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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7526829 | Self-cleaning comfort hair brush and roller and system for selecting a brush from a plurality of brushes according to hair type A hair brush includes a body, a cushion pad, and a plurality of bristles. The body includes at least a partial cavity at a first end, and the cavity includes a front portion, a rear portion, and a plurality of apertures. A cushion pad having a first surface is dispo... | 05/05/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7360270 | Toothbrush A toothbrush includes a head having a bristle carrying surface formed from a thin resilient flexible dome shaped membrane. An air space is located between the base of the head and the membrane so that the membrane is capable of flexing to alter its original shape du... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7337784 | Hairbrush for pets and people that releases active ingredients A hairbrush for people and pets releases a perfume, fragrance and/or other active compositions including insect repellant, hair conditioning composition, dye composition, moisturizing ingredients, or antibacterial compounds when brushed or activated by manually depr... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7322364 | Hairbrush for pets and people that releases active ingredients A hairbrush for people and pets releases liquid gel perfume, fragrance and/or other active compositions including insect repellant, hair conditioning composition, dye composition, moisturizing ingredients, or antibacterial compounds when brushed or activated by manu... | 01/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7310849 | Vent brush having flexible bristle support A hairbrush includes a body and a panel having bristle mounts and support legs. Each of the bristle mounts is secured to at least three of the support legs in a network arrangement that defines openings for passage of an airstream through the panel. The hairbrush in... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7305731 | Carpet brush for hair removal A fabric brush comprising a brush head having a top portion and a bottom portion. The bottom portion of the brush head has a plurality of projections extending downwardly therefrom. The plurality of projections comprise at least one row of aligned projections having... | 12/11/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7210186 | Hairbrush The hairbrush includes an elongated member having a handle segment and a bristle substrate segment. The bristle substrate defines an hourglass shaped core having a central region that is either cylindrically shaped or has a substantially similar elliptical cross-sec... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7052199 | Product applicator and method of producing such an applicator A device for applying a product may comprise a support and a plurality of polymeric fibers mounted to the support. Each of the plurality of fibers may have at least one free end and each of at least some of the fibers may define at least one curved portion extending... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7010827 | Brush for massaging head skin A brush for massaging head skin including a body portion having an annular bristle mounting part at one side, and a handle at the other side, an annular bristle fixing part fixed on the bristle mounting part, and a plurality of bristles fixed on the bristle fixing p... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6931688 | Toothbrush A toothbrush comprises a handle and a head. The head includes a first section having cleaning elements extending outwardly from its outer surface. A ball joint is mounted to the head adjacent to the first section. The ball joint also includes cleaning elements exten... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6915543 | Ultimate brush A cone hair care brush is provided which enables multiple curls of varying diameters within each lock of hair. Also, the cone hairbrush allows for a root lifter to achieve more body to the overall look of the hair by applying the smallest end of the cone brushhead i... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6739016 | Hairbrush The hairbrush includes an elongated member having a handle segment and a bristle substrate segment. The bristle substrate defines an hourglass shaped core having a central region that is either cylindrically shaped or has a substantially similar elliptical cross-sec... | 05/25/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6671921 | Magicarpet broom A carpet is cleaned by drawing the broom over it, capturing animal hair and other objects from the carpet. The broom has a handle, preferably round of 1/2" to 2" diameter made of relatively rigid material such as wood, plastic, metal, or composite materia... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6618893 | Hairbrush with bristles retained on a flexible pad body A hairbrush includes a flexible pad body formed integrally from a flexible material, and a plurality of bristles, each having an enlarged head portion retained on the pad body at a respective one of bristle-retention blind holes in the pad body. The top s... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6582027 | Brush for cosmetic tool or writing instrument and production process for the same Provided is a production process of a brush, comprising a consecutive combination of: (a) a step of bundling a prescribed number of fibers to form a long-size fiber bundle in which the whole is temporarily bound, (b) a step of cutting the long-size fiber bundl... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6547750 | Massage device A massage device includes a housing, a connecting unit and an elastomer. The bottom of the housing is installed with an inner wall. The inner wall of the housing corresponds to the outer wall of the connecting unit to couple the connecting unit to the hou... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6460215 | Toilet cleaning apparatus A toilet cleaning apparatus for reducing the time required to clean a toilet bowl and providing improved results. The toilet cleaning apparatus includes a handle portion which is substantially elongate and includes a proximal end designed for grasping by ... