ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,043, issued on Oct. 27.
"Toothbrush care apparatus" was invented by Chris Matthew DeNoto (Boca Raton, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toothbrush care system comprising at least one of a toothbrush bristle restoration apparatus and a toothbrush bristle sanitizing apparatus. The bristle restoration apparatus includes at least one bristle restoration and maintenance element and an opposing element where surfaces thereof are arranged to provide a restoration and maintenance force to bristles of a toothbrush. The bristle sanitizing apparatus can include a sanitizing light emitting element which emits sanitizing light to a light pipe...