CN103260468B

CN103260468B - Oral care kits

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Publication number: CN103260468B
Application number: CN201080070915.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: D.霍尔贝恩; 奚文进
Original assignee: Colgate Palmolive Co
Current assignee: Colgate Palmolive Co
Priority date: 2010-12-22
Filing date: 2010-12-22
Publication date: 2016-01-06
Anticipated expiration: 2030-12-22
Also published as: TW201238525A; RU2013133815A; TWI462711B; EP2654498A1; RU2560252C2; CA2822295A1; KR20130124356A; BR112013016205A2; MX2013007245A; US20130276815A1; AU2010365770B2; EP2654498B1; CN103260468A; KR20150004868A; AU2010365770A1; WO2012087317A1

Abstract

A kind of oral care kits comprises multiple oral care implement, and each comprises shank, and shank has head at its one end place.Head has from head at least one cleaning element outwardly directed.Comprise at least one distributor separated with oral care implement.Distributor comprises a certain amount of oral care materials.At least one packaging has and is configured as the first Room of comprising multiple oral care implement and is configured as the second Room comprising distributor.Second Room is separated by separable connecting portion with the first Room.

Description

Oral care kits

Technical field

The present invention relates generally to toothbrush, and relates more particularly to the external member of the oral care dispenser having toothbrush and comprise oral care materials.

Background technology

The advantage of good tooth hygiene is well known.But, when people travelling or usually leave behind toothbrush when leaving home outside.Hotel, health institution, sanatorium, hospital, day care institute, school, airline etc. can use and can be supplied to individual economically and disposable or limited nonexpondable toothbrush of using of the single abandoned by individual, and without the toothbrush of general significance and/or water source.Such toothbrush can be used for vending machine, or distributes in a large number in order to simply portable use everywhere.

Various types of disposable limited use or portable toothbrush are known in the art.Need a kind of portable toothbrush of improvement.

Summary of the invention

In certain embodiments, oral care kits comprises at least one oral care implement with shank, and shank has head at its one end place.Head has from head at least one cleaning element outwardly directed.At least one distributor separates with oral care implement.Distributor comprises a certain amount of oral care materials.Comprise at least one oral care implement and at least one distributor.Packaging has at least two the portion's sections joined to each other.Each section has independent closed chamber.Packaging has at least one the separable connecting portion separated in one of them room and another room.

In certain embodiments, oral care kits comprises multiple oral care implement, and each comprises shank, and shank has head at its one end place.Head has from head at least one cleaning element outwardly directed and is configured as the recess keeping oral care materials.At least one distributor is arranged to separate with oral care implement.Distributor comprises a certain amount of oral care materials.Distributor has the aperture for distributing oral care materials.Aperture has the width of the width being less than or equal to recess.Comprise multiple oral care implement and at least one distributor.

In certain embodiments, oral care kits comprises folliculus (sachet), and folliculus has the annular accumulator for oral care materials around central opening structure.Folliculus has recess, slit or perforation, for forming tearing part to form distributing nozzle in a part for reservoir.Oral care implement is dimensioned to and makes a part for oral care implement fit through central opening.Oral care implement is configured to for the part along recess, slit or buckle tear reservoir.

The further scope of application of the present invention will be become apparent by detailed description provided below.Although should be appreciated that detailed description and concrete example instruction the preferred embodiments of the present invention, it is intended to only for illustrating object, and also not intended to be limits the scope of the invention.

Accompanying drawing explanation

According to the detailed description and the accompanying drawings, more intactly will understand the present invention, accompanying drawing provides only by the mode illustrated, and does not therefore limit the present invention, and wherein:

Fig. 1 is the anterior elevational view of the oral care toothbrush with the toothpick being connected to it;

Fig. 2 is the side front view of the toothbrush shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is the rear front view of the toothbrush shown in Fig. 1-2;

Fig. 4 is the partial sectional view of the head of oral care toothbrush;

Fig. 5-6 is side front views of the head of other form for oral care toothbrush;

Fig. 7 is partial side elevational view, it illustrates the head being releasably attached to shank of alternative;

Fig. 8 is broken section front view, it illustrates the vibrating toothbruss head of alternative;

Fig. 9-10 is partial front elevational view of the partly cut-away of the handle portions of alternative;

Figure 11 illustrates to be in pack or the anterior elevational view of toothbrush of display state;

Figure 12 is the front view of the oral care kits comprising multiple oral care implement.

Figure 13 is the side edge view of the oral care kits of Figure 12.

Figure 14 illustrates one in the MC apparatus of Figure 12 in use and distributor.

Figure 14 A and Figure 14 B illustrates the modification of nozzle configuration.

Figure 14 C illustrates the head with absorbent insert.

Figure 15 is the front view of the blister package of the Figure 12 do not opened.

Figure 16 is the isometric views of the blister package of the Figure 15 illustrated in folding period.

Figure 17 is the plane of the annular folliculus for distributing oral care materials.

Figure 18 A is the side front view of the blister package of the toothbrush of the folliculus being provided with Figure 17 above comprising.Figure 18 B illustrates the step of the folliculus opening Figure 18 A.

Figure 19 A is the plane of alternative blister package design.Figure 19 B is the enlarged detail of the folliculus of Figure 19 A.

Figure 20 A is the plane of the modification of the blister package of Figure 19 A.Figure 20 B is the enlarged detail of the folliculus of Figure 20 A.

Detailed description of the invention

The following description of (multiple) preferred embodiment is only exemplary in essence, and is never intended to limit invention, its application, or uses.

Detailed description below refer to accompanying drawing.Same reference numerals in different figure represents same or similar element.

Fig. 1-4 shows the oral care toothbrush 10 comprising head 12 and shank 14.Head 12 can be refill head and be therefore connected to shank 14 removedly, or head 12 can permanently be connected to shank 14.

The major part of shank 14 and a part for head 12 can be molded by various rigid material, comprise plastics, resin etc., such as polypropylene.In the end of the shank 14 relative with the end that head 12 is attached to, attached have annex 16.In some embodiments of the invention, annex 16 can be toothpick.Toothpick 16 is formed by elasticity and soft thermoplastic elastomer (TPE).Annex 16 can refill, and is therefore connected to shank 14 removedly.Annex 16 can permanently be connected to shank 14.Annex 16 provides for the clean mechanism in local between the teeth.Forming annex 16 by the elastomer of softness provides between neighbour more comfortable between tooth clean.But annex 16 can be made up of the hard rigid material of the major part being similar to shank 14, or can be only rubber or the elastomer toothpick of the end adhering to or be otherwise installed to shank 14.

The part 18 of shank 14 also can be formed by elasticity and soft thermoplastic elastomer (TPE).The thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) forming annex 16 and handle portions 18 can be thermoplastic vulcanate (TPV), it is made up of the mixture of polypropylene and EPDM (propylene diene system monomer), this elastomer is with such as in U.S. Patent No. 5,393, the trade name SANTOPRENE (brand) described in 796 or VYRAM (brand) obtains, and another kind of TPV is made up of the mixture of polypropylene and natural rubber.SANTOPRENE and VYRAM (brand) is the elastomer sold by AdvancedElastomerSystems.Other suitable elastomer comprises: KRATON, and it is the brand of the styrene block copolymer (SBC) sold by Shell; With DYNAFLEXG2706 (brand), it is the thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) sold by GLSCorporation and makes with KRATON (brand) polymer.

