A45D 24/40
Manually actuated comb cleaners
Official title: {Manually actuated} comb cleaners
A45D24/40 (Manually actuated comb cleaners) appears on 40 US grants and 41 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A45D- Granted patents
- 40
- Published applications
- 41
- Assignees
- 10
- Inventors
- 63
- Latest grant
- 16 Dec 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 4 |
| 2008 | 1 | 4 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1 | 4 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 4 |
| 2019 | 2 | 5 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Hair-smoothing tool16 Dec 2025US 12,495,879 B2Hair4Good, LLC
- Vibrating liquid disinfectant container4 Nov 2025US 12,459,012 B2Conair Corporation
- Hair-smoothing tool13 May 2025US 12,295,473 B2Hair4Good, LLC
- Animal hairbrush29 Oct 2024US 12,127,666 B2
- Brush debris removal apparatus19 Mar 2024US 11,930,917 B2Comfortel Furniture Pte. Ltd
- Hairbrush cleaning device30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215566 A1
- Hair-Smoothing Tool14 Aug 2025US 2025/0255397 A1Hair4Good, LLC
- Formula delivery appliance with anti-clogging mechanism2 Jan 2025US 2025/0000228 A1L'oreal
- Instant self-cleaning hair comb7 Nov 2024US 2024/0365949 A1
- Vibrating liquid disinfectant container20 Jun 2024US 2024/0198394 A1Conair Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Rotary brush for removing hair from hair brushes41US 4,084,282 A1978
- Lice comb assembly39US 6,158,443 AHealth Enterprises, Inc. · 2000
- Apparatus for cleaning medical hand instruments and implements for treatment of the hair, skin and/or body38US 4,872,235 A1989
- Hair brush including hair removal means29US 7,316,045 B22008
- Comb or brush26US 4,932,425 A1990