Patent ID: 7951343
Filing Date: 2011-05-31
Classification: A61L

Abstract:
1. A toothbrush holder and sanitizer for storing and cleaning toothbrushes during non-operating conditions, said toothbrush holder and sanitizer comprising: an outer cylindrical body including a threadably removable bottom section directly coupled thereto; an inner cylindrical body rotatably and removably seated within said outer body, said inner body further including a plurality of pie-shaped chambers equidistantly aligned with a center of said inner body, each of said chambers having a height equal to a height of said outer body such that said bottom section abuts directly against a bottom end of said chambers during operating conditions, said inner body having a diameter less than a diameter of said outer body, said inner body having a vertically oriented central shaft monolithically formed with said chambers; a top plate directly attached to said shaft such that each one of said chambers and said top plate rotate in sync along clockwise and counter-clockwise directions, said top plate being provided with a plurality of apertures vertically aligned above said chambers such that a toothbrush is vertically and removably seated within said chambers, wherein said plurality of apertures are counter-sunk within said top plate for directing fluids downwardly therethrough, said top plate having a diameter substantially equal to the diameter of said inner body; a dome-shaped lid pivotally connected to an outer perimeter of said outer body and disposed adjacent to said top plate such that said top plate is inaccessible when said lid is articulated to a closed position, said lid being formed from a hardened and transparent material; and means for automatically locking said lid to said outer body after said lid is adapted to a closed position, said lid being concentrically spaced about said top plate; a predetermined quantity of sanitizing solution housed within said chambers, said sanitizing solution being drained outward from said chambers when said bottom section is detached from said outer body.