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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8127773 | Self-cleaning hair brush with mirror A hair brush with a cleaning element for removing entwined hair from the brush before or after use. The cleaning element of the brush includes a plate(s) with opening through which the bristles protrude. When the plate is expanded, the plate pushes any hairs entwine... | 03/06/2012 |
| 7364380 | Grooming/cleaning apparatus A cleaning apparatus includes a substrate with outward projecting bristles extending through a sheet or scrim impaled over the bristles. The substrate may be mounted on a support which may carry a handle. The sheets may be single sheets arranged in a stack over the ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7320148 | Hairbrush assembly A hairbrush assembly includes an elongated first cylinder having a first end and a second end. An elongated second cylinder is positioned on and is rotatable with respect to the first cylinder. The second cylinder has a distal end and a proximal end with respect to ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7316045 | Hair brush including hair removal means A hair brush having a handle and a body portion with a recess having a convex bottom surface. A similarly curved bristle retaining plate has bristle retaining holes with one bristle slidably installed in each hole. Each bristle has an enlarged bulbous upper end and ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7284556 | Cleaning-tissue comb The present invention is a comb, whose staples can be easily kept clean by ripping a tissue on a base of staples. ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7225815 | Self-cleaning hair brush A self cleaning hair brush includes a handle (12), a bristle-holding head (14) having a plurality of spaced-apart bristles (16) projecting laterally therefrom, and a combing plate (18) having a plurality of bristle-receiving apertures ( | 06/05/2007 |
| 7124712 | Pet brush system A pet brush including a brush body; which has a central aperture therethrough and a lower cylindrical peripheral wall of an enlarged diameter and an upper peripheral wall; a handle, which is adapted to be grasped by a user with a free proximal end and a cylindrical ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7013901 | System for grooming hair A kit for the grooming of hair includes a lower shell having a flat lower surface, the lower shell having an upper peripheral edge, an interior cavity of the shell provided with a selectably replaceable absorptive pad substantially filling a base of the interior cav... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6968848 | Retractable bristle brush A retractable bristle brush of the type for retracting the bristles into the brush is provided. The retractable bristle brush includes a handle adapted for grasping by a user and an elongated, cylindrical inner mandrel extending from the handle; a plurality of brist... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6681775 | Brush provided with retractable bristles to facilitate removal of tangled hair strands therefrom A brush includes a brush body that defines a bristle-receiving chamber therein, and that has a combing wall formed with a plurality of bristle-extension apertures in spatial communication with the bristle-receiving chamber. A bristle-holding element is di... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6631831 | Self-cleaning hairbrush system A self-cleaning hairbrush system has a housing with a wall formed with apertures and with a hollow interior with an open end and a closed end. A core has an interior end positionable adjacent to the closed end and an exterior exposed end extending through... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6408475 | Self cleaning brush A self-cleaning brush having a sliding cleaning element. The sliding cleaning element is received on the body of the brush such that when the brush becomes fouled with foreign material the cleaning element may slide along the length of the brush body and ... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6112362 | Self-cleaning brush A brush is combined with a flexible netting that is placed over the brush bristles and pulled downward so that the netting is at the base of the bristles. The netting is flexible so that no guide is needed to place the netting at the base of the bristles.... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6082307 | Interchangeable grooming apparatus for animals An improved apparatus for grooming animals, particularly for the removal of loose hair and hair that is soon to become loose. In a first embodiment, a base has one or more slots that slideably receive a corresponding number of comb extensions. The comb ex... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6021542 | Self-cleaning hair brush Improved self-cleaning brushes (10, 44, 64) are provided which include a brush body (12, 46, 66) having a bristle-supporting portion (16, 50, 70) supporting outwardly extending bristles (18, 54, 72). One or more apertured cleaning sheet(s) (36, 56, 76) ar... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5960510 | Apparatus for hair brush hair removal A hair brush hair removal system which in a preferred embodiment includes a hair brush attachment composed of numerous strands of a flexible and elastic material which is placed around a brush core. Various fastening means enable the attachment to be tigh... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5926902 | Hairbrushes, combs, or the like having a cleaning plate This invention relates to hairbrushes, combs, or other like hairdressing implements, that have a cleaning plate to remove debris, such as hair, dandruff, or other material, that collects between the bristles during use. The preferred embodiment of this in... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5904150 | Cleanable hairbrush A self-cleanable hairbrush comprising three components including a central body portion which has a front major face and a rear major face and with a plurality of apertures extending between the major faces and a handle located at one end thereof. A back ... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5890255 | Sta-clean-net cleaning and grooming attachment An attachment for quickly, easily, inexpensively and efficiently cleaning brushes, combs, or other cleaning and grooming implements is disclosed which removes built-up dirt, lint, hair, and other unwanted foreign material which has been deposited by use o... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5862563 | Self-cleaning brush A self-cleaning brush having a brush body with a pair of sides, a back and a top, a backing member mounted within the brush body, the backing member having an arcuate upper surface, a flexible membrane extending between the sides of the brush body, a plur... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5862780 | Grooming tool for pets An improved tool for grooming pets, especially for the removal of loose hair and hair that is soon to become loose, comprised of a base (10) with comb extensions (12,14) mounted on either side at an angle of less than 90 degrees to the base. The comb exte... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5664587 | Exfoliation brush A grooming brush for cleansing and stimulating the human scalp or the skin of fur bearing animals wherein contaminants are scraped from the scalp or skin during grooming with the brush. The brush is provided with a plurality of hollow bristles that collec... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5600865 | Hair brush with attached cleaning feature A hair brush having a cleaning feature which can be releasably attached to the brush comprising a base section having a multiplicity of parallel bristles extending from a bristle-holding surface thereof, a cleaning plate disposed on the bristle-holding su... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5519912 | Hairbrush having means to collect trapped strands of hair for removal from the bristles Hairbrushes are disclosed having an array of bristles for grooming either humans or animals. Loose strands of hair that become trapped among the bristles during the brushing strokes are collected and relocated for quick and easy removal from the brush. Th... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5273058 | Hair curling tool A hair curling and styling tool including a shaft having first and second ends, a handle member extending inward from the first end, a hair curling member extending inward from the second end toward the handle portion, a hair brush carried in the shaft of... | 12/28/1993 |
| 4971081 | Hair curling rod having retractable bristles In a hair curling rod having retractable bristles passing through apertures in a cylindrical body for winding up the hair and a device for directing a stream of heated air through the outlet apertures, the bristles or prongs are retractable independency o... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4932425 | Comb or brush A comb or brush includes a combing body having a combing portion implanting thereon a plurality of combing units and densely covered by a layer of bristles which collects thereon combings or brushings and forms a smooth contact surface for preventing one'... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4860692 | One handed currycomb apparatus and method A one handed currycomb apparatus and method comprised of a base plate with blades with teeth and a handle connected by means of a shank. The currycomb contains a cleaning mechanism comprised of a cleaning plate, actuating lever, and biasing spring. The cl... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4574416 | Retractable brushes A retractable brush in which the bristles can be retracted inside the brush body or extended therefrom by means of a bristle mounting member which is reciprocable inside the brush body and is movable between a retracted or extended position by means of a ... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4534670 | Cleaning device A cleaning device specifically designed for use in the cleaning of combs or similarly shaped tools or devices wherein the comb being cleaned is repeatedly moved into engagement with cleaning brushes movably mounted on a housing in direct receiving positio... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4517703 | Hair brush with cleaning feature A hair brush having a foraminous guide plate with holes through which the bristles extend. The bristles have enlarged bulbous free ends, and the holes in the guide plate are larger than the stems of the bristles but smaller than the enlarged ends thereof,... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4362175 | Dandruff remover combs A dandruff remover device including two inclined combs connected to a holder for a blade having a non-cutting edge, which blade is arranged to be extended to against spring pressure into a cleaning position between the teeth of the combs.... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4162554 | Retractable brush with resistance to popping apart The disclosed retractable brush comprises a casing made of a resilient plastic material and having generally cup shaped front and rear members which are relatively rotatable, said front member having a front wall and an annular generally cylindrical side ... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4147174 | Self-cleaning retractable comb The disclosed self-cleaning retractable comb comprises an elongated member made of flexible resilient resinous plastic material and comprising a comb portion and body portion at opposite ends thereof, with a handle portion extending between said comb port... | 04/03/1979 |
| 4028768 | Retractable brush There is provided a collapsible brush structure comprised of a body portion, a bristle bed movable in the longitudinal direction of the body, a plurality of bristles being set in the bristle bed, and means for moving the bristle bed between first and seco... | 06/14/1977 |
| 4023230 | Retractable bristle brush A retractable bristle brush comprising a housing having a bottom side, a top side, spaced side walls and spaced end walls, a plurality of openings extending inwardly from the bottom side, a plurality of bristles aligned with said openings, means mounted f... | 05/17/1977 |
| 4001910 | Retractable brushes This invention relates to retractable brushes, of the general type having bristles which can be retracted into the casing of the brush, or moved outwardly from the casing into the position at which the bristles are used. Wiping flaps are provided on a ret... | 01/11/1977 |
