U.S. patent application number 11/705529 was filed with the patent office on 2008-08-14 for ergonomic hair brush.
Invention is credited to Michael Victor Vecchiola.
Application Number | 20080190441 11/705529 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 39684790 |
Filed Date | 2008-08-14 |
United States Patent
Application |
20080190441 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Vecchiola; Michael Victor |
August 14, 2008 |
Ergonomic hair brush
Abstract
An ergonomic tangle free hair brush having an integrally
attached handle and brush head. The handle is shaped for comfort
when being used by a hairstylist. It is generally formed as a
surface of revolution and is coated with a soft covering having
good gripping characteristics. The brush head is spool shaped to be
of a concave surface or revolution having enlarged ends. The
surface of hair engaging portion of the brush head contains many
bristle sites. These sites may be formed to yield a spiral shaped
row of bristles. The adjacent rows of bristles are off set from the
previous row to provide maximum contact with the hair being
brushed. Each site has two different types of bristles emanating
therefrom. The surface of the concave brush surface may be coated
with a colour changing thermochromic material. The end of the brush
head remote from the handle is flat, producing a natural resting
surface for the is brush when not in use.
Inventors: |
Vecchiola; Michael Victor;
(Toronto, CA) |
Correspondence
Address: |
EDWARD H. OLDHAM
20 JAMESON DRIVE
DUNDAS
ON
L9H 5A2
omitted
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Family ID: |
39684790 |
Appl. No.: |
11/705529 |
Filed: |
February 13, 2007 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
132/150 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A45D 24/38 20130101;
A46B 5/02 20130101; A46B 5/021 20130101; A46B 2200/104 20130101;
A46B 9/023 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
132/150 |
International
Class: |
A45D 24/00 20060101
A45D024/00 |
Claims
1. An ergonomic hair brush comprising a handle and a brush head
integrally joined together, said handle being of the shape of an
elongated cylinder, said handle being covered with a soft material,
said brush head being in the shape of a spool having a central
concave brush surface which is provided with a plurality of rows of
bristle sites having bristles protruding therefrom, said concave
brush surface intersecting a more steeply rising conical surface at
each end of the brush head to form enlarged ends of said brush
head.
2. An ergonomic hair brush as claimed in claim 1 wherein said rows
of bristle sites are formed of individual bristle sites, each site
having two different types of bristles protruding therefrom.
3. An ergonomic hair brush as claimed in claim 2 wherein a first
row of bristle sites contains an elongated nylon bristle surrounded
by a plurality of a first type of shorter bristles, and the row of
bristle sites adjacent said first row contains an elongated nylon
bristle surrounded by a second type of shorter bristle.
4. An ergonomic hair brush as claimed in claim 3 wherein the
bristle sites of adjacent rows are staggered.
5. An ergonomic hair brush as claimed in claim 1 wherein the
surface of said brush head is coated with a preselected
thermochromic material.
6. An ergonomic hair brush wherein the end of the brush head remote
from the handle is flat.
7. An ergonomic hair brush comprising a handle and a brush head
integrally joined together, said hair brush being in the general
shape of a spool with central concave surface which is formed into
enlarged ends, and where in the said brush head contains at least
two different types of bristles, wherein a first type of bristle is
an elongated stiff bristle, the ends of which lie in the surface of
a right cylinder.
8. The ergonomic hair brush of claim 7 wherein ends of the
elongated stiff bristles lie in the surface of a right cylinder
having the diameter approximating the diameter of said enlarged
ends.
9. The ergonomic hair brush of claim 7 wherein said first type of
bristle is surrounded by bristles of a second type, wherein said
second type bristle is substantially shorter than said elongated
stiff bristle.
10. An ergonomic hair brush of claim 7 wherein each elongated
bristle emanates from sites arranged in rows.
11. An ergonomic hair brush of claim 10 wherein a first row of
sites contains at least one stiff bristle surrounded by shorter
bristles of a second type.
12. An ergonomic hair brush of claim 11 wherein an adjacent row of
bristle sites is offset with respect to said first row and each
site in the adjacent row contains at least one elongates stiff
bristle surrounded by shorter bristles of a third type.
13. The ergonomic hair brush of claim 7 wherein the end of the
brush head remote from the handle is flat.
Description
[0001] This application relates to a hairbrush which has a shape
that when combined with a selected bristle combination and
placement improves the grooming characteristics of the brush over
known brushes of the prior art.
[0002] The bristles of the brush described herein are a combination
of double pinned nylon bristles which are the longest bristles in
the brush head and are arranged in rows preferably forming a spiral
arrangement on the brush head. Surrounding the double pinned nylon
bristles at each site in each row is a series of shorter bristles
of a different type whose function it is to groom the hair in a
particular manner for a hair treatment operation.
[0003] In this instance, the disclosure describes two different
types of shorter bristles which surround the longer doubled pinned
nylon bristles. The shorter bristles of a first type surround the
double pinned nylon bristles in a first row, and the shorter
bristles of a second type are made to surround the double pinned
nylon bristles of the next adjacent row.
