Souvenir toiletry article, including a toothbrush, flosser, hair comb or hair brush

Abstract

A souvenir toothbrush includes a head part of the toothbrush with extruded and end-rounded bristles, a handle part made with clear thermoplastic material, a molded pocket inside the clear handle for placement inside of this pocket with a flat or shaped insert having printing or an image on one or both side images, a clear or opaque molded insert placed inside the molded pocket on the top of the printed insert and a soft spongy part of the toothbrush molded to the handle of the toothbrush for convenient gripping of the handle by a user. A hair comb, brush, flosser, and other toiletry articles are also considered that have a similar handle design.

1 . A toiletry article comprising: 
 a head portion comprising extruded and end-rounded bristles;    a handle part comprising a thermoplastic material and further comprising an image pocket;    an image insert comprising text or an image on one or both sides that is located within the image pocket;    a pocket insert placed inside of the image pocket on top of the image insert; and    a soft rubber-like material molded to the handle.    
   
   
       2 . The toiletry article according to  claim 1 , wherein the image insert is flat.  
   
   
       3 . The toiletry article according to  claim 1 , wherein the image insert is shaped so that it is not flat.  
   
   
       4 . The toiletry article according to  claim 1 , wherein the molded insert is made of a clear material.  
   
   
       5 . The toiletry article according to  claim 1 , wherein the molded insert is made of an opaque material.  
   
   
       6 . The toiletry article according to  claim 1 , wherein the molded insert is made of a translucent material.  
   
   
       7 . The toiletry article according to  claim 1 , wherein the soft rubber-like material is thermoplastic elastomer (TPE).  
   
   
       8 . The toiletry article according to  claim 1 , wherein the handle comprises a clear thermoplastic material.  
   
   
       9 . The toiletry article according to  claim 1 , further comprising: 
 rib pockets comprising soft rubber-like material pieces configures as ribs;    a gap between top and bottom portions of the pocket insert to serve as a passage for soft rubber-like material; and    a gate pocket for soft rubber-like material with its bottom placed above and on a side from the bottom of the image pocket.    
   
   
       10 . The toiletry article according to  claim 1 , wherein the image pocket has a symmetrical shape, and the image insert and pocket insert have a corresponding symmetrical shape.  
   
   
       11 . The toiletry article according to  claim 1 , wherein the image pocket has a non-symmetrical shape, and the image insert and pocket insert have a corresponding non-symmetrical shape.  
   
   
       12 . The toiletry article according to  claim 11 , wherein the non-symmetry of the image pocket shape corresponds to non-symmetry about an axis defining a length of the toiletry article.  
   
   
       13 . The toiletry article according to  claim 11 , wherein the non-symmetry of the image pocket shape corresponds to non-symmetry about an axis defining a with of the toiletry article.  
   
   
       14 . The toiletry article according to  claim 1 , wherein the handle part comprises a clear thermoplastic material and has a bottom flat cross-sectional shape.  
   
   
       15 . The toiletry article according to  claim 1 , wherein the handle part comprises a clear thermoplastic material and has a bottom concave cross-sectional shape.  
   
   
       16 . The toiletry article according to  claim 1 , wherein the handle part comprises a clear thermoplastic material and has a bottom convex cross-sectional shape.  
   
   
       17 . The toiletry article according to  claim 1 , wherein the pocket insert comprises text or an image, and various interchangeable pocket inserts with differing text or images can be placed in the image pocket of the toiletry article.  
   
   
       18 . The toiletry article according to  claim 1 , wherein the text or image on the pocket insert is raised.  
   
   
       19 . The toiletry article according to  claim 15 , wherein the text or image on the pocket insert is surrounded by a soft rubber-like material.  
   
   
       20 . The toiletry article according to  claim 1 , wherein the pocket insert comprises a latching mechanism configured to engage a corresponding latching mechanism in the image pocket to prevent the pocket insert from falling out after it has been inserted into the image pocket.  
   
   
       21 . The toiletry article according to  claim 1 , wherein the toiletry article is a toothbrush.  
   
   
       22 . The toiletry article according to  claim 1 , wherein the toiletry article is a flosser.  
   
   
       23 . The toiletry article according to  claim 1 , wherein the toiletry article is a comb.  
   
   
       24 . The toiletry article according to  claim 1 , wherein the toiletry article is a hair brush.  
   
   
       25 . The toiletry article according to  claim 1 , wherein the handle part comprises a finger grip of which a portion is on a top part of the handle part, and another portion is on a bottom part of the handle part, the finger grip portion comprising the soft rubber-like material.  
   
   
       26 . The toiletry article according to  claim 25 , wherein the finger grip comprises a plurality of protrusions of the soft rubber-like material.  
   
   
       27 . The toiletry article according to  claim 26 , wherein a length of at least some of the protrusions is greater than a distance separating center points of the protrusions.  
   
   
       28 . The toiletry article according to  claim 25 , wherein a length of the protrusions on a top side of the toiletry article differ from a length of the protrusions on a bottom side of the toiletry article.