Patent · US Expired

Pet brush system

US7124712B2 · kind B2 · utility

6Cited by
6References
13Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 12, 2001
Grant dateOct 24, 2006
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 12, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA01K13/002
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A pet brush including a brush body; which has a central aperture therethrough and a lower cylindrical peripheral wall of an enlarged diameter and an upper peripheral wall; a handle, which is adapted to be grasped by a user with a free proximal end and a cylindrical distal end with an aperture; a bristle pad, which is provided with a plurality of bristles; which have tips at a location remote from the brush body and the upper ends coupled to the bristle pad and located within the cylindrical lower wall of the brush body; a push plate, which is included with apertures receiving the bristles therethrough and included with an interior central rod extending through the central aperture of the brush body to an operator controlled push button secured to the upper end thereof; a spring within the upper cylindrical peripheral wall of the brush body adapted to push the push button away from the bristle pad and adapted to be contracted upon the depression of the push button to move the central rod downwardly.

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