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US 9,801,502 B2Granted
Toothbrush storage system
OwnerAugustine Obi Ogbuaguinventor
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Abstract
A toothbrush storage system for containing fluid dripping from a toothbrush includes a toothbrush. A container is provided and the container has the toothbrush positioned therein. Thus, the container may have a fluid dripping from the toothbrush pass through the container. A pan is removably coupled to the container such that the pan may capture the fluid passing through the container.
Claims5
A toothbrush storage system comprising:
- a toothbrush;
- a container being configured to have a fluid dripping from said toothbrush pass through said container when said toothbrush is positioned in said container, said container having a bottom wall and a peripheral wall extending upwardly from said bottom wall, said bottom wall having a top surface and a bottom surface, said peripheral wall being curved such that said container has an ovoid cylindrical shape, said peripheral wall having a distal edge with respect to said bottom wall, said distal edge defining an opening into said container, said toothbrush being inserted into said opening such that said toothbrush rests on said top surface, said bottom wall having a plurality of openings extending through said top surface and said bottom surface wherein said openings are configured to have the fluid pass therethrough, said openings being arranged to radiate outwardly between a center of said bottom wall and said peripheral wall wherein said openings are positioned for draining an entirety of said container within said peripheral wall;
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- a pan being removably coupled to said container wherein said pan is configured to capture the fluid passing through said container.
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A toothbrush storage system comprising:
- a toothbrush;
- a container being configured to have a fluid dripping from said toothbrush pass through said container when said toothbrush is positioned in said container, said container having a bottom wall and a peripheral wall extending upwardly from said bottom wall, said bottom wall having a top surface and a bottom surface, said peripheral wall being curved such that said container has an ovoid cylindrical shape, said peripheral wall having a distal edge with respect to said bottom wall, said distal edge defining an opening into said container, said toothbrush being inserted into said opening such that said toothbrush rests on said top surface, said bottom wall having a plurality of openings extending through said top surface and said bottom surface wherein said openings are configured to have the fluid pass therethrough, said openings being arranged to radiate outwardly between a center of said bottom wall and said peripheral wall wherein said openings are positioned for draining an entirety of said container within said peripheral wall, said bottom wall having a lip being coupled to and extending downwardly from said bottom surface, said lip being spaced inwardly from said peripheral wall, said lip being coextensive with said peripheral wall such that said lip surrounds said openings, said lip having an outwardly facing surface;
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- a pan being removably coupled to said container wherein said pan is configured to capture the fluid passing through said container, said pan having a lower wall and a perimeter wall being coupled to and extending upwardly from said lower wall, said perimeter wall being curved such that said pan has an ovoid shape, said perimeter wall having an inwardly facing surface and a distal edge with respect to said lower wall, said lower wall having a first surface, said pan being positioned on said container such that said outwardly facing surface of said lip engages said inwardly facing surface of said perimeter wall and said distal edge of said pan abuts said bottom wall wherein said pan is configured to capture the fluid passing through said openings.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.