Water removing hair brush

• US 9,210,994 B2
• Filed: 12/13/2013
• Issued: 12/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Goody Products Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Goody Products Incorporated
• Inventors: Brown, Roberta Celeste, Kahute, Trent
• Primary Examiner(s): ELGART, VANITHA M
• Application Number:
  US14/106,375
• Publication Number:
  US 20140101879A1
• Time in Patent Office: 732 Days
• Field of Search: 132/110, 132/136, 132/129, 132/126, 132/219, 132/120, 132111-116, 132107-109, 132/148, 132/150, 132/212, 132/121, 132/122, 132/125, 132/141, 132/142, 132/155, 132/162, 132/163, 151/049.4, 151/049.3, 151/60, 151/14, 151/06, 151/07, 151/10, 152/072, 152/08, 152/091, 152/101, 152/291.1, 152/291.2, 152/291.3, 152/441, 152/442, 152/443, 152/444, 151/431, 151/87, 401/291, 428/36.1, 428/36.5, 119/600, 119/602, 119/611, 119/612, 119/613, 119/615, 119/618, 119/619, 119/620, 119/621, 119/625, 119/664
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 24/16 with brushes, pads, or the like whereon the additional devices are operable without more ado
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 2200/405 Brush used for purposes that are not conventional brushing, e.g. holder or support
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 5/0029 Head made of soft plastics, rubber or rubber inserts in plastics matrix
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 9/02 Position or arrangement of bristles in relation to surface of the brush body, e.g. inclined, in rows, in groups
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 9/023 arranged like in hair brushes, e.g. hair treatment, dyeing, streaking
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 9/06 Arrangement of mixed bristles or tufts of bristles, e.g. wire, fibre, rubber
• CPC Class Codes: A46D 1/0207 Bristles characterised by the choice of material, e.g. metal
• CPC Class Codes: A46D 1/023 Bristles with at least a core and at least a partial sheath

Abstract

A hair brush includes a body having a head and a plurality of bristles carried by the head. The plurality of bristles protrudes relative to the head. A microfiber fabric material is carried by part of the body and is water absorbent. A portion of the microfiber fabric material is positioned near the plurality of bristles.

Claims

1. A hair brush comprising:

a body having a head;

a plurality of bristles carried by the head, the plurality of bristles protruding relative to the head; and

a microfiber fabric material carried by part of the body, the microfiber fabric material being water absorbent and a portion of the microfiber fabric material positioned near the plurality of bristles.

2. The hair brush according to claim 1, further comprising:

a cavity within a portion of the head; and

one or more vents in communication with the cavity.

3. The hair brush according to claim 1, wherein the microfiber fabric material has a base substrate carried by the head and a plurality of fabric rods interspersed among the plurality of bristles.

6. The hair brush according to claim 1, wherein the body has a handle coupled to the head and wherein the microfiber fabric material is carried by the head.

7. The hair brush according to claim 1, wherein the head is generally rectangular in shape or oval in shape.

8. The hair brush according to claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the head is a cylinder shape or partial cylinder shape and the plurality of bristles protrude in a radial direction relative to an axis of the head.

9. The hair brush according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of bristles extend from a bristle pad that is carried by the head.

10. The hair brush according to claim 9, wherein the bristle pad is a panel substrate and has a plurality of perforations formed therethrough and wherein each of the plurality of bristles protrudes from a surface of the panel substrate and is interspersed among the perforations.

11. The hair brush according to claim 9, wherein the microfiber fabric material has a base substrate layer that lies against a surface of the bristle pad and wherein the plurality of bristles protrudes through the microfiber fabric material.

12. The hair brush according to claim 1, wherein the microfiber fabric material has a plurality of flexible fabric rods that are interspersed among the plurality of bristles and wherein each of the plurality of flexible fabric rods is oriented extending generally in the same direction as adjacent ones of the plurality of bristles.

13. The hairbrush according to claim 12, wherein the plurality of bristles is arranged in rows and columns on the head and wherein the plurality of flexible fabric rods is arranged in rows and columns of a spacing that generally matches a spacing of the rows and columns of the plurality of bristles.

14. The hair brush according to claim 1, wherein the microfiber fabric material has antibacterial properties.

15. The hair brush according to claim 1, wherein the microfiber fabric material has an exposed surface texture that is a heat stamped pattern on the exposed surface or is a sewn quilted pattern on the exposed surface or is formed of relatively narrow strips of microfiber fabric woven together.

16. The hairbrush according to claim 1, wherein the microfiber fabric material has a base substrate that overlies a bristle pad from which the plurality of bristles extends and wherein the plurality of bristles protrudes through the microfiber fabric material.

17. The hair brush according to claim 1, wherein the head has a surface that forms a cylinder or a partial cylinder, wherein the body has a handle extending in an axial direction from an end of the head, and wherein the plurality of bristles protrude radially outward from the surface.

18. The hair brush according to claim 17, wherein the microfiber fabric material is disposed on the surface.

4. A hair brush comprising:

a body having a head;

a plurality of bristles carried by the head, the plurality of bristles protruding relative to the head;

a microfiber fabric material having a base substrate carried by the head and a plurality of fabric rods interspersed among the plurality of bristles, the microfiber fabric material being water absorbent; and

a cavity within the head wherein the base substrate is located at least in part within the cavity.

5. The hair brush according to claim 4, further comprising one or more air vents in communication with the cavity.

19. A hair brush comprising:

a body having a head;

a plurality of bristles carried by the head, the plurality of bristles protruding relative to a surface of the head; and

a fabric material carried at least in part by the head, the fabric material being water absorbent and including a layer of the fabric material carried on the head and a protruding portion of the fabric material protruding from and connected to the layer and interspersed among the plurality of bristles.

20. The hair brush according to claim 19, wherein the fabric material is a microfiber fabric.

21. The hair brush according to claim 19, wherein the protruding portion of the fabric material has a plurality of fabric rods that are oriented in generally the same direction as the plurality of bristles and interspersed among the plurality of bristles.