US2576560A - Combination toothbrush, water glass, and soap holder - Google Patents

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Nov. 27, 195] F. J. BIDMON COMBINATION TOOTHBRUSH, WATER GLASS AND SOAP HOLDER Filed Sept. 26, 1946 Patented Nov. 27, 1951 COMBINATION TOOTHBRUSH, WATER GLASSLAND SOARHOLDER Frank-1] vBidmon, Rockford, Ill. Application September 26, 1,946, SerialNo. 699,381

d'Claims. -1 This invention relates to a 39mblned.toothbrush, water glass and soap holder for household use, and is especially concerned with such a holder in which several toothbrushes maybe separately accommodated in individual sanitary compartments for protection against dust ,and other contamination.

One object of theinvention is to provide .a unitary holder fora toothbrush water glass and soap holder which willautomatically ejecta selected toothbrush Whereit can be easily. grasped by the user.

Another object is the provision of such. a unitary device which may be ...,easily .and quickly mounted or demounted from its support for cleaning.

Other objectsand advantages will becomeapparent from the followingdescription inconnection with the drawings', in. Which-- Figure 1- is-a perspective'view of enamodification of the present invention;

.1 .ndr ur .l -a s nz rem the left; V -Fig. dis a longitudinal sectional view of:the device taken along the line 3-3 of Fig.12 .showing one of the toothbrush holder compartments;

Fig. 4 is a partial back viewshowin one of the supporting slots, and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view of Fig. 2 taken along the line =5..5.

.-A preferred form; 9f my invention is illustrated in the drawings in which I indicates generally a body composed of, aluminum or, other. metal, porcelain, glass, plastic or any other suitable material. In its top surfaceorwall are provided-a roundrecess 2 fora water glass and a rectangular recess 3 having ribs 4 forsupporting-ab ar of soap. An upstanding apron 5 is provided at the back "to serve as a splaslrshield 'for the wallor other support on-which the device is mounted.

=-'-I-'he body is-for-med with three horizontally extending separate compartments 1, defined by upstanding wall portions interconnecting the top and bottom walls, each for an individual toothbrush 8. While three toothbrush compartments have been shown in the present instance, obviously any number of compartments from one upward may be employed as preferred. At one end of each compartment is an opening 9 formed with a frusto-conical seat H frictionally engageable with a similarly formed surface 12 on a closure plug I3. Each plug has a knurled outer surface l4 to facilitate handling and is attached to the body by a chain [6 to prevent misplacement. Plugs may be made of metal or any other material sanitary Y condition.

- 2. u l ,i i ..eener .preiem t m them of some material whichlends itself to individual distinctive colors for the j different plugs so as to readily identify the compartment 'for a particular toothbrush. A series of apertures IT isprovided in each compartmentiwall to permit the toothbrush to dry and maintain it in a dry Each compartment has means for urging the toothbrush fi against the plug! 3 so thatwhen the latter is removed the toothbrushwillbe ejected sufliciently that it may be readily grasped .by the user. This urging means in the present instance is shown as a pin l8. reciprocably fitted in abore'lt. Each pin has an inner and outerabutment or shoulder 25 and22 for engaging one side or the other of the compartment end wall 23 to;limit movement of the pin in both directions. Theshoulder 22 may also form a handleby which the position of the shoulder 2! maybe controlled from the exterior of the compartment. To facilitate assembly the shoulder 2| will be threadedly attached to the inner end of the. pin was shown. A helical coil one end of the toothbrush to urge the opposite end-against the closure. plug l3 when the latter is seated on surface I I.

In-use,v a toothbrush may be selectedby -removing-a particular-one of theplugs l3 avhich .-as above mentioned may be identified byv a particular color. Asthe plug-is removed therend of the toothbrush will be moved out of the compartment by spring :24. .-the movement 'Of': which is limited by engagement of the shoulder 2 2 with the'body wall'23. .After the-toothbrush-has:been usedit will be replaced simply-by insertingit in the .-compartment through the opening .9 -and pressing it against the shoulder 2! to compress sprin 24 by forcing the plug l3 into frictional engagement with the frusto-conical body surface I I.

