Patent ID: 8919394
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
1. A sanitary guard for an automatic toothpaste dispenser that has a dispensing spout to which the sanitary guard attaches, the sanitary guard helping to prevent a toothbrush having a handle, head and bristles on the head from coming into contact with the dispensing spout, the sanitary guard comprising; attachment means for detachably attaching the sanitary guard to the dispensing spout of the automatic toothpaste dispenser; and a shroud extending downward and away from the attachment means, the shroud having a first end non-movably attached to the attachment means and having a second end remote from the attachment means, the shroud having openings therein through which a user of the toothpaste dispenser with sanitary guard looks to assist in positioning the toothbrush under the dispensing spout to have toothpaste dispensed onto the bristles of the toothbrush; wherein when toothpaste is to be dispensed onto a toothbrush the handle of the toothbrush is brought into contact with the remote second end of the shroud so that the head and bristles of the toothbrush are directly below but physically spaced from the dispensing spout, and toothpaste is dispensed onto the toothbrush bristles without the bristles ever physically touching the sanitary guard or the toothpaste dispenser, and this physical spacing prevents the transfer of microbes between the toothbrush head and bristles and the dispensing spout, and wherein the sanitary guard is a single piece where the attachment means and shroud do not move with respect to each other.