Stress relieving gel handle brush

• US 6,647,582 B1
• Filed: 02/09/2000
• Issued: 11/18/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 02/09/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Aveda Corporation (The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Aveda Corporation (The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.)
• Inventors: Rechelbacher, Horst Martin
• Primary Examiner(s): Chin, Randall E.
• Application Number:
  US09/500,551
• Time in Patent Office: 1,378 Days
• Field of Search: 151/60, 151/431, 152/06, 164/21, 164/22, 164/31
• US Class Current: 15/143.1
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 2200/104 Hair brush bristles arrangements for hair brushes A46B9/023
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 5/00 Brush bodies; Handles integral with brushware
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 5/02 specially shaped for holding by the hand
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 5/026 Grips or handles having a nonslip section
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 9/08 Supports or guides for bristles

Abstract

The invention relates to a hairbrush comprising a head region and a handle region, the handle region comprising a stem, the stem having a deformable grip located thereon.

Claims

1. A hairbrush comprising a head and a handle,

the head comprising:

a twisted metal wire core carrying an array of bristles inserted along at least a portion of the length of the core; and

a shell containing a plurality of perforations, the shell positioned over the bristle-carrying core, the perforations dimensioned and positioned so as to permit the bristles to pass through the perforations;

the handle comprising a stem and a deformable grip;

the grip comprising;

a outer layer in the form of a resilient sleeve surrounding the stem; and

a deformable viscous material positioned between the stem and the resilient sleeve.

2. The hairbrush of claim 1 in which the grip further comprises an inner layer positioned between the stem and the viscous material.

3. The hairbrush of claim 2 in which the viscous material is a putty.

4. The hairbrush of claim 3 in which the viscous material is a vinyl elastomer or silicone putty.

5. The hairbrush of claim 2 in which the grip further comprises radially oriented webs that connect the inner and outer layers thus forming chambers which contain the viscous material, each web having at least one vent dimensioned so as to permit the passage of the viscous material from one chamber to another chamber when pressure is placed on the grip.

6. The hairbrush of claim 5 in which the viscous material is a flowable substance.

7. The hairbrush of claim 6 in which the viscous material is a silicone lubricant.

8. The hairbrush of claim 7 in which the viscous material is a room-temperature curable substance.