Shank 14 also can comprise pit, bump or ridge, and this ridge is given prominence to from the part on its surface, and provides decorative appearance for shank 14 and between the operating period of toothbrush 10, strengthen the grasping of shank 14.Pit can the material identical by the soft elastomer part 18 with shank 14 or formed by the material (such as, such as polyacrylic rigid material) identical with the major part of shank 14.The all or part of of shank 14 can be made up of any suitable material, such as plastics, timber, metal or various biodegradable natural material.Preferably, it is substantially smooth or elliptical shape that shank 14 is fabricated in its grip, instead of cylindrical, this grip by between the elastomer portion 18 at interval to be conducive to the grasping of shank.

As shown in Figure 4, the another part limiting the bristle of head 12 or the head 12 of cleaning element block 22 also can be formed by elasticity and soft thermoplastic elastomer (TPE), such as, be used for the thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) of formation handle portions 18.Cleaning block 22 can comprise setting one or more depressions 24 in its surface alternatively, has opening 30 in depression 24.Cleaning block 22 also comprises multiple cleaning element, and cleaning element can be from the outer surface of head 12 long filament (preferred nylon) of outward extending routine or elastomeric bristles or finger piece 26 integratedly.In such as Fig. 4 in the clearest illustrated embodiment illustrated, all cleaning elements 26 from the outwardly extension same distance of cleaning block 22, to form the surface of general planar.But alternatively, some elements 26 can be shorter than or be longer than other element 26.The variable-length of cleaning element 26 is illustrated by the outer end 26a of the band dotted line in Figure 14, and wherein only the main part 26b of cleaning element 26 illustrates with solid line, so that for the sake of clarity and pay close attention to the variable properties of such element.

As used herein, term " cleaning element " is intended to comprise the massage elements of required form being arranged to circle, ellipse or oval shape of cross section or any type, comprises straight part or sinusoidal portions.Should be appreciated that the concrete diagram of cleaning element is only used to exemplary purpose.But, feature herein can with the various combinations of identical or different configuration (such as, bristle technology that is that band is followed closely or cluster (IMT) in mould) and/or put into practice with identical or different bristle material (such as, nylon brush hair, covered with spiral brush, rubber bristles etc.).Similarly, although cleaning element 26 is depicted as the outer surface being essentially perpendicular to head 12 by Fig. 1-4, some or all in cleaning element 26 can become various angle relative to the outer surface of head 12.Therefore the combination of configuration, material and orientation can be selected to realize concrete expected results, the massage of clean, polishing of teeth, breath freshening, dental whitening and/or the gums such as strengthened.

In certain embodiments, cleaning element 26 can be the form of bristle, and this bristle is made up of the conventional material of such as nylon and the combination of material, to provide suitable stiffness with economized form.Such as, cleaning element 26 can be made up of the cheaper material of the pliable and tough elastomeric material of such as TPE and such as LLDPE (LLDPE) or EVA (ethene-vinyl acetate) or TPE.Cleaning element 26 can be made up of TPE and LLDPE, EVA or polyacrylic blend.Preferably, bi-material is combined to provide the stiffness being less than 600MPa.The blended of material will provide the character of conventional nylon bristle, provides the cost of reduction simultaneously.Such as, lower manufacturing cost will be provided by injection moulding instead of conventional bristles cluster.Alternatively, elastomeric material can be homogenous material, such as hard TPE (that is, Shore A 80 hardness), straight LLDPE or straight EVA.

Cleaning element 26 can have any required form.Such as, cleaning element 26 can have cylinder form, and this cylindrical its length that runs through has consistent diameter.Alternatively, cleaning element 26 from the root convergent of each cleaning element, can extend to its exterior clean end at root place from head 22.In certain embodiments, in order to provide small portable toothbrush, the size of the various parts of toothbrush 10 is preferably less.Therefore, such as, each cleaning element 26 can be not more than 10mm from outwardly extending of cleaning block 12 and is preferably not more than 8mm and is most preferably not more than the distance of 6mm.When using the cleaning element of convergent, root diameter (RD) should be not more than 1.5mm, is preferably not more than 1mm, is most preferably not more than 0.7mm or is not more than 0.5mm or is not more than 0.3mm.So, be not more than the distance of 6mm from the base portion of cleaning element, diameter can be decreased to dimensionally and be not more than 0.2mm.Distance and position place more than root diameter (RD), the distance that taper relationship is being not more than 10mm of diameter can in the scope being not more than 1mm, preferably be not more than 0.6mm in the distance being not more than 8mm, be most preferably not more than 0.2mm in the distance being not more than 6mm.Preferably, the length of whole toothbrush 10 is not more than 5 inches, is preferably not more than 4 inches, and is more preferably not more than 3.75 or 3 or 2.50 inches, and can in the scope of 2 to 4 inches.

In certain embodiments, cleaning element 26 in its proximal end diameter change, can have the different thickness and rigidity measured from the longitudinal axis of bristle or axial stiffness to make cleaning element 26 in the different region at this place.In such structure, bristle 26b that is inner or middle section is harder than cleaning element 26c that is outside or neighboring area.The cleaning element 26 of carrier 80 can towards its distal end tapers.

The layout of the solidifiable deflection in the region of cleaning element 26 is formed a kind of for carrying out cumulative radial flow control with the structure of carrying out high-efficiency cleaning to mouth care solution/material during brushing operation.This feature is particularly useful for low viscosity mouth care solution.But, more full-bodied mouth care solution can be used in toothbrush 10.Cleaning element 26 is independent flexibles.In this regard, during brushing operation, the free end (such as, top) of harder cleaning element 26b is less more bending than outer cleaning element 26c (such as, the bristle of periphery) relative to its corresponding vertical axis.Therefore, a part for dentifrice stops the longer time by reducing the dynamic bending of harder bristle or action in the central area of toothbrush head.To scan or a part for the liquid of reservation is transferred to the perimeter of cleaning element by oscillating motion.Although outer cleaning element 26c is not too hard, outer bristles is made to receive a part for dentifrice from the central area of cleaning element extraly relative to the dynamic bending of its vertical axis.In such configuration, by combinationally using the solidifiable deflection area of bristles of mechanically wiping tissue surface and the beneficial effect oral care materials from distributor be applied in oral cavity, the effectively clean of the tissue surface in oral cavity can be obtained.Like this, area of bristles is that outer bristles provides the stream of limited and in check dentifrice or other oral care materials and keeps enough flexibilities, cleans to provide the oral cavity tissue of larger user's comfort level and improvement.

Head 12 relative to shank 14 with the angular slope of 10 °, can this means the head less than the head inclination shown in Fig. 1-4.From 8 ° to 12 °, the angle of change can contribute to the toothbrushing technique improving user.Block 22 can be made up of the material identical with the part of shank 14 with some or all in bristle 26.Alternatively, shank 14 can be made up of the material identical with block 22 and/or bristle 26.

As shown in Figure 1 and Figure 4, cleaning element 26 is limited to the cleaning area in head 22.Cleaning element 26 preferably stretches out from cleaning block 22, as shown in Figure 4.But, feature herein also can when cleaning element than extend shown in Figure 14 larger distance or more small distance put into practice.

