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US 9,066,583 B2Granted
Packaged toothbrush and toothbrush container and methods of making same
AssigneeLoops, LLC
InventorSteven L. Kayser
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Abstract
The disclosed embodiments relate to a packaged toothbrush and toothbrush container and methods of making them, wherein the toothbrush container includes a flexible pliable resilient lid securable to a flexible pliable resilient body of the toothbrush container. The packaged toothbrush included a flexible resilient pliable toothbrush adapted to be disposed within toothbrush container and can be manipulated into a flexed position.
Claims25
A toothbrush container for confining a toothbrush, comprising:
- an elongated flexible pliable resilient hollow tubular body composed of a pliable material and having an access opening at one end thereof , the body sized to receive snugly the toothbrush;
- a flexible pliable resilient lid for closing the access opening to secure the toothbrush within the body, the lid being composed of pliable material;
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- an annular flange on the lid for engaging the body portion frictionally to secure removably the lid to the body.
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A packaged toothbrush comprising:
- a toothbrush container including:
- an elongated flexible pliable resilient hollow tubular body being composed of a pliable material and having an access opening at one end thereof;
- a lid disposed at the access opening for closing over the hollow interior of the body, said lid being composed of pliable flexible resilient material;
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- an annular flange on the lid for engaging the body frictionally to secure removably the lid to the body;
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- a flexible toothbrush being disposed within the container and including:
- an elongated body having a head end portion containing bristle brushes and a short stubby handle portion;
- the elongated body being composed of flexible material;
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- wherein the handle portion has an enlarged curvilinear flat rear end portion being substantially wider than the head end portion and having a narrowed intermediate portion and having a narrowed intermediate portion therebetween to facilitate bending the toothbrush thereabout, and wherein the handle portion is entirely composed of flexible material thereby permitting the package toothbrush to be flexed into substantially a “C” shape.
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