Patent ID: 6390103
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: A46B,A61C

Abstract:
A dental hygiene assembly comprising:a main member, said main member having a main chamber for containing a quantity of toothpaste; a neck member extending from said main member, said neck member having a neck chamber that is in fluid communication with said main chamber of said main member; a head portion extending from said neck member, said head portion having an enclosed distal end, said head portion further having a head chamber in fluid communication with said neck chamber of said neck member; a plurality of bristles for brushing the teeth of a user said bristles extending from a side of said head portion; said head portion having a plurality of bristle apertures for allowing toothpaste to exit said head portion said bristle apertures being positioned between said plurality of bristles, said bristle apertures further being in fluid communication with said head chamber of said head portion; said main member being made of a semi-pliable material wherein said toothpaste in said main member may be urged through said bristle apertures by squeezing said main member; said neck member further having an elongated slot, said slot extending along a length of said neck member between said main member and said bristles; a lever being engaged in said slot, said lever having a first portion that extends out of an external surface of said neck member for allowing manipulation of said lever, said lever further having a second portion received inside said slot; a blocking slat being adapted for selectively covering and uncovering said bristle apertures, said blocking slat being coupled to said second portion of said lever; said lever having an open position and a closed position, said open position being defined when said lever is positioned away from said bristles thereby allowing said toothpaste to enter said bristle apertures, said closed position being defined when said lever is position adjacent said bristles thereby preventing said toothpaste from entering said bristle apertures; said main member including a refill port for refilling said main member with said toothpaste, said refill port having a refill aperture in fluid communication with said main chamber of said main member; said refill port having internal threads adapted to engage external threads on a standard toothpaste container wherein said standard toothpaste container may be threadably engaged to said refill port thereby allowing the toothpaste in said standard toothpaste container to be expelled into said main chamber of said main member; a refill port cap for preventing said toothpaste from escaping from said main chamber of said main member through said refill port when said refill port is not in use, said refill port cap being selectively engaged to said refill port; a base member extending from a bottom end of said main member, said base member having an end surface adapted to engage a support surface upon which said base member is placed, said refill port being positioned in said bottom end of said main member, said refill port cap being positioned between said bottom end of said main member and said end surface of said base member; and a generally tubular frusto-conical crown member extending between said main member and said neck member, said crown member having a crown chamber that is in fluid communication with said main chamber of said main member and said neck chamber of said neck member; wherein said main member is generally tubular in shape.