WO1988000446A1 - Brosse a cheveux concue pour modeler et faire gonfler les cheveux - Google Patents

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WO1988000446A1
WO1988000446A1 PCT/US1987/001266 US8701266W WO8800446A1 WO 1988000446 A1 WO1988000446 A1 WO 1988000446A1 US 8701266 W US8701266 W US 8701266W WO 8800446 A1 WO8800446 A1 WO 8800446A1
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Henry Koffler
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B9/00—Arrangements of the bristles in the brush body
    • A46B9/02—Position or arrangement of bristles in relation to surface of the brush body, e.g. inclined, in rows, in groups
    • A46B9/023—Position or arrangement of bristles in relation to surface of the brush body, e.g. inclined, in rows, in groups arranged like in hair brushes, e.g. hair treatment, dyeing, streaking
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B2200/00—Brushes characterized by their functions, uses or applications
    • A46B2200/10—For human or animal care
    • A46B2200/104—Hair brush

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  • This invention relates to a new and improved hairbrush constructed and arranged to minimize tangling and snarling and to lift and shape hair to each individual head.
  • U.S. Patent No. 651,841 to Flemming discloses a method of manufacturing brushes with curved backs.
  • methods are provided for producing brushes whose free ends define any desired curved configuration such as brushes of serpentine, spherical, ellipsodial, cylindrical, or other curved form.
  • all of the bristles are of equal length extending from the base of the brush. Therefore, all of the brush bristles have the same penetrating effect into the depth of hair being brushed. Therefore, when the brushes produced by the method of this patent move across a person's head, all of the bristles either penetrate to the scalp to scratch the latter or fail to penetrate to a hair depth sufficient to avoid snarling or tangling.
  • brushes produced by the Flemming method are incapable of performing the function of the brushes of the present invention that will be described in greater detail later.
  • U.S. Patent No. 1,259,571 to Wiens discloses a shaving brush having soft bristles.
  • Such a brush structure may be suitable for applying shaving cream onto the face of a person desiring to shave.
  • the brush resulting from the method of this invention is incapable of brushing hair on the scalp of an individual.
  • U.S. Patent No. 1,393,635 to ondy discloses an electric hairbrush whose bristles are of uniform length extending from a brush base that is curved convexly both in the direction of the length of the brush handle and transverse to the brush handle.
  • Each of the bristles of such a brush is capable of entering the depth of hair that equals the depth of hair penetrated by every other bristle.
  • all the bristles of the Mondy brush are either stiff enough to penetrate the hair to the scalp to scratch the latter during hairbrushing, or are soft enough to fail to penetrate into the lower depths of the hair so that the hair remains at least partly snarled and/or tangled after brushing.
  • U.S. Patent No. 1,963,389 to Vardeman discloses an arrangement of bristles for a toothbrush.
  • the outer ends of the bristles form a concave discontinuous surface in the direction of the length of the toothbrush handle. While such a toothbrush is designed to provide ready penetration between adjacent teeth for the efficient cleaning of all cracks and crevices, such a toothbrush would not be suitable for brushing hair on the scalp of a human being.
  • U.S. Patent No. 3,047,898 to Levite discloses a multi- use hairbrush provided with four different types of bristle ranging from fine flexible smoothing bristles on one side to coarse stiff combing bristles on the other side.
  • two adjacent rows of bristles of each type extend parallel to one another along the length of the brush in the direction of the brush handle and gradually change in stiffness from pair to pair from said flexible smoothing bristles along one side edge of the brush to said stiff combing bristles along the other side edge of the brush.
  • the necessity for fabricating a hairbrush having four different types of bristles renders the fabrication process awkward to say the least, because of the need to maintain an inventory of four different types of bristles.
  • U.S. Patent No. 3,180,342 to Dietsch discloses a brush- comb.
  • rows of bristles having the characteristics of brush bristles alternate with rows of teeth having the characteristics of teeth in a comb.
