Animal grooming brush
OwnerJoe A. Stuparinventor
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Abstract
A conduit network on a bristle face of a brush communicates with a supply of cleansing or rinsing effluent under pressure, and dispenses the effluent generally uniformly over a wide area of the bristle face through distributed outlet holes. A preferred quick connector couples the network to the effluent supply. A valve controls the rate of flow into the network. Control of brush movement during washing and grooming is facilitated by: an adjustable strap securing a user's hand to a top control face, a finger wall projecting from the control face including finger stops, a palm heel catch, liquid drain-off channels which also knurl the control face for better gripping, and a preferred length allowing a user's fingertips to overlap the front of the brush.
Claims12
A washing and grooming brush comprising:
- (a) a body including:
- (1) a bristle face, and
- (2) an opposite control face for applying a user's hand, palm down, to control movement of the brush over an animal's coat;
- (b) the control face being knurled for resisting movement of the brush relative to the hand;
- (c) an effluent conduit network on the bristle face;
- (d) a plurality of outlet holes defined by the network for dispensing effluent from the bristle face;
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- (e) a coupler for communicating effluent from an effluent supply to the network.
A washing and grooming brush comprising:
- (a) a body including:
- (1) a bristle face, and
- (2) an opposite control face for applying a user's hand, palm down, to control movement of the brush over an animal's coat;
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- (b) an effluent conduit network on the bristle face, the network comprising:
- (1) an effluent inlet,
- (2) a plurality of conduit branches communicating with the inlet, the branches covering a substantial area of the bristle face, and
- (3) each branch including a plurality of spaced effluent outlet holes defined by said each branch for dispensing effluent from the bristle face.
A washing and grooming brush comprising:
- (a) a body including:
- (1) a bristle face, and
- (2) an opposite control face for applying a user's hand, palm down, to control movement of the brush over an animal's coat;
- (b) the control face defining a plurality of open channels for draining liquids from the control face;
- (c) an effluent conduit network on the bristle face;
- (d) a plurality of outlet holes defined by the network for dispensing effluent from the bristle face;
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- (e) a coupler for communicating effluent from an effluent supply to the network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.