Abstract: A device for holding tools between a pair of jaws which are arranged so that their downward movement also moves the jaws toward each other in a tool gripping position. Downward movement of the jaws is achieved by a combination of weight of the tool and a spring which is arranged on the device to force the jaws downwardly.

Abstract: In the case of a holder for a toothbrush, which holder comprises a plate (1) to be attached to a wall and a holding element (7) extending, in the usage position, perpendicular to the plate, the plate (1) and the holding element (7) are pivotably connected to each other and there is provided, moreover, on the plate (1), a suspension device (3), in which a magazine (10) containing accessories for the toothbrush can be suspended. When the holding element (7) is pivoted out of the open position into the usage position, the holding element (7) grips over the suspension device (3) in such a way that the magazine (10) is protected against unintended detachment from the holder.

Abstract: A combination paint wiping bar and rest for a paint brush has a blade edge and a pair of opposing beveled surfaces which act to funnel paint scraped from a brush into the open mouth of a paint can. These surfaces also aid in shaping the bristles into a wedge for the smooth and even application of paint. The bar is held in place over the open mouth of a paint can by means of two spring clips or, in an alternate construction, by use of an undulating rim which mates with the paint can's rim. Handles are provided for installing and removing the paint bar.

Abstract: A merchandise display system for merchandise that has a narrow elongated body and a head that is wider than that body, such a mops, brooms, rakes, hoes and the like. The merchandise display system of this invention comprises an I-shaped bracket that comprises a vertical support beam that joins an upper horizontal cross beam and a lower horizontal cross beam and means for mounting the I-shaped bracket to the pegboard. It further comprises a left and a right product bracket. Each of these brackets comprise a support column, a product arm attached to the support column, and at least one tongue member forming with the support column, a notch that slidably engages the left or right side, respectively, of the upper horizontal cross beam of the I-shaped bracket.

Abstract: A hygienic magnetic toothbrush mounting system is disclosed. The system includes a mounting member and at least one toothbrush. The toothbrush has a small thin sheet metal element of non-corrosive magnetic material secured to the back of the toothbrush handle. The mounting member is formed of translucent plastic and includes at least one recess for receiving the toothbrush. Each recess has a small, high strength permanent magnet secured into the mounting member such that the outer surface of the magnet is flush with the bottom of the recess. The recess is shaped to position the toothbrush laterally and vertically within the recess. The translucent configuration of the mounting member and the relatively small configuration of the permanent magnet and the sheet metal element permit easy visual inspection of said system to insure hygienic cleanliness of the system.

Abstract: A dental floss dispenser is described which is characterized by a hollow housing having an outer appearance reminiscent of a character appealing to the potential user of the disperser. The housing has a passageway for passing floss from inside the housing to outside the housing. An appendage on the housing, preferably in the form of a pair of teeth, has an aperture in the form of a slotted space for passing floss therethrough. A cutter mounted elsewhere on the housing is used for cutting the floss.

Abstract: A device for suspending one or more paint brushes within a container out of contact with the bottom of the container has a pair of slats disposed in side by side relationship and which are of sufficient length to span the container rim. A pair of spaced apart elastic bands encircle the intermediate regions of the slats and urge the slats together enabling paint brush handles to be gripped between facing surfaces of the intermediate regions. End portions of the slats diverge from each other at each end of the device. This enables spreading of the slats at one end of the device, to admit a brush handle, by manually squeezing the end portions at the other end of the device.

Abstract: A storage rack for supporting an ensemble of implements alongside an upright support surface includes a base member and a plurality of removable supports rods. The base member has a plurality of equidistantly spaced, angled support rod bores in its front face, and each support rod has a first end portion sized for close-fitting, slideable mated engagement in each of the support rod bores. Fasteners may mount the base member to the support surface. Preferably, the support rod bores are at an acute angle to the front surface so that, when a support rod is inserted, the rod extends forwardly and upwardly to terminate in a free end. The rod and bore sizes may be selected so that the free end of each support rod is in a common plane with the top surface of the base member. Tremendous versatility in the configuration of an array of active support rods is therefore provided, and, in the alternate exemplary embodiments, storage bores and a storage groove are respectively disclosed for holding extra storage.

Abstract: A device for holding artists' brushes and the like having two pairs of opposed rows of reeds with their tips in close proximity, the reeds deflecting to support the handle of the brush at spaced apart points. The device permits the brushes to be stored horizontally to prevent draining of wet paint onto the handles, or in other attitudes that may be preferred by the user.

