Hair care device

A hairbrush for untangling hair, the hairbrush comprising:

• a body portion having a plurality of flexible bristles projecting therefrom such that each of the plurality of flexible bristles is substantially parallel to the rest of the plurality of flexible bristles;
• the plurality of bristles including a plurality of first bristles and a plurality of second bristles alternately arranged to position first bristles adjacent second bristles, the first bristles extending from the body portion to a first distance and the second bristles extending from the body portion to a second distance with the first distance less than the second distance;
• the first bristles having a length approximately equal to a height of the second bristles when the end of the second bristles is bent sideways,
• wherein each of the plurality of second bristles is configured and dimensioned and the plurality of second bristles is arranged to thereby bend to engage tangled hairs to position a free end of the second bristles proximate free ends of the first bristles and to thereby release hair that remains tangled to the first bristles so that the first bristles may untangle hair that remains tangled;
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• wherein each of the first bristles has a first taper structure and each of the second bristles have a second taper structure, with the first taper structure differing from the second taper structure.

A hairbrush for use in untangling hair, comprising:

• a body portion free of a handle extension;
• a plurality of flexible bristles uniformly distributed on the body portion and projecting from the body portion such that each of the plurality of flexible bristles is substantially parallel to the rest of the plurality of flexible bristles;
• the plurality of bristles including a plurality of first bristles and a plurality of second bristles alternately arranged to position first bristles adjacent second bristles, the first bristles extending from the body portion to a first distance and the second bristles extending from the body portion to a second distance with the first distance less than the second distance;
• the first bristles sized and dimensioned to bend at a first bend distance from the body portion, with a first ratio defined as a ratio of the first bend distance to the first distance;
• the second bristles sized and dimensioned to bend sideways at a second bend distance from the body portion, with a second ratio defined as a ratio of the second bend distance to the second distance;
• wherein the second bend distance is greater than the first bend distance and the second ratio is greater than the first ratio and wherein the first bristles and second bristles are arranged in alternating linear rows of first bristles and second bristles over at least a portion of the body, wherein the length of the shorter bristles is approximately equal to the second bend distance;
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• wherein each of the first bristles has a first taper structure and each of the second bristles have a second taper structure, with the first taper structure differing from the second taper structure.