U.S. patent application number 16/061017 was filed with the patent office on 2018-12-20 for hairbrush.
The applicant listed for this patent is ZUNA CORPORATION. Invention is credited to Kyeh Bong CHANG.
Application Number | 20180360201 16/061017 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 56615272 |
Filed Date | 2018-12-20 |
United States Patent
Application |
20180360201 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
CHANG; Kyeh Bong |
December 20, 2018 |
HAIRBRUSH
Abstract
A hairbrush, comprising: a body having a channel opening; an
elastic plate formed to surround the channel opening; a handle
attached to one end of the body; a hook opening formed along an
edge line of an outer frame; an elastic plate inserted through the
hook opening; bristles planted vertical to the elastic plate and
extending upward; metal plate attached on an upper surface of the
elastic plate and inserted through the hook opening; elongate
openings formed through the metal plate and allowing the bristles
to pass vertically through the elongate openings; and a cap fixing
the metal plate and elastic plate to the body and closing the
channel opening.
Inventors: |
CHANG; Kyeh Bong; (Seoul,
KR) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
ZUNA CORPORATION |
Seoul |
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KR |
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Family ID: |
56615272 |
Appl. No.: |
16/061017 |
Filed: |
July 29, 2015 |
PCT Filed: |
July 29, 2015 |
PCT NO: |
PCT/KR2015/007924 |
371 Date: |
June 11, 2018 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
1/1 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A46B 9/023 20130101;
A46B 2200/104 20130101; A46B 17/06 20130101 |
International
Class: |
A46B 9/02 20060101
A46B009/02; A46B 17/06 20060101 A46B017/06 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Feb 11, 2015 |
KR |
10-2015-0020885 |
Claims
1-2. (canceled)
3. A hairbrush, consisting of: a body; an outer frame formed in the
body and having a hook groove along a circumference of the outer
frame; an elastic plate waved side to side; a plurality of bristles
planted in the elastic plate to be perpendicular to the elastic
plate; a metal plate having a plurality of elongate openings to
guide out the bristles through the elongate openings and fittingly
attached on top of the elastic plate, wherein the metal plate is
ceramic-coated, and wherein the elastic plate and the metal plate
are edge-inserted in and along the hook groove so that a channel
opening remains formed between the outer frame and the elastic
plate; a handle attached to one end of the body; and a cap fixedly
attached to another end of the body, wherein the elongate openings
are formed in a longitudinal direction or the cap to handle
direction to evenly allow the bristles planted in the elastic plate
to come out through the elongate openings, wherein the elongate
openings are formed alternately different in length to prevent hair
tangling at the start of hair brushing and improve a soft holding
of hair.
4. The hairbrush of claim 3, wherein the elongate openings are
numbered nine in total and alternately different in length.
5. The hairbrush of claim 3, wherein the elongate openings comprise
four longer elongate openings and four shorter elongate
openings.
6. The hairbrush of claim 5, wherein the three elongate openings
are centered lengthwise and widthwise in the metal plate when
compared to alignment of the four longer elongate openings.
7. The hairbrush of claim 5, wherein the elongate openings comprise
four longer elongate openings, and three shorter elongate openings
among the four longer elongate openings in an alternate order.
8. The hairbrush of claim 3, wherein the elastic plate is formed of
a rubber material.
Description
BACKGROUND
[0001] The present invention relates to a hairbrush usable either
to simply brush hair or straighten wavy hair, and more particularly
to, a hairbrush enabling heat from a hair dryer to evenly stay
longer in the hair while brushing hair by applying a metal plate in
the hairbrush so that the heat from a hair dryer can stay longer
between hairbrush bristles thus to improve a hair straightening
capacity.
[0002] A variety of hair tools are used to manage hair. One of the
leading hair managing tools is a hairbrush which is widely loved in
households as well as in hair dressing shops. In particular,
professional hair dressing shops commonly use hairbrushes together
with hair dryers either to generate wavy hairs or to straighten
wavy hairs depending on needs.
[0003] A developing trend in hair dressing shops is to get equipped
with a variety of specific types of or custom made types of
hairbrushes depending on needs of professional hair dressers.
[0004] A conventional hairbrush is shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, where
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a conventional hairbrush and FIG. 2
is a cross section of FIG. 1.
[0005] As shown therein, a conventional hairbrush has a body 11
having an opening 12 and a frame 13 surrounding the opening 12. A
handle 14 is fixed to a side of the body 11 and a hook opening 15
extending from the opening 12 is formed along an outer periphery of
the frame 13 to hold a cover plate 16.
[0006] Bristles 17 are formed extending from the cover plate 16
spaced and curved to surround the opening 12. The cover plate 17 is
usually formed of a rubber material with elasticity.
[0007] The conventional hairbrush is used to simply brush hair or
straighten wavy hair using a hair dryer. The function and usage of
the conventional hairbrush will be explained. When using for
brushing hair, the body 11 is turned holding the handle 14 to let
the bristles 17 face down up and moved toward hair, where the
bristles 17 move between the hair to achieve the hair brushing
effect.
[0008] To use the conventional hairbrush for straightening wavy
hair, a hair dryer is utilized so that a heat blow from the hair
dryer can reach the hair while moving the hairbrush and straighten
the wavy hair with a relatively low efficiency.
[0009] A disadvantage of the conventional hairbrush is a low
efficiency in hair straightening when using a hair dryer since the
heat from the hair dryer is mostly wasted without being applied to
the hair. When the hairbrush holds the hair to get straightened,
the heat of a hair dryer usually applies to the hair in about a
right angle but the hair dryer heat is more absorbed by the rubber
material cover plate 16 due to a rubber property characteristic,
thus requiring more time to straightening the hair.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0010] Accordingly, the present invention is contrived to overcome
the disadvantages of the conventional hairbrush.
[0011] An objective of the present invention to solve the prior art
disadvantages is to improve reflection of the heat blow from a hair
dryer when used by a hairbrush according to the present invention,
so that more heat can apply to the hair.
[0012] Another objective of the present invention is to enable the
straightening of wavy hair to take less time and more quickly
straighten the wavy hair.
[0013] Still another objective of the present invention is to
improve the efficiency of wavy hair care and management to thus
meet a user satisfaction and product reliability.
[0014] In order to meet the objectives, the present invention
comprises: a body having a channel opening; an elastic plate formed
to surround the channel opening; a handle attached to one end of
the body; a hook opening formed along an edge line of an outer
frame; an elastic plate inserted through the hook opening; bristles
planted vertical to the elastic plate and extending upward; metal
plate attached on an upper surface of the elastic plate and
inserted through the hook opening; elongate openings formed through
the metal plate and allowing the bristles to pass vertically
through the elongate openings; and a cap fixing the metal plate and
elastic plate to the body and closing the channel opening.
[0015] Advantages of the president invention includes letting the
heat from a hair dryer stay longer in the hair using a heat
reflection property in the hairbrush, straightening wavy hair more
quickly utilizing additional heat from the heat reflection, and
saving time and electric energy with an improved hair straightening
efficiency.
[0016] Although the present invention is briefly summarized, the
full understanding of the invention can be obtained by the
following drawings, detailed description, and appended claims.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0017] These and other features, aspects and advantages of the
present invention will become better understood with reference to
the accompanying drawings, wherein:
[0018] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a conventional
hairbrush;
[0019] FIG. 2 is a cross section taken along line I-I in FIG.
1;
[0020] FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a construction of a
hairbrush according to the present invention;
[0021] FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a metal plate according to
the present invention;
[0022] FIG. 5 is a cross section taken along line II-II in FIG.
3;
[0023] FIG. 6 is a cross section taken along line III-III in FIG.
5; and
[0024] FIG. 7 is an enlargement view of "A" in FIG. 5.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
[0025] Referring to FIGS. 3-7, a hairbrush according to the present
invention includes a body 1 having a channel opening 2, an outer
frame 3, a handle 4 attached to one end of the body 1, a hook
opening 5, an elastic plate 6, bristles 7, a metal plate 8,
elongate openings 9, and a cap 10. The channel opening 2 is formed
by and between the outer frame 3 and the elastic plate 6. The hook
opening 5 is formed along a circumference of the outer frame 3 to
fixedly hold therein the circumferential edge of the elastic plate
6 so as to shape the body 1. The handle 4 is attached to one end of
the body 1 and the cap 10 is detachably attached to another end of
the body 1.
[0026] The elastic plate 6 is formed straight from the handle 4
side to the cap 10 side but substantially waved from side to side
to maintain a predetermined length of the channel opening 2 serving
as a longitudinal channel to decrease weight of the hairbrush.
[0027] In order to construct the hairbrush, the metal plate 8 is
fittingly attached on top of the elastic plate 6 and the attached
plates are inserted through the hook opening 5 from the cap 10 side
toward the handle 4 side and then fixedly closed by the cap 10 to
maintain the plates and the body between the handle and the cap.
Preferably, the elastic plate 6 is formed of a rubber material to
improve elasticity.
[0028] A plurality of elongate openings 9 are formed through the
metal plate 8 in a longitudinal direction or the cap side to the
handle side direction to evenly allow the bristles 7 planted in the
elastic plate 6 to come out through the elongate openings 9. The
bristles 7 are formed in the elastic plate 6 to be perpendicular to
the surface of the elastic plate 6.
[0029] The outer surface of the metal plate 8 may be ceramic-coated
to improve reflection ratio of heat from a hair dryer so as to
achieve maximum effect of straightening wavy hair.
[0030] While the invention has been shown and described with
reference to different embodiments thereof, it will be appreciated
by those skills in the art that variations in form, detail,
compositions and operation may be made without departing from the
spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the accompanying
claims.
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