US1564119A

US1564119A - Toothbrush rack

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Publication number: US1564119A
Application number: US749259A
Authority: US
Inventors: Balmer John Henry
Original assignee: J H BALMER CO
Current assignee: J H BALMER CO
Priority date: 1924-11-11
Filing date: 1924-11-11
Publication date: 1925-12-01
Anticipated expiration: 1942-12-01

Description

Dec. 1 1925- 1,564,119 J. H. BALMER TOOTHBRUSH RACK Filed Nov. 11. 1924 WITNESSES 5am ATTORNEYS INVENTOR Patented Dec. 1, 1925.

UNITED STATES JOHN HENRY BALMER, 0F MAPLEWOOD, NEW JERSEY,AS$IGNOR T0 J. H. BALMER (30.,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION 033 NEW JERSEY.

TOOTHBRUSH BACK.

Application filed November To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. BALMER, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Maplewood, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Toothbrush Rack, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to bath room fixtures and has particular reference to an improvement in tooth brush racks.

One of the principal objects of the present invention is to provide a tooth brush rack which will properly support a maximum number of tooth brushes in a minimum of space in order to eliminate excessive projection of the rack from the wall and excessive width of the same.

Another object in view is to provide a supporting rack for tooth brushes which automatically disposes the bristles of the brushes in a proper position whereby they will be maintained out of contact with each other.

A further object of the invention is to provide a rack which is extremely simple in its construction, inexpensive to manufacture and which is highly efficient in its purpose.

With the above recited and other objects in view, the invention resides in the novel construction set forth in the following specification, particularly pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that the right is reserved to embodiments other than those actually illustrated here in, to the full extent indicated by the gen eral meaning of the terms in which the claims are expressed.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a top plan view of a tooth brush rack constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a side view thereof.

Figure 3 is a front View of the same.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional view taken approximately on the line indicated at 4-4 in Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference the rack comprises a base 10 which is secured in any suitable manner to the wall of a bath room and which base supports therefrom a horizontal shelf 11 Connected thereto by a neck portion 12 11, 1924. Serial No. 749,259.

which is formed on its upper side with a groove or convexity 13 for the accommodationv of a tube of tooth paste. The shelf 11 is provided with a plurality of rows of diagonally disposed openings 14. The openings 14 of one row are disposed at substantially a right angle to the openings of the next adjacent row so that the brush handles will be similarly disposed diagonally. The shelf is formed adjacent each opening with a depression 15 in its upper face which projects from the major length of the opening and communicates therewith. The depressions 15 of one row project in the opposite direction from the depressions of the adjacent row and said depressions function to receive and dispose the bristles of the sevoral brushes in a position whereby the same are prevented from contact with each other. Under this arrangement it is therefore possible to support a maximum number of brushes in proper relation to each other in a rack of minimum size.

I claim:

1. A tooth brush supportin rack comprising a shelf having a plurality of elongated openings for receiving the handles of tooth brushes, the major axis of an opening of a pair of adjacent openings being disposed at a right angle to the major axis of the other opening of the pair, the right angular disposition of the openings providing for retaining the bristles of the brush held by one opening in parallel relation with the major axis of the other openin the arrangement of the openings being such that not only space is conserved but the bristles of the brushes are maintained out of contact with the bristles of adjacent brushes.

2. A tooth brush supporting rack comprising a shelf having a plurality of elongated openings for receiving the handles of tooth brushes, the major axis of an opening of a pair of adjacent openings being disposed at a right angle to the major axis of the other opening of the pair, the right angular disposition of the openings providing for retaining the bristles of the brush held by one opening in parallel relation with the major axis of the other opening, said shelf being provided with means adjacent each opening for receiving the lower end of the bristles for aiding 1n retaining the bristles of the brush in parallel relation with an adjacent opening, the arrangement of the openings being such that not only space is conserved but the bristles of the brushes are maintained out oi contact with the bristles of adjacent brushes.

3. A tooth brush supporting rack coinprising a shelf having a plurality of elongated openings for receiving the handles of tooth brushes, the major axisof an opening of a pair of adjacent openings being disposed-at a right angle to the major axis of the other opening of the pair, the right angular disposition of the openings pro- Viding for retaining the, bristles of the brush held by one opening in parallel relation with the major axis of the other opening, said shelf being provided with depressions located at a right angle to the-major axis of an opening to receive-the lower bristles of the brush and for aiding in locating the brush in proper position in the slots, the

arrangement ofthe openings being such that not only space is conserved but the bristles of the brushes are maintained out of contact with the bris l s 5 adj een b us es.

JOHN HENR BA MER-