Self-cleaning hair brush with mirror
OwnerJoe DiPippoinventor
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Abstract
A hair brush with a cleaning element for removing entwined hair from the brush before or after use. The cleaning element of the brush includes a plate(s) with opening through which the bristles protrude. When the plate is expanded, the plate pushes any hairs entwined in the bristles to the tips of the bristles where they are removed. The brush also has a post mechanism, which allows for the adjustment of the cleaning element to various intermediary positions, effectively adjusting the length of the bristles for use of the brush. A mirror is provided on the back of the brush, on the reverse side from the bristles.
Claims14
A self-cleaning hair brush comprising, in combination:
- 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 at least one plate with a plurality of openings positioned relative to the bristles, and at least one pair of substantially parallel lifter arms which supports the at least one plate plate and is disposed within the body of the brushing element;
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- a control element/slide plate engaged with the lifter arms of the cleaning element which allows for the sliding of the control element/slide plate within the body of the brushing element, wherein the control element/slide plate forms a four bar parallelogram linkage with the at least one plate and the at least one pair of lifter arms of the cleaning element;
- a mirror joined to the body of the brushing element on a side opposite the plurality of bristles.
The hair brush, according to 7,
- wherein the cleaning element is movable responsive to release of external force applied to the control element/slide plate.
A brush, comprising:
- a handle portion and a bristle head portion arranged in-line along a long direction of said brush;
- a plurality of bristles on said bristle head portion projecting outwardly in a bristle direction generally orthogonal to said long direction of said brush;
- said bristles having at least a first use-length available for brushing during a use of said brush;
- means for removing external hair from said bristles following said use;
- and said means for removing including at least a first cleaning element including a four bar parallelogram linkage configured to move a plate of the first cleaning element outwardly along said bristle direction, thereby minimizing a risk of bristle damage;
- a mirror joined to the handle and the bristle head portions on a side opposite the plurality of bristles.
A brush comprising:
- a brush body including a plurality of bristles extending therefrom;
- a cleaning plate having a plurality of openings therethrough, the cleaning plate being engaged with the plurality of bristles wherein individual bristles extend through the opening in the cleaning plate;
- a pair of substantially parallel lifter arms rotatably engaged with the cleaning plate;
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- a slide plate rotatably engaged with each of the lifter arms and slidingly engaged with the brush body, wherein the slide plate, lifter arms, and cleaning plate form a four bar parallelogram linkage configured to move the cleaning plate between a first position adjacent the brush body and a second position spaced apart from the first position for cleaning the bristles by movement of the slide plate relative to the brush body;
- a mirror joined to the body of the brushing element on a side opposite the plurality of bristles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.