Hairbrush

• US 20080098541A1
• Filed: 10/27/2006
• Published: 05/01/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: George Stydahar
• Original Assignee: George Stydahar
• Inventors: Stydahar, George
• Granted Patent: US 7,814,602 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 15/22.3
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 2200/104 Hair brush bristles arrangements for hair brushes A46B9/023
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 7/10 as a rotating cylinder
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 9/023 arranged like in hair brushes, e.g. hair treatment, dyeing, streaking

Abstract

A hairbrush and method of brushing are provided in which tangled hair may be brushed out at a better rate and with less pain. The hairbrush includes bristles that are mounted on revolving track portions so that when the bristles encounter a tangle or a resistance in the hair, the bristles are free to rotate. The hairbrush further includes a thumb button to adjust the resistance of the revolving track portion from a freely rotating position to a fixed position.

Claims

1. A hair brush, comprising:

a handle portion to move the hair brush through hair;

a body portion coupled to the handle portion and having revolving track portions that rotate on a set of tracks;

a set of bristles coupled to the revolving track portions to brush hair; and

a slidable button that adjusts a resistance that is applied to the tracks through a clutch assembly and thereby adjusts the rotation of the revolving track portions.

2. The hair brush of claim 1, wherein the body portion further comprises non-revolving portions.

3. The hairbrush of claim 2, wherein the revolving track portions rotate independently of each other.

4. The hairbrush of claim 1, wherein the clutch assembly includes a friction element that applies the resistant to the tracks to decrease the rotation of the tracks.

5. The hairbrush of claim 1, wherein only those bristles of the revolving track portions that encounter a resistance in the hair will rotate in a direction opposite a direction of brushing.

6. The hairbrush of claim 1, wherein the slidable button can adjust the rotation of the revolving track portions from freely rotating to a fixed position.

7. The hair brush of claim 5, wherein the bristles on the revolving track portions that do not encounter the resistance in the hair will remain in a fixed position.

8. The hair brush of claim 1, wherein the bristles on the revolving track portions rotate when the bristles encounter a tangle of hair.

9. A method of brushing, comprising:

brushing a hair in a first direction with a hairbrush having a set of bristles coupled to revolving track portions;

engaging a tangle portion of the hair with the bristles; and

rotating the revolving track portions in a second direction when the bristles engage the tangle of hair portion.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising adjusting the rotation of the revolving track portions by engaging a set of tracks coupled to the revolving track portions with a friction element of a clutch assembly.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the adjusting is done by moving a slidable button on the hair brush.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein during brushing, the set of bristles do not rotate until the bristles reach a tangle of hair.

13. A hairbrush, comprising:

a handle portion to move the hair brush through hair;

a body portion coupled to the handle portion, wherein the body portion includes revolving track portions that rotates on a set of tracks and non-revolving portion;

a set of bristles coupled to the revolving track portion to brush hair; and

a slidable button that adjusts a rotation of the revolving track portion through a clutch assembly.

14. The hairbrush of claim 13, wherein the revolving track portions rotate independently of each other.

15. The hairbrush of claim 13, wherein the clutch assembly includes a friction element that applies the resistant to the tracks to decrease the rotation of the tracks.

16. The hairbrush of claim 13, wherein only those bristles of the revolving track portions that encounter a resistance in the hair will rotate in a direction opposite a direction of brushing.

17. The hairbrush of claim 13, wherein the slidable button can adjust the rotation of the revolving track portions from freely rotating to a fixed position.

18. The hair brush of claim 16, wherein the bristles on the revolving track portions that do not encounter the resistance in the hair will remain in a fixed position.

19. The hair brush of claim 13, wherein the bristles on the revolving track portions rotate when the bristles encounter a tangle of hair.

20. The hairbrush of claim 13, wherein the clutch assembly includes clutch tensioning arm and friction elements.