Abstract: A holder for paintbrushes and the like in a container having an appropriate cleaning fluid is disclosed. The holder has a circular support ring with at least one transverse rod affixed at its ends to the inner periphery of the support ring. Gripping means such as clips for holding the brushes are affixed along the length of the transverse rod. The circular ring is sized to engage the inner surface of the container.

Abstract: A fine artist paint brush rest (10) to be used in conjunction with a flat surface. The paint brush rest comprises a first side plane (18) and a second side plane (20) joined together at the top edges to form an extended A-frame configuration with a single bend which allows the bottom edges of each side plane to act as the base of the device (10). The paint brush rest (10) has several notches (12) removed from the apex designed to receive the uppermost portion of a fine artist paint brush (24) for the purpose of stabilizing brushes to prevent smearing of paint on unwanted areas and to protect and extend the life of the paint brush (24).

Abstract: A disposable device for simultaneously storing and cleaning a toothbrush includes a support base and a removable storage receptacle. Within the storage receptacle is located a liquid disinfectant and bristle arms to contact and clean the body portion and bristles of a toothbrush during the insertion and removal of the toothbrush. A strippable plastic seal closes the receptacle until the time of use.

Abstract: A paint brush holder, attachable to a container having an opening with an annular lip, has a brush-supporting bed with inner and outer ends. A brush handle-gripping spring clamp with leaf spring tines for longitudinally engaging a paint brush handle is adjacent the outer end. A snap-lock attachment having first and second downwardly extending arcuate flanges with an arcuate groove defined therebetween is located adjacent the inner end for engaging the annular lip.

Abstract: A rack assembly for holding towels, toothbrushes and other things, which includes two fastening elements secured to a wall by screw nails for the connection thereto of two couplers via two connectors for the connection therebetween of a cross rod therebetween to support two frame plates, and for the connection thereto of two supporting rods permitting two suspension rods to be secured between the two supporting rods by means of two upper struts and two lower struts. A cylindrical toothbrush holder is releasably hung on either one of the two couplers, and comprises access doors through which toothbrushes can be placed in the holder plates thereof.

Abstract: The bracket 6 of the rod holder 2 is constructed of substantially resiliently flexible material and has four slots 24, 26, 28 and 30 in the rim 18 thereof, which depend to points 37 substantially contiguous to the base plate 4, so that the bracket is divided into pairs of relatively resiliently displaceable body portions 38, 40, 42, 44, and 46. The walls 36 of the body portions have successive pairs of part annular collar sections 34 therein, which define successively smaller clamping rings 48, with nips 50 therebetween, as the slots depend toward the plate 4. As a result, when a rod 96 is impaled in the V-shaped kerf of a slot, it can seek that ring 48 which will grip it against dislodgement, when the caduceus-like clamps 32 at the walls of the body portions, relax about the rod.

Abstract: A paint brush carrier is provided for holding a paint brush, comprising a pocket clip, a flat member pivotally connected to the pocket clip, a handle clip attached to the flat member for clipping the handle of the paint brush, and a paint brush container attached to the flat member for holding the brush end of the paint brush.

Abstract: A two-piece device for holding a plurality of toothbrushes which comprises a wall mountable unit having the overall shape and configuration of a hemisphere, an arcuate recessed groove extending midway through the hemisphere and a general arcuate and planar rack member having openings for holding a plurality of toothbrushes, the rack member engages the arcuate recessed groove of the wall mountable unit.

Abstract: A merchandising system for paint brushes and the like characterized by open-top shipping cartons each having a removable top cover and a wire frame within the carton having a base member retained against the bottom wall of the carton and a plurality of pegs extending generally perpendicular from the base member in spaced apart relation for supporting a plurality of brushes from each of the pegs. To display the brushes, the top cover is removed from the cartons and the cartons are inserted in a bracket which supports the cartons at an angle relative to an upstanding panel member with the brushes hanging downwardly at such angle from such pegs.

Abstract: This invention discloses a storage system for personal care products used for dental hygiene and oral care. The device has a storage tube with an interior and exterior surface and two ends, one end closed and used as the base and the other end open. A toothbrush ring with outer and inner rims is mounted on the open end of the storage tube, the outer rim of toothbrush ring extends beyond the exterior surface of the storage tube and contains a plurality of apertures in which toothbrushes hang and the inner rim extends inside the interior surface of the storage tube. Inserted in the storage tube is a rinse cup with an exterior flange on the open end which catches the interior rim of the toothbrush ring. The rinse cup lid rests on the inner rim of the toothbrush ring covering the exterior flange of the rinse cup. Alternatively, the rinse cup lid is removably connected to the exterior rim of the toothbrush ring. An optional wall bracket can be used to mount the storage system on the wall.

