ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,479, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Colgate-Palmolive Co. (New York).
"Oral care implement and handle thereof" was invented by Jiang Zhou (Yangzhou, China), Yanmei Ji (Jiangsu, China) and Tonny He (Yangzhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oral care implement handle (200) having a gripping portion (210) and an oral care refill head (300) that is detachably coupled thereto. The oral care implement handle (200) may include the gripping portion (210) and a rocker unit (400) which includes a stem (250), a motor (224), and a motor chassis (410). The rocker unit (400) may be pivotably mounted within the gripping portion (210) so ...