Brush Care System
OwnerDiane A. Baker, Malcolm D. Plantinventors
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Abstract
A brush care system for cleaning and drying brushes used in cosmetic or fine art painting applications comprises a washing vessel and a drying vessel. The washing vessel includes a cleaner having a cleaning surface against which the bristles of a brush can be agitated for cleaning. The washing vessel and the drying vessel can be secured together for convenient storage and to enclose and store the cleaner. The drying vessel functions as a stand for drying cleaned brushes and includes walls having one or more apertures for ventilating the vessel. The washing vessel may include one or more partitions.
Claims18
A brush care system comprising:
- a washing vessel having one or more liquid-holding compartments for washing brushes, said one or more compartments including an irregular brush cleaning surface against which a brush may be agitated for cleaning, and
- a drying vessel for retaining drying brushes, said drying vessel including one or more upstanding walls having one or more apertures for ventilating said drying vessel, said washing vessel removably securable to said washing vessel.
A brush care system comprising:
- a washing vessel having one or more liquid-holding compartments and an upper edge, said one or more liquid-holding compartments for washing brushes, said one or more compartments including a cleaning surface against which a brush may be agitated for cleaning, said cleaning surface including an array of protrusions, and
- a drying vessel for retaining drying brushes, said drying vessel having an upper rim and one or more upstanding walls, said one or more upstanding walls including one or more apertures for ventilating said drying vessel, and the upper rim of said drying vessel detachably secured to the upper edge of said washing vessel to form an assembly.
A brush care system comprising:
- a washing vessel having one or more liquid-holding compartments and an upper edge, said one or more liquid-holding compartments for washing brushes,
- a cleaning surface including an array of protrusions against which a brush may be agitated for cleaning, said cleaning surface removably disposed in one of said one or more compartments, said cleaning surface having a removal handle extending perpendicularly from said cleaning surface to facilitate removal of said cleaning surface from one of said one or more compartments, and
- a drying vessel for retaining drying brushes, said drying vessel having an upper rim and one or more upstanding walls, said one or more upstanding walls including one or more apertures for ventilating said drying vessel, the upper rim of said drying vessel detachably securable to the upper edge of said washing vessel to form an assembly,
- wherein said cleaning surface is enclosed in said assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.