To facilitate cleaning, it is preferable that the body be readily removable and replaceable. A pair of spaced slots 21 will be formed in the bottom edge of the back wall 28. Each slot will be downwardly and inwardly enlarging, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, and will be engageable with a similarly formed lug 29 on bracket 3| mounted to the wall or support 32 by screws 33. Thus, removal of the holder I for cleaning may be readily accomplished simply by lifting it to disengage slots from bracket lugs 29.

It will now be clear that the holder of my invention is well adapted for keeping the brushes dry, clean, and sterile, practically regardless of the air conditions surrounding the holder. Thus, since each of the compartments is completely enclosed, no dust, foreign matter, or liquid may be deposited on the brushes, and contact between the individual brushes is prevented. Furthermore, a structure is provided in which the water glass, soap, and any particular toothbrush are all equally readily available.

While a particular form of the present invention has been shown it will be apparent that minor changes therein will readily suggest themselves to others skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

4 4 individual toothbrush, said compartment having an opening at one end of the body, a plug insertable in said opening from the exterior of the body for closing said compartment, resiliently mounted abutment means within said compartment movable to a retracted position upon insertion of the brush in the compartment arranged to urge the toothbrush outwardly through said opening when the plug is removed, said bottom wall having apertures providing communication between said compartment and the atmosphere to effect circulation of air about the enclosed Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

. 1. A bathroom fixture for attachment to a wall or the like, comprising a one-piece body defined by spaced upper and lower walls, said upper wall having upstanding ribs thereon to define spaced upwardly facing recesses, one of circular and one of rectangular configuration, said upper and lower walls being interconnected by spaced upstanding walls to define a horizontally extending passageway shaped to receive a toothbrush, said passageway at one end opening on to an end of the body, a removable closure for said opening and resiliently mounted abutment means mounted at the opposite end of the passageway, said means being movable between a first position in which the abutment is forced toward the extreme opposite end of the passageway by insertion of the brush in the passageway through said opening and with the removable closure in position to close the opening and a second position in which the abutment is urged toward the opening to partially eject the toothbrush from the passageway when the closure is removed to uncover said opening.

2. The combination recited in claim 1 with means connected to the abutment means projecting through the opposite end of the body to be engageable with the body to limit movement of the abutment means and to define a handle by which the abutment means is manually movable from its ejecting position to its retracted position to facilitate insertion of the toothbrush in the compartment and the closure in the opening.

3; A bathroom fixture, comprising in combination a body defined by spaced elongated horizontally extending upper and lower walls, said upper walls having upstanding ribs thereon positioned to define spaced upwardly facing recesses, one of circular and one of rectangular configuration, spaced upstanding wall portions interconnecting said upper and lower walls to define at least one substantially enclosed horizontally extending compartment in said body shaped to receive an toothbrush, means formed on said body for mounting it on a support attached to a wall and an upstanding apron at one side of said body integral with said upper wall and forming a splash shield to protect the wall adjacent the body.

4. A bathroom fixture comprising a body defined by spaced upper and lower walls, spaced end walls interconnecting said upper and lower walls at opposite ends of the body, spaced upstandin walls interconnecting said upper and lower walls and end walls to define at least one horizontally extending compartment for receiving an individual toothbrush, one of said end walls having an opening having an outwardly flaring frusto-conical seat, a plug with a frustoconical surface shaped to be frictionally engageable with said seat to provide a closure for said opening, the other end wall having a bore in communication with the compartment, a pin extending through said bore movable between preselected positions having a first abutment disposed in said compartment and a second abutment on the exterior of said body, in one position of said pin, said second abutment being engageable with said other end wall and said first abutment being spaced inwardly of the compartment from said other end wall to partially eject the toothbrush and in the other position of the pin said first abutment being disposed against said other end wall by the toothbrush being inserted in the compartment and the second abutment being spaced outwardly from said other end wall, and spring i means acting between the body and the first abutment to normally urge said pin to the first de scribed position. I

FRANK J. BIDMON.

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