Brush for holding at least one of a fluid dispensing device and other items therein

• US 6,325,070 B1
• Filed: 11/24/2000
• Issued: 12/04/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Dan Tyroler, Liat Tyroler
• Original Assignee: Dan Tyroler, Liat Tyroler
• Inventors: Tyroler, Liat, Tyroler, Dan
• Primary Examiner(s): Manahan, Todd E.
• Application Number:
  US09/721,782
• Time in Patent Office: 375 Days
• Field of Search: 132/112, 132/140, 132/147, 132/148, 132/150, 132/311, 132/313, 151/06, 401/123, 401/125, D 4/108, D 4/116, D 4/138
• US Class Current: 132/112
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 34/06 in combination with other toiletry or cosmetic articles
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 15/0061 with a container for accessories, e.g. pills, polish, condoms, cells A46B11/00 takes precedence

Abstract

A brush for holding at least one of a fluid dispensing device and other items therein that includes a handle, a head, and bristles. The handle contains a chamber for holding either the fluid dispensing device or the other items therein, and the head contains a chamber. The chamber in the handle is separated from the chamber in the head by a floor. The floor is solid when the chamber in the handle holds the other items. The floor is not solid when the chamber in the handle holds the fluid dispensing device and the chamber in the head holds the other items.

Claims

1. A brush for holding at least one of a fluid dispensing device and other items therein, said brush comprising:

a) a handle;

b) a head extending from said handle; and

c) bristles extending from said head, wherein said handle is slender, elongated, cylindrically-shaped, and has;

i) a length;

ii) a proximal end; and

iii) a distal end, wherein said handle is hollow, and as a result thereof, contains a chamber that extends said length threreof for replaceably holding one of the fluid dispensing device and the other items therein, and has a width, wherein said distal end of said handle has a throughbore that extends axially therethrough and communicates with said chamber in said handle, wherein said head has;

A) a proximal end that flares outwardly from, and is coincident with, said proximal end of said handle; and

B) a distal end, wherein said chamber in said handle is separated from said chamber in said head by a floor that is disposed across said proximal end of said handle, wherein said floor is not solid when said chamber in said handle holds the fluid dispensing device and said chamber in said head holds the other items so as to allow said chamber in said handle to communicate with said chamber in said head for allowing removal of the other items from said head by removing the fluid dispensing device from said handle through said throughbore in said distal end of said handle and turning said brush over so as to allow the other items in said head to pass through said floor, through in said handle, and out through said throughbore in said distal end of said handle.

2. The brush as defined in claim 1, wherein said head is hollow, and as a result thereof, contains a chamber.

3. The brush as defined in claim 1, wherein said bristles extend outwardly from said head.

4. The brush as defined in claim 1, wherein said floor is solid when said chamber in said handle holds the other items.

5. The brush as defined in claim 1, wherein said handle further has a cap that selectively closes said distal end thereof.

6. The brush as defined in claim 5, wherein said cap is disk-shaped and contains internal threads therearound.

7. The brush as defined in claim 6, wherein said distal end of said handle has external threads therearound that selectively engage said internal threads in said cap.

8. The brush as defined in claim 7, wherein said cap has a throughbore that extends axially therethrough for insertion of the fluid dispensing device into said chamber in said handle without having to remove said cap.

9. A brush for holding at least one of a fluid dispensing device and other items therein, said brush comprising:

a) a handle;

b) a head extending from said handle; and

c) bristles extending from said head, wherein said handle is slender, elongated, cylindrically-shaped, and has;

i) a length;

ii) a proximal end; and

iii) a distal end, wherein said handle is hollow, and as a result thereof, contains a chamber that extends said length thereof for replaceably holding one of the fluid dispensing device and the other items therein, and has a width, wherein said distal end of said handle has a throughbore that extends axially therethrough and communicates with said chamber in said handle, wherein a surface of said head has a throughbore that is disposed just below, and communicates with, said floor for facilitating removal of the fluid dispensing device by receiving a thumb to push the fluid dispensing device out through said throughbore in said distal end of said handle.

10. The brush as defined in claim 9, wherein said handle has a bore that is disposed just below said distal end thereof, and opposes said throughbore in said surface of said head for allowing exit of fluid from the fluid dispensing device.

11. The brush as defined in claim 9, wherein said head is hollow, and as a result thereof, contains a chamber.

12. The brush as defined in claim 9, wherein said bristles extend outwardly from said head.

13. The brush as defined in claim 9, wherein said floor is solid when said chamber in said handle holds the other items.

14. A brush for holding at least one of a fluid dispensing device and other items therein, said brush comprising:

a) handle;

b) ahead extending form said handle; and

c) bristles extending form said head, wherein said handle is slender, elongated, cylindrically-shaped, and has;

i) a length;

ii) a proximal end; and

iii) a distal end, wherein said handle is hollow, and as a result thereof, contains a chamber that extends said length thereof for replaceably holding one of the fluid dispensing device and the other items therein, and has a width, wherein said distal end of said handle has a throughbore that extends axially therethrough and communicates with said chamber in said handle, wherein said throughbore in said distal end of said handle is defined by a convex ring for preventing unintentional removal of the fluid dispensing device, but is resilient for allowing the fluid dispensing device to be intentionally removed when pushed out therethrough, and has a depth and a width, wherein said handle further has a cap that selectively closes said distal end thereof, wherein said cap is resilient and has an external portion that is disk-shaped, has a width equal to said width of said handle, and selectively abuts against said distal end of said handle, wherein said cap further has an intermediate portion that is disk-shaped, depends coaxially from, is integrally formed with, and is narrower than, said external portion thereof, and has a perimeter that is a concave ring, a depth equal to said depth of, and a width equal to said width of, said convex ring of said handle so as to be resiliently and selectively captured therein, wherein said cap further has an internal portion that is disk-shaped, depends coaxially from, is integrally formed with, and is wider than, said intermediate portion thereof, is narrower than said external portion thereof, and has a width equal to said width of, and selectively engages in, said chamber in said handle, wherein said cap further has a throughbore that extends axially therethrough for insertion of the fluid dispensing device into said chamber in said handle without having to remove said cap.

15. The brush as defined in claim 14, wherein said internal portion of said cap is tapered to facilitate insertion through said convex ring of said handle.

16. The brush as defined in claim 14, wherein said cap further has a length of lanyard that extends from said external portion thereof to said distal end of said handle and prevents loss of said cap when removed from said handle.

17. The brush as defined in claim 14, wherein said throughbore in said cap is flared in said external portion of said cap for facilitating insertion of the fluid dispensing device into said cap.