As mentioned above, cleaning block 22 can comprise one or more optional depression 24, and these depressions 24 are designed to receive wherein and keep oral care materials.One or more depression 24 can change dimensionally, to hold the tooth powder of variable quantity, toothpaste or tooth cleaning gel dentifrice or other oral care materials, to be delivered to denture when the element 26 extended from block 22 is applied to denture (dentiture) during use, oral care materials is made to be strengthened the clean of denture by cleaning element.In certain embodiments, toothbrush 10 manufactures the tooth powder, toothpaste or the tooth cleaning gel dentifrice that comprise encapsulation, and is refilled distributor by user with tooth powder, toothpaste or tooth cleaning gel dentifrice and reuse.In other embodiments, toothbrush 10 as external member a part and provide the oral care materials of packing individually, this material to be manually placed on cleaning element 26 by user or 24 (if present) of depression.

In certain embodiments, depression is in the form of buffering pod (socket) 28.The material of buffering pod 28, opening 30 and formation bristle block 22 provides a kind of buffering effect.

Oral care materials is applied on the bristle 26 of toothbrush head 12 by user.Oral care materials can be toothpaste, gel, mouthwash, powder or similar dentifrice or dental health product or their combination.Forming the material of oral care materials preferably to be consumed by the user of toothbrush 10, eliminating as spuing oral care materials and demand to water, tank or waste canister.

Oral care materials can comprise activating agent.The non-limiting example of spendable activating agent comprises antiseptic, brightening agent, anti-allergic agent, antiphlogistic, caking inhibiter, dental plaque indicator, spices, perception agents, flavorants, gums health-care agent and colouring agent.The example of these reagent comprises metal ion reagent (such as, tin ion reagent, copper ion agent, zinc ion agent, silver ion reagent) triclosan, triclosan monophosphate, chlohexidine, two arc buttocks, hexatidine, sanguinarine, alkyldimethylbenzylammonium chloride, salicylamide, domiphen, cetylpyridinium chloride, TPC (tetradecylpyridiniumchloride), chlorination N-myristyl-4-ethylpyridine (TDEPC), Octenidine, decapinol, Octapinol (octapinol), nisin, essential oil, furanone, bacteriocin, flavane, flavones (flavinoids), folic acid, vitamin, mineral, hydrogen peroxide, urea peroxide, SODIUM PERCARBONATE, PVP-H202, the peroxide of polymer-bound, potassium nitrate, blocking agent, bioactivity glass, arginine salt, arginine bicarbonate, scutelloside, polyphenol, ethyl pyruvate, GED, tartar control agents, antifoulant composition, phosphate, PVPA, Gantrez AN-119, enzyme, glucose oxidase, papain, ficin, lauroyl arginine ethyl ester, menthol, carvol and anethole, various favourable aldehyde, ester and alcohol, Spearmint Oil 56, Fructus Piperis peppermint oil, wintergreen, sassafras oil, caryophyllus oil, sage oil, eucalyptus oil, marjoram oil, cinnamon oil, lemon oil, lime oil, oil of grapefruit and/or orange oil.

Activating agent can be compatible with toothpaste, or potentially unstable and/or react with typical toothpaste component.Activating agent also can be tooth cleaner, to improve the whole efficiency of brushing teeth.

Activating agent can be arranged in any suitable carrier, such as, form in aqueous or in gel, paste or powder.Carrier can have multiple different visual appearance, comprises limpid solution or gel or opaque solution or gel.The non-limiting example of carrier comprises PEO, carboxymethylene polymers (carboxymethylenepolymer) (Carbopol.RTM.934 and 974 that such as can obtain from B.F.Goodrich and their combination of monohydric alcohol, the such as polyethylene glycol (PEG2M, 5M, 7M, 14M, 23M, 45M and the 90M that such as, can obtain from UnionCarbide) of water, such as ethanol.Those skilled in the art is by clear, and the selection of suitable carrier depends on the character of such as activating agent and the required property qualitative factor of medium, such as viscosity.

In use, oral care materials is applied on cleaning element 26 by user.Then, user can brush teeth with toothbrush 10.User also can use annex 16 to clean between the teeth before or after brushing teeth.After user uses toothbrush 10, user then can but not necessarily easily and abandon toothbrush 10 economically.

In certain embodiments, utilize the conventional multi component injection molding operation usually used in toothbrush manufactures, the total of the toothbrush 10 comprising head 12, shank 14 and annex 16 can be molded as an overall structure.This makes it possible to economy and manufactures toothbrush 10 rapidly.Although toothbrush 10 can have multiple size and size, preferably toothbrush 10 has little profile, and wherein head 12 is enough little, once to cover a tooth, and shank 14 is thinner than conventional toothbrush handle part used in everyday.Therefore, toothbrush 10 easily carries or saves space.

Toothbrush 10 can provide many beneficial effects, comprises with the Beauty benefits that can leave home people and brush teeth away from the form used during water source.Chip between the Beauty benefits obtained by toothbrush 10 comprises with annex 16 cleaning teeth, utilize cleaning element 26 and mouth care solution to clean the flank of tooth widely and utilize mouth care solution to obtain the effect of breath freshening.

Except Beauty benefits, the economic benefit of the form of the inexpensive toothbrush that toothbrush 10 also can provide quick and manufacture economically.Toothbrush 10 additionally provides a kind of for keeping the mechanism of oral hygiene, and does not need their container of toothpaste, water, mouthwash and maintenance.Therefore, toothbrush 10 also very convenient use.

In addition, toothbrush 10 provides the beneficial effect that at least one prevents waterborne disease from propagating.Such as, toothbrush 10 eliminates the Normal practice using local water to mix with toothpaste.This feature is very useful for Military Application, in this applications, such as, in the combat environment of desert, only has and limited carries water source, or needs the oral hygiene of preserving water or keeping army.In another kind of situation, toothbrush is very useful in camping environment out of doors, to prevent disease from aquatic bacteria or slight illness.

Although Fig. 1-4 shows manually operated disposable toothbrush, feature herein also can be implemented when head comprises the power operation of one or more carrying cleaning element or electrically operated movable portion's section.Movable portion section like this can swing in a rotative pattern, or can in a longitudinal direction relative to the longitudinal axis Linear oscillating of head, or can in side direction or in a lateral direction relative to the longitudinal axis Linear oscillating of head.Movable portion section can put into and show on the direction with the outer surface away from head.Movable portion section can relative to the outer surface waggle of head.Movable portion section can continuous rotation in the same direction, instead of swings.Any suitable driving mechanism can be used for giving the motion needed for movable portion section.When using multiple movable portion's section, all movable portions section can have identical type and moving direction, or can use the combination of different movement.

Because toothbrush 10 is intended to small and light, so preferably the weight of toothbrush 10 is no more than 3 grams, but this just a kind of selection, toothbrush 10 can have larger weight.Little size makes it to be grasped in completely in the palm of adult user.Head 12 has corresponding to the size of single tooth or the size of the size in region between single tooth and neighbour.Head 12 can manufacture any suitable shape, and preferably there is circle, ellipse, oval or three salient angles (lobe) shape, its maximum lateral dimensions or diameter are not more than 13mm, are preferably not more than 12mm, and are most preferably not more than 11mm.When head 12 has non-circular shape, its preferred maximum lateral dimensions is 14mm.

