US1453816A - Toothbrush holder - Google Patents

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and cleaned,and one of the tooth brush holder that and lPatented May l, 1923.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER W.' WELILEY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

TOOTHBRUSAH HOLDER.

Applicationled November 14, 1921. Serial No. 514,875.

Toothbrush Holders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

10 My invention aims to provide a tooth brush holder made of two. pieces of material, detachably connected together, w1th one piece of material bent and shaped to afford a shelf and a back plate, and the other 15 piece of material bent and shaped to afford inclosures for one or more brushes. The brushes are adapted to be frictionally retained Within the inclosures by struck-'out A resilient tongues or members of the back 20 plate, and brushes can be easily inserted in the holder and retained in a sanitary condition. The manner in which the pieces of.

material are articulated to form the holder permits of the holder parts being separated holder parts conceals the fastening means employed for attaching the holder yto a wall or other support.

My invention further aims to provide a is rust proof, well ventilated, and easy to mount on a wall in a bathroom or other compartment, and the construction entering into the tooth brush holder will be hereinaftendescribed and 35 then claimed. v

in wherein igure l is a front elevation of the tooth brush holder;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line II-II of Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional on the line III- III of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a plan of the tooth brush holder,

Reference will now be had to the 4drawview taken front 'elevation and has its ends provided with inturned flanges 2 disposed in parallelism with the front face of the plate 1 to provide a pair of vertical guides that are open at the upper and lower ends thereof.

The uppervedge of the back plate terminates in a horizontal ledge or shelf 3 having its front edge upturned, as at 4 and more or less ornamental, said upt'urned edge being disposed at .a rightangle to the shelf 3 and parallel to a wall vor support 5 to which the back plate l may be attached. In order that this may be conveniently accomplished, the back plate has -openings 6 for nails 7 or other fastening means that may extend into the wall 5 and anchor the back plate relative thereto. IVith the back plate s0 held a tooth paste tube, container, or other article 8 may be safely placed on the shelf 3 and supported thereby, as indicated by dot and dash lines in Fig. 5.

Detachably connected to the back plate 1 is a compartment platel 9 which is scalloped or bent to afford a plurality of parallel com'- partments or inclosures 10, said comparti ments being separated by doubled portions 11 of the compartment plate 9. The ends of the compartment plate 9 have lateral .flanges 12 that are mounted in the guides formed by the back plate 1v and the flanges 2 and by reason of the shelf 3 overhanging the upper ends of the flanges 2, itis neces-v sary to slide the flanges l2 upwardly under the lower. ends of the flanges 2 whenassembling the compartment plate 9 relative to the back plate. With 4the compartment plate mounted on the'back plate the doubled portions ll of the compartment plate will bear against the front faceof the back plate and the upper ends of the compartments or inclosures 10 will be closed by the shelf 3, while the lower ends of the compartments or inclosures will 'be open so vthat tooth brushes may be inserted in the compartment.v

The back plate 1 has a plurality of struck out resilienttongues or members13 corre# drawn from its compartment, and in order that there may be ventilation within each compartment, 'the shelf 3 is provided with a series of openings 16 corresponding in number to the toothbrush compartment.

The two parts of the holder are preferablymade of light. and durable metal, for instance aluminum that Will be practically rust proof and susceptible to a polish that will permit of the holder in its entirety presenting a neat and attractive appearance when mounted on a wall or other support. The compartment plate will conceal the nails 7 orfastening means by which the holder is suspended, and since the shelf 3 affords a support for a tooth paste tube it will always be convenient for the user of a tooth brush.

Since the tooth brush holder is simple in construction and inexpensive to manufacture it may be used as an advertising device and given gratis with the purchase of tooth paste; the upturned edge 4 of the shelf 3 and the lower edge of the b ack plate 1 permitting of advertising matter being easily associated with the holder.

With the compartmentplate 9 made of a thin gauge of material it will be more or vless resilient and may be sprung under the flanges 2 of the back plate with its frictional engagement with said plate preventing displacement, especially when withdrawing -brushes from the compartments orl inclosures.

One embodiment of my invention has been illustrated, but 'it is 'to be understood that the-structural'l elements are susceptibleto such variations and modifications as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is l. A 'tooth brush holder comprising a flanged back plate having a shelf, and4 a..

compartment platre on said back plate and providing individual brush compartments which have the upper ends thereof closed by the shelf of said back plate, said compartment plate possessing a resiliency which permits of its side edges being sprung under the flanges of said back plate.

2. A tooth brush holder comprising two plates detachably connected together, one of said plates having end flanges, the other of said plates having a configuration which cooperates With the rst mentioned plate in providing brush compartments, the configuration of said plate causing its side edges to bind under the flanges of the lirs't mentioned plate, and means between saidI plates adapted to hold brushes in the compartments.

3. A tooth brush holder as in claimy 2, wherein said means is in the form of members out struck from the first mentioned plate.

4. A tooth brush holder comprising a back plate having an overhanging shelf, a oompartment plate mounted on said back plate under said shelf, and cooperating with said back plate in providing a compartment having an open lower end, said compartment plate havmg a configuration imparting resiliency thereto which causes said compartment plate to be frictionally held-by said back plate, means adapted for fastening said back plate to a support with said means concealed by said compartment plate, and

retained in the compartments.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WALTER W. WELPLEY. Witnesses:

KARL H. BUTLER, ANNA M. Donn.

and the other plate having a con-

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