Patent ID: 9545148
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: A46B

Claim:
1. An oral care implement comprising: a handle; a head having a proximal end coupled to the handle, a distal end, a longitudinal axis extending from the proximal end to the distal end, and a base structure having a front surface; a cleaning element carrier having a top surface, a bottom surface, and lateral edges extending between the top and bottom surfaces, the cleaning element carrier supported so that an entirety of the bottom surface and the lateral edges of the cleaning element carrier are spaced from the front surface of the base structure, at least a portion of the cleaning element carrier movable relative to the base structure in a direction towards the front surface of the base structure; a plurality of bristle tufts mounted to the cleaning element carrier and extending from the top surface of the cleaning element carrier; and an elastomeric cleaning element mounted to the base structure and extending from the front surface of the base structure and beyond the top surface of the cleaning element carrier.