As shown in Figure 2, head 12 can become angle between 0 ° and 90 ° relative to the longitudinal axis of shank 14.Optimized angle is from 20 ° to 70 °, and more preferably from 30 ° to 60 °.Cleaning element can perpendicular to the outer surface of head 12, or also can relative to outer surface at angle, such as, angle in the scope of 60 ° to 90 ° or in the scope of 75 ° to 90 °.

In one embodiment, cleaning element can be hollow, such as hollow bristle, and it can be absorbed the drug by capillarity.When dividing the flavouring agent of medicine or some form from hollow cleaning element, such feature will be particularly useful for children.Also can from cleaning element elimination anti-biotic material.Be used at cleaning element distributing in an embodiment of oral care materials, cleaning element itself can be considered to oral care dispenser, and does not need extra distributor.

When giving the concrete parameter of cleaning element and characteristic, feature herein can be implemented when other cleaning element does not comprise these parameters and characteristic.

Fig. 5-6 shows other modification, and wherein cleaning element is single agglomerate (mass) form with irregular outer surface.As shown in Figure 5, agglomerate 34 is similar to " steel wire lump " that use in household cleaning, or can be a part for VELCRO structure, such as hook or ring.

Fig. 6 shows a modification, and wherein cleaning element 36 is monolithic sponge, foam or cotton, can be used as the swab that oral care materials is used.In certain embodiments, cleaning element 36 provides absorption storage for oral care materials.The outer surface of swab can be flat or can have surface irregularity.In such embodiments, cleaning element 36 can flood by oral care materials, or can immerse in oral care materials, to absorb oral care materials, therefore cleaning element 36 also will play the effect of oral care dispenser.This swab-type cleaning element is gentle for children, particularly to baby.

In certain embodiments, element 36 is single-piece melamine foamed plastic, a kind of foam-like material comprising formaldehyde-melamine-sodium hydrogensulfite copolymer.Melamine foamed plastic can derive from BASF (LudwigshafenamRhein, Germany), and is also sold with trade name " MR.CLEANMAGICERASER " TM by Procter & Gamble.Melamine foamed plastic is a kind of effective polishing detergent.Open celled foam be micropore and work as superfine sand paper, thus the minute recesses entered in the cleaned flank of tooth and pit.On large yardstick, material allows people's soft feel.

When segmentation, feature herein can be implemented for manufacture and assembling object at the various parts of toothbrush 10.Such segmented part also can be detachably connected to together, so that member of imparting interchangeability, thus provides the possibility of the different parts replaced in combination.Therefore, head 12 can be detachably connected to shank 14.Such as, Fig. 7 shows the head 12 by being releasably attached to shank 14 by buckle 38, and buckle 38 can have any suitable structure known to persons of ordinary skill in the art.

When the oral care accessory 16 of such as toothpick is releasably attached to shank 14, the concept of detachably interconnecting also can be used.Therefore, as subsequently in conjunction with as described in Figure 12 and Figure 13, toothbrush and various parts thereof can be packaged, and wherein identical packaging comprises the different parts of multiple toothbrush and/or multiple such as head, distributor or annex.

Fig. 8 shows another embodiment, wherein in the shank 14 of the joint with head 12, is provided with piezo-electric crystal 40, to make head 12 vibrate during use.Alternatively, head 12 can be installed to rotatable axle, and this axle extends from shank and has eccentric weight at axle, to make head vibration.

Although Fig. 1-3 shows the oral care accessory 16 with toothpick form, the annex 42 of other type can be used, schematically shown in Figure 9.As shown in the figure, the installation being similar to toothpick is equally installed to the end of shank 14 by such annex 42.Such installation can be dismountable, or has permanent character.The example of such oral care accessory 16/42 comprises toothbrush between tongue scraper, dental floss retainer or neighbour.Similarly, annex 16/42 can for being similar to swab or the foam-type of the cleaning element 36 of Fig. 6, or can be the coarse material for single agglomerate, the cleaning element 34 of such as Fig. 5.

Figure 10 shows another modification, and its toothbrush is especially applicable to children and uses.By on toothbrush, such as, on shank or other suitable position any at the back side comprising head provides any suitable ornament or caricature 44, strengthens this use.Such ornament 44 can removably be installed, and it can be retained by children after the remainder throwing away toothbrush.Especially be applicable to children use other embodiment comprise the optional capabilities distributing various types of oral care materials, these materials comprise there is special fragrance material, make the material of tooth numbness, anti-sensitive material or various medicine.

Toothbrush also can manufacture the shades of colour of the different piece had for toothbrush.Such as, relative to the remainder of the shank 14 can be made up of rigid material, soft elastomer 18 can manufacture has different (such as contrasting) colors.Similarly, head 12 can manufacture and have the color different from the elastomer portion 18 of the rigid element of shank and/or softness.Cleaning element 26 can manufacture unique color.Equally, the annex 16/42 of such as toothpick or other annex can manufacture and have unique color.These different colors can be contrast each other or complementation.Therefore, such as, shades of colour can be only slightly different on color or tone.

Any suitable oral care product can be distributed from distributor.Such product includes but not limited to toothpaste, tooth powder, or can be a small vial of mouthwash with gel, powder or liquid.Such distributor can be included in the packaging comprising toothbrush 10 individually.Material can be dulcet, and can provide according to the grouping of the different qualities of different fragrance and/or such as medicine, numbing materials etc.

Any suitable method can be used to form toothbrush 10 and various parts thereof.Such as, multi component injection molding can be used to connect integratedly the various parts of such as cleaning element 26 and head 12 and/or shank 14.This can complete in automation or multi-step process.Shank 14 can be passed through wards off glue blowing (rotocastblow) and the extruding shank forming hollow.

Figure 11 shows a kind of modification, and wherein packaging 54 comprises one or more toothbrush 10 and other parts 56 multiple that can be annex or distributor or other parts.Parts can comprise a small vial of mouthwash.Preferably, packaging 50 or 54 will be hermetically sealed, fresh to guarantee.

Obviously, feature herein provides a kind of oral care toothbrush, and this toothbrush can be small size and portable, and can easily when such as travel be not easy to obtain water leave home to use.

Feature herein can utilize the combination not relating to the various parts that " toothbrush " uses to implement.In this sense, these features can be used for any oral care appliance etc., instead of are strictly toothbrush.When as toothbrush etc., feature herein can have advantage due to size and configuration, to allow the use of careful health, such as, does not point in oral cavity, makes it easily use in public domain.

Figure 12-16 shows an embodiment of oral care kits 90.Figure 12 shows oral care kits 90, it at least one distributor 96 comprising multiple oral care implement 10 and separate with oral care implement 10.Oral care implement 10 can be any one embodiment such as shown in Fig. 1-10.Each oral care implement 10 is the disposable toothbrush comprising shank 14, and shank 14 has head 12 at its one end place.In certain embodiments, head has optional depression 24, and depression 24 is empty, to receive the one in oral care materials discussed above.Head 12 has from head at least one cleaning element 26 outwardly directed, and can be constructed to as shown in Figure 4.Provide the description to shank 14, cleaning element 26, elastomer portion 18, cleaning block 22, buffering pod 28 and opening 30 above, for simplicity's sake, no longer repeat.In certain embodiments, the second end of each shank 14 has the annex 16 of such as toothpick.Other embodiment has different annexes 42, as described in above with reference to Fig. 9 and Figure 10 in the end of the shank 14 relative from head 12.

