Toothbrush holder for stand-up toothpaste dispensers

Claim 1

A toothpaste dispenser package comprising in cooperative association, a stand-up toothpaste dispenser having a tubular body, a supporting base therefor extending laterally beyond the tubular body, and an upstanding neck of lesser diameter than said body, a merchandising carton for said dispenser having a cross-sectional internal dimension at least as great as said dispenser base, whereby surrounding space exists between the walls of said carton and said dispenser body and neck, a toothbrush holder attachment of relatively stiff thin sheet material having a central aperture for reception therethrough of said dispenser neck, said attachment having means at said aperture for cooperatively engaging said neck to retain said attachment thereon, said attachment further having laterally extending portions of substantially the lateral extent of said dispenser base and of said carton internal dimension, and having at least one smaller aperture in said portions for reception of a toothbrush, said attachment thereby having a dimensional configuration to fit within said carton substantially normal to the longitudinal axis thereof so as to be enabled to be inserted into said carton assembled onto said dispenser neck and fit within said surrounding space, whereby said dispenser base and said attachment at the dispenser neck cooperate to stabilize the dispenser within the carton notwithstanding the smaller dimension of the said dispenser body.