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6438785 | Styling brush A styling brush for use in styling hair. The invention includes a curved head which enables the brush to fit snugly against the subject's head while the styling brush is in use, and includes a curved handle which enhances the comfort of the user of the st... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6142157 | Applicator system and method for applying a hair product to hair An applicator for a hair product includes a handle having at least a first end, a second end, and a longitudinal axis, and a brush on the first end of the handle. The brush includes a base and a plurality of brush members extending from the base. The base... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6036277 | Method for the manufacture of brushware A method and an apparatus for the manufacture of brushes, and brushes manufactured according to such method. A bristle carrier of a elastic material is provided with at least one substantially cylindrically elongated recess. An elongated bristle bundle is... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6006395 | Cushion brush The present invention features a brush or hair grooming instrument that can be configured to orient bristles or teeth inwardly toward a contact region along generally parallel lines with relatively little contact force, thus expanding the effective area o... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5974619 | Brushes Brushes, e.g. a brush, particularly a hygienic brush, or a paintbrush, which is exposed to moisture during use and which has a bristle carrier, preferably made from plastic, and a bristle facing. The entire bristle facing is formed from individual, closel... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5930862 | Rug rake A rug rake is used for removing dead and unwanted hairs from a pile of a floor covering, such as either a rug or a carpet. The rug rake includes an elongated handle and a rake-head. The handle has a proximal end and a distal end. A person grips the proxim... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5813729 | Blow-molded brushware and method of fusing the same A method for fusing brushware on a thin walled, molded hollow plastic synthetic container is described. Tufts of synthetic materials are picked and non-working ends thereof fused. The hollow bottle is molded with protrusions extending from a surface there... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5608941 | Rotary brush for duct-work cleaning A rotary brush is especially useful in vacuum cleaning of duct interiors. The brush has a hub with a center hole for receiving a drive shaft of a power tool, an annular collar positioned over the hub, and a low density strand set of polymeric flexible str... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5564153 | Brush element for hair care The invention is directed to a brush element (10) for hair care, in particular for a heat-emitting and/or air-moving hair care appliance, comprising a body (12) and a plurality of bristles (14 to 25) arranged on the body (12) at an angle of inclination (a... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5515569 | Handbrush especially for cleaning carpets and upholstery A handbrush for upholstery and carpets can have its brush body formed with at least one elastically bendable bristle band colinear with a handle and provided with bristles which can project forwardly on the band.... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5509378 | Method of brushing a pet using a brush with an adjustable head A brush for pets, such as dogs, cats, etc., according to the present invention may be used as a tool for trimming the hair of pets or used for the purpose of obtaining such effect as keeping cleanness of pets by cleaning dust or scurf or dandruff adhered ... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5450646 | Pot washer A portable battery powered pot washing tool is provided, which consists of a gun-shaped housing having a handle. An electric motor having a shaft is within the housing. A waterproof battery is carried on a back end of the handle of the housing, to supply ... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5438728 | Rotary brush with segmented fiber sections A rotary brush assembly for treating a surface has a circular disk having a generally fiat first side and a second side. A plurality of elongated fibers are individually attached to the first side of the disk and positioned generally parallel to one anoth... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5150491 | Hair brush A hair brush adapted to prevent charging of the bristles and hair, according to the invention, has a multiplicity of small holes (7) formed in a brush base (2) at each of widthwise opposite end portions thereof and arranged at a spacing in a row longitudi... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5052070 | Hairbrush A brush constructed to minimize hair loss and removal. The brush has flexible bristles tapering from a base diameter of about 0.003 mm to about 0.007 mm. to a working diameter of about 0.001 mm to about 0.004 mm, and to a length of approximately 1.75 inch... | 10/01/1991 |
| 4958402 | Bristle article Bristle articles comprise a bristle carrier and bristles mechanically or thermally fixed thereto and formed from plastic monofilaments, optionally combined into bundles. For increasing the cleaning, distributing or application function of such bristle art... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4805964 | Method of making a track broom bristle A sweeper bristle element especially adapted for the use in a broom machine for a railway road bed or track. The sweeper bristle elements of the broom machine have a solid rubber core and layers of rubber coated fabric encircling the solid rubber core. Th... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4797966 | Anti-electrostatic brush An anti-electrostatic brush comprising handle means (1,3:1', 3') leading to receiving means for bristle support means (2,2') with said support means being located in the receiving means and having bristles (21, 21') extending therefrom, characterized in t... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4730361 | Hairbrush constructed and arranged to lift and shape hair This invention relates to a hairbrush that comprises bristles or bunches of bristles arranged in parallel rows. The length of the bristles in each row differs from row to row in the direction in which the brush is moved through the hair of a person whose ... | 03/15/1988 |
