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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7089945 | Telescoping comb for lice removal A telescoping comb for lice removal is provided for removing head lice and nits from a person's hair. The comb has a telescoping handle with serrated teeth and a pivoting handle. Resilient springs are utilized for holding the pivoting handle in an open position and ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6595219 | Hairbrush with retractable bristles A hairbrush comprising retractable bristles to ease removal of hair from the brush comprises an internal wedge and wheel mechanism actuated by a sliding button and link to the wheel. Alignment channels assure movement of the bristles through the perforate... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6539980 | Acrylate-filled flexible tube, which opens on contact with water The flexible tube is filled with a substance which expands on contact with water. The tube is wholly or partly of a material which loses consistency on contact with water, enabling the substance to expand. The filled tube is insertable into an energy tran... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6070594 | Brush with retractable bristles A retractable brush for brushing, cleaning and curling hair comprises an outer tubular member having a pattern of bristle apertures, and an inner tubular member extending lengthwise within the outer tubular member and being mounted to undergo angular disp... | 06/06/2000 |
| 5348030 | Retractable brush with upwardly angled teeth The improved retractable brush for brushing, cleaning and curling hair of the present invention is substantially set forth in the abstract. The retractable brush is constructed with a brushing base, an elongated tube and, a pair of handles, upper and lowe... | 09/20/1994 |
| 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 |
| 5133103 | Hairbrush A hairbrush includes a shell having a bottom plate with perforations through which bristles may extend. A bristled plate is provided within the shell and arranged so that the bristles may extend through the perforations. A lever may be manipulated to rest... | 07/28/1992 |
| 4988228 | Brush with extendible and retractable bristle elements A brush includes a housing unit and a bristle plate disposed within the housing unit. The bristle plate has a plurality of parallel bristle elements projecting downward therefrom. A guide unit guides the bristle elements to move through the bristle holes ... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4977909 | Push-button type retractable brush A retractable brush includes a hollow casing combined by a lower cover drilled with a bristles holes therein and an upper cover, a bristle base slidably held in the casing having a plurality of bristles formed on the base extendible outwardly from the low... | 12/18/1990 |
| 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 |
| 4596261 | Hair dressing comb A hair dressing comb assembly comprising a generally cylindrical housing from one end of which a handle extends, and a plurality of similar longitudinally extending slots are arranged in circumferentially spaced relation around the housing respectively to... | 06/24/1986 |
| 4527576 | Retractable comb and brush A retractable comb and brush includes a casing having a perforated pad drilled with plurality of bristle holes, a bristle means fixed with plurality of bristles extendible and retractable through the bristle holes and a bristle extender raising the bristl... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4467821 | Actuator control for retractable bristle brushes A slideable control is provided for use in retractable bristle brushes. It operates by co-action with a rotatable, cylindrical mandrel carrying pivoted bristles and having an angular cam slot. The control includes a longitudinally slideable button in the ... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4335732 | Hair curling iron A hair curling iron with retractable brushes having a handle, a generally tubular body secured at its one end to the handle and with a side wall containing a plurality of wall openings, a plurality of bars disposed longitudinally within the body with bris... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4327753 | Hair-curling implement A hairdressing implement, especially a hair curler which can be electrically heated, comprises a handle from which a curling mandrel extends, this mandrel being provided with a plurality of combs each having a pivotal bar parallel to the mandrel axis and ... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4202361 | Pocket brush An improved and extremely economical brush for hair-brushing and the like folds flat with bristles retracted for pocket carriage; in preferred embodiment the structure includes a plurality of tufts of bristles in unitary ranks, each rank having pivotal co... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4191200 | Hair dressing comb A hair dressing comb having a tubular housing within which a plurality of elongated combs are mounted in circumferentially spaced relationship for radial movement between retracted positions within said housing and projected operative positions. A handle ... | 03/04/1980 |
| 4049008 | Hair-curling device The device has a slitted spool and a slitted sleeve thereabout, each having a longitudinal slot registrable with each other, the spool being detachably mounted on a hollow handle having a slot registrable with the slots in the spool and sleeve. The handle... | 09/20/1977 |
| 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 |
| 3974841 | Combined comb and hair roller support A one-piece device formed from a rigid but deformable polymerized resin that may be selectively used as a comb on a woman's hair during drying of the latter in a stream of warmed air or as a support for a cylindrical hair roller shell that has at least on... | 08/17/1976 |