Again referring to Figure 12-16, in certain embodiments, multiple oral care implement 10 is all mutually the same.In other embodiments, multiple oral care implement is comprised.Various oral care implement can comprise in such as embodiment shown in Fig. 1-10 two or more.In addition, each modification of oral care implement 10 can have corresponding color, alternatively to facilitate identification.

In certain embodiments, depression 24 only extends partially through head, oral care materials 99 can be kept, and such as liquid, emulsion, paste, gel, powder or other oral care materials.In certain embodiments, depression 24 can keep liquid, emulsion, paste, gel, powder or other oral care materials.

Although Fig. 4 shows the opening 30 in the center of depression 24, other embodiment eliminates opening 30.If opening 30 exists, then opening can keep extra oral care materials during use.

In other embodiments, head does not have depression 24.If cleaning element 26 is bristle, be then provided with the region of continuous print bristle or foam across head 12.Alternatively, do not have the cleaning element caved in can be continuum as the plastic hook as described in above with reference to Fig. 5 or ring 34, or as the single agglomerate of the foam as described in above with reference to Fig. 6, sponge or cotton 36.Oral care materials (paste, powder, gel, liquid etc.) is placed on cleaning element 26.In certain embodiments, cleaning element 26 is suitable for keeping or absorbing by the oral care materials of user's manual allocation.Absorbed oral care materials then leaches into tooth and the gums of user in period of brushing teeth after dispensing.

In certain embodiments, single blister package 92 keeps the entirety of multiple oral care implement 10.Single blister package 92 can be folding, as shown in figure 16, to be stored in compactly in external member 90.In other embodiments, multiple oral care implement 10 is included in two less blister packages, these two blister packages are by arranging its cleaning element each other and back-to-back dorsad, so that compact storage (that is, the flat sides of blister package is towards each other) in external member 90.In an alternative embodiment, external member 90 comprises plural blister package (such as, four blister packages, eachly comprises two or three oral care implements 10.)。

Blister package 92 comprises polymer web (web) 92w (Figure 16) of the multiple cavity 92c had for comprising oral care implement 10, each cavity has longitudinal axis A (Figure 15), is oriented the longitudinal axis alignment of its corresponding cavity of shank 14 of each oral care implement.In certain embodiments, the cavity 92c of blister package 92 is shaped as the shape meeting oral care implement 10.In other embodiments, cavity 92c is substantially rectangular or block shape, to adapt to multiple oral care implement shape.

In certain embodiments, as shown in Figure 16, blister package 92 is single blister package, and it can fold around the axis B alignd with the longitudinal axis A of cavity 92c.Therefore, the multiple MC apparatuses 10 in single blister package can by arranging its cleaning element 26, so that compact storage is in external member 90 dorsad each other and back-to-back.

In certain embodiments, as shown in Figure 12, Figure 13, Figure 15 and Figure 16, the shank 14 of each oral care implement 10 has the second end of relative with head 12 (that is, the position of the annex 16 in Figure 12-16); And between the first orientation and the second orientation alternately, in the first orientation, (such as, upwards), and the second end points to the second direction contrary with first direction head 12 points to first direction to multiple oral care implement 10; In the second orientation, head points second direction (such as, downward), and the second end points to first direction.The oral care implement of head 12 wider than the second end 16 is designed, allows to reduce the distance (with total occupied area of blister package 92) between adjacent mouth care implement by the orientation replacing continuous print oral care implement.

In certain embodiments, blister package 92 has the corresponding separable connecting portion (such as, bore a hole 92p) between every a pair adjacent mouth care implement 10.Separable connecting portion 92p is conducive to being separated of one or more and blister package 92 in the folding of blister package or oral care implement 10.

In certain embodiments, blister package 92 is formed by shaping-filling-seal process.Blister package 92 utilizes heat forming technology to be formed by the volume of transparent plain film or film.In certain embodiments, sheet material or film comprise polyvinyl chloride.In other embodiments, sheet material or film comprise polyvinylidene chloride, polytrifluorochloroethylene or cyclic olefine copolymer.Oral care implement is positioned on sheet material or film, and blister package 92 closes (sealing) on bubble-cap production line.Blister package 92 comprises the base web 92w of shaping, and it limits the cavity 92c of mounted inside oral care implement 10.Blister package 92 also comprises backer board or cover foil 92f (Figure 16), is included in packaging 92 for by oral care implement.Web 92w is adhered to backer board or cover foil 92f by thermoplastic adhesives.

External member 90 comprises at least one distributor 96.Many distributors 96 can be provided.Such as, as shown in Figure 12, enough oral care materials can be provided for single relatively large distributor 96, so that single or multiple uses each oral care implement 10.Alternatively, discuss referring below to Figure 17-20B, corresponding single distributor can be provided for each corresponding oral care implement.Although the distributor 96 of Figure 12-14 is pipe, other embodiment comprises different types of dispensers, such as bottle, pump, tank, box, folliculus or other vessel.Except the factor of such as convenience and cost, the type of distributor 96 is selected according to the type of oral care materials.In certain embodiments, as shown in figure 14, distributor 96 has narrow nozzle 96n, low discharge or a small amount of oral care materials 99 to be delivered in depression 24.

In the alternative shown in Figure 14 A, opening 30 extends to the back surface of head 12 completely.The shape of the opening 30 after head 12 is by coordinating and supplying the independent distributor 96 of oral care materials (such as, pump, bottle, pipe etc.) nozzle 96n mate, to make nozzle to join head to, to supply oral care materials from the No leakage below of head.Such as, opening 30 can be threaded with the mating holes on nozzle, or opening and nozzle can have the tapering of coupling.If head 12 is not provided with depression 24, then oral care materials can be advanced through (multiple) cleaning element 26 (such as, bristle), instead of is placed on the top of bristle.

In the configuration shown in Figure 14 A, oral care materials is assigned in the space between bristle 26 from the nozzle at head 12 rear.In another embodiment (not shown), bristle is hollow, and head comprises passage, for by oral care materials from head rear by channel allocation to the hollow bulb of bristle.In this embodiment, bristle comprises permeable material, and the oral care materials that this material will discharge in period of brushing teeth is sent on the surface of tooth.

In another modification (not shown), cleaning element is the single agglomerate of sponge, cotton or foam, and it has outer shape and for being received the empty internal of oral care materials by the opening after head as shown in Figure 6.Oral care materials is assigned in hollow bulb by the opening after head.Like this, brushing teeth period, oral care materials is released the material by cleaning element.

In another embodiment shown in Figure 14 B, each oral care implement has recess or depression 28 for receiving and keep oral care materials 99, and the width of distributing nozzle 96n' is less than or equal to the width of recess.Nozzle 96n' is connected with at least one side opening (sideopening) 96o alternatively, to receive and to distribute oral care materials 99, and the tip contact recess of nozzle 96n' or the bottom of depression 28 simultaneously.Therefore, the top of nozzle 96n' seating on the bottom of depression, and can not stop or hinder the distribution of oral care materials 99 securely.

