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US 2006/0133886 A1Published application
Shampooing brush
AssigneeJ.W. Pet Company, Inc.
InventorsJonathan Willinger, Ryan Rutherford
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Abstract
A brush is configured with a housing provided with spaced apart inlet and outlet port units. The outlet unit controllably discharges fluid, which fills a chamber, formed within the housing through the inlet port and is pressurized therein in response to an external force applied to the inlet port unit.
Claims19
A brush comprising:
- a housing having an inner chamber fillable with fluid;
- an outlet port unit mounted to the housing and in flow communication with the chamber, the outlet port init being operable to discharge the fluid from the chamber upon applying an external force to the housing;
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- a plurality of bristles on a bottom of the housing, the plurality of bristles surrounding the outlet port unit and guiding the discharged fluid to a surface to be treated.
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A kit comprising:
- a housing having:
- an inlet port unit receiving fluid,
- an inner chamber in flow communication with the inlet port unit for storing the fluid;
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- an outlet port unit spaced from the inlet port unit, the inlet port unit being in flow communication with the chamber, the outlet port unit being in flow communication with the chamber and operable to meter the fluid from the chamber upon applying an external force to the inlet port unit;
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- a plurality of brush heads each having bristles and removably attachable to the housing.
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The kit of claim 18, wherein the inlet port unit comprises:
- an inlet flange extending outward from the housing and surrounding the inlet opening, and
- a bladder removably mounted on the flange and depressable in response to the external force applied to the bladder so as to pressurize the fluid in the chamber.
The kit of claim 18, wherein the outlet port unit comprises:
- a valve assembly configured to provide a discharge of the fluid from the chamber upon applying the external force to the housing and to prevent the discharge of the fluid upon removing the external force, wherein the valve assembly comprises
- a holder having a hollow body and displaceable from outside into an outlet flange extending from a bottom of the housing,
- a valve member receivable in the hollow body of the holder and operable to meter the fluid from the chamber upon applying the external force to the housing, and
- a cup-shaped cover surrounding the holder and detachably coupled to an outer surface of the outlet flange of the housing so as to prevent detachment of the holder and the valve member from the housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.