Toothpick holder

A toothpick holder for holding a toothpick in any one of a plurality of positively latched adjusted positions, comprising:

• an elongate handle having an enlarged base on one end thereof and a head member on the other end;
• said head member having a transverse bore therein;
• an elongate toothpick retainer projecting from the bore in the head member with its axis extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the axis of the handle and having a transverse opening therein for snugly engaging a toothpick at spaced locations on the toothpick and holding the toothpick with the axis of the toothpick at substantially a right angle to the axis of the retainer, the opening in the retainer being disposed in offset, spaced relation to the axis of the handle whereby the toothpick is held in spaced, offset relation to the handle;
• latching means for cooperative engagement with complemental latching means on the retainer to releasably latch the retainer in any one of several adjusted positions of rotation about the retainer axis, to thereby latch the toothpick in any one of several adjusted orientations relative to the handle;
• and
• actuator means to selectively release the latching means.