United States Patent (19) 11) Patent Number: 5,431,918 Ferrero Et Al
US005431918A United States Patent (19) 11) Patent Number: 5,431,918 Ferrero et al. 45 Date of Patent: Jul. 11, 1995 54 BREATH MINT CONFIGURATION 5,284,659 2/1994 Cherukuri et al................... 424/441 (75) Inventors: Pietro Ferrero, Waterloo, Belgium; OTHER PUBLICATIONS Tomaso Damonte, Alba, Italy Schmidt, Nicholas F., et al. "The Correlation between (73) Assignee: Soremartec S.A., Arlon-Schoppach, Organoleptic Mouth-Odor Ratings and Levels of Vola Belgium tile Sulfur Compounds', Oral Surgery Oral Med. Oral 21 Appl. No.: 968,683 Pathol, vol. 45, pp. 560-567 (1978). Filed: Oct. 30, 1992 Primary Examiner-Thurman K. Page 22) Assistant Examiner-Amy Hulina (51) int. Cl'................................................ A61K 7/16 Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Kurz (52) U.S. C. ..................................... 424/464; 424/440 (58) Field of Search ................................ 424/464, 440 57 ABSTRACT (56) References Cited A breath mint tablet with improved breath freshening efficacy has a tablet body with oblong front and back U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS face portions having opposing ends connected by sub D. 54,074 l1/1919 Fritz .................................... D1/127 stantially parallel sides. The tablet is substantially ellipti D. 269,721 7/1983 Tovey ..... D28/01 701,438 6/1902. Whyte ... ... 36.8/313 cal when viewed end on, and has a thickness dimension 2,304,246 12/1942 Ekert ...... ... 99/135 front-to-back, a width dimension side-to-side, and a 2,687,367 8/1954 Burrin ......... ... 167/82 length dimension end-to-end. The length and width 4,409,202 10/1983 Witzel et al. ........................ 424/440 dimensions have a ratio in the range of about 1.28:1 to 4,493,822 1/1985 Tovey .
[Show full text]