Patent ID: 8906297

Claim:
A toothbrush sanitizer, further comprising: a reservoir in fluid communication with a heating element, which is in fluid communication with a sanitizing chamber that can only accommodate a head of a toothbrush; wherein water is transformed from water to steam via the heating element and said steam is directed into the sanitizing chamber and onto the head of the toothbrush; wherein the reservoir and heating element are both disposed within a housing; wherein the heating element includes an outlet that dispels steam through an outlet tube that is in fluid communication with the outlet; wherein the outlet tube is in fluid communication with a channel; wherein the channel is in fluid communication with the sanitizing chamber; wherein the sanitizing chamber includes a steam inlet that is in fluid communication with the channel and which directs steam down from the heating element and into the sanitizing chamber; wherein the sanitizing chamber is hingedly attached to the housing and can rotate to an extended or retracted position; wherein a flap seal rotates down to cover the steam inlet when the sanitizing chamber is rotated to the retracted position and no longer in use.