JP4764252B2 - Toothbrush holder - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a toothbrush holder which is fixed to a mounting surface such as a wall surface by a suction cup provided on the back surface.

  As a toothbrush holder used in a state of being fixed to a wall surface, for example, by a suction cup provided on the back surface, there is one in which a toothbrush is inserted and held in a mouth provided on an upper surface of a stand (main body) that is a toothbrush stand.

  However, if the stand and the suction cup are separated from each other and the both are detachably and firmly attached by mechanical attachment / detachment means such as a concavo-convex structure, there is a possibility that the attachment / detachment may become impossible due to wear of the attachment / detachment portion.

  In addition, since the stand is only held on the wall surface by the suction cup with a gap between the stand and the toothbrush is pulled out of the stand or inserted into the stand, twisting occurred. Sometimes, air flows into the suction cup and the suction cup and the stand are detached from the wall surface and fall.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-mentioned matters, and an object of the present invention is to provide a toothbrush holder that can prevent falling off from a mounting surface such as a wall surface when twisting occurs in use. is there.

  In order to achieve the above object, the toothbrush holder according to the present invention has an upper opening for inserting a toothbrush in a toothbrush holder fixed to a mounting surface such as a wall surface by a suction cup provided on the back surface. A main body having a bottomed shape to be held, and a suction cup integrally formed with the main body on the back side of the main body, and further, the main body is held by a mounting surface such as a wall surface by the suction cup In order to prevent air from flowing into the suction cup by directly or indirectly contacting the mounting surface such as the wall surface when torsion occurs, a force acting outward from the mounting surface such as the wall surface is generated. And a protrusion on the back side.

  Further, from another viewpoint, the toothbrush holder, which is fixed to a mounting surface such as a wall surface by a suction cup provided on the back surface, has a bottomed main body having an upper opening and holding the inserted toothbrush, A suction cup integrally formed with the main body on the back side of the main body, a Y-shaped mouth for inserting a toothbrush, and a lid provided detachably so as to cover the upper opening; In the state where the main body is held on the mounting surface such as the wall surface by the suction cup, air flows into the suction cup by directly or indirectly contacting the mounting surface such as the wall surface when twisting occurs. In order to prevent this, a projection that can generate a force acting outward from a mounting surface such as a wall surface is provided on the back side, and a toothbrush is inserted and held in the Y-shaped mouth. Claim 2).

  In this invention, the force acting outward from the wall surface is a force that pulls up the suction cup in an outward direction perpendicular to the mounting surface such as the wall surface, and this force acts as a fulcrum on the protrusion that contacts the mounting surface such as the wall surface. It is a force generated as As a result, an attracting force can be generated at the central portion of the suction cup, and even if a twist occurs, the toothbrush holder can be prevented from separating from the mounting surface such as the wall surface.

  The mounting surface such as a wall surface in the present invention is made of, for example, stainless steel and a material that can be adsorbed by suction cups of various articles such as a vertical surface (vertical surface) that is a side surface of a rectangular parallelepiped cabinet. A vertical plane (vertical plane).

  In the present invention, the toothbrush can be taken in and out of the main body while the main body is held on the mounting surface such as the wall surface by the suction cup.

  In this invention, by providing the suction cup integrally with the bottomed main body that holds the toothbrush, for example, the main body and the suction cup are separated from each other, and the both are firmly and detachably attached by mechanical attachment / detachment means such as an uneven structure. In the case of a product, it is possible to avoid a situation where there is a possibility that the product cannot be attached / detached due to wear of the attaching / detaching part. And in this invention, the manufacturing cost can be reduced by providing the main body with a suction cup.

  Furthermore, the toothbrush holder of the present invention is attached to a mounting surface such as a wall surface by the suction force generated in the suction cup, but the bottomed main body holding the toothbrush has a protrusion on the back side. Thus, the suction cup can be easily removed from the mounting surface such as the wall surface with respect to the twist generated in the use state by inserting and removing the toothbrush from the main body. This is because the projections directly or indirectly contact the mounting surface such as the wall surface at the same time as the twist is generated, thereby generating a force that works outward from the mounting surface such as the wall surface in order to generate an adsorption force at the central portion of the suction cup. Because.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The present invention is not limited thereby.

  1 to 8 show an embodiment of the present invention, FIGS. 1 to 6 show a toothbrush holder, FIG. 7 shows a main body with a suction cup and a lid, and FIG. The stopper is shown.

