Patent ID: 6945256

Claim:
A folding toothbrush with integral toothpaste dispenser, comprising: an elongated arm including a head portion at one end with bristles extending therefrom and a pivot portion at an opposite end of said arm, said arm having an axial passage defined along the pivot axis of said pivot portion, said head portion having transverse passages with openings near the bristles, said arm further including a longitudinal passage therein in fluid communication with the transverse passages of the head portion and the axial passage of the pivot portion; an elongated handle having an exterior recess for receiving said arm therein for storage, said pivot portion of said arm being pivotally received at a pivot end of said handle in said exterior recess and said head portion with bristles being received adjacent a second end of said handle in said exterior recess, said handle having at least one handle passage in said pivot end in fluid communication with said axial passage of said pivot portion of said arm, said handle having a piston chamber defined therein extending from said at least one handle passage in said pivot end to an opening defined in the second end of said handle; O-ring seals seated in grooves on said pivot portion and said pivot end of said handle for sealing connection of the axial passage in said arm to said at least one handle passage; means for pivotally securing said pivot portion of said arm to said pivot end of said handle; a screw cap rotatably secured to the second end of said handle, said screw cap closing said piston chamber opening defined in said second end of said handle, a threaded rod extending from the center of said screw cap through said piston chamber; and a piston threadedly attached to said threaded rod, said piston being linearly movable within said piston chamber along said rod in response to rotation of said screw cap to force toothpaste out of the piston chamber and into the bristles of said arm.