Toothpaste dispenser

• US 7,669,735 B1
• Filed: 01/19/2007
• Issued: 03/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lorris L. Alleyne
• Original Assignee: Lorris L. Alleyne
• Inventors: Alleyne, Lorris L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bomberg; Kenneth
• Application Number:
  US11/655,624
• Time in Patent Office: 1,138 Days
• Field of Search: 222/101, 222/102, 222/333
• US Class Current: 222/102
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 35/245 Suspension means integral with, or attached to the container B65D51/242 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 35/285 Co-operating squeezing supporting rollers

Abstract

A toothpaste dispenser is disclosed. An illustrative embodiment of the toothpaste dispenser includes a base, a roller mount arm carried by the base, a motor carried by the roller mount arm and drivingly engaging the base and a pair of rollers carried by the roller mount arm.

Claims

1. A toothpaste dispenser, comprising;

a base having a base panel, a base wall extending from said base panel, a base back carried by said base wall in spaced-apart relationship with respect to said base panel, a base interior defined by said base wall and said base panel and a base compartment defined between said base panel and said base back;

a tube holder having a holder opening extending from said base panel into said base interior;

a roller housing extending from said base panel into said base interior;

a pair of generally elongated, parallel, spaced-apart roller slots provided in said roller housing;

a motor housing extending from said base panel into said base compartment;

a motor track provided in said motor housing;

a motor drivingly engaging said motor track;

a roller mount arm carried by said motor;

an arm slot extending between said roller housing and said motor housing and receiving said roller mount arm;

a pair of roller shafts carried by said roller mount arm in said roller housing and extending through said pair of roller slots, respectively;

a pair of generally elongated, cylindrical, parallel rollers carried by said pair of roller shafts, respectively;

a battery connected to said motor; and

a power switch provided between said battery and said motor.

2. The toothpaste dispenser of claim 1 further comprising a lid pivotally carried by said base.

3. The toothpaste dispenser of claim 1 further comprising a microprocessor between said power button and said motor and a motion sensor connected to said microprocessor.