IP Library Granted Patent US 11,051,659
Granted Patent B2
US 11,051,659 · App. 16/517,772 · Granted Jul 6, 2021

Customizable toothbrush container

Inventor: James LaRocca (New Smyrna Beach, FL)
A47K1/09A46B17/04A46B17/065B65D2205/02
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Patent No.
US 11,051,659
App. No.
16/517,772
Granted
Jul 6, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A customizable toothbrush container, including a main body to receive at least a portion of a toothbrush therein, and a UV light disposed on at least a portion of an interior surface of the main body to sterilize the toothbrush in response to an illumination of the UV light.

Claims (10)

1. A customizable toothbrush container, comprising:

a main body having a cylindrical shape, the main body to receive at least a portion of a toothbrush therein, the main body comprising:

a bottom portion, and

a top portion removably disposed on an end of the bottom portion to cover an interior portion of the bottom portion;

a base removably disposed on at least a portion of the bottom portion to receive liquid exiting out from an interior portion of the bottom portion onto a surface of the base oriented toward the main body, such that the base has a diameter greater than a diameter of the main body; and

a UV light circumferentially disposed on at least a portion of an interior surface of the top portion to sterilize the toothbrush in response to an illumination of the UV light, such that the interior surface of the top portion has a cylindrical shape, such that the UV light is disposed in a cylindrical shape corresponding to the cylindrical shape of the interior surface of the top portion.

2. The customizable toothbrush container of claim 1 , wherein the bottom portion comprises:

a draining aperture disposed on at least a portion of the main body to facilitate evaporation or draining of liquid from the toothbrush away from the main body.

3. The customizable toothbrush container of claim 1 , wherein the top portion comprises:

at least one venting aperture disposed on at least a portion of the main body to permit air to flow in and out of the main body.

Continuity (1)
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