Abstract: A paint brush and paint roller holder adapted to be releasably connectable onto the upright end wall of a paint tray. In one embodiment, the invention includes cooperating first and second molded members which are cooperatively clampable together on either side of the flange and end wall of the paint tray. The preferred embodiment is integrally molded as a single member. A generally horizontally disposed platform is positioned above the paint tray structured to support both a paint brush and paint roller separately, allowing free access to the paint by either brush or roller, and facilitating paint drippings therefrom to freely fall back into the paint tray. The upright main portion is structured to include lines of weakness for breaking away the portions therebelow to accommodate various standard paint tray depths.

Abstract: The present invention provides a structure 10 for holding multiple toothbrushes 42, 44, 46, 48 in such a way as to hold the toothbrushes 42, 44, 46, 48 by the handle, rather than resting on the bristles as in conventional designs, and position the toothbrushes so they can properly drain over different areas without contamination from other toothbrushes and in a direction which promotes rapid evaporation of residue. The present invention also provides a structure 10 for positioning the toothbrushes directly above a sink for proper drainage into the sink.

Abstract: A paintbrush cleaning apparatus which when inserted within one of a variety of suitable conventional wastebaskets provides for cleaning of a paintbrush for reuse while at the same time eliminating splattering, retaining excess thinner for reuse and preparing the paintbrush for the next color. The apparatus is especially suited for cleaning paintbrushes for reuse by artists using a wet on wet painting system. The apparatus employs a plurality of living hinges so that it can be used by either a sitting or standing artist.

Abstract: A toothbrush holder attachment for stand-up toothpaste dispensers which is readily fabricated from thin sheet material, and which may be carried by the dispenser ready for use in the usual dispenser merchandizing carton. Toothbrushes may also be packaged therewith. The attachment is characterized by having an effective width substantially that of the stand-up base of such dispenser so as to be mounted thereon prior to packaging of the dispenser in the usual rectangular merchandizing carton, wherein the attachment assists in stabilizing the dispenser in its carton, and also permits the prepackaging therewith of a toothbrush carried by the mounted attachment.

Abstract: A wire-frame display rack system for mounting on a vertical pegboard, comprising a pair of spaced-apart arms with both vertical and horizontal members, a rectangular wire frame forming back and side walls, elongated mounting hooks secured together by a horizontal member, and a carton containing the products to be displayed. The rack is removably attached to the mounting hooks, which are removably attached to the vertical pegboard. The display rack is configured for easy removal and replacement of the carton, allowing for quick and efficient re-stocking of the products for display.

Abstract: A paint brush merchandising system characterized by a display hanger including a wire body bent intermediate its length at an acute angle to form a rear article storage portion and an angled front article display portion. Attachment means are provided at the rear end of the wire body for removable yet secure mounting to an upright panel such as an aperture panel with the storage portion extending substantially normal to the panel and the display portion at an upwardly inclined angle in the vertical plane of the storage portion. The display hanger also includes a covering of soft resilient material on the display portion over substantially the length thereof which covering is operative to effect a wedging or binding action at the handle hole of one or more paint brushes threaded thereon for holding such brushes upwardly tilted on the display portion for easy removal and viewing.

Abstract: A ski rack includes an upright back portion, and a substantially horizontal flange portion integral with the back portion. A slot extends through the flange portion at right angles to the back portion, and a pair of upright, spaced apart wall portions are provided at right angles to both the back portion and the flange portion. The wall portions are on either side of the slot and are integral with both the back and flange portions. The wall portions have a substantial extent in the vertical direction and a spacing such that a pair of skis located between them with the points upward can be retained and supported due to a double contact with the top and bottom of the wall portions.

Abstract: Toothbrush holder 10 is formed from a single piece of sheet material and is easily folded along its fold lines 14, 18, 19, 28 and 29 into an isosolese triangular shape, with toothbrush openings 23 and 24 formed across the apex fold line 14. The toothbrushes 29 are inserted downwardly through the openings 23 and 24 and are supported in an upright attitude suitable for drying.

Abstract: An artist brush box includes a plurality of brush holders. Each brush holder is adapted to releasably secure an artist brush thereto. The brush holders are movable for adjustably positioning the brushes in the box. The brush holders are also rotatably secured to a mounting rod enabling the brushes to be rotatably positioned. In a first position, the brush bristles rest flat against a surface of the brush box and in a second position the brushes can be rotated for use by the artist.

Abstract: An attachment for a non-collapsible toothpaste tube which when mounted on the toothpaste tube becomes an integral toothbrush holder. The holder attachment is particularly adapted for use with a toothpaste container having a cavity therein for carrying the attachment prior to utilization of the attachment to store or hold toothbrushes.

