Patent ID: 8800093

Claim:
An oral care implement comprising: a handle; a head attached to the handle; a flexible support attached to the head and having a face; a plurality of cleaning elements attached to the flexible support and projecting outwardly from the face; wherein the cleaning elements comprise; a row of first cleaning elements substantially aligned along a longitudinal axis of the head and traversing a central region of the flexible support, the row of first cleaning elements comprising a combination of columnar and elongate elements, the elongate elements being elongated in a direction of the longitudinal axis; a plurality of wall-like elements laterally radiating from the central region of the flexible support; a first pair of bent cleaning elements, each one of the first pair of bent cleaning elements disposed at an opposite end of the row of first cleaning elements, each one of the first pair of bent cleaning elements having a concave side oriented toward the row of first cleaning elements; and a row of second cleaning elements extending in a line substantially perpendicular to the row of first cleaning elements, wherein the longitudinal axis and the line intersect at a central point that is devoid of cleaning elements.