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US 12,733,732 B2Granted
Protective case for a round hairbrush
OwnerStephen Garrisoninventor
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Abstract
A protective case for a round hairbrush includes a generally cylindrical body having a relatively wide diameter barrel for accommodating the bristles and a relatively narrow diameter neck through which the handle of the brush extends to outside of the case. A resilient bushing is mounted in the neck to interengage the handle and restrict undue movement of the brush and resulting damage to the bristles. The body is hingedly assembled for alternating between opened and closed conditions.
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A protective case for a round hairbrush, which round hairbrush includes a handle, a head attached to a distal end of the handle and a bristles extending from the head, said case comprising:
- a hollow body having a pair of hingedly interconnected body sections that are selectively alternatable between open and closed conditions;
- said body including a barrel having an interior compartment for accommodating the head and bristles of the hairbrush, said body further including a neck connected to said barrel, said neck having an interior channel that extends through said neck and communicates with said interior compartment of said barrel;
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- a resilient bushing received by said channel in said neck, said bushing including a pair of complementary bushing sections connected to respective said body sections, said bushing further including a passageway extending longitudinally therethrough between said complementary bushing sections, said passageway communicating with said interior compartment of said barrel;
- said bushing including a plurality of longitudinal elastic ribs that project radially inwardly from an interior wall that defines said passageway of said bushing;
- said body sections being selectively opened to separate said bushing sections, whereby said interior compartment of said barrel is exposed for receiving the head and bristles of the round hairbrush and said central passageway of said bushing is exposed for receiving the handle of the round hairbrush;
- said body sections being selectively closed to draw together said bushing sections and said elastic ribs being resiliently compressible to accommodate the handle of the hairbrush received by said passageway when said body sections are closed, whereby the head and bristles of the round hairbrush received by said interior compartment are enclosed by said barrel and the handle of the round hairbrush received by said passageway of said resilient bushing is peripherally engaged and gripped by said bushing.
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A protective case for a round hairbrush, which round hairbrush includes a handle, a head attached to a distal end of the handle and a bristles extending from the head, said case comprising:
- a hollow body having a pair of hingedly interconnected body sections that are selectively alternatable between open and closed conditions;
- said body including a barrel having an interior compartment for accommodating the head and bristles of the hairbrush, said body further including a neck connected to said barrel, said neck having an interior channel that extends through said neck and communicates with said interior compartment of said barrel;
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- a resilient bushing received by said channel in said neck, said bushing including a pair of complementary bushing sections connected to respective said body sections, said bushing further including a passageway extending longitudinally therethrough between said complementary bushing sections, said passageway communicating with said interior compartment of said barrel;
- said body sections being selectively opened to separate said bushing sections, whereby said interior compartment of said barrel is exposed for receiving the head and bristles of the round hairbrush and said central passageway of said bushing is exposed for receiving the handle of the round hairbrush;
- said body sections being selectively closed to draw together said bushing sections, whereby the head and bristles of the round hairbrush received by said interior compartment are enclosed by said barrel and the handle of the round hairbrush received by said passageway of said resilient bushing is peripherally engaged and gripped by said bushing;
- and said bushing including at least one pair of opposing semi-circular resilient sealing membranes mounted to respective said bushing sections in said passageway of said bushing, said opposing sealing membranes being positioned within said passageway such that said opposing sealing membranes resiliently engage and grip the handle of a hairbrush received by said passageway when said body sections are closed.
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A protective case for a round hairbrush, which round hairbrush includes a handle, a head attached to a distal end of the handle and a bristles extending from the head, said case comprising:
- a hollow body having a pair of hingedly interconnected body sections that are selectively alternatable between open and closed conditions;
- said body including a barrel having an interior compartment for accommodating the head and bristles of the hairbrush, said body further including a neck connected to said barrel, said neck having an interior channel that extends through said neck and communicates with said interior compartment of said barrel;
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- a resilient bushing received by said channel in said neck, said bushing including a pair of complementary bushing sections connected to respective said body sections, said bushing further including a passageway extending longitudinally therethrough between said complementary bushing sections, said passageway communicating with said interior compartment of said barrel;
- said body sections being selectively opened to separate said bushing sections, whereby said interior compartment of said barrel is exposed for receiving the head and bristles of the round hairbrush and said central passageway of said bushing is exposed for receiving the handle of the round hairbrush;
- said body sections being selectively closed to draw together said bushing sections, whereby the head and bristles of the round hairbrush received by said interior compartment are enclosed by said barrel and the handle of the round hairbrush received by said passageway of said resilient bushing is peripherally engaged and gripped by said bushing;
- said resilient bushing including an inner flange for engaging a proximal end of said barrel compartment and an outer flange for interengaging and surrounding an outer end of said neck, whereby when the case is a closed said central passageway of said bushing extends through said neck channel to communicate with said interior compartment of said barrel.
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