Abstract: A lavatory brush comprising a handle and a plurality of axially stacked, laterally outwardly tapering, flexible blades, the blades extending around the handle. A container includes an upward opening cup and receives downward thereinto the bladed end of the handle. Cooperating alignment parts on the cup and handle releasably support the handle in an upright position with the blades in the cup. The topmost blade coacts with the side wall of the cup to substantially close the top of the cup with the remaining blades received in the cup.

Abstract: This invention is a stand for use by a painter when he manually cleans a bristle paint brush by combing it with a wire brush or brush comb.

Abstract: A caddy assembly for storing a cleaning wand. The caddy includes a housing for storing the wand cleaning head, the wand handle extending downward through a groove in the housing. The caddy housing may be readily locked in an open or closed position by engaging the cleaning wand with the housing lid or a bracket mechanism, respectively. The assembly also includes apparatus for mounting the caddy in a vertical, upright position.

Abstract: A rack includes means for suspending dirty paint brushes in disposable cups containing cleaning fluid. The number and location of brushes and cups may be varied so that different sizes of brush, containing different color paint and paint bases can be cleaned simultaneously in different solvents.

Abstract: New and improved gravity feed merchandise display fixture is provided and comprises means forming respective stick and peg merchandise storage and display compartments which alternate as seen from the front of the fixture. Means are provided in the peg merchandise storage and display compartments to insure that peg merchandise contained therein is gravity-fed to the forward-most, and thus most sales-conducive, positions in the compartments; and means are provided in the stick merchandise storage and display compartments to insure particularly attractive, and thus sales-conducive, display of the stick merchandise. The respective stick and peg merchandise compartments are formed by intersecting support frames which are interfitted without fastening means to thus render the assembly of the fixture particularly convenient; and the fixture makes highly efficient utilization of the merchandise display floor space required therefor.

Abstract: Apparatus is provided for temporarily supporting objects such as toothbrushes. The apparatus includes an anchor part which may be affixed to a supporting structure such as a wall. A detachable section is detachably coupled to the anchor part and is in the form of a bracket including two spaced arms between which extend a pair of spaced parallel rods on which are supported a plurality of clamps having a clothespin-like configuration. The clamps are spaced from one another by sleeves and are provided with elongated openings through which the aforegoing rods extend. These clamps are held by the rods in rectilinear alignment and are color coded in order to be identified with specific objects which are engaged therein.

Abstract: A toothbrush holder comprises a box fastened to a vertical surface and lid hingedly attached to the box. The lid includes a leaf which is deflected upon insertion in the box of a toothbrush and causes the lid to automatically close over the brush head.

Abstract: A brush rack having a lower surface or land for supporting a brush, the land having at one end a saddle formed from the land and two upwardly depending ears adjacent thereto. At the other end of the land is a flared sill capable of providing support for the full width of a brush. The brush rack is equipped with at least one downwardly depending angled tongue for engagement with the circular groove of a paint can, or with a corresponding slanted channel in a support means.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a support for holding brushes, rollers and the like for cleaning which includes a spike adapted to be inserted within the ground for example, a body portion extending upwardly therefrom, an orthogonally outwardly extending purchase area relative to the body, which assists driving the spike into the ground and also serves to support a portion of a paintbrush, a resilient clip disposed on the body proximate to the purchase area for retention of a paintbrush handle, and a threaded top area extending upwardly from the body which allows threaded engagement with a roller handle having complementally formed threads on the top of the body.

Abstract: A holder for paintbrushes that is mounted on the rim of an open paint can and supports the brushes in a position of nonuse. The paintbrush holder includes a tray that occupies less than the full dimension of the open top paint can and has a configuration that provides for the dripping of paint accumulated thereon into the interior of the paint can. The brush holder is also provided with clip means that enables the brushes to be securely located on the tray in side-by-side relation in the position of nonuse.

Abstract: A device for holding a mouth-rinsing glass, toothbrushes and a tube of dentifrice comprises a molded synthetic resin body provided with two upwardly open mutually adjacent receptacles, one of which is dimensioned to receive a glass or cup while the other receives a tubular insert provided with at least two laterally extending ribs subdividing the second receptacle into a plurality of compartments each of which can receive the handle of a toothbrush. A tube of dentifrice can be inserted into the insert which is laterally open in the direction of the first receptacle to afford access to the finger of a user so as to enable him to remove the tube of dentifrice from the insert even when the tube has been shortened in use.

