A holder includes top, middle, and bottom sections respectively. The middle section includes hollow cylinders connected to the top and bottom sections respectively. The cylinders extend along a vertical axis and have a vertical wall oriented thereabout. The top, middle and bottom sections form a hol
A holder includes top, middle, and bottom sections respectively. The middle section includes hollow cylinders connected to the top and bottom sections respectively. The cylinders extend along a vertical axis and have a vertical wall oriented thereabout. The top, middle and bottom sections form a hollow chamber. The top section has a bottom end connected to an upper end of the middle section and a top surface provided with a plurality of apertures. An outer wall is formed with the bottom end and the top surface respectively. The bottom section is mated to a lower end of the middle section and includes a plurality of apertures therein, and has a diameter greater than a diameter of the lower end of the middle section. A mechanism for telescopically adjusting the top and middle sections is spaced from the bottom section and anchored to a bottom one of the cylinders.
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What is claimed as new and what is desired to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is: 1. A collapsible toothbrush holder for effectively and hygienically storing a plurality of toothbrushes while traveling, said toothbrush holder comprising: a resiliently squeezable body having telescopic
What is claimed as new and what is desired to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is: 1. A collapsible toothbrush holder for effectively and hygienically storing a plurality of toothbrushes while traveling, said toothbrush holder comprising: a resiliently squeezable body having telescopically conjoined top, middle, and bottom sections respectively, said middle section including a plurality of concentrically formed hollow cylinders interfitted within each other and connected to said top and bottom sections respectively, said cylinders being telescopically extendable along a centrally registered vertical axis passing through said body and having a vertical wall oriented thereabout, said top, middle and bottom sections forming a collapsible hollow chamber therein for housing corresponding handles of the toothbrushes, wherein said hollow chamber expands downwardly along the vertical axis; said top section having an annular bottom end directly connected to an upper end of said middle section, said top section further having a planar top surface provided with a plurality of apertures formed therein such that the handles of the toothbrushes vertically penetrate through said apertures and contiguously lay within said chamber, said apertures being equidistantly spaced from each other and oriented concentrically about the vertical axis such that the tooth brushes maintain fixed spatial relationships during stored conditions, said top section including an outer wall monolithically formed with said bottom end and said top surface respectively, said bottom section having an annular shape threadably mated to a lower end of said middle section, said bottom section being provided with a plurality of apertures formed therein such that fluid drains from the toothbrushes housed within said chamber and penetrates outwardly from said body, said apertures radially extending outwardly from a center of said bottom section; and means for telescopically adjusting said top and middle sections in such a manner that said bottom section remains stationary as a longitudinal length of said chamber is adjusted, said telescopic adjusting means being spaced from said bottom section and anchored to a bottom one of said cylinders; wherein each of said cylinders comprises: a top flange portion and a pair of bottom flange portions monolithically formed with a vertically registered side of said cylinder, each of said top and pair of bottom flange portions being registered orthogonal to said side, said top flange portion and one of said pair of bottom flange portions extending inwardly toward said vertical axis, another of said pair of bottom flange portions extending outwardly from said side and oppositely faced from said one bottom flange portion, said another bottom flange portion having a top shoulder seated directly below said top flange portion and terminating at said side of said bottom cylinder such that said bottom cylinder is prohibited from vertically displacing beyond said top shoulder. 2. The toothbrush holder of claim 1, wherein said cylinders have decreasing diameters such that a top one of said cylinders are slidably positional within an adjacently disposed lower one of said cylinders when said middle section is collapsed. 3. The toothbrush holder of claim 1, wherein said telescopically adjusting means further comprises: a plurality of deformably resilient helical springs vertically oriented within said chamber and positioned adjacent to an inner perimeter of said cylinders respectively, selected ones of said springs having a top end directly anchored to a bottom surface of said pair of bottom flange portions respectively, other ones of said springs further having a bottom end directly anchored to corresponding ones of said pair of bottom flanges, said springs being compressed and decompressed when said middle section is collapsed and extended respectively, said springs maintaining said middle section in a statically and vertically extended position during operating conditions. 4. The toothbrush holder of claim 1, wherein said outer wall further includes a flange portion monolithically formed with said bottom end thereof and directly engaged with an associated one of said top flange portions. 5. The toothbrush holder of claim 1, wherein each of said outer walls and said sides include a notch formed therein and positioned above corresponding ones of said pair of bottom flange portions such that said top flange portions becomes interfitted with said notches respectively. 6. A collapsible toothbrush holder for effectively and hygienically storing a plurality of toothbrushes while traveling, said toothbrush holder comprising: a resiliently squeezable body having telescopically conjoined top, middle, and bottom sections respectively, said middle section including a plurality of concentrically formed hollow cylinders interfitted within each other and connected to said top and bottom sections respectively, said cylinders being telescopically extendable along a centrally registered vertical axis passing through said body and having a vertical wall oriented thereabout, said top, middle and bottom sections forming a collapsible hollow chamber therein for housing corresponding handles of the toothbrushes, wherein said hollow chamber expands downwardly along the vertical axis; said top section having an annular bottom end directly connected to an upper end of said middle section, said top section further having a planar top surface provided with a plurality of apertures formed therein such that the handles of the toothbrushes vertically penetrate through said apertures and contiguously lay within said chamber, said apertures being equidistantly spaced from each other and oriented concentrically about the vertical axis such that the tooth brushes maintain fixed spatial relationships during stored conditions, said top section including an outer wall monolithically formed with said bottom end and said top surface respectively, wherein said top section is statically coupled directly to said middle section when said bottom section is selectively removed from said middle section; said bottom section having an annular shape threadably