In certain embodiments, the height 96h (from nozzle tip to the distance of the shoulder of opening 96o) of opening 96o approximates the degree of depth of depression 28, to fill depression while being conducive on the bottom that the top of nozzle 96n' is seated against depression 28.This also provides visual supplementary means for helping user to determine when depression 28 is full of completely.

In other embodiments, the height 96h of opening 96o and shape can be selected, to make the feature of opening 96o engages head 12 (such as cleaning element 26) and to serve as depth gauge, the top of nozzle 96n' is positioned at the preset distance place of the bottom from depression 28.This guarantees that the top of nozzle 96n' does not hinder distribution openings chamber to nurse material.

Distributor 96 comprises a certain amount of oral care materials 99.In certain embodiments, oral care materials 99 is mouth refreshing solutions, toothpaste or polishing agent, mouthwash, fluoride gargle etc.In other embodiments, oral care materials can be the marker material of the instruction for providing gum disease or cancer, or to needing the label of tooth regions of extra clean.In certain embodiments, oral care materials comprises the material of time controlled released, so that release of active ingredients or blowing agent.The active component of time controlled released can be used in such as water-less environment, and in this context, oral care materials remains in the oral cavity of user by user after end of brushing teeth.

Have in some embodiments of relatively low viscosity in oral care materials, the cleaning element of the absorption agglomerate of the sponge of such as Fig. 6, foam or cotton 36 advantageously can serve as absorption storage, and prevents oral care materials from spilling when user grasps toothbrush 10 with the head 12 of the orientation being in complete level.Therefore, user can change the cap on such as oral care materials distributor 96 with of free time or two hands.Once cleaning element 36 is placed in the oral cavity of user, brushing motions is just from the absorption storage delivering oral care material of cleaning element 36.

In certain embodiments, as shown in Figure 14 C, absorption storage 27 is set to have the plug-in unit in the toothbrush 10 of the cleaning element 26 of such as bristle.Absorb the agglomerate that storage 27 can be any material of cleaning element 36 discussion of composition graphs 6 above, comprise cotton, sponge or foam, such as melamine foamed plastic, a kind of foam-like material comprising formaldehyde-melamine-sodium hydrogensulfite copolymer.This provide and can extend into bristle in crack 26 and distribute oral care materials and utilize the combination beneficial effect of the flexible absorbent plug-in unit 27 of the abrasive properties polishing flank of tooth of its gentleness.As when monolithic cleaning element 36, when user does not grasp toothbrush 10 with the head 12 of the orientation being in complete level, absorbent insert 27 can prevent oral care materials from spilling, and vacates one or two hands of user.Once cleaning element 27 is placed in the oral cavity of user, brushing motions is just from the absorption storage delivering oral care material of cleaning element 36.

In certain embodiments, multiple oral care implement 10 comprises multiple oral care implement, and the amount of oral care materials in distributor comprises the oral care materials of multidose, and this dosage number is more than or equal to the quantity of oral care implement.Such as, in Figure 12-15, external member 90 has 10 oral care implements 10, and the pipe of oral care materials 96 has the oral care materials of at least 10 dosage.This amount is enough to (or being assigned to when not caving on cleaning element 26) in oral care materials 99 primary distribution of major general's dose to the respective recesses 24 of each oral care implement 10, to be used as the toothbrush that single uses.Alternatively, pipe 96 can comprise more substantial oral care materials (such as, 20 or 30 dosage).

In some embodiment (not shown), external member comprises two or more distributors 96, and it has the oral care materials 99 of different formulations, fragrance or color alternatively separately.This allows user to select the formula of the oral care materials 99 for each oral care implement 10, fragrance and/or color individually.

Figure 17, Figure 18 A and Figure 18 B shows alternative distributor and packaging configuration 70.In certain embodiments, oral care materials distributor 60 provides with the form of one or more folliculus.Folliculus 60 can comprise oral care materials 69 or the larger amount (such as, reaching three dosage) of single dose.Folliculus 60 is formed by flexible polymer film, and each folliculus has slit, recess or perforation 68, thus provides the means for manually tearing folliculus.Each folliculus has nozzle segment 67, and it is located and is configured as forms distributing nozzle when slit, recess or perforation are torn.

Folliculus can be annular substantially, and has the reservoir 64 for holding oral care materials 69.Reservoir 64 around central opening 63, and comprises the end 66 of the width with reduction.Near the end 66 that the width that folliculus 60 can be formed at reservoir 64 reduces, there is recess 65a or slit.Recess or slit 65a are formed in the frangible seal extended in the radial direction substantially, and sealing is configured to the nozzle segment 67 tearing to be formed for distributing oral care materials 69 from folliculus 60.Alternatively, the either side or both sides of nozzle segment 67 can be provided with perforation 68, to help to tear distributor 60.

In certain embodiments, annular accumulator 69 subtend (subtend) is around the angle of the 270-330 degree of the central opening 63 of folliculus.In certain embodiments, annular accumulator 69 subtend is around the angle of the 300-330 degree of central opening 63.

Folliculus 60 can use U.S. Patent No. 4,705,680, No.4,728,508, No.4,770,324, No.5,041,279 or No.5,096,698 or the open No.WO95/01921 of international application in any one in the materials and methods that describes formed, each in these patents is incorporated herein by reference all in full.Other folliculus manufacture method can be used.

In certain embodiments, toothbrush 10 is used as the instrument for opening folliculus 60, as shown in figure 18b.The central opening 63 of folliculus 60 is during packaging placed in around the head 12 of toothbrush 10, to make the head 12 of toothbrush 10 in folliculus 60.When user prepares to use toothbrush 10, toothbrush 10 is extracted folliculus 60 by him/her.In certain embodiments, user uses a hand to catch folliculus 60 by the end 61 relative with frangible seal 37, and uses another hand to catch toothbrush head 12.Toothbrush 12 (away from end 61) on the direction of recess or slit 65a pulls, and is used for tearing the frangible seal 67 of folliculus 60, and to make when removing toothbrush 10 from folliculus, the dispensing aperture 67 of folliculus is opened to distribute oral care materials 69.Figure 18 A shows packaging 70, and wherein folliculus 60 is during packaging positioned on the head 12 of toothbrush 10, to be conducive to using toothbrush 10 as the step of TO folliculus when removing toothbrush and folliculus from packaging 70.

In other embodiments, the opening of folliculus 60 (by cutting off frangible seal 67) with the step that folliculus is extracted from toothbrush 10 independently step carry out.Toothbrush 10 moves along its longitudinal axis, and does not tear frangible seal 67.Then, by tearing folliculus 60 along recess 65a and/or perforation 68 and make sealing 67 break.Alternatively, the second recess 65b can be set along the outward flange of folliculus 60, to be conducive to manually tearing frangible seal, and not use toothbrush 10 or other instrument any to tear.