Abstract: A toilet brush and deodorant holder has a base and a child-proof, removable, elongated, upright cylindrical column supported thereon. The column comprises inner and outer concentric walls radially spaced from one another to define an elongated, annular, compartmented passage therebetween. The base contains a vented cavity for holding a deodorant cake. Vapors from the cake flow upwardly through the annular passage to the upper ends of the concentric walls. A cap is removably supported at the upper ends of the walls and has vents in registration with the annular passage. The cap has a central opening for supporting the handle of a toilet brush which is insertable for storage in the cylindrical chamber defined by the inner wall. The brush is supported in spaced relation from the cake by the lower portion of the inner wall which has an aperture to permit drainage of moisture from the brush onto the cake.

Abstract: This invention relates to a toothbrush holder that will hold and support toothbrushes when in the open, upright position, and can be closed and transported when the toothbrushes are removed.

Abstract: A display holder, useful as a children's dental hygiene teaching aid and adapted to hold three or more different but related functional articles, such as toothbrushes, tubes of toothpaste and dispensers for dental floss, includes a display surface having a scene depicted thereon such that parts of the scene relate to and are adapted to include the functional articles, when held in place therein, to participate in and complete the scene, and has means for holding the functional articles in place with respect to the display surface so that they participate in and complete the scene depicted.

Abstract: A traveling case for artist brushes which maintains said brushes, each in a separable, readily accessible, upright position, comprising an elongated rectangular container provided with a hinged door and an internal integral horizontal U-shaped rib, which functions as a stop guide for a separable two-tier brush holder slidably received within said container and maintained in a stationery position by the coaction of the upper tier of said brush holder and said rib, said two-tier brush holder being provided with a centrally located longitudinal rod which terminates in a carrying means and extending from said tiers to above the top of said container and adapted to slide into a partial slot on the top wall of said elongated container, said tiers being additionally provided with multiple openings to receive individual brushes.

Abstract: A combination brush holder and can connector including a holder for brushes, such as paint brushes, which is supported for vertical adjustment on a connector by means of which two cans, such as paint cans of conventional construction, are coupled together in sealing engagement with the cans arranged in vertically stacked, inverted relationship with the holder supporting the brush within the interior of the cans so that the brush bristles are immersed in the paint at any level contained in the bottom can.

Abstract: A device that will hold brushes upright for purposes that include drying, and for holding brushes with different pigments or mediums while working with other brushes. From the side of a receptacle for catching water dripping from drying brushes, there rises a stem holder on which are non-stationary stems upon which there are non-stationary spring-type clamping devices for holding brushes. More than one clamping device may be placed on each stem so as to increase brush holding capacity. When using thick-handled brushes, the stems may be placed further apart to provide extra space for each brush, and any surplus clamping devices may be stored on an elongated stem supported by the brush tender.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a merchandising display device for paint brushes, and more particularly to a device for use in retail establishments, the device being characterized by the brush holding components providing a substantial degree of adjustability whereby stock display parts may be readily shifted to accommodate brushes of a variety of sizes.

Abstract: A holder for a plurality of safety razors and other bathroom articles is detachably secured to a bathroom wall. The holder includes a horizontally elongated housing having a horizontal shelf and a plurality of recesses beneath the shelf for receiving safety razors of both double edge and single edge types. Catch mechanisms disposed in all of the recesses press against the heads of both double and single edge razors to hold same detachably in these recesses to prevent the razors from being accidentally dislodged therefrom.

Abstract: This invention relates to an accessory for a tooth brush, which is intended to be attached to the head of the tooth brush when not in use, so as to cooperate with the bristles to deflect them towards each other from a splayed-apart condition. In one embodiment, the accessory is formed from a plastics material, and includes a channel member defining a longitudinally extending channel dimensioned to receive at least the bristles of the tooth brush head. The inner side surfaces of the channel, which may be convergent, cooperate with at least the regions of the bristles adjacent the tips thereof to press them together.

Abstract: An apparatus for holding and storing a paint brush. A variety of embodiments include a box assembly having a V-shaped interior wall to complementarily receive the bristled end of a paint brush. The box assembly includes an opening through which the handle of the paint brush projects. In one embodiment, the box assembly includes an inner box slidably mounted within an outer box. The V-shaped wall is an insert which is positionable within the inner box along with the paint brush. Slots in both boxes allow the paint brush handle to project externally of the assembly. Flanges on the insert limit relative movement of the paint brush and insert relative to the boxes. In another embodiment, the insert is centered in a V-shaped groove provided on a cap mountable to a box. In another embodiment, the insert is positionable within a box having the hinged lid with a V-shaped groove provided thereon to center the insert.