ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,847, issued on Feb. 10.

"Self-supporting and concealing toothbrush" was invented by David Lee Taylor (Belmont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-protecting toothbrush comprises a self-protecting structure is disclosed. The self-protecting structure can contain an automatically expending stand. The self-protecting structure is also can contain an automatically concealing case. When in use, the self-protecting structure automatically decoupled from a body of the toothbrush, so that the self-protecting structure does not hinder the use of the toothbrush. When in a rest position, the self-protecting structure automatically cov...