Lineal slide retractable grooming brush

Abstract

A lineal slide retractable grooming brush consisting of a brush housing provided with a plurality of bristle openings in the bottom thereof and having a slide actuator control peg access slot along each side thereof. A bristle brush back plate member having a plurality of downwardly extending bristles is provided within the housing so that the bristles are in register with the bristle openings in the bottom of the brush housing. The bristle brush back plate member is provided with cam follower pins extending outwardly from each side thereof. A U-shaped slide actuator is slidably mounted within the brush housing so as to straddle the bristle brush back plate member in such a manner that the cam follower pins thereof slidably engage ramped cam grooves provided in the inside surface of the side walls of the slide actuator. The slide actuator is provided with control pegs which extend outwardly from the sides thereof through the control peg access slots provided in the sides of the brush housing. The control pegs are selectively movable along the access slots so as to cause corresponding lineal movement of the U-shaped slide actuator within the brush housing with a resultant selective raising and lowering of the bristle brush back plate member so as to selectively extend and retract the bristles through the bristle openings provided in the brush housing. The brush housing is also provided with a snap detachable plate having a clothes cleaning fabric brush pad provided thereon.

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