Patent Application
20240138556
The disclosure relates to fluid-dispensing hairbrush devices and more particularly pertains to a new fluid-dispensing hairbrush device for dispensing fluid into hair while brushing it.
The prior art relates to fluid-dispensing hairbrush devices which comprise a reservoir for holding a fluid and a mechanism for dispensing the held fluid through dispensing apertures on the brush head and onto hair while brushing the hair.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a handle having a first end, a second end, and a perimeter wall, wherein the handle is elongated from the first end to the second end. The handle has an interior space defining a reservoir for containing a fluid, and the first end comprises an opening extending into the reservoir. A brush head has a base end and a front surface. A plurality of bristles is attached to and extends away from the front surface. An aperture extends through the front surface of the brush head. A conduit extends into the base end of the brush head and is in fluid communication with the dispensing aperture and the reservoir.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A plunger 36 is coupled to the handle 12 and extends through the perimeter wall 18 of the handle 12. The plunger 36 is in fluid communication with the reservoir 22 such that when the plunger 36 is actuated the plunger 36 injects air into the reservoir 22 to urge fluid 52 from the reservoir 22 into the conduit 32. The plunger 36 will typically comprise a one-way valve 38 configured for only permitting air to transfer into the reservoir 22.
In one embodiment, the plunger 36 comprises a resiliently collapsible wall 40 that encloses a chamber 42 and an inlet hole 44 that extends through the wall 40 to the chamber 42. In this embodiment, the one-way valve 38 is integrated into the wall 40 in the form of a pair of resiliently flexible flaps 46 positioned in abutment with each other when the plunger 36 is in a rest condition 48. When the inlet hole 44 is covered and the plunger 36 is collapsed, air is forced through a gap 48 between the pair of flaps 46 and into the reservoir 22. Thus, the fluid 52 in the reservoir 22 is urged through the conduit 32 and out of the plurality of dispensing apertures 30. When the inlet hole 44 is uncovered and the plunger 36 is released, the plunger 36 returns to the rest condition 48. The pair of flaps 46 close the gap 48, and the plunger 36 decompresses to draw air through the inlet hole 44 into the chamber 42.
The base end 26 is removably coupled to the first end 14 of the handle 12 to facilitate filling of the reservoir 22 with fluid 52. The base end 26 of the brush head 24 and the first end 14 of the handle 12 are shown in one embodiment to be threadably coupled together but may be removably coupled through a spring-biased fastener, a latch, or the like. The front surface 28 of the brush head 24 faces a same direction as the inlet hole 44 of the plunger 36 to facilitate a user actuating the plunger 36 with a thumb 54 of the user while brushing hair of the user. A one-way inlet valve 50 is positioned in the