US 11,696,631 B2
Toothbrush protector with aerosol restrictor
Dean Stotesbury, Torrance, CA (US)
Filed by Dean Stotesbury, Torrance, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 29, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/946,614.
Prior Publication US 2021/0401152 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. A45D 44/18 (2006.01); A46B 17/04 (2006.01); A45D 44/00 (2006.01); A46B 9/04 (2006.01)
CPC A45D 44/18 (2013.01) [A45D 44/00 (2013.01); A46B 17/04 (2013.01); A46B 9/04 (2013.01); A46B 2200/1066 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A toothbrush system, comprising:
a toothbrush,
a case having an inside portion adapted and sized for holding the toothbrush with a head portion having bristles in the inside portion of the case,
the case having a bottom portion with a stand which holds the case vertically, the bottom portion of the case adapted for housing a bottom of the toothbrush, and a top portion of the case adapted for housing a top portion of the toothbrush which has the head portion with the bristles, and the top portion having at least one opening therein;
the bottom portion of the case having at least one opening enabling liquids to drain from an inside the case; and
the top portion of the case having an aerosol restrictor, which allows liquid from the inside of the case to evaporate through the at least one opening, but which prevents aerosolized liquids from an outside of the case from reaching the inside of the case and prevents aerosolized liquids from an outside of the case from reaching the head portion of the toothbrush therein,
the aerosol restrictor located in the top portion of the case, between the at least one opening and the bristles of the toothbrush, in a location spaced from and not touching the bristles of the toothbrush,
the aerosol restrictor includes at least one inwardly facing baffle extending from the inside of the case towards the bristles of the toothbrush, each baffle having a portion which traps aerosolized liquid particles.