Brush with flexible bristles
US5881426A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 18, 1997 |
| Grant date | Mar 16, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 18, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA46B9/023
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A brush with flexible bristles in which each bristle includes a flexion integral with the bristle to provide innate resilience to the bristle for flexing along its longitudinal axis. The brush fitted with the bristles includes a perforated brushhead for passing the bristles so as to maintain the bristles on their axis. A trapezoidal bristle grid provides for bristle density in the brush comparable the standard brush density.
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