Patent ID: 8899861
Filing Date: 2014-12-02
Classification: A46B

Abstract:
1. A toothbrush that dispenses fluid material, comprising: a removable toothbrush head having a front face wherein the front face has a plurality of bristles and at least one opening, wherein the at least one opening allows for fluid material to be dispensed proximate the plurality of bristles; an adapter for receiving the removable toothbrush head; a neck having an upper end and a lower end, wherein the upper end is connected to the adapter and the lower end engages a fluid pumping assembly; wherein the fluid pumping assembly is engaged by pushing a lever attached to the neck; the fluid pumping assembly having a pump casing, a pump spring, a pump tube; wherein the neck is configured to allow the lower end of the neck to move in and out of the pump casing; wherein the pump casing is configured to receive the lower end of the neck; wherein the pump casing encompasses the pump spring and an upper end of the pump tube, wherein the pump casing has a lower portion which engages the pump tube; the upper end of the pump tube configured to be inserted into the pump casing and a lower end of the pump tube extending out of the pump casing and into a main housing body, wherein the lower end of the pump tube has a tip; the main housing body having an upper end configured to receive the fluid pumping assembly and at least a portion of the neck, and a lower end having a removable end cap; wherein the end cap comprises an inner surface and an outer surface and the inner surface is adapted to receive a removable fluid dispensing cartridge; wherein when fully assembled the toothbrush provides a fluid passage from the main housing through the pump tube into the pump casing, through the neck and adapter to the at least one opening in the toothbrush head.