US 12,108,870 B2
Oral care refill head and oral care kit including the same
Brian Bloch, Hillsborough, NJ (US); Takahide Okai, Highland Park, NJ (US); and John Gatzemeyer, Hillsborough, NJ (US)
Assigned to Colgate-Palmolive Company, New York, NY (US)
Filed by Colgate-Palmolive Company, New York, NY (US)
Filed on May 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/302,600.
Application 17/302,600 is a division of application No. 15/838,970, filed on Dec. 12, 2017, granted, now 11,033,096.
Prior Publication US 2021/0251374 A1, Aug. 19, 2021
Int. Cl. A61C 17/16 (2006.01); A46B 5/00 (2006.01); A46B 9/04 (2006.01); A61C 17/00 (2006.01); A61C 17/22 (2006.01); A61C 17/34 (2006.01)
CPC A46B 5/0095 (2013.01) [A46B 9/04 (2013.01); A61C 17/005 (2013.01); A61C 17/16 (2013.01); A61C 17/3481 (2013.01); A61C 17/222 (2013.01); A61C 2202/00 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An oral care kit comprising:
an oral care refill head comprising:
a sleeve portion configured to be detachably coupled to an oral care implement handle;
a head portion at a distal end of the sleeve portion; and
an elastomeric prophy cup on the head portion, the elastomeric prophy cup comprising an elastomeric cup portion, the elastomeric cup portion comprising an upstanding wall having an inner surface defining a prophy cavity, an upper edge, and a plurality of ribs extending radially inward from the inner surface of the upstanding wall, each of the plurality of ribs terminating in an upper edge that is axially offset and parallel to the upper edge of the upstanding wall;
a store of an anti-sensitivity oral care material; and
a package containing the oral care refill head and the store of the anti-sensitivity oral care material;
wherein the head portion comprises a support portion formed of a hard plastic and an elastomeric pad that forms at least a portion of a rear surface of the head portion, the support portion comprising a through hole, the elastomeric pad integrally connected to the elastomeric prophy cup by an elastomeric post extending through the through hole, the elastomeric cup portion, the elastomeric pad, and the elastomeric post are formed from a single unitary mass of elastomeric material.