In certain embodiments, folliculus 60 is independent packaging, in the blister package that this packaging is placed in accommodating toothbrush 10 independently or bag.Such as, blister package can have two row and ten row rooms.Room in a line comprises toothbrush 10.Room in another row comprises folliculus 60.Each row has corresponding toothbrush and corresponding folliculus 60.Two row have the separable connecting portion between the two.Separable connecting portion is by the following group formed: at least one adhesive joint of the portion's section be individually formed of the punched areas of packaging, the region with the packaging of otch or recess, the film being easy to the material being torn or breaking or band or connection packaging.Another separable connecting portion is arranged between often pair of continuous print adjacent column.Therefore, user can easily arrange from blister package manual separation one, to form the independent external member (" sub-set part ") with a toothbrush 10 and a distributor 60.Similarly, the user preparing to start to travel can tear as required and comprise a part of N row (N number of toothbrush and N number of folliculus, wherein N is integer).

In other embodiments, multiple folliculus 60 is formed along continuous print plastic sheet, and has separable connecting portion (such as, perforation, slit etc.) between each adjacent folliculus 60.Article one, folliculus 60 can from the blister package of toothbrush 10 separately (that is, disconnecting).

Figure 19 A shows another embodiment, and wherein multiple oral care implement 10 is packaged in the first packaging of such as one or more blister package 80, and folliculus 81 is shaped as a part for identical blister package 80.Blister package 80 has two row and ten row rooms, but can use any amount of row.Room 83 in a line comprises toothbrush 10.Room 82 in another row comprises folliculus 81.Each row has corresponding toothbrush 10 and corresponding folliculus 81.Two row have the separable connecting portion (such as, boring a hole) 86 between the two.Another separable connecting portion (such as, boring a hole) 85 is arranged between every a pair continuous print adjacent column.Therefore, user can easily arrange from blister package 80 manual separation N, to form the independent external member (" sub-set part ") with N number of toothbrush 10 and N number of distributor 81, wherein N is the integer from 1 to C-l, and wherein C is the sum of the row in blister package 80.

Figure 19 B is the enlarged detail of the room 82 comprising a folliculus 86.In this example, folliculus 81 is formed by the same polymer thin-film sheet being used for being formed blister package 80, and the separable connecting portion 86 that toothbrush room 83 and folliculus room 82 separate is also provided a kind of means of the nozzle 84 for tearing folliculus 81.Therefore, single perforation line 86 (bore a hole in each spray nozzle part section 87 place interruption of each folliculus 81, leak to avoid oral care materials) can be formed between a line folliculus room 82 and a line toothbrush room 83.In single motion, toothbrush room 83 associated with it for one of them folliculus room 82 can be separated by user, and also opens the nozzle 84 of the folliculus 81 of this room 82.The distributing nozzle tearing the opening of action formation folliculus 81 of perforation 86.

For comprising the reservoir of oral care materials for roughly pentagonal in each folliculus 81, and there is the narrow for the formation of nozzle 84.But reservoir can be any shape easily, such as but not limited to rectangle, square, trapezoidal, circular, oval, oval etc.

Those of ordinary skill should be understood that the called after of level row herein and vertical row is optional, and identical packaging can 90-degree rotation, in this case, behavior is vertical, and is classified as level.

Figure 20 A and Figure 20 B shows the modification of the packaging of Figure 19 A and Figure 19 B, and wherein each folliculus 187 is individually formed with the film of the folliculus room 182 forming blister package 182.Folliculus 187 can remove from its room 182 alternatively, and does not cut off the separable connecting portion 186 be separated its corresponding for folliculus room 182 toothbrush room 83.Similarly, once be removed, folliculus 187 just can turn back to its room 182, or in order to abandon after a single use, or in order to the secondary use when the reservoir 181 of folliculus 187 comprises the oral care materials of dosage more than once.Alternatively, by tearing blister packaging materials along perforation line 186, folliculus room 182 is separated from its corresponding toothbrush room 83.Each folliculus 187 has unique separable connecting portion 185 (such as, perforation, slit or recess), for tearing the film of folliculus 187 to open the nozzle orifice of folliculus, thus distributes oral care materials.

In other side, the layout of external member 180 and structure are similar to layout and the structure of external member 80 (Figure 19 A and Figure 19 B), therefore no longer repeat the description to it.

Again referring to Figure 12, Figure 13, Figure 15 and Figure 16, oral care kits 90 can comprise external packing alternatively, such as clamshell container 91.External packing can comprise for the protection of folliculus and/or other annex, and prevents the remainder accidental separation of they and external member 90.External packing 91 also can be used for storing independent oral care materials distributor, such as pipe 96, pump, tank etc.External packing also can provide the compartment of shaping (contoured), for accommodating toothbrush 10 or distributor 96 during distribution or brushing operation.

In certain embodiments, external packing 91 comprises two preformed plastic sheets or folds into that himself is upper and at a sheet material of edge's melting.(multiple) sheet material comprises transparent polymer, and this polymer is by selection material or more durable than blister package web 92w and have more rigidity by the thickness of polymeric material.

External packing 91 comprises at least one transparent shell 91, and it has the first opening 94 of being configured as and comprising multiple oral care implement 10 and is configured as the second opening 98 comprising distributor 96.Second opening 98 is separated with the first opening 94.

In certain embodiments, Clamshell package 91 has two symmetrical half portion 91a, 91b (shown in Figure 13), and each half portion is shaped as a part for the blister package of the subset of receiving blister package 92 or comprising multiple oral care implement 10.Each half portion 91a, 91b are shaped as and receive corresponding a part of distributor 96.

In certain embodiments, each half portion 91a, 91b be shaped as receive comprise the subset of multiple oral care implement 10 at least one blister package 92 at least partially.In certain embodiments, Clamshell package 91 has two half-unit 91a, 91b, and each half portion is shaped as the appropriate section of the web 92w receiving blister package 92, as shown in Figure 13.Each half portion 91a, 91b are shaped as and receive corresponding a part of distributor 96.In single blister package 92 some embodiments around axis B folding (shown in Figure 16), each half portion of folding blister package is received by the corresponding half portion of clam shell 91, as shown in Figure 13.

In certain embodiments, external packing 91 has slit 93, is suspended on shop shelf or hook for by external member 90.Alternatively, larger slit (not shown) can be provided to be used as shank.

In other embodiments, two parts of clam shell 91 are not mirror images each other, but comprise first side with darker recess and second side with more shallow (or not having) recess.Other modification of clam shell 91 can adapt to the modification in the shape of (multiple) blister package 92 and (multiple) distributor 96 and configuration.

The example manufacturing the method for external member 90 comprises: provide at least one to comprise the blister package of multiple oral care implement; And this at least one blister package 92 folded around its axis B, thus two parts face making web 92w in the opposite direction.At least one blister package 92 is inserted in Clamshell package 91; And at least one distributor (such as, having the pipe 96 of nozzle 96n) is inserted in clam shell.Distributor 96 is separated with blister package 92 and comprises a certain amount of oral care materials 99.Clamshell package 91 has to be configured as to be received the first opening 94 of at least one blister package 92 and is configured as the second opening 98 receiving distributor 96.Then seal Clamshell package 91, make that wherein there is at least one blister package 92 and distributor 96.

In certain embodiments, blister package has the first edge and the second edge, and providing step to comprise is arranged in corresponding cavity by multiple oral care implement, replace between the first orientation and the second orientation to make continuous print oral care implement, in the first orientation, contiguous first edge of head of oral care implement, and contiguous second edge of its second end; In the second orientation, contiguous first edge of the second end of oral care implement, and contiguous second edge of its head.In certain embodiments, in blister package 92, the 92p that bores a hole accordingly is produced between often pair of adjacent oral care implement 10.

