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US2539035A
US2539035A US767500A US76750047A US2539035A US 2539035 A US2539035 A US 2539035A US 767500 A US767500 A US 767500A US 76750047 A US76750047 A US 76750047A US 2539035 A US2539035 A US 2539035A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
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    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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  • This invention relates to a toothbrush holder for children.
  • FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of my combined bank and toothbrush holder.
  • Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view, in elevation, of my combined bank and toothbrush holder.
  • Fig. 3 is a side elevational View of the toothbrush holder portion removed from the bank.
  • Fig. 4 is a front elevational view of the toothbrush holder by itself.
  • Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view in elevation, of the toothbrush holder.
  • Fig. 6 is an elevational view of the toothbrush holder taken from the opposite side than from which the view in Fig. 3 is taken and without the coin being disposed therein.
  • Fig. '7 is a top plan view of the toothbrush holder.
  • I represents a bank body representative of some animal or the like shape which will attract the attention of the child and in which my toothbrush holder II is inserted to permit the toothbrush, as indicated at I2, to be extended into the front of the bank.
  • the toothbrush retaining device includes a tube I3 having its bottom closed as at lll.
  • a coil spring I is disposed in the bottom of the tube I3 and will react against the end of the toothbrush I2 as it is inserted therein to eject the toothbrush from the tube I3 when a projection I5 on a leaf spring I'l secured at I8 to the outside of the tube I3, is withdrawn from a hole I9 in the lower end of the toothbrush.
  • the projection I6 will hold the toothbrush in the tube I3 against the action of the spring I5.
  • the toothbrush holder further includes a chute 2I having an entrance opening 22 into which a penny or other coin is inserted at the time the child desires to use the toothbrush. The coin will move downwardly until it engages a stop 23 on the lower end of spring I1.
  • a bearing portion 25 through which extends a shaft 26 having an arm 2'I adapted to engage the coin to depress the same past the projection 23 to cause spring I1 to be moved outwardly and the projection I6 withdrawn from the hole I9 of the toothbrush I2.
  • a handle 28 extends from the opposite end of the shaft 26 which is pulled by the child when the child desires the toothbrush.
  • a spring 29 is disposed on the shaft 2B to normally maintain the handle 28 in the raised position as shown in Fig. 6.
  • the tube I3 has a hole 3l through which the projection I6 is projected. The spring 29 will return the handle 28 to the raised position when it is released.
  • the coin is indicated at 32.
  • the coin chute 2I is welded to the side of the tube I3 as indicated at 34 in Fig. '7.
  • a combined bank and toothbrush holder for children comprising a bank vessel. and a coin operated and release toothbrush holder mounted in the bank vessel and having a lever extending from the same and to the exterior of the bank vessel to operate the device upon the insertion of a coin therewithn, said toothbrush holder device including a chute for receiving and directing the coin to the bank vessel, a tube into which the toothbrush is extended, a leaf spring fixed to the side of the tube and having a projection adapted to extend through the tube and into engagement with the toothbrush therewithin, a shaft journalled on the leaf spring and having an arm adapted to engage with the coin and a second arm being an extension of the lever which extends from the bank vessel, and a stop on the leaf spring adapted to receive the coin whereby as the coin is depressed the leaf spring Will be moved outwardly by the downward pressure of said coin on said stop so that its projection is free of the toothbrush handle.