mated to a lower end of said middle section, said bottom section being provided with a plurality of apertures formed therein such that fluid drains from the toothbrushes housed within said chamber and penetrates outwardly from said body, said apertures radially extending outwardly from a center of said bottom section; and means for telescopically adjusting said top and middle sections in such a manner that said bottom section remains stationary as a longitudinal length of said chamber is adjusted, said telescopic adjusting means being spaced from said bottom section and anchored to a bottom one of said cylinders; wherein each of said cylinders comprises: a top flange portion and a pair of bottom flange portions monolithically formed with a vertically registered side of said cylinder, each of said top and pair of bottom flange portions being registered orthogonal to said side, said top flange portion and one of said pair of bottom flange portions extending inwardly toward said vertical axis, another of said pair of bottom flange portions extending outwardly from said side and oppositely faced from said one bottom flange portion, said another bottom flange portion having a top shoulder seated directly below said top flange portion and terminating at said side of said bottom cylinder such that said bottom cylinder is prohibited from vertically displacing beyond said top shoulder. 7. The toothbrush holder of claim 6 wherein said cylinders have decreasing diameters such that a top one of said cylinders are slidably positional within an adjacently disposed lower one of said cylinders when said middle section is collapsed. 8. The toothbrush holder of claim 6 wherein said telescopically adjusting means further comprises: a plurality of deformably resilient helical springs vertically oriented within said chamber and positioned adjacent to an inner perimeter of said cylinders respectively, selected ones of said springs having a top end directly anchored to a bottom surface of said pair of bottom flange portions respectively, other ones of said springs further having a bottom end directly anchored to corresponding ones of said pair of bottom flanges, said springs being compressed and decompressed when said middle section is collapsed and extended respectively, said springs maintaining said middle section in a statically and vertically extended position during operating conditions. 9. The toothbrush holder of claim 6 wherein said outer wall further includes a flange portion monolithically formed with said bottom end thereof and directly engaged with an associated one of said top flange portions. 10. The toothbrush holder of claim 6 wherein each of said outer walls and said sides include a notch formed therein and positioned above corresponding ones of said pair of bottom flange portions such that said top flange portions becomes interfitted with said notches respectively. 11. A collapsible toothbrush holder for effectively and hygienically storing a plurality of toothbrushes while traveling, said toothbrush holder comprising: a resiliently squeezable body having telescopically conjoined top, middle, and bottom sections respectively, said middle section including a plurality of concentrically formed hollow cylinders interfitted within each other and connected to said top and bottom sections respectively, said cylinders being telescopically extendable along a centrally registered vertical axis passing through said body and having a vertical wall oriented thereabout, said top, middle and bottom sections forming a collapsible hollow chamber therein for housing corresponding handles of the toothbrushes, wherein said hollow chamber expands downwardly along the vertical axis; said top section having an annular bottom end directly connected to an upper end of said middle section, said top section further having a planar top surface provided with a plurality of apertures formed therein such that the handles of the toothbrushes vertically penetrate through said apertures and contiguously lay within said chamber, said apertures being equidistantly spaced from each other and oriented concentrically about the vertical axis such that the tooth brushes maintain fixed spatial relationships during stored conditions, said top section including an outer wall monolithically formed with said bottom end and said top surface respectively, wherein said top section is statically coupled directly to said middle section when said bottom section is selectively removed from said middle section; said bottom section having an annular shape threadably mated to a lower end of said middle section, said bottom section being provided with a plurality of apertures formed therein such that fluid drains from the toothbrushes housed within said chamber and penetrates outwardly from said body, said apertures radially extending outwardly from a center of said bottom section, wherein said bottom section has a diameter greater than a diameter of said lower end of said middle section such that said bottom section provides a stable platform during operating conditions; and means for telescopically adjusting said top and middle sections in such a manner that said bottom section remains stationary as a longitudinal length of said chamber is adjusted, said telescopic adjusting means being spaced from said bottom section and anchored to a bottom one of said cylinders; wherein each of said cylinders comprises: a top flange portion and a pair of bottom flange portions monolithically formed with a vertically registered side of said cylinder, each of said top and pair of bottom flange portions being registered orthogonal to said side, said top flange portion and one of said pair of bottom flange portions extending inwardly toward said vertical axis, another of said pair of bottom flange portions extending outwardly from said side and oppositely faced from said one bottom flange portion, said another bottom flange portion having a top shoulder seated directly below said top flange portion and terminating at said side of said bottom cylinder such that said bottom cylinder is prohibited from vertically displacing beyond said top shoulder. 12. The toothbrush holder of claim 11, wherein said cylinders have decreasing diameters such that a top one of said cylinders are slidably positional within an adjacently disposed lower one of said cylinders when said middle section is collapsed. 13. The toothbrush holder of claim 11, wherein said telescopically adjusting means further comprises: a plurality of deformably resilient helical springs vertically oriented within said chamber and positioned adjacent to an inner perimeter of said cylinders respectively, selected ones of said springs having a top end directly anchored to a bottom surface of said pair of bottom flange portions respectively, other ones of said springs further having a bottom end directly anchored to corresponding ones of said pair of bottom flanges, said springs being compressed and decompressed when said middle section is collapsed and extended respectively, said springs maintaining said middle section in a statically and vertically extended position during operating conditions. 14. The toothbrush holder of claim 11, wherein said outer wall further includes a flange portion monolithically formed with said bottom end thereof and directly engaged with an associated one of said top flange portions. 15. The toothbrush holder of claim 11, wherein each of said outer walls and said sides include a notch formed therein and positioned above corresponding ones of said pair of bottom flange portions such that said top flange portions becomes interfitted with said notches respectively.
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