Toothbrush assembly
AssigneeChesebrough-Pond's USA Co., Division of Conopco, Inc.
InventorBetrand Dominique Joseph Barre
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Abstract
A toothbrush assembly is provided with a toothbrush and a stand for releasably retaining the toothbrush in a vertical position, the combination resembling a human or cartoon caricature. The toothbrush includes head, neck, shoulder and torso sections, the latter serving as a user handle. The shoulder section has rounded sides which serve as support points and are snappingly received within the collar portion of the stand. Left and right arms project from either side of the collar portion and include a caricatured hand for each. A foot is formed as a flat platform serving as the base of the stand. A vertically erected post connects the collar portion to the foot.
Claims10
A toothbrush assembly comprising:
- a toothbrush that comprises:
- a head having a major surface from which tufts of bristles project outwardly;
- a shoulder section having rounded side surfaces with a diameter thereacross a front surface and a rear surface;
- a neck section connecting the head to the shoulder section and having a smaller diameter than the diameter across the rounded side surface of the shoulder section;
- a torso section serving as a user handle, lying along a longitudinal axis, the torso section having a first and second end, the first end being attached to the shoulder section, the torso section being defined by a front, a rear and a pair of side surfaces, the side surfaces being interposed between the front and rear surfaces, the front surface of the torso section and the major surface of the head facing in an identical direction;
- a stand for releasably retaining the toothbrush, the stand having a first and second terminus and comprising:
- a collar portion having first and second free end portions, said collar portion provided at the first terminus supporting the toothbrush along the rear and side surfaces of the shoulder, the front surface thereof remaining clear of any collar portion support;
- left and right arms each with a first and second end opposite one another, a caricature hand for each of the arms being attached to the second end, each of the arms being connected by their first ends to the collar portion;
- a foot formed as a flat platform horizontal to an exterior surface upon which the stand rests;
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- a vertically erect post connecting the collar portion to the foot.
A toothbrush assembly according to claim I wherein the neck section is curved concavely away from the longitudinal axis of the torso portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.