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Jan., 23, H951 D. scANLON ET Al. 2,539,035
TOOTHBRUSH HOLDER FOR CHILDREN Filed Aug. 8, 1947 /y INVENTOR. .aZfow Scan Zon Wz'Zz's G. Hacke' ATTDRNEYS Patented Jan. 23, 1951 OFFICE TOOTHBRUSH HOLDER FOR CHILDREN Dalton Scanlon and Willis G. Hackett, Fulton City, N. Y.
Application August 8, 1947, Serial No. 767,500
2 Claims.
This invention relates to a toothbrush holder for children.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a toothbrush holder which will retain the toothbrush until a penny or the like coin is inserted and a lever pulled in order to release the toothbrush and wherein the coin will be collected within a bank-like retainer for the toothbrush whereby the child will be rewarded for having removed the toothbrush and used the same.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a combined penny bank and toothbrush holder which will be of interest to children.
Other objects of the present invention are to provide a combined toothbrush holder and bank which is of simple construction, inexpensive to manufacture and efficient in operation.
For a better understanding of the invention, reference may be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of my combined bank and toothbrush holder.
Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view, in elevation, of my combined bank and toothbrush holder.
Fig. 3 is a side elevational View of the toothbrush holder portion removed from the bank.
Fig. 4 is a front elevational view of the toothbrush holder by itself.
Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view in elevation, of the toothbrush holder.
Fig. 6 is an elevational view of the toothbrush holder taken from the opposite side than from which the view in Fig. 3 is taken and without the coin being disposed therein.
Fig. '7 is a top plan view of the toothbrush holder.
Referring now to the figures, I represents a bank body representative of some animal or the like shape which will attract the attention of the child and in which my toothbrush holder II is inserted to permit the toothbrush, as indicated at I2, to be extended into the front of the bank.
The toothbrush retaining device includes a tube I3 having its bottom closed as at lll. A coil spring I is disposed in the bottom of the tube I3 and will react against the end of the toothbrush I2 as it is inserted therein to eject the toothbrush from the tube I3 when a projection I5 on a leaf spring I'l secured at I8 to the outside of the tube I3, is withdrawn from a hole I9 in the lower end of the toothbrush. Normally the projection I6 will hold the toothbrush in the tube I3 against the action of the spring I5.
The toothbrush holder further includes a chute 2I having an entrance opening 22 into which a penny or other coin is inserted at the time the child desires to use the toothbrush. The coin will move downwardly until it engages a stop 23 on the lower end of spring I1.
On the spring Il is a bearing portion 25 through which extends a shaft 26 having an arm 2'I adapted to engage the coin to depress the same past the projection 23 to cause spring I1 to be moved outwardly and the projection I6 withdrawn from the hole I9 of the toothbrush I2. A handle 28 extends from the opposite end of the shaft 26 which is pulled by the child when the child desires the toothbrush. A spring 29 is disposed on the shaft 2B to normally maintain the handle 28 in the raised position as shown in Fig. 6. The tube I3 has a hole 3l through which the projection I6 is projected. The spring 29 will return the handle 28 to the raised position when it is released. The coin is indicated at 32. The coin chute 2I is welded to the side of the tube I3 as indicated at 34 in Fig. '7.
While various changes may be made in the detail construction, it shall be understood that such changes shall be Within the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims.
We claim:
1. A combined bank and toothbrush holder for children comprising a bank vessel. and a coin operated and release toothbrush holder mounted in the bank vessel and having a lever extending from the same and to the exterior of the bank vessel to operate the device upon the insertion of a coin therewithn, said toothbrush holder device including a chute for receiving and directing the coin to the bank vessel, a tube into which the toothbrush is extended, a leaf spring fixed to the side of the tube and having a projection adapted to extend through the tube and into engagement with the toothbrush therewithin, a shaft journalled on the leaf spring and having an arm adapted to engage with the coin and a second arm being an extension of the lever which extends from the bank vessel, and a stop on the leaf spring adapted to receive the coin whereby as the coin is depressed the leaf spring Will be moved outwardly by the downward pressure of said coin on said stop so that its projection is free of the toothbrush handle.
2. A combined bank and toothbrush holder as defined in claim 1, and a spring within the lower end of the tube reacting against the toothbrush to eject the same upon being released by the projection of the leaf spring.
DALTON SCANLON. WILLIS G. HACKETT.
REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:
UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 727,893 Buck et al May 12, 1903 '762,602 Sullivan June 14, 1904 2,172,432 Brodsky Sept. 12, 1939
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US5187829A (en) * 1990-05-04 1993-02-23 Atkins Marie B Toothbrush construction
US5269420A (en) * 1993-01-12 1993-12-14 Zooth, Inc. Toothbrush and holder assembly
US5353464A (en) * 1990-05-04 1994-10-11 Atkins Marie B Toothbrush construction
US5444889A (en) * 1993-04-29 1995-08-29 Chesebrough-Pond's Usa Co., Division Of Conopco, Inc. Toothbrush assembly
US5590436A (en) * 1995-04-07 1997-01-07 Prelude Uk Limited Toothbrush
US5675859A (en) * 1995-06-07 1997-10-14 Chesebrough-Pond's Usa Co., Division Of Conopco, Inc. Toothbrush assembly
US7653959B1 (en) * 1996-12-30 2010-02-02 David Catanzaro Article assembly
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US762602A (en) * 1903-08-17 1904-06-14 George G Sullivan Vending-machine.
US2172432A (en) * 1937-10-12 1939-09-12 Brodsky Frank Magnifying glass renting device

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5187829A (en) * 1990-05-04 1993-02-23 Atkins Marie B Toothbrush construction
US5353464A (en) * 1990-05-04 1994-10-11 Atkins Marie B Toothbrush construction
US5269420A (en) * 1993-01-12 1993-12-14 Zooth, Inc. Toothbrush and holder assembly
US5444889A (en) * 1993-04-29 1995-08-29 Chesebrough-Pond's Usa Co., Division Of Conopco, Inc. Toothbrush assembly
US5590436A (en) * 1995-04-07 1997-01-07 Prelude Uk Limited Toothbrush
US5675859A (en) * 1995-06-07 1997-10-14 Chesebrough-Pond's Usa Co., Division Of Conopco, Inc. Toothbrush assembly
US7653959B1 (en) * 1996-12-30 2010-02-02 David Catanzaro Article assembly
US20140170931A1 (en) * 2012-12-17 2014-06-19 Jakks Pacific, Inc. Toy figure with removable accessory that doubles as a smart device stylus
US20140231603A1 (en) * 2013-02-11 2014-08-21 Buddie by RDH, LLC Culinary Appliance
US10220324B1 (en) 2015-12-22 2019-03-05 Hasbro, Inc. Play apparatus and methods featuring modeling compound can actuating toy items
US20190030444A1 (en) * 2017-07-26 2019-01-31 GDI Day Three, LLC d/b/a MedBuddy Methods and apparatus for decorative attachment system for a medical device
US10427060B2 (en) * 2017-07-26 2019-10-01 GDI Day Three, LLC Methods and apparatus for decorative attachment system for a medical device

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