Patent ID: 7896153

Claim:
In combination, a pair of toilet utensils each having an elongate handle, and a toilet utensil holder holding and covering said toilet utensils adjacent a point of use, wherein said holder comprises: an elongate base section having length, width and height dimensions, said length dimension being greater than the width and height dimensions; two basins in the base section, said basins being disposed in side-by-side relationship along the length of said base section, and one of said pair of toilet utensils being supported in one of said two basins and the other of said pair of toilet utensils being supported in the other of said two basins; a first toilet utensil cover pivotally attached at one end thereof to said base section adjacent one end of the base section, and a second toilet utensil cover pivotally attached at one end thereof to said base section adjacent an opposite end of the base section, said toilet utensil covers being constructed to cover each respective said basin and a toilet utensil held therein when the respective covers are in their closed positions, said toilet utensil covers having inner end edges and being independently pivotable between a closed position in covering relation to a respective said basin to cover and obscure an operative end of a said toilet utensil held in that basin, and an upwardly pivoted open position permitting removal of a said toilet utensil from the basin covered by that cover; an elongate slot formed in each said cover, extending from a midportion thereof through the inner end edge thereof; the handles of said toilet utensils projecting upwardly through a respective said opening at said midportion of a respective cover when the cover is in a closed position and extending above said covers, wherein said covers are individually and independently pivotable upwardly out of the way to permit removal from the base section of one toilet utensil independently of the other utensil when the handle of said one utensil is grasped and lilted to lift the utensil against the cover and lift that cover to remove that utensil from the base section; and a lever arm connected to each said cover to extend beneath an associated said toilet utensil when the utensil is in a said basin, whereby upon replacement of that toilet utensil in said basin the lever arm is pushed downwardly to close said cover.