  • the rows extend in the direction of the length of the handle of the utensil.
  • the length of the bristles or teeth gradually decrease from a maximum length at a maximum distance from the utensil handle to a minimum length at the end of the utensil adjacent its handle.
  • Brush-combs of this type are used particularly for grooming permanent wave coiffures, and are not suitable for the type of hairbrushing at which the present invention excels, as will be explained later.
  • U.S. Patent No. 4,041,066 to Okazaki discloses a hairbrush comprising a plurality of tufts of bristles evenly and orderly distributed over the face portion of the brush.
  • Each tuft consists of bristles of three different lengths.
  • the bristles are divided into three rows in a manner such that the longest bristles account for the largest numerical portion of each tuft of bristles and the smaller sizes are of a correspondingly lesser amount in accordance with a predetermined proportion.
  • the tufts extend obliquely from the base of the brush so that three oblique, parallel rows of tufts on one side of the longitudinal axis of the brush diverge from three oblique, parallel rows on the other side of the longitudinal axis of the brush.
  • each length of bristle in each tuft lie in one or another of three flat, discontinuous planes so that when the brush moves across a person's head, each increment of hair is subjected to six intermittent brushings by six lines of tufts, each tuft having three bristles of different length.
  • This invention provides a hairbrush containing either individual bristles or bunches of bristles constructed and arranged to minimize tangling or snarling during the hairbrushing operation and to lift and shape hair to each individual head.
  • This invention arranges bristles of uniform thickness but of different lengths in a special manner devised by the teachings of the present invention to avoid tangling or snarling and still obtain a smooth fluffing of the hair that shows the layers of hair in a better light than hairbrushes of the prior art.
  • Brushes containing bristles of uniform thickness are easy to fabricate. Since all bristles have the same thickness, inventory problems are minimized. Elongated strands of bristle material of a uniform thickness can be kept in inventory and cut to suitable lengths when such lengths are needed for production.
  • FIG. 1 is a longitudinal side view of a hairbrush conforming to this invention, with the bristle arrangement shown in phantom;
  • FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a universal embodiment of the present invention taken along line II - II of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a view similar to that of FIG. 1 of a second embodiment of the present invention suitable for use by a person who brushes his hair with his right hand;
  • FIG. 4 is a view similar to those of FIGS. 2 and 3 showing the cross-section of a third embodiment of brush suitable for use by a person who brushes his hair using his left hand;
  • FIG. 5 is a view of an alternate embodiment of a hairbrush similar to that of FIG. 3 wherein the bristles are arranged in bunches;
  • FIG. 6 is a view similar to that of FIG. 1 of an additional embodiment of this invention.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 a first embodiment of the present invention is disclosed for universal use by left-handed and right-handed people.
  • the brush of uniformly spaced, longitudinally extending rows of bristles mounted to extend outwardly from a base 10.
  • the latter is connected to and in line with an elongated handle.
  • the view in FIG. 2 is a cross-section of the base showing a centrally disposed bristle 11 from a longitudinally extending row of bristles 11 extending outwardly from the base a maximum distance, flanked by slightly shorter bristles 12 in laterally adjacent flanking rows.
  • the latter are flanked outwardly by rows of additional bristles 13 slightly shorter than bristles 12.
  • An outermost row of shortest bristles 14 is arranged in laterally spaced relation outwardly of each row containing bristles 13.
  • bristles 11 are three-quarters of an inch long
  • bristles 12 are five- eighths inch long
  • bristles 13 are one-half inch long
  • bristles 14 are three-eighths inch long. All of the bristles in each row are of the same length along its associated row.
  • the bristles are all of the same thickness and may be provided with tips (not shown) at their free ends and may be enlarged at their bottom ends to fit in apertures through the roof of the base portion 10 to support the bristles that extend outwardly from base 10.
  • the bristles may be of different hardness depending on type of hair if coarse, normal and thin hair.
