a continuous external ridge, wherein the continuous external ridge lies along a majority of a perimeter of the applicator tip including a proximal portion of the perimeter of the applicator tip, and at least a distal portion of the perimeter of the applicator tip is free from the continuous external ridge;
(ii) a plurality of internal ridges, wherein each of the plurality of internal ridges is inside the perimeter of the applicator tip, and wherein a majority of the plurality of internal ridges extend to the perimeter of the applicator tip; and
(iii) a plurality of internal channels between the plurality of internal ridges,
wherein a difference in height between the plurality of internal ridges and the continuous external ridge forms an internal cavity above the plurality of internal ridges and the plurality of internal channels, wherein the internal cavity is configured to hold the oral care composition for application, and
wherein the applicator tip has a durometer rating of from about 45 A to about 75 A; and
(b) an applicator handle, wherein the applicator handle is detachably or non-detachably connected to a proximal end of the applicator tip.