Long-handled horse grooming tool
AssigneeFrances Ellen Forgues
InventorFrances Ellen Forgues
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Abstract
This is a tool for grooming livestock, horses in particular. This invention is comprised of a broom-head equipped with multiple flexible rake tines along its top edge, the tine heads facing 180 degrees opposite to the bristle ends. The broom-head is fitted with a threaded hole that allows a solid or telescoping handle to be attached. The telescoping handle is similar to handles found on commercially available floor mops. It can be extended or retracted longitudinally, and can be locked in place at any point along its length. The handle can be equipped with one or more grips to provide a comfortable, secure hand-hold for the user. The user selects the desired head (bristles or tines) by rotating the handle 180 degrees.
Claims4
A brush assembly for the purpose of grooming, shedding and massaging livestock, primarily horses, including in combination:
- a body member which demonstrates a bristle-carrying surface, the outer aspect of said body member being equipped with a coupling such as a threaded opening, which is designed to allow the attachment of a handle;
- a multiplicity of bristles extending from the inner aspect of said body member;
- multiple molded plastic grooming tines integral to the uppermost edge of the main body and projecting from said body member in a direction opposite to that of said bristles;
- a solid or telescoping handle, fitted with a coupling designed to attach to the brush head, and demonstrating one or more hand grips.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.