Toothbrush with built-in stand
Assignee3D Holding Company, LLC
InventorCalvin DUDLEY
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Abstract
A toothbrush including bristles extended from one end of the toothbrush, a handle extended from another end of the toothbrush opposite the one end, and any of an attachment hole, arranged between the bristles and handle and configured to receive a support leg to be attached therein, and a groove are provided, either of which may improve drying and therefore decrease in transmission of pathogens via the bristles by, for example, improving air circulation to the bristles raised away from a surface via action of the end and the surface.
Claims19
1-20. (canceled)
A toothbrush comprising:
- bristles extended from one end of the toothbrush;
- a handle extended from another end of the toothbrush opposite the one end;
- and
- an attachment hole arranged between the bristles and handle and configured to receive a support leg to be attached therein.
- the support leg attached to the attachment hole such that the support leg is configured to rotate about the attachment hole and away from an axial direction from the bristles to the handle,
- wherein the support leg comprises:
- a groove;
- and
- an end;
- wherein the support leg is configured to rotate from the axial direction such that the attachment hole is a hinge and such that a surface of the handle and the end of the support leg each simultaneously lie flatly against a table while the bristles are maintained in an upright position away from the surface;
- wherein the groove is configured to attach to a rim of a cup in a state in which the support leg is extended from the axial direction, and in a case in which the groove is attached to the rim of the cup, a second surface of the handle lies flatly against a side of the cup while the groove and the second surface maintain the bristles in an upright position away from the cup, and
- wherein the surface and the second surface are angled differently from each other along the axial direction.
A toothbrush comprising:
- bristles extended from one end of the toothbrush;
- a handle extended from another end of the toothbrush opposite the one end;
- and
- an attachment hole arranged between the bristles and handle and configured to receive a support leg to be attached therein.
- the support leg attached to the attachment hole such that the support leg is configured to rotate about the attachment hole and away from an axial direction from the bristles to the handle,
- wherein the support leg comprises:
- a groove;
- and
- an end;
- wherein the groove is configured to attach to a rim of a cup in a state in which the support leg is extended from the axial direction, and in a case in which the groove is attached to the rim of the cup, a surface of the handle lies flatly against a side of the cup while the groove and the surface maintain the bristles in an upright position away from the cup.
A toothbrush comprising:
- bristles extended from one end of the toothbrush;
- a handle extended from another end of the toothbrush opposite the one end;
- and
- an attachment hole arranged between the bristles and handle and configured to receive a support leg to be attached therein;
- the support leg attached to the attachment hole such that the support leg is configured to rotate about the attachment hole and away from an axial direction from the bristles to the handle,
- wherein the support leg comprises:
- a groove;
- and
- an end;
- a second attachment hole, opposite the attachment hole in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction;
- and
- a second support leg attached to the second attachment hole and configured to rotate about the second attachment hole along with a rotation of the support leg via the attachment hole, and
- wherein the second support leg is configured to maintain the bristles in an upright position away from a surface in contact with any of the support leg and the second support leg in a state in which any of the support leg and the second support leg contact the surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.