Patent ID: 7607851

Claim:
A toothbrush, comprising a body having a handle portion connected to a head portion, the body having a top and a bottom, and bristles projecting from the top of said head portion, said body having a channel therethrough with a first end and a second end such that said first end is in communication with said second end through said channel, wherein said channel and said first and second ends are arranged so that at least a portion of a substantially downward running stream of water directed into one of said first end and said second end is redirected though said channel and out of the other of said first end and said second end to form an upwardly directed fountain, thereby availing to a user of the toothbrush a supply of water for rinsing, wherein the first end and the second end are at least one of arranged on a same side of the body opening in the substantially same direction and connected to one another by the channel having an acute angle.