TOOTHBRUSH MOUTHWASH RINSER KIT

• US 3,734,106 A
• Filed: 04/05/1971
• Issued: 05/22/1973
• Est. Priority Date: 04/05/1971
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Eli Zimmerman
• Original Assignee: Eli Zimmerman
• Inventors: Zimmerman, Eli
• Primary Examiner(s): Mancene, Louis G.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lever, Jr., J. Q.
• Application Number:
  US05/131,275
• Time in Patent Office: 778 Days
• Field of Search: 132/79 401/187
• US Class Current: 132/311
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 11/0041 Flexible or deformable reservoirs, e.g. resilient bulbs, compressible tubes
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 15/0055 Brushes combined with other articles normally separate from the brushing process, e.g. combs, razors, mirrors
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 15/0061 with a container for accessories, e.g. pills, polish, condoms, cells A46B11/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 15/0067 Brushes fitted with a drinking device, i.e. brushes with devices allowing drinking
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 17/04 Protective covers for the bristles
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 2200/1066 Toothbrush for cleaning the teeth or dentures A61C17/16 takes precedence; bristles arrangements for toothbrushes A46B9/04
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 2200/20 Brushes for applying products to surfaces in general A46B2200/10 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 5/0095 Removable or interchangeable brush heads

Abstract

A combined toothbrush mouthwash rinser and tumbler kit that comprises a squeeze bottle, an adapter extendable over the squeeze bottle and connected to the open end of the same and this adapter including a skirted portion adapted to extend downwardly over the squeeze bulb with a bottom part basically connected thereto or with an opening permitting access to the squeeze bulb so that the rinser liquid can be forced outwardly therefrom. The adapter includes a support for a toothbrush element, which the element may include a stem or by which the toothbrush element may be slipped over the end of the adapter in a manner to keep the same from turning and held against axial displacement therefrom. A tumbler made of plastic to be tight fitted downwardly on to the skirted portion surrounding the squeeze bottle or directly on to the squeeze bottle according to the last form of the invention. This tumbler makes for a sanitary kit and also serves to provide storage space for toothpaste and other brush elements of different bristle strength. The adapter may include valve arrangement and the stem may be releasably removable from the adapter and when tightened upon the same will close a valve surface on the stem upon it being brought against a valve extension on the adapter so that the outlet through the adapter is closed when the brush stem is tightened down upon the adapter.

Claims

1. A combined toothbrush and rinser kit comprising in combination:

a squeezeable bulb means having an outlet, an adapter member connected to the squeeze bulb means and extending upwardly from the opening thereof and having a hole at an upper distal end of the adapter member through which liquid can be forced for effecting rinsing of the mouth, and a laterallyextending toothbrush means carried on the upwardly extending member in flow-non-alignment with the hole and spaced from the hole, said upwardly extending adapter member serving as a handle wiTh the bulb when the assembly is being used for brushing the teeth, said bulb being of a resilient semi-rigid composition and having a portion thereof at a point distant from said adapter member shaped such that the bulb means is a supporting base supportable of the adapter member and of the toothbrush mounted on the adapter member in an upwardly extending direction when said bulb means is set on a substantially flat horizontal surface whereby the toothbrush is held in a position free of contact with the horizontal surface.

2. A combined toothbrush and rinser kit as defined in claim 1, and including a removable invertedly-mounted tumbler adapted to extend over the toothbrush and in contact with said bulb means, at least one of said bulb means and said tumbler including an irregular surface located at at-least one point at which the mounted tumbler contacts the bulb means.

3. A combined toothbrush and rinser kit comprising a squeezeable bulb means having an outlet, an adapter member connected to the squeeze bulb means and extending upwardly from the opening thereof and having a hole through which liquid can be forced for effecting rinsing of the mouth, and toothbrush means carried on the upwardly extending member, said upwardly extending adapting member serving as a handle with the bulb when the assembly is being used for brushing the teeth, and said brush means being formed of two parts, one of the parts being slide fitted on the upper end of the adapter in tight fitting engagement therein and retained against rotation thereabout, said brush part having a T-shaped slot providing flanges with opposing indentations therein and a second brush part T-section slide fitted into the T-slot of the first part and having projections engageable with the indentation of the flange edges of the first part locking the second brush part against sliding movement in the first brush part, whereby a second brush part having bristles of one hardness can be substituted by a second brush part having bristles of different hardness.

4. A combined toothbrush and rinser kit as defined in claim 3 and said squeeze bulb means having an open neck and a tapered nozzle detachably connected to the open neck of the bulb means, said adapter having a tapered sleeve portion gripped tightly over the nozzle, and having a skirt formation depending downwardly over the neck portion of the bulb means to the outer wall thereof, a separable bottom part threadedly connected to the adapter to house the bulb means and said separable bottom part having openings therein through which access of the fingers can be had to the bulb means.

5. A combined toothbrush and rinser kit as defined in claim 4 and said brush member having a central hole therein for receiving the upper end of the adapter in tight fitting engagement therewith with the nozzle extending from the outer end of the brush element.

6. A combined toothbrush and rinser kit as defined in claim 3, said adapter being formed of two parts, one of the parts extending upwardly serving as a stem or handle for the toothbrush part and having an air receiving valve opening, a valve engageable with the lower end of the opening upon liquid being forced upwardly through the main opening in the toothbrush stem, and a skirt shaped member surrounding the lower end of the stem and the outlet end of the bulb means to make for a tight gripping connection of the bulb means with the stem.

7. A combined toothbrush and rinser kit as defined in claim 3 and said squeeze bottle having a threaded neck portion and said adapter threadedly engaging said threaded neck portion and having a reduced threaded diameter portion and a valve projection extending upwardly therefrom, and a toothbrush stem having an opening therethrough and a valve surface about the opening, said toothbrush stem being threadedly engageable with the threaded reduced diameter portion of the adapter and when threaded downwardly over the full extent thereof said valve stem projection on the adapter engaging with The valve seat of the toothbrush stem to close off the supply of rinser liquid therethrough, said toothbrush stem being releaseable upon the adapter to ready the kit for use in discharging rinser liquid.

8. A combined toothbrush and rinser kit as defined in claim 7 and a tumbler adapted to fit over the toothbrush and its stem and about the adapter having detailed connections on its inner surface adjacent the rim thereof for engaging the periphery of the squeeze bottle.

9. A combined toothbrush and rinser kit comprising in combination:

a squeezeable bulb means having an outlet, and adapter member connected to the squeeze bulb means and extending upwardly from the opening thereof and having a hole through which liquid can be forced for effecting rinsing of the mouth, and toothbrush means carried on the upwardly extending member, said upwardly extending adapter member serving as a handle with the bulb when the assembly is being used for brushing the teeth, and said kit further including a removable invertedly-mounted tumbler adapted to extend over the toothbrush and in contact with said bulb means, at least one of said bulb means and said tumbler including an irregular surface located at at-least one point at which the mounted tumbler contacts the bulb means.