US 2020/0046109 A1 · BACKCOMBING BRUSH

Abstract

A backcombing brush for backcombing hair includes an array of bristles 4. Each bristle extends from a base to a free end and two lengths of bristle are provided. Shorter bristles 4a and the bottom of longer bristles 4b carry out backcombing, whilst the longer bristles smooth hair, or untangle knots/tangles in the hair to reduce the level of backcombing. The long bristles have a relatively wide first portion 5, towards the base of the bristle, and a relatively narrow second portion 6, towards the free end of the bristle. The bristles are arranged such that bristles in one row neither extend between adjacent bristles in an adjacent row nor partially occlude the space between bristles in an adjacent row.

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Dependent claims

A backcombing brush, the brush being elongate and having a longitudinal axis, the brush comprising an elongate array of bristles, the array having a longitudinal axis substantially parallel with the longitudinal axis of the brush and each bristle extending from a base to a free end;

wherein the array of bristles includes bristles of at least two lengths, bristles of a first length being less than half of the length of the bristles of a second length;
wherein at least some or all of the bristles of a second length comprise a first, relatively wide, portion which tapers from the base and a second, relatively narrow, portion which extends from the first portion to the free end;
and wherein at least some or all of the bristles of a first length do not comprise a first, relatively wide, portion which tapers from the base and a second, relatively narrow, portion which extends from the first portion to the free end.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/339,823Filed 11 Oct 2017

Priority

GB 1617364.313 Oct 2016

Published

13 Feb 2020

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

A46B 9/028
Position or arrangement of bristles in relation to surface of the brush body, e.g. inclined, in rows, in groups: bristle profile, the end of the…
A45D 24/04
Hair combs for care of the hair; Accessories therefor: multi-part combs
A46B 9/023
Position or arrangement of bristles in relation to surface of the brush body, e.g. inclined, in rows, in groups: arranged like in hair brushes,…
A46B 9/06
Arrangements of the bristles in the brush body: arrangement of mixed bristles or tufts of bristles, e.g. wire, fibre, rubber

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wherein the array of bristles includes bristles of at least two lengths, bristles of a first length being less than half of the length of the bristles of a second length;
wherein at least some or all of the bristles of a second length comprise a first, relatively wide, portion which tapers from the base and a second, relatively narrow, portion which extends from the first portion to the free end;
and wherein at least some or all of the bristles of a first length do not comprise a first, relatively wide, portion which tapers from the base and a second, relatively narrow, portion which extends from the first portion to the free end.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Backcombing brush

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Backcombing brush

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