Patent ID: 9204761
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: A46B,A47K,F16M

Abstract:
1. A portable toothbrush holder transformable between a first, storage state and a second, erected state, the portable toothbrush holder comprising: a) a base having a spindle connection feature, at least one depression operable to receive at least one toothbrush handle, at least one partition feature that subdivides the at least one depression into a plurality of cavities each operable to receive the at least one toothbrush handle, and an outer wall surrounding the at least one depression; b) a top having a spindle connection feature and a toothbrush retention feature comprising at least one opening operable for receiving the at least one toothbrush handle; and c) a spindle; wherein the base, the top, and the spindle are separable from each other; wherein the portable toothbrush holder is in the second, erected state when the spindle connection features of the base and the top receive opposite ends of the spindle in a vertical position to space the top from the base and enable the top and base to spin simultaneously with respect to a vertical axis of said spindle; wherein the spindle connection feature of the base and the spindle connection feature of the top mate to couple the base to the top so that the top rests directly upon the base when the portable toothbrush holder is in the first, storage state; wherein the base further comprises at least one saddle feature that forms a recess in said at least one partition or said outer wall, the recess of the at least one saddle feature is sized to receive the spindle, wherein the spindle is detached from the spindle connection feature of the base and the top, received by the at least one saddle feature and at least one of the plurality of cavities of the depression in a horizontal position, and retained in place by being wedged between the top and the base when the portable toothbrush holder is in the first, storage state; and wherein in the second, erected state at least one toothbrush is insertable into the portable toothbrush holder.