[0004] Each such row always contains double pinned nylon bristles
which have a length such that the outer ends lie in the surface of
a right cylinder. These rows alternate preferably in a spiral
fashion over a brush surface that is described to be concave, so
that the entire bush head surface is covered with rows of bristles
arranged (in this instance) in spiral fashion. Each row of bristles
is staggered so that the bristles of each row are offset from each
other to ensure excellent engagement with hair being treated. The
surface of the brush head containing the bristle sites may be
coated with a suitable colour changing thermochromic material to
indicate to the brush user the temperature of the surface of the
hair brush barrel in which the bristles are held.
[0005] The surface of the hair brush head is therefore concave and
is preferably that of a surface revolution in which the central
portion has a minimum diameter so as to be a concave surface. The
smooth concave surface is interrupted at the ends to define a
sharply rising surface at each end of the brush head which is
enlarged so as to prevent hair tangling when the operator is
performing a hairstyling operation. The end of the brush remote
from the handle is designed to be flat.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0006] The combination of bristle selection combined with the shape
of the barrel provides a hair brush with superior hair grooming
characteristics. Coupled with this, the barrel of the brush may be
coated with a thermochromic material to indicate the temperature of
the brush barrel. This combination provides the hairstylist with a
balanced brush which is easy to use and has excellent hair grooming
qualities which generally avoids hair tangles to which prior art
brushes are subject.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0007] FIG. 1 is a perspective of the brush of the prior art;
[0008] FIG. 2 is a plan view of the brush of this invention;
[0009] FIG. 3 is an enlargement of the brush bristle-barrel surface
of the brush of FIG. 2.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0010] Referring now to FIG. 1, a brush 10 of the prior art is
shown having a handle 12 and brush head 14. Here bristles 16 are
shown protruding through apertures in cylindraceous surface 18 of
brush head 14.
[0011] Referring now to FIGS. 2 and 3, the hair brush 100 of this
invention is illustrated. Here a brush handle 112 is shown being
integrally attached to brush head 114. Brush handle 112 is
generally covered with a soft high friction material. Bristles 116
(hard nylon) protrude from bristle sites 118 in the surface of
brush head 114. Similarly, bristles 116 also protrude from the
brush head alternate sites 140.
[0012] Note that the bristle sites 118 and 140 are staggered so
that there will be a maximum contact with the strands of hair being
first separated by the long (nylon) bristles 116. Each bristle site
always gives rise to at least one long (nylon) bristle which is
surrounded by short bristles of a specific type. Sites in each row
are offset with sites of adjacent rows.
[0013] Handle 112 decreases in diameter at 122 and brush head 114
enlarges to form anti-tangle rings 124, 126 at each end of concave
surface of revolution 128. It will be quite evident that the
anti-tangle end rings are formed to be separate from the concave
surface 128; there being a definite step in the surface topography
shown at conical ring surface 130.
[0014] Referring specifically to FIG. 3, it will be seen that
bristle sites 118 and 140 have been shown to illustrate the various
positions of bristles. Each of the bristle sites 118 and 140 always
has at least one long bristle 116 (nylon) projecting therefrom. The
bristle sites 118 and 140 are staggered with respect to each other
so as to provide the maximum contact with the locks of hair being
treated on brush 100.
[0015] Each of bristle sites such as 120 also supports short
bristles (white boar) 120 as well as long (nylon) bristles 116.
Each of the bristle sites 140 supports at least one long (nylon)
bristle 116 as well as short black (boar) bristles 142. In this
manner, brush 100 may be used to straighten hair, or it may be used
to shine hair.
[0016] This brush is ergonomic, that is the handle 112 is shaped to
feel comfortable in the hand of the user and the balance provided
by the large brush head 114 makes the brush feel "good" to the
user.
[0017] There are many advantages to this brush. First the
combination of bristles 116, 120 and 142 produces a superior hair
grooming performance. The long nylon bristles 116 provide an
extended length of the brush head bristles so that hair may be
conveniently separated and wrapped on brush head 14 because of
early contact with the long stiff nylon bristles 116. The hair
being groomed is then contacted by bristles 120 or 142. These
bristles serve to either "shine" the hair being contacted (white
boar bristles 120) or the gripping bristles (black boar bristles
142) which are useful in straightening hair.
[0018] The shape of the brush head, the concave surface 128 which
may be coated with a thermochromic colour changing material is a
handy reference to indicate surface temperature of the brush head.
The rows of bristles may be spiraled (not shown) and in any event,
the bristles of different types are staggered to provide maximum
contact with the hair being groomed.
[0019] The ends of the brush head are enlarged to prevent tangling
of the hair, as prior art brushes are prone to do. With this brush,
it is almost impossible to wrap hair being groomed around the end
of the brush.
[0020] Because the end of the brush is flat, there is a natural
tendency to place the brush on its head end when not in use. This
provides a convenient storage mode for the brush.
[0021] Many modifications and other embodiments of the invention
will come to the mind of one skilled in the art having benefit of
the teachings presented in the foregoing descriptions and the
associated drawings. Therefore, it is to be understood that the
invention is not to be limited to the specific embodiments
disclosed, and that the modifications and embodiments are intended
to be included within the scope of the dependent claims.
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