Toilet – Hair device – Comb
Reexamination Certificate
2002-03-14
2004-01-27
Shaver, Kevin (Department: 3732)
Toilet
Hair device
Comb
C015S169000, C015S184000, C015S186000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06681775
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a brush, more particularly to a brush provided with retractable bristles to facilitate removal of tangled hair strands therefrom.
2. Description of the Related Art
Referring to
FIG. 1
, a conventional brush
10
is shown to include a brush body
11
having a combing wall
13
, a handgrip
12
extending from the brush body
11
, and a plurality of bristles
14
mounted on the combing wall
13
of the brush body
11
.
The conventional brush
10
is disadvantageous in that it is difficult and tiresome to remove hair strands (A) that entangled in the bristles
14
on the combing wall
13
of the brush body
11
.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The main object of this invention is to provide a brush having retractable bristles to facilitate removal of tangled hair strands from the brush.
Accordingly, a brush of the present invention includes a brush body, a bristle-holding element, a plurality of bristles, an urging member, and an operating member. The brush body defines a bristle-receiving chamber therein, and has a combing wall formed with a plurality of bristle-extension apertures in spatial communication with the bristle-receiving chamber. The bristle-holding element is disposed movably in the bristle-receiving chamber, and is operable to move toward and away from the combing wall of the brush body. The bristles are mounted on the bristle-holding element, and extend through the bristle-extension apertures in the combing wall, respectively. The urging member is disposed in the bristle-receiving chamber for urging the bristle-holding element toward the combing wall of the brush body. The operating member is connected to the bristle-holding element for moving the bristle-holding element against urging action of the urging member away from the combing wall of the brush body.
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Merchant & Gould P.C.
Shaver Kevin
Wang Huo-Pia
Willatt Stephanie
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