US 10,517,383 B2 · Brush head with recessed bristles, brush, method of making and method of using same

Abstract

The present invention recognizes that there exists a long felt need for brush heads and brushes having material application and buffing properties. A first aspect of the present invention is a brush head. A second aspect of the present invention is a brush including a brush head of the present invention. A third aspect of the present invention is a method of making a brush head of the present invention. A fourth aspect of the present invention is a method of making a brush of the present invention. A fifth aspect of the present invention is a method of using a brush head of the present invention. A sixth aspect of the present invention is a method of using a brush of the present invention. An additional aspect is a brush head having an outer zone of bristles and a convex inner zone of bristles.

Claims29

Dependent claims

A brush head for applying a solid material, comprising:

an outer zone of bristles and an inner zone of recessed bristles, defining a reservoir;
wherein the inner zone of recessed bristles is convex in longitudinal cross section and the inner zone of recessed bristles is configured to retain a solid material for application to a surface.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/584,899Filed 2 May 2017 · continuation in part

Priority

21 Mar 2014

Published

US 2017/0231378 A117 Aug 2017

Granted

31 Dec 2019

Term ends

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Classification8 codes

A46B 9/021
Position or arrangement of bristles in relation to surface of the brush body, e.g. inclined, in rows, in groups: arranged like in cosmetics…
A46B 9/028
Position or arrangement of bristles in relation to surface of the brush body, e.g. inclined, in rows, in groups: bristle profile, the end of the…
A46B 9/065
Arrangement of mixed bristles or tufts of bristles, e.g. wire, fibre, rubber: the bristles or the tufts being embedded in a different brushing…
A46B 9/08
Arrangements of the bristles in the brush body: supports or guides for bristles

Family

Application29/485,705Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 21 Mar 2014

Application14/447,974Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 31 Jul 2014

Application29/517,382Parent of this continuation · filed 12 Feb 2015

Application29/568,752Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 21 Jun 2016

US 2017/0231378 A1Pre-grant publication · published 17 Aug 2017

US 9,635,927 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part

US D793,090 S1Parent of this continuation-in-part

US D824,678 S1Parent of this continuation-in-part

US D770,185 S1Parent of this continuation

Application29/568,752Parent of this continuation

Application29/517,382Parent of this continuation-in-part

US 2015/0265039 A1Published application

US 10,517,383 B2This patent

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Brush head with recessed bristles, brush, method of making and method of using same

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Brush head with recessed bristles, brush, method of making and method of using same

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Abstract

Claims29