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US 6,427,633 B1Granted
Pet brush with hair removal feature
OwnerPatsy Ogdeninventor
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Abstract
A pet brush with a cleaning element for removing hairs from the brush after use. The cleaning element of the brush includes a plate with openings through which the bristles protrude. When the plate is lowered, any hairs entwined in the bristles are pushed by the plate to the tips of the bristles where they are removed. The brush also has a post mechanism to adjust the cleaning element to various intermediary positions, effectively adjusting the length of the bristles for use of the brush.
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A pet brush comprising:
- a brushing element including a body, a plurality of bristles supported by the body and a handle supported by the body;
- a cleaning element including a plate with a plurality of openings positioned relative to the bristles, and a tongue supported by the plate and disposed within the handle of the brushing element;
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- a control element engaged with the tongue of the cleaning element and mounted for sliding movement along the handle.
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A pet brush comprising:
- a brushing element including a body, a plurality of bristles supported by the body and a handle supported by the body;
- a cleaning element including a plate with a plurality of openings in the plate wherein the openings are positioned relative to the bristles, and a tongue supported by the plate, wherein the tongue is disposed within the handle of the brushing element;
- a control element, wherein the control element is engaged with the tongue of the cleaning element and is disposed to move relative to the handle;
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- wherein the control element includes a plurality of notches and the cleaning element includes a post wherein setting the post to each notch adjusts distance between the plate and the body thereby adjusting the effective bristle length.
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A pet brush comprising:
- a brushing element including a body, a plurality of bristles supported by the body and a handle supported by the body;
- a cleaning element including a plate with a plurality of openings in the plate wherein the openings are positioned relative to the bristles such that bristles protrude through the openings, and the cleaning element further including a tongue supported by the plate, wherein the tongue is disposed within the handle of the brushing element;
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- means for adjusting the position of the cleaning element relative to the brushing element in a plurality of fixed brushing positions, each with a different effective length bristles, and a cleaning position.
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A pet brush comprising:
- a brushing element including a body, a plurality of bristles projecting from the body, and a curved handle connected to the body;
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- a cleaning element including a plate having a plurality of openings aligned relative to the bristles, and a curved tongue connected to the plate wherein the tongue is disposed within the handle;
- the tongue of the cleaning element being mounted for sliding movement along the curvature of the handle of the brushing element producing a brushing position wherein the bristles protrude through the openings of the plate and a cleaning position wherein the bristles do not protrude through the openings of the plate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.