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Hair styling brush with integral misting device

  • US 6,672,313 B2
  • Filed: 05/28/2002
  • Issued: 01/06/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A misting styling brush for use with pressurized and non-pressurized cylindrical sprayers of the type having a cylindrical container containing a liquid to be sprayed from the sprayer, a dispensing device connected to the container for effecting movement of the liquid from the container through an outwardly spring biased tubular outlet stem by linear actuation of the stem, and a push button connected to the stem having an internal conduit for receiving the liquid under pressure from the stem and producing a fine spray of the liquid at a spray orifice at a generally right angle to the stem, the misting styling brush comprising:

  • a handle assembly having a gripping portion and a brush portion, and having a longitudinal interior chamber disposed therein, a circular cross-section of said interior chamber extending longitudinally inwardly through said brush portion and having of an inner diameter and length sufficient to completely receive the sprayer therein with the push button retained in said brush portion, said handle being adapted to retain the push button in a stationary position during use with the spray orifice radially aligned and inwardly disposed from a spray outlet hole of said handle assembly leading outwardly between a plurality of bristle groups, while the dispensing device and attached container may move along a longitudinal axis of the sprayer to reciprocally actuate the stem of the dispensing device;

    a brush assembly which includes said bristle groups that extend outwardly from the brush portion of the handle assembly, said brush assembly having a spray outlet hole that is radially aligned with said spray outlet hole of said handle assembly, said bristle groups being arranged so as not to obstruct said spray outlet holes;

    a trigger assembly connected to said handle assembly intermediate respective ends thereof, said trigger assembly having a trigger member movably connected to said handle assembly and operatively associated with the sprayer when inserted within said longitudinal interior chamber to urge the container longitudinally upon application of inwardly-directed pressure thereto to actuate the push button to emit the fine spray of the liquid at said spray orifice through said bristle groups at generally right angle to said stem; and

    wherein the misting brush operates by a user depressing said trigger inwardly into said handle assembly using a thumb of the user to cause the fine spray of the liquid to be emitted at said spray orifice outwardly through said spray outlet holes of said handle assembly and said brush assembly onto a person'"'"'s hair.

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