US20160345785A1

US20160345785A1 - Toothbrush and toothpaste organizing kit

Info

Publication number: US20160345785A1
Application number: US14/723,154
Authority: US
Inventors: Maria Borja
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2015-05-27
Filing date: 2015-05-27
Publication date: 2016-12-01

Abstract

A toothbrush and toothpaste organizing kit includes a housing including a bottom wall and a perimeter wall attached to and extending upwardly from the bottom wall. The perimeter wall has an upper edge defining an opening extending into an interior of the housing. A plurality of interior walls is positioned within the housing. The interior walls are vertically oriented and divide the interior into a plurality of compartments. The compartments include a single toothpaste compartment and a plurality of toothbrush compartments. Each of a plurality of panels has a back side and a front side. The toothbrush compartments each has one of the panels attached thereto and each of the front sides has indicia thereon to indicate an owner of a toothbrush positioned in an associated one of the toothbrush compartments. Each of the toothbrush compartments receives a toothbrush and the toothpaste compartment receives a toothpaste container.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE

Field of the Disclosure

The disclosure relates to toothbrush organizing devices and more particularly pertains to a new toothbrush organizing device for assisting persons in organizing and finding their toothbrush.

SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE

An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a housing including a bottom wall and a perimeter wall attached to and extending upwardly from the bottom wall. The perimeter wall has an upper edge defining an opening extending into an interior of the housing. A plurality of interior walls is positioned within the housing. The interior walls are vertically oriented and divide the interior into a plurality of compartments. The compartments include a single toothpaste compartment and a plurality of toothbrush compartments. Each of a plurality of panels has a back side and a front side. The toothbrush compartments each has one of the panels attached thereto and each of the front sides has indicia thereon to indicate an owner of a toothbrush positioned in an associated one of the toothbrush compartments. Each of the toothbrush compartments receives a toothbrush and the toothpaste compartment receives a toothpaste container.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of a toothbrush and toothpaste organizing kit according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 3 is a front view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 4 is a side in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 5 is a perspective in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the disclosure taken along line 6-6 of FIG. 1.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS. 1 through 6 thereof, a new toothbrush organizing device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral 10 will be described.
As best illustrated in FIGS. 1 through 6, the toothbrush and toothpaste organizing kit 10 generally comprises a housing 12 that includes a bottom wall 14 and a perimeter wall 16 that is attached to and extends upwardly from the bottom wall 14. The perimeter wall 16 has an upper edge 18 that defines an opening 20 extending into an interior of the housing 12. A plurality of interior walls 22 is positioned within the housing 12. The interior walls 22 are each vertically oriented and divide the interior into a plurality of a compartments. The compartments include a single toothpaste compartment 24 and a plurality of toothbrush compartments 26.
The perimeter wall 16 has a height between 7.0 cm and 12.0 cm. Each of the toothbrush compartments 26 has a length and width each between 3.0 cm and 4.0 cm. The toothpaste compartment 24 has a length and width each being greater than the length and width of the toothbrush compartments 26. More particularly the toothpaste compartment 26 may have a length equal to greater than 4.0 cm and a width greater than 6.0 cm. The sizes of the toothbrush compartments 24 ensures that toothbrushes 28 positioned therein will be retained in an upright position while the larger size of the toothpaste compartment 26 allows for varying sized toothpaste containers 30. The housing 12 may be comprised of a plastic material and my translucent, transparent, or colored. The toothpaste compartment 26 may have a height greater than the toothbrush compartments 24. The toothpaste compartment 26 may be separable from the toothbrush compartments 24.
A plurality of panels 32 is provided which each have a back side 34 and a front side 36. Each of the panels 32 has an adhesive 38 on an associated one of the back sides 34. The adhesive 38 may comprise a pressure sensitive adhesive which is configured to removably secure the panel 32 to the perimeter wall 16. The panels 32 may be comprised of a paper or plastic material and the front side 36 may be comprised of a dry erase material. Each of the toothbrush compartments 24 has one of the panels 32 attached thereto. However, more panels 32 will be provided than toothbrush compartments 24 such that the panels 32 may be switched as needed. A conventional writing utensil 40, such as a marker, may be provided for writing indicia on the front side 36 of the panels 32.
In use, each of the toothbrush compartments 24 is configured to receive a toothbrush 28 and the toothpaste compartment 26 is configured to receive a toothpaste container 30. The panels 32 indicate owners of toothbrushes in an associated one of the toothbrush compartments 24. Thus, each person will have a specific location to store their toothbrush 28 and will quickly see which toothbrush 28 is theirs. While the Figures show two toothbrush compartments 24, it should be understood that the housing 12 may be provided with two, three or four toothbrush compartments 24.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.

Claims

1. A tooth brushing organization kit comprising:

a housing including a bottom wall and a perimeter wall being attached to and extending upwardly from said bottom wall, said perimeter wall having an upper edge defining an opening extending into an interior of said housing, a plurality of interior walls being positioned within said housing, said interior walls each being vertically oriented and dividing said interior into a plurality of compartments, said compartments including a single toothpaste compartment and a plurality of toothbrush compartments, said toothbrush compartments being laterally aligned with each other, said toothpaste compartment being positioned alone behind said toothbrush compartments;

a plurality of panels each having a back side and a front side, each of said toothbrush compartments having one of said panels attached thereto, each of said front sides having indicia thereon configured to indicate an owner of a toothbrush positioned in an associated one of said toothbrush compartments; and

wherein each of said toothbrush compartments is configured to receive a toothbrush and said toothpaste compartment is configured to receive a toothpaste container.

2. The tooth brushing organization kit according to claim 1, wherein said perimeter wall has a height between 7.0 cm and 12.0 cm, each of said toothbrush compartments having a length and width each between 3.0 cm and 4.0 cm.

3. The tooth brushing organization kit according to claim 2, wherein said toothpaste compartment has a length and width each being greater than said length and width of said toothbrush compartments.

4. The tooth brushing organization kit according to claim 1, wherein said panels each have an adhesive on an associated one of said back sides, said adhesive being configured to removably secure said panel to said perimeter wall.

5. The tooth brushing organization kit according to claim 1, further including a writing utensil for writing indicia on said front side of said panels.

6. A tooth brushing organization kit comprising:

a housing including a bottom wall and a perimeter wall being attached to and extending upwardly from said bottom wall, said perimeter wall having an upper edge defining an opening extending into an interior of said housing, a plurality of interior walls being positioned within said housing, said interior walls each being vertically oriented and dividing said interior into a plurality of compartments, said compartments including a single toothpaste compartment and a plurality of toothbrush compartments, said toothbrush compartments being laterally aligned with each other, said toothpaste compartment being positioned alone behind said toothbrush compartments, said perimeter wall having a height between 7.0 cm and 12.0 cm, each of said toothbrush compartments having a length and width each between 3.0 cm and 4.0 cm, said toothpaste compartment having a length and width each being greater than said length and width of said toothbrush compartments;

a plurality of panels each having a back side and a front side, each of said panels having an adhesive on an associated one of said back sides, said adhesive being configured to removably secure said panel to said perimeter wall, each of said toothbrush compartments having one of said panels attached thereto;

a writing utensil for writing indicia on said front side of said panels; and

wherein each of said toothbrush compartments is configured to receive a toothbrush and said toothpaste compartment is configured to receive a toothpaste container, wherein said panels are configured to indicate owners of toothbrushes in an associated one of said toothbrush compartments.