# US 2014/0189969 A1 · Brush Care System > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0189969 A1 - Document ID: US20140189969A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/161,600 - Filed: 2014-01-22 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2009-12-04 - Inventors: Diane A. Baker; Malcolm D. Plant - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140189969A1 ## CPC - A46B 17/06: Devices for cleaning brushes after use - A46B 2200/202: Applicator paint brush - A46B: BRUSHES (handles not integral with brushware B25G) ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The brush care system of claim 1 wherein: said irregular surface includes an array of apertures. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The brush care system of claim 1 wherein: said irregular cleaning surface is substantially planar and has an array of protrusions. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The brush care system of claim 1 wherein: said washing vessel has an upper edge, said drying vessel has an upper rim, and the upper rim of said drying vessel is detachably securable to the upper edge of said washing vessel forming an assembly. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The brush care system of claim 4 wherein: said cleaning surface is disposed in said assembly. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The brush care system of claim 1 wherein: said cleaning surface is removably disposed in said washing vessel. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The brush care system of claim 6 wherein: said cleaning surface is removably disposed in one of the one or more compartments of said washing vessel. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The brush care system of claim 7 further comprising: a removal handle extending from said cleaning surface to facilitate removal of said cleaning surface from one of said one or more compartments. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The brush care system of claim 8 wherein: said one of said one or more compartments includes an upstanding sidewall, and said removal handle has an cross-section conforming to and disposed adjacent said sidewall. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The brush care system of claim 1 further comprising: a surfactant tablet disposed in said washing cup, wherein said cleaning surface is supported on said surfactant tablet. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The brush care system of claim 10 wherein: said supported cleaning surface has an elevation within said washing cup, said surfactant tablet dissolves with use, and the elevation of said brush cleaner lowers as said surfactant tablet dissolves. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The brush care system of claim 1 wherein: at least one of the one or more compartments of said washing vessel includes a floor comprised of said irregular cleaning surface. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The brush care system of claim 1 wherein: brushes are retained with their bristles pointed down in said drying glass while drying. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The brush care system of claim 1 further comprising: one or more brushes each having bristles extending axially from an elongated handle, and one or more protective sleeves enveloping the bristles of said brushes such that when said brushes are placed with their bristles down in said drying vessel for drying said bristles of each brush remain in substantially axial alignment with said brush handle. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The brush care system of claim 1 wherein: the one or more apertures of said drying vessel extend substantially through the full height of the one or more upstanding walls of said drying vessel. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The brush care system of claim 1 wherein: said drying vessel includes a liquid-retaining bottom portion. ### Claim 17 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. ### Claim 18 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.