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US 8,782,842 B1Granted
Hair brush with slideable brush head
OwnerMary Astainventor
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Abstract
A hair brush with a slideable brush head that allows the brush head to be positioned on either end of the elongated handle to thereby providing ease of use by both right handed or left handed users. The elongated handle has different ways thereon to arrest the brush head in any desired position. The brush head may also be removed from the handle, if so desired, so that a brush head of a different circumference but the same inner diameter may be used.
Claims1
A hair grooming device comprising:
- a brush head that is substantially cylindrical, having a first end and a second end and having a hollow center;
- an elongated handle having an exterior, an interior, a first end and a second end wherein said brush head is movable between said first end of said elongated handle and said second end of said elongated handle;
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- and a means for arresting said brush head at either end of said elongated handle wherein said means for arresting includes two push buttons at either end of said elongated handle, said push buttons being each connected to an interior sliding sleeve, said sliding sleeves having sleeve-like inner hollow sleeves and a central flexible activating element that is located between said sleeve-like inner sleeves and wherein said central flexible activating element has camming surfaces thereon, said central flexible activating element having outer protuberances thereon and engaging arresting holes at said ends of said brush head, said central flexible activating element being distorted when said sleeve-like inner sleeves engage said camming surfaces when either one of said push buttons is pushed to thereby take said protuberances out of said arresting hole.
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