  • the row of longest bristles 11 leaves the thickness of the hair and successively, the row of shorter bristles 12 subsequently leave the hair followed by the next row of shorter bristles 13 until finally the shortest bristles 14 of the row of shortest bristles leave the hair of the person whose hair is being brushed at the end of the brushing stroke.
  • Each successive increment of hair that is brushed has its strands initially lifted and separated by the longest bristles 11.
  • the progressively shorter bristles 12, 13 and 14 engage the increment of hair to be brushed, they shape and smooth the strands of hair that were lifted and separated by the row of longest bristles 11.
  • the end row of shortest bristles 14 sequentially smoothes the strands of each increment of hair to provide a desired coiffeur.
  • the hair is brushed while wet. Wet or dry, the present brush works better than prior art brushes to provide the shaping and smoothing by virtue of the operation of the successively shorter lengths of bristles in the successive rows that engage each increment of hair to lift and separate the strands initially, and finally, to pat down and smooth the hair increment by increment.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 show alternate embodiments of the present invention suitable for brushing by right-handed and left- handed people, respectively.
  • a brush base 20 is shown supporting seven parallel, equally spaced rows of bristles 21 through 27. These bristles extend outwardly from the base of the brush by lengths that are progressively shorter from row to row from the right side of the brush containing bristles 21 through successive parallel rows of successively shorter bristles 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 and 27.
  • a right-handed person would move the brush in the direction of the arrow R so as to cause an end row of longest bristles 21 to engage increments of hair from left to right first, followed by successive engagements with rows of bristles of successively shorter lengths to provide the desired result obtained from using only the center row of bristles and those to the left side thereof in the embodiment of FIG. 2.
  • a brush having a base 30 and rows of bristles 31 to 37 arranged for a left-handed person is shown in FIG. 4.
  • the row of longest bristles 31 is located at the left side of the brush and successive rows of successively shorter bristles 32, 33, 34, 35, 36 and 37 (each one to the right of the preceding row) engage each increment of hair across a person's head in succession as a left-handed person brushes the hair using this embodiment, moving the brush in the direction of arrow L.
  • the longest bristles 21 and 31 in the row along the longitudinal side of the brush closer to the hand used by the person brushing are three-quarters inch in length and each successive row of bristles extends one-eighth inch less from the respectively base 20 or 30 until the shortest bristles 27 and 37 along the row opposite the first row of brushes extend one-quarter inch.
  • FIG. 5 shows an additional embodiment of the present invention provided with a relatively narrow base 40 which supports five rows of bristles in bunches.
  • the bristles in bunch 41 are the longest and extend in a row adjacent one side of the brush. Adjacent thereto is a second row containing bunches of bristles 42, having a length less than those of bristles in bunches 41.
  • the next row of bristle bunches has bristles 43 of intermediate length.
  • bristles 44 in the fourth row of bristles have a length less than that of bristles 43.
  • the bunches of bristles 45 extending in a row adjacent the opposite longitudinal side edge of the base 40 have the shortest length of all of the bristles in the brush of FIG. 5.
  • FIG. 5 also shows another feature common to that of FIGS. 1 to 4 in the arrangement of the bristle bunches that may also be provided for bristles arranged in rows of individual bristles.
  • Each individual longitudinally extending row includes bristles that extend in a plane that diverges from the planes defined by the length of bristles in adjacent rows.
  • the angles of divergence between bristles of adjacent rows is essentially uniform.
  • the longitudinally extending rows of bristles or bunches are equally spaced from one another, their individual bristles extend in planes that diverge at equal angles from the planes in which the bristles of adjacent rows extend and the length of bristles of adjacent rows are preferably identical along each row and differ by uniform changes in length between adjacent rows.
  • bristle bunches arranged as depicted in the variation of lengths between adjacent rows of FIG. 2 can be arranged in bunches rather than in rows of individual bristles as depicted in FIG. 2 without departing from the spirit of the present invention.
