Abstract: A protective holder for long-handled brushes of the type used for brushing teeth makes use of a purse-like container of relatively yieldable plastic material with a slit at one end adapted to be forced open when the head of the brush is inserted and then to close after insertion. A recess of progressively variable breadth accommodates the holder to brushes of different breadths, so that the brush is retained in the holder whether the holder lays flat on a supporting surface or stood upright on one end.

Abstract: An object or toy, naturally attractive to small children and infants, is provided with a receptacle at an advantageous location for reception of a nipple serving as a pacifier. The nipple in turn is one suitable for being individually sterilized from time to time. The receptacle is therefore provided with a releasable clamp, effectively concealed within the toy, but capable of releasably grasping a smoothly contoured projection on one end of the nipple to hold it in position on the toy from which it can be released at will.

Abstract: An object or toy, naturally attractive to small children and infants, is provided with a receptacle at an advantageous location for reception of a nipple serving as a pacifier. The nipple in turn is one suitable for being individually sterilized from time to time. The receptacle is therefor provided with a releasable clamp, effectively concealed within the toy, but capable of releasably grasping a smoothly contoured projection on one end of the nipple to hold it in position on the toy from which it can be released at will.