U.S. patent number 3,891,085 [Application Number 05/360,607] was granted by the patent office on 1975-06-24 for toothbrush.
Invention is credited to Leon H. Boger.
United States Patent |
3,891,085 |
Boger |
June 24, 1975 |
Toothbrush
Abstract
A toothbrush comprising a main body divided into a handle
section and an integral brush head section having upstanding brush
bristles secured thereto. The handle section is of hollow tubular
form for holding a dentifrice and has a discharge opening therein
for ejecting the dentifrice between said brush bristles when the
tubular handle section is compressed.
Inventors: |
Boger; Leon H. (Portland,
OR) |
Family
ID: |
23418720 |
Appl.
No.: |
05/360,607 |
Filed: |
May 15, 1973 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
206/229;
15/167.1; 401/132; 401/184; 401/183 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A46B
11/0041 (20130101); A46B 2200/1066 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
A46B
11/00 (20060101); B65d 079/00 () |
Field of
Search: |
;206/229,361 ;15/176,167
;401/129,268,152,156 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Primary Examiner: Price; William I.
Assistant Examiner: Pollard; Steven M.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Givnan, Jr.; James D.
Claims
What I claim is:
1. A disposable toothbrush for one time use, said toothbrush
comprising in combination,
A main body including a tubular section of a compressible nature
constituting a handle and adapted to store a quantity of
dentifrice, said tubular section terminating at one end in a
flattened portion to seal said one end, said main body terminating
at its opposite end in a flattened head section interiorly coated
with an adhesive for the purpose of retaining the head section in a
flattened, sealed configuration, said tubular section of the main
body defining an opening adjacent the head section for the
discharge of the dentifrice from the tubular section upon the
latter being manually compressed, and
tape mounted bristles affixed to said flattened head section to
receive dentifrice from the discharge opening.
Description
This invention relates to improvements in toothbrushes and has for
its principal objects:
To provide an inexpensive throwaway toothbrush whose main body is
of tubular form, preferably, though not restrictively, made from a
drinking straw flattened at one end for a minor portion of its
length to form a brush head section provided with upstanding brush
bristles secured thereto in any suitable manner, or by a section of
a continuous tape provided with upstanding brush bristles and
adapted to be severed into a length to fully occupy the flattened
or brush head portion of the main body of the toothbrush.
To provide a toothbrush of the character described which is of
simple, efficient and such inexpensive construction that it can be
produced at minimal cost and given as souvenirs to occupants of
motels, hotel rooms, and the like.
The foregoing and other objects and advantages which will become
subsequently apparent, reside in the details of construction and
operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed,
reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part hereof
and in which:
FIG. 1 is a top plan view of a toothbrush made in accordance with
my invention.
FIG. 2 is a side elevational view of FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is an elevational view of the right end of FIG. 2.
FIG. 4 is an elevational view of the left end of FIG. 2.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of bristle-bearing divisible tape
material.
Referring now more particularly to the drawing wherein like
reference numerals indicate like parts, numeral 1 indicates,
generally, the main body of the toothbrush which is of tubular form
for the major portion of its length to provide a handle section 2
and flattened at one end to provide a brush head section indicated
generally at 3.
The hollow tubular handle section 2 may be filled with a
dentifrice, not shown, and sealed as at 4 at its free end.
The opposite end or head section of the main body is flattened as
at 5 and internally cohesively or adhesively sealed and provided on
its exterior with upstanding brush bristles 7 into which the
dentifrice from the handle section 2 may be applied by escapement
through a discharge opening 8 at the head end of the handle section
2 when that section is compressed.
The modification shown in FIG. 5 comprises a length of tape
material indicated generally at 10, divisible into separable
sections 11 each of which is provided with two or more rows of
brush bristles indicated at 12.
In the first form of the invention the bristles 7 may be secured in
any suitable manner to the flattened end section 5.
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