Special receptacle or package – For a tool – Brush
Patent
1990-03-06
1991-07-23
Price, William I.
Special receptacle or package
For a tool
Brush
2062091, 206369, B65D 8300
Patent
active
050336177
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
This invention relates to a case. From DE-A1 3,246,048 a case for holding tools for oral and dental care is already known which includes an inner chamber receiving a removable insert. In the insert, a number of compartments are provided for accommodating the tools. An element pivotal about a pivot axis from a dust-guard position to an open position serves to protect the tools from contamination. This known case, however, has several disadvantages.
Because the pivotal element is configured as a hood cover having its front open, the tools received in the insert are only insufficiently protected from contamination. In particular in applications where the case is mounted on the bathroom wall, the tools are very awkward to remove, especially for small persons, such as children. In addition, the color markings conventionally provided on the tools to distinguish between the individual tools which, while looking essentially alike, are intended for use by different persons, are difficult to recognize, so that as a rule the wrong tool is first removed from the insert. Further, the case and the insert are not particularly well suited for cleaning by hand. There is no drain for the water dripping, for example, from a brush head for an electric toothbrush or a jet head of an electric dental water-jet device after use. Nor does any circulation of air occur through the inner chamber of the case and the insert to speed up the drying process of the toothbrushes. Finally, the known case lacks an enclosed and pleasing as well as functional shape appealing to the aesthetic sense of the user.
From DE-A1 3,312,451 a further case is known in which the tools for oral and dental care are received in suitable openings provided in a bottom plate of the case. Not only are the tools unprotected, thus being exposed to external contamination, but they also soil the surface of the case by water drippings mixed, for example, with oral care products or toothpaste.
U.S. Pat. No. 2,209,091 discloses a box used for carrying tools, makeup or the like, which includes a hingedly mounted lid as well as an inner tray. The inner tray is connected to the lid and to the box by means of two hinge joints each and executes on opening of the lid substantially a pivot motion with a minor lifting motion superposed. It is thereby ensured that with the lid open the user of the box is also able to remove from the box those parts that lie underneath the inner tray, these parts being substantially covered by the inner tray when the lid is closed. The inner tray is fixedly connected to the box and to the lid by means of hinge joints and is not readily removable. A guide for the inner tray in the box is not provided, making no sense for the applications described therein, because the space in the box underneath the inner tray is to be accessible to the user.
Finally, from DE-A1 2,653,494 an oral hygiene device is known in which the jet heads are arranged upright and essentially unprotected in suitable recesses provided in a side wall area of the case. On account of its special construction, this case is very awkward to clean, and the tools for oral and dental care are exposed to contamination by external action practically unprotected. In terms of construction, this case does not meet the requirements for functionality combined with a pleasing appearance either.
It is an object of the present invention to improve upon known cases for receiving oral and dental care tools as follows:
The tools are to be protected from contamination by external action to the largest possible extent whilst they should be readily identifiable and accessible when withdrawn from the case. The case is to be of an enclosed and appealing construction and the insert is to be easy to clean.
Because the element is configured as a substantially plane case lid covering the interior space in the dust-guard position, and because the element and the insert are in connection with each other by means of at least one lever mechanism which converts the pivotal motion of the element into a lifting moti
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Hartwein Peter
Voigt Gottfried
Braun Aktiengesellschaft
Price William I.
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