In certain embodiments, use the method for oral care kits 90 to comprise to open Clamshell package 91 and remove blister package 92 from Clamshell package.Blister package 92 comprises the multiple cavity 92c comprising corresponding oral care implement 10.Each oral care implement 10 comprises shank 14, and shank 14 has head 12 at its first end place, and head has from head at least one cleaning element 26 outwardly directed, and head has at least one concave depressions 24 being configured as and holding oral care materials.

User removes one of them oral care implement 10 from blister package 92.User removes distributor 96 from Clamshell package 91.Distributor 96 is separated with oral care implement 10.The oral care materials 99 of a dosage is assigned to the depression 24 of the oral care implement 10 removed from distributor 96 by user.Above user uses with the oral care implement removed of oral care materials 99 to perform dental care program, such as brush the tooth of user.

In certain embodiments, user abandons the oral care implement 10 removed after a single use.In certain embodiments, user's (to each oral care implement 10) repeats to remove oral care implement from packaging 92, oral care materials 99 is assigned to the oral care implement that removes, perform dental care operation and abandon the step of the oral care implement removed after a procedure.

In some embodiment (not shown), external member 90 comprises at least two modification of oral care implement and comprises at least two distributors of different oral care materials respectively.User coordinates the selection of in oral care implement and the selection of oral care materials.In certain embodiments, shank 14 and distributor 96 optional area color coding, to indicate the paired oral care implement 10 of the differentiation of advising of the oral care materials 99 with corresponding differentiation.Such as, in certain embodiments, oral care implement has for each cleaning element type or the correspondingly different shank color of type of attachment, and the distribution comprising the recommendation oral care materials of the correspondence for each oral care implement type is with having identical color.

By considering description disclosed herein, other embodiment will be apparent for those skilled in the art.Description and example are intended to only to be counted as exemplary, and true scope of the present invention and spirit are indicated by the scope of claims with its equivalent.

As used in the text, scope is used as the abbreviation of each value be described within the scope of this.Any value in scope can be elected to be the end points of this scope.In addition, all references cited herein is all incorporated herein in full with way of reference.When the definition contradiction of definition in the disclosure with the bibliography quoted, be as the criterion with the disclosure.

Claims

1. an oral care kits, comprising:

At least one oral care implement, it comprises shank, and described shank has the head at described shank one end place, and described head has from described head at least one cleaning element outwardly directed;

At least one distributor, it separates with described oral care implement, and described distributor comprises nozzle and comprises a certain amount of oral care materials;

Packaging, it comprises at least one oral care implement described and at least one distributor described, described packaging has to comprise and joins the independent portion's section of first section each other and second section at least two to by least one separable connecting portion, wherein, described oral care implement is in described first section, and described distributor is in described second section, and at least one separable connecting portion wherein said is provided for the device tearing dispenser nozzle, the action of tearing along separable connecting portion is made first section and second section to be separated and open the nozzle of distributor.

2. oral care kits according to claim 1, is characterized in that, also comprises:

Multiple oral care implement and the corresponding distributor for each in described oral care implement; And

Multiple independent portion's section; Wherein

Each in described oral care implement is included in portion's section independent accordingly with each in described distributor, and each independent portion's section by least one separable connecting portion be close to its other independent portion's section each and separate, manually separate to make the remainder packed described in each independent portion Duan Keyu.

3. oral care kits according to claim 1 and 2, it is characterized in that, described separable connecting portion is by the following group formed: the punched areas of described packaging, the region with the described packaging of otch or recess, the film being easy to the material being torn or breaking or band or connect at least one adhesive joint of the portion's section be individually formed of described packaging.

4. oral care kits according to claim 1 and 2, is characterized in that, described in be packaged as blister package, and each separable connecting portion is the punched areas of described packaging.

5. oral care kits according to claim 1 and 2, is characterized in that:

Describedly be packaged as the blister package with a line oral care implement and a line distributor, and

Each oral care implement has the corresponding distributor being close to it, wherein

Each row of described blister package comprise corresponding one in corresponding and the described distributor in described oral care implement, and

Every a pair adjacent row have separable connecting portion between which.

6. oral care kits according to claim 1 and 2, is characterized in that, described distributor is the folliculus comprising MC liquid, gel, paste or powder.

7. oral care kits according to claim 1 and 2, is characterized in that, described oral care implement has the recess for receiving and keep described oral care materials, and the width of described nozzle is less than or equal to the width of described recess.

8. oral care kits according to claim 1, is characterized in that, also comprises:

Multiple oral care implement, and the dosage number of described oral care materials in described distributor is at least equally large with the quantity of oral care implement; And

Multiple independent portion's section,

Wherein, each in described distributor and described oral care implement is included in portion's section independent accordingly, and each independent portion's section by least one separable connecting portion be close to its other independent portion's section each and separate, manually separate to make the remainder packed described in each independent portion Duan Keyu.

9. oral care kits according to claim 1, is characterized in that:

Described oral care implement has the opening extending through described head, and

Described nozzle is by size design and be configured as cooperation in said opening to distribute the described oral care materials after from described head.

10. oral care kits according to claim 1 and 2, is characterized in that, described nozzle is connected at least one side opening to receive and to distribute described oral care materials.

11. oral care kits according to claim 1 and 2, is characterized in that, the described cleaning element of described oral care implement comprises milled foam.

12. oral care kits according to claim 1 and 2, is characterized in that, the cleaning element of described oral care implement is the formaldehyde-melamine of member-sodium hydrogensulfite copolymer.

13. 1 kinds of oral care kits, comprising:

Multiple oral care implement, each comprises shank, and described shank has the head at described shank one end place, and described head has from described head at least one cleaning element outwardly directed, and is configured as the recess keeping oral care materials;

At least one distributor, it separates with described oral care implement, described distributor comprises a certain amount of described oral care materials, described distributor has the aperture for distributing described oral care materials, described aperture has the width of the width being less than or equal to described recess, and the distance wherein from the top of distributor to aperture equals the degree of depth of recess; And

Packaging, it comprises described multiple oral care implement and at least one distributor described.

14. oral care kits according to claim 13, is characterized in that:

The dosage number of the described oral care materials in the amount in described distributor is at least equally large with the quantity of oral care implement.

15. oral care kits according to claim 13 or 14, it is characterized in that, described distributor has at least one side opening being connected to it, to receive and to distribute described oral care materials.

16. oral care kits according to claim 13 or 14, is characterized in that:

Described packaging has at least three the portion's sections joined to each other, and each section has independent closed chamber,

Described distributor and described multiple oral care implement are included in corresponding in described independent closed chamber separately, and

Described packaging has its each multiple separable connecting portion between another of vicinity of each and described independent closed chamber in described independent closed chamber.

17. oral care kits according to claim 13 or 14, it is characterized in that, the described cleaning element of at least one in described multiple oral care implement comprises formaldehyde-melamine-sodium hydrogensulfite copolymer.

18. oral care kits according to claim 13 or 14, it is characterized in that, the cleaning element of described oral care implement is one-piece ground foam.

19. oral care kits according to claim 18, is characterized in that, described milled foam is formaldehyde-melamine-sodium hydrogensulfite copolymer.