Vibrating hair brush having isolator support system for controlled vibratory movement

US7814601B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Conopco, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Jeffrey S. Taggart · McLean, US
• Jeffrey M. Kalman · Cleveland Heights, US
• John R. Nottingham · Bratenahl, US
• John W. Spirk · Moreland Hills, US
• Jay Tapper · North Palm Beach, US
• Rachel Marie Nottingham · Cleveland Heights, US
• Carolyn McNeeley · University Heights, US
• Richard Skinner · Grimes, US
• Brian Douglas Wall · Bebington, GB
• Stephen Lee Wire · Bebington, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 2, 2007
• Grant date: Oct 19, 2010
• Expiry date: Feb 24, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61H2205/021
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A vibrating hair brush provides enhanced detangling of user's hair. The brush has a bristle pad comprising a plurality of bristles disposed in a brush head. The bristle pad is supported within the brush head by a vibrating motor and isolator assembly disposed for directing a vibratory movement of the motor to a bristle pad movement in a plane generally parallel to a user's scalp. The motor and isolator assembly effectively translate a circular vibratory movement of the offset weight into an elliptical movement of the bristle pad while insulating the vibration caused by the movement of the weight from a handle of the brush.