1 to 8, the toothbrush holder 1 is used by being fixed to, for example, the wall surface 5 of the washroom 4 by a suction cup 3 provided on the back surface 2.
The toothbrush holder 1 has an upper opening 6 that is circular in plan view, and has a vertically long cup-shaped main body (stand) 7 that holds a toothbrush (not shown) inserted in a bottomed shape, and a rear side of the main body 7. A suction cup 8 integrally formed of the same material as the main body 7 and a lid 10 having a Y-shaped mouth 9 for inserting a toothbrush and detachably provided so as to cover the upper opening 6 are mainly provided. Yes. When the main body 7 is directly held against the wall surface 5 when the main body 7 is held on the wall surface 5 by the suction cup 8, the air i flows into the suction cup 8. 2 has a projection 11 on the back side that can generate a force F (indicated by a phantom line in FIG. 2) acting outward from the wall surface 5, and a toothbrush is inserted into the Y-shaped mouth 9 and held. It is comprised so that it may be made.

In order to give flexibility, the suction cup 8 and the main body 7 are integrally formed of a semi-rigid member made of a synthetic resin such as a silicone rubber material or soft vinyl chloride. The suction cup 8 is more flexible than the main body 7 having a larger thickness than the suction cup 8 by forming the central portion 8a slightly thicker than the peripheral portion 8b and changing the thickness. . Moreover, the lid | cover 10 is comprised with the hard hard member and uses the raw material like a polypropylene, for example. Further, the main body 7 and the lid 10 may be colored with a coloring material so as to produce contrast between them. If the main body 7 is made white using, for example, a coloring material and the lid 10 is red, the red lid 10 is raised and clear, and a design effect is created in addition to the functional effect that makes the position of the lid 10 easy to understand. .
The main body 7 is provided with a drain hole 12 at an appropriate position of the bottom 7c so as not to collect water in the main body 7. In this embodiment, a circular hole 12 for draining water is provided at the lowest position D of the bottom 7c, and the circular hole 12 for draining water is normally closed by a drain plug 14 with a flange 13. . The circular hole 12 includes an upper small-diameter portion 12a and a lower large-diameter portion 12b. On the other hand, the drain plug 14 has a cylindrical plug body 15 fitted in the upper small-diameter portion 12 a of the circular hole 12 at the upper portion, is formed integrally with the plug body 15, and the lower large-diameter portion 12 b of the circular hole 12. The flange 13 having a diameter larger than that of the plug body 15 is engaged at the bottom. Further, in order to make it easier to fit the plug body 15 into the circular hole 12, the plug body 15 is formed in a tapered curved surface such that the annular peripheral portion f around the upper surface e tapers as it goes upward. ing.

  In the natural state, the suction cup 8 is configured such that the central portion is raised (a shape close to the shape of a so-called contact lens), and the central portion 8a is slightly thicker than the peripheral portion 8b. Yes. In the natural state, the suction cup 8 is, for example, as shown in FIG. 2, with the upper peripheral edge portion 8 b ″ of the suction cup 8 slightly protruding above the upper surface 7 a of the main body 7, for example, as shown in FIG. The main body 7 has a circular shape when viewed from the front and having a diameter that is substantially the same as the lateral length A of the back surface R of the rectangular shape when viewed from the front. For example, as shown in FIG. 1, the suction cup 8 has a substantially tongue-shaped pulling piece 8 c provided continuously to the peripheral edge portion 8 b. The pulling piece 8c is pulled to remove the toothbrush holder 1 mounted on the wall surface 5 from the wall surface 5, and has a shape that can be easily pulled. For example, in FIG. 1, the position of the tension piece 8 c is preferably provided on any one of the upper part, the left part, and the right part of the suction cup 8. This is because, as shown by phantom lines in FIG. 1, when the tension piece 8 c is provided at the lower part of the suction cup 8, the gap S between the back surface R of the main body 7 and the wall surface 5 is determined by the interval S. This is because it is too small for insertion, and therefore if the tension piece 8c is provided at the lower part of the suction cup 8, the tension piece 8c is difficult to be pulled and the pulling operation becomes troublesome.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the protrusion 11 is constituted by a small dot-like protrusion, and only one protrusion 11 is provided at a position below the suction cup 8 in the central portion 7 b of the back surface R of the main body 7. That is, the protrusion 11 is provided below the position of the connecting portion B of the suction cup 8 and the main body 7 and further below the lower peripheral edge portion 8 b ′ of the suction cup 8. Therefore, in this embodiment, when the torsion occurs, the protrusion 11 directly contacts the wall surface 5 as indicated by a virtual line in FIG. However, the present invention is not limited to the installation position, shape, size, and number of the protrusions 11. For example, the height position of the protrusions provided on the back surface R of the main body 7 is the same as that of this embodiment. Instead of the point-like protrusions 11 as in the embodiment, the protrusions 11 may be formed in a horizontally long linear shape. Further, the protrusion 11 may be provided on the back surface R of the main body 7 at a position between the lower peripheral edge 8 b ′ of the suction cup 8 and the connecting portion B. In this case, when the twist occurs, the protrusion hits the lower peripheral edge 8 b ′ of the suction cup 8, and the protrusion indirectly contacts the wall surface 5 through the suction cup 8. The point is to generate a force F acting outward from the wall surface 5 to prevent air from flowing into the suction cup 8 by directly or indirectly contacting the wall surface 5 when twisting occurs. The protrusion 11 may be provided.

  Thus, the toothbrush can be taken in and out of the main body 7 while the main body 7 is held on the wall surface 5 by the suction cup 8.

  Since the bottomed body 7 and the suction cup 8 holding the toothbrush are integrally formed of the same material, for example, the main body 7 and the suction cup 8 are separated from each other by a mechanical attachment / detachment means such as an uneven structure. In the case where the attachment is detachably and firmly, it is possible to avoid a situation in which the attachment / detachment portion may become unremovable due to wear, and it can be used over a long period of time and can be made strong in strength. In the present invention, the manufacturing cost can be reduced by integrally forming the suction cup 8 on the main body 7 with the same material.

  Furthermore, the toothbrush holder 1 is attached to the wall surface 5 by the suction force generated in the suction cup 8, but the bottomed main body 7 holding the toothbrush has a protrusion 11 on the back surface R thereof. The suction cup 8 can be easily prevented from coming off the wall surface 5 with respect to the twist generated in the use state by inserting and removing the toothbrush from the main body 7.

  In addition, by forming a substantially tongue-shaped pulling piece continuously on the flange 13 of the drain plug 14, the drain plug 14 fitted in the drain hole 12 can be easily removed from the drain hole 12. You may comprise as follows.

  In the above-described embodiment, the main body 7 is provided with the lid 10. However, the present invention is not limited to this configuration. For example, the toothbrush holder with the suction cup that does not include the lid 10. It can also be applied to. In this case, the toothbrush can be taken in and out directly from the upper opening 6 of the main body 7, for example.

It is a rear view of the toothbrush holder in one embodiment of this invention. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the toothbrush insert in the said embodiment. It is a bottom view of the toothbrush insert in the said embodiment. It is a side view of the toothbrush holder in the said embodiment. It is a top view of the toothbrush insert in the said embodiment. It is a front view of the toothbrush insert in the said embodiment. It is a disassembled perspective view of the toothbrush holder in the said embodiment. (A) is a perspective view which shows the drain plug in the said embodiment. (B) is a side view which shows the drain plug in the said embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Toothbrush holder 5 Wall surface 6 Upper opening 7 Bottomed main body 8 Suction cup 9 Y-shaped mouth 10 Lid 11 Protrusion R Back surface F Force acting outward from wall surface

Claims (2)

  In a toothbrush holder that is fixed to a mounting surface such as a wall surface by a suction cup provided on the back surface, a bottomed main body that has an upper opening for inserting the toothbrush and holds the inserted toothbrush, and a back surface side of the main body A suction cup integrally formed with the main body, and the main body is directly attached to the mounting surface such as the wall surface when twisting occurs in a state where the main body is held on the mounting surface such as the wall surface by the suction cup. Alternatively, it has a protrusion on the back side that can generate a force acting outward from a mounting surface such as a wall surface in order to prevent air from flowing into the suction cup by indirect contact. Toothbrush holder. In a toothbrush holder that is fixed to a mounting surface such as a wall surface by a suction cup provided on the back surface, a bottomed body that has an upper opening and holds the inserted toothbrush, and the body on the back side of the body is integrated with the body. A suction cup formed and a Y-shaped mouth for inserting a toothbrush; and a lid provided detachably so as to cover the upper opening; and the main body is made of a wall surface or the like by the suction cup. In order to prevent air from flowing into the suction cup by directly or indirectly coming into contact with the mounting surface such as the wall surface when twisting occurs while being held on the mounting surface, it is removed from the mounting surface such as the wall surface. A toothbrush holder comprising protrusions capable of generating a force acting in a direction on the back side, and configured to insert and hold a toothbrush in the Y-shaped mouth.

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