  • the difference -in length of bristles constituting bunches occupying adjacent rows need not differ in length by exactly the same distance from row to row.
  • bristles used in any one brush are of uniform thickness, except for the portion that is used to attach the coupled end of the bristle to the base 10, 20, 30 or 40 and the presence, if desired, of a tip of soft material at the outer end of the individual bristles that are arranged in rows either as individual bristles or grouped in bunches of bristles. Bristles so tipped do not harm the scalp of an individual whose hair is being brushed as readily as untipped bristles.
  • the brushes shown must be oriented with their bristles or bristle bunches facing downward in the operative position.
  • the embodiment of FIG. 2 shows the ends of the bristles lying in two oblique flat planes that intersect along the row that contains longest bristles 11.
  • the other embodiments show the ends of rows of bristles 21 to 27 lying in flat oblique planes.
  • These flat planes for the free ends of the individual bristles or bristle bunches is preferred, because the flat planes defined by the bristle ends results from uniform row spacing, uniform divergence between adjacent rows and uniform difference in length from row to row.
  • the planes defined by the bristle ends depart from flatness when any of the criteria of bristle length uniformity along any row, uniformity of difference in bristle length from row to adjacent row, and uniform angle of divergence between adjacent pairs of rows departs from uniformity to produce brushes that are only slightly less efficient than the best embodiment, yet are still superior to the prior art.
  • the bristles of each row have a length that is uniform for that row so that the bristle ends define lines that are straight for each row. Since the human scalp is rounded convexly from front to rear, it would appear that having bristles vary in length along the length of each row would provide a better brushing action than brushes provided with rows of bristles whose ends occupy positions along a straight line unique for each row.
  • each skull has a unique shape from front to rear and this shape differs from side to side of the scalp, so that this feature can be obtained only by performing an expensive, time-consuming operation of measuring each individual skull, arranging bristles of a great variety of lengths for assembly and assembling each brush on an individual basis.
  • the hairbrush of the present invention is constructed and arranged to minimize tangling and snarling and to lift hair of the person whose hair is being brushed, which will be used by individual persons and by hair dressers, barbers and other persons who brush hair.

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La brosse à cheveux décrite (10) comprend des soies (11-14, 21-27, 31-37) ou des touffes de soies (41-45) disposées en rangées parallèles. La longueur des soies de chaque rangée change d'une rangée à l'autre dans le sens de déplacement de la brosse dans les cheveux d'une personne qui se brosse les cheveux, de telle sorte que la rangée des soies plus longues (11, 21, 31) soulève ou fait gonfler chaque touffe de cheveux successive supplémentaire dans laquelle s'engage ladite rangée de soies et de telle sorte que les rangées suivantes de soies plus courtes (12-14, 22-27, 32-37) aplatissent chaque touffe de cheveux successive supplémentaire ayant été soulevée par les soies plus longues (11, 21, 31) des rangées précédentes s'étant engagées dans les cheveux.
PCT/US1987/001266 1986-07-21 1987-06-01 Brosse a cheveux concue pour modeler et faire gonfler les cheveux WO1988000446A1 (fr)

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US06/887,216 US4730361A (en) 1986-07-21 1986-07-21 Hairbrush constructed and arranged to lift and shape hair
US887,216 1986-07-21
CA523,666 1986-09-24
CA000523666A CA1274361A (fr) 1986-07-21 1986-09-24 Brosse a cheveux faite pour dresser et styliser la chevelure

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US792013A (en) * 1904-11-21 1905-06-13 Carl Eduard Flemming Combination brush and comb.
GB225048A (en) * 1923-08-17 1924-11-27 Charles Barnett Improvements in or relating to brushes
US1950667A (en) * 1932-12-17 1934-03-13 Fulton Nell Hair comb
US2633591A (en) * 1950-08-10 1953-04-07 William J Servilla Wave hairbrush
US4121314A (en) * 1977-04-14 1978-10-24 Nathe Marcus A Collapsible brush
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