Toothpaste dispensing toothbrush device

Abstract

A toothpaste dispensing toothbrush device for combining a toothbrush and toothpaste into one useful tool. The toothpaste dispensing toothbrush device includes an elongate housing including a handle portion and an elongate head portion; and also includes a plurality of bristles being attached to the head portion of the elongate housing; and further includes a cap being removably attached to the elongate housing; and also includes a toothpaste dispensing assembly for dispensing toothpaste from the elongate housing.

I claim:  
     
         1 . A toothpaste dispensing toothbrush device comprising: 
 an elongate housing including a handle portion and an elongate head portion;    a plurality of bristles being attached to said elongate head portion of said elongate housing;    a cap being removably attached to said elongate housing; and    a toothpaste dispensing assembly for dispensing toothpaste from said elongate housing.    
     
     
         2 . A toothpaste dispensing toothbrush device as described in  claim 1 , wherein said handle portion has an open end, and also has a cavity disposed therein, and further has a longitudinal slot being disposed through a wall thereof.  
     
     
         3 . A toothpaste dispensing toothbrush device as described in  claim 2 , wherein said elongate head portion has a cavity being disposed therein near a front end thereof, and also has an opening being disposed through a wall into said cavity, and further has a channel being disposed therein and being in fluid communication with said cavity of said elongate head portion and said cavity of said handle portion.  
     
     
         4 . A toothpaste dispensing toothbrush device as described in  claim 3 , wherein said bristles are securely attached about said opening of said elongate head portion.  
     
     
         5 . A toothpaste dispensing toothbrush device as described in  claim 2 , wherein said cap is removably disposed over said open end in said handle portion of said housing and has an end and side walls and also has a lip disposed along an edge of said end wall.  
     
     
         6 . A toothpaste dispensing toothbrush device as described in  claim 3 , wherein said toothpaste dispensing assembly includes a seat disposed at a junction of said channel and said cavity in said handle portion, and also includes a cartridge retaining member being securely disposed in said seat, and further includes a valve member being disposed in said cavity of said elongate head portion and being biasedly disposed over an opening into said channel to prevent toothpaste from uncontrolled seepage from said channel, and further includes a cartridge press member being movably disposed in said cavity of said handle portion for urging toothpaste from a toothpaste cartridge being securely and removably disposed in said cavity of said handle portion.  
     
     
         7 . A toothpaste dispensing toothbrush device as described in  claim 6 , wherein said cartridge retaining member is generally a ring which is adapted to engage about a neck portion of the toothpaste cartridge.  
     
     
         8 . A toothpaste dispensing toothbrush device as described in  claim 6 , wherein said valve member includes a spring being disposed in said cavity of said elongate head portion, and also includes a stopper member being attached to an end of said spring and being biasedly disposed over said opening in said channel.  
     
     
         9 . A toothpaste dispensing toothbrush device as described in  claim 6 , wherein said cartridge press member includes a press body being movably disposed in said cavity of said handle portion and being adapted to press upon the toothpaste cartridge to urge toothpaste therefrom and through said channel and through said opening in said elongate head portion, and also includes a handle member being connected to said press body and being movably disposed through said longitudinal slot of said handle portion.  
     
     
         10 . A toothpaste dispensing toothbrush device as described in  claim 9 , wherein said press body has a top and a front side which is angled relative to said top and which extends from an edge of said top to a bottom edge of a back side, said front side being slanted downwardly and rearwardly such that said press body is generally tapered from said top downwardly, said front side being generally flat and being adapted to press upon the toothpaste cartridge to squeeze toothpaste therefrom.  
     
     
         11 . A toothpaste dispensing toothbrush device as described in  claim 10 , wherein said handle member is securely attached to said top of said press body and has a circumferential groove being disposed in a side thereof for receiving longitudinal edges of said longitudinal slot so that said press body is movably suspended in said cavity of said handle portion of said housing.