US Patent No: 8,132,681
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Sanitary toothbrush and holder apparatus
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Mar 13, 2012
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Nov 4, 2009
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12/612,316
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Abstract
Disclosed is a sanitary, hygienic toothbrush and holder. The holder carries a plurality of pegs on its front surface. At a distal end of the toothbrush handle is an opening, sized to fit cooperatively over a peg of the holder. At least a portion of the margin of the opening is thinned toward the opening from a surface of the handle, so that, in use, at least a portion of the thinned margin rests cooperatively upon the peg of the holder when the toothbrush is placed by a user in a hanging position.
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Cited Art
| Patent Info | (Count) | # Cites | Year |
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| D294442 Combined brush and tube holder | 10 | 1985 | |
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| D389312 Toothbrush with handle | 18 | 1996 | |
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| D256635 Bathroom fixture for toothpaste tubes and toothbrushes | 2 | 1979 | |
| 4,325,485 Toothbrush holder | 9 | 1980 | |
| 4,488,327 Combination toothbrush and tongue scraper | 55 | 1983 | |
| 5,163,566 Hygienic magnetic toothbrush holder | 14 | 1991 | |
| 5,566,842 Holder for storing a toothpaste dispenser and toothbrushes | 23 | 1994 | |
| 5,573,019 Hygienic frictional toothbrush holder | 12 | 1994 | |
| 5,692,260 Tooth brush with coiled spring shanks | 3 | 1996 | |
| 5,921,407 Holder for holding surgical instrumentalities in spread arrangement | 5 | 1997 | |
| 6,273,719 Oral hygiene implements | 14 | 2000 | |
| 6,857,526 Revolutionary toothbrush holder | 5 | 2001 | |
| 2003/0070,998 Bathroom utensil holder with magnetic cap | 2 | 2001 | |
| 2003/0088,933 Sanitary toothbrush | 4 | 2001 | |
| 6,877,619 Device for holding toothbrush, toothpaste tube and/or solid soap | 6 | 2002 | |
| 2007/0262,035 Sanitary toothbrush holder | 2 | 2006 | |
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