Abstract A portable prophylactic toothbrush has a hollow handle housing one or more dentrifice containers. A closure plug for the hollow handle may form the cap for a dentrifrice container and the brush end is provided with a fountain-pen-type cap to protect and prevent contamination of the brush. It also operates to allow the toothbrush to be carried about in unobtrusive and fully protected manner. The brush cap may have lugs which provide for air circulation to the brush when the cap is in place. Various types of disposable dentrifrice containers may be employed such as simple tubes having a double fold at one end and a single fold at the other end; closed envelopes provided with a rupturable end; and the like.
Inventors
👤 Francisco Ortega
👤 Pablo Ortega
Bibliographic Details
Application Number—
JurisdictionUS
Data Sourcegoogle_patents
Last Synchronized2026-10-31 21:41
CPC Classifications
A; A46; A46B; A46B5/00; A46B5/0095
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
136 words
A portable, prophylactic toothbrush comprising, in combination, an elongated body defining a handle by means of which the toothbrush may be manipulated, said body having an axial recess extending inwardly from one end thereof, a brush including a shank portion mounted at the other end of the body, a cap removably positioned over said brush and shank portion at said other end of the body covering and protecting said brush, a dentifrice container in said recess, and a plug removably closing said one end of the body to retain said dentifrice container, said body having lugs for abutting said cap to provide air passage spaces therebetween, and said cap having lugs for abutting said shank portion to produce air passage spaces in communication with said first-mentioned spaces to admit air to said cap around said brush.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
136 words
A portable, prophylactic toothbrush comprising, in combination, an elongated body defining a handle by means of which the toothbrush may be manipulated, said body having an axial recess extending inwardly from one end thereof, a brush including a shank portion mounted at the other end of the body, a cap removably positioned over said brush and shank portion at said other end of the body covering and protecting said brush, a dentifrice container in said recess, and a plug removably closing said one end of the body to retain said dentifrice container, said body having lugs for abutting said cap to provide air passage spaces therebetween, and said cap having lugs for abutting said shank portion to produce air passage spaces in communication with said first-mentioned spaces to admit air to said cap around said brush.