Patent ID: 7395939
Filing Date: 2008-07-08
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
1. A universal electric toothbrush carousel comprising: a rotary dispenser including, a disc formed with a broken arcuate edge, a plurality of radially-spaced apertures through said disc, and a corresponding plurality of U-shaped recesses opening peripherally into the edge of said disc, said U-shaped recesses being interspaced between said apertures for holding electric toothbrushes captive therein, a knob mounted atop said disc, a concave base offset from said disc and defining an upwardly concave floor facing said disc for standing and inclining said electric toothbrushes into the U-shaped recesses in said disc, and a rod attached at one end centrally beneath said disc and at another end centrally to the floor of said concave base, said concave base also having a downwardly protruding annular lip for rotatably seating the rotary dispenser; and a substantially enclosed open-topped base unit comprising a bottom and cylindrical sidewalls surrounding a central compartment for rotatably seating said rotary dispenser therein, the sidewalls of said base covering and rotatably constraining both the disc and concave base of said rotary dispenser when said rotary dispenser is rotatably seated in said base unit, and said base unit being further defined by a vertically extending slot for access to electric toothbrushes held captive in the U-shaped recesses of the disc of said rotary dispenser; whereby said rotary dispenser revolves within said base unit to hold and dispense electric toothbrushes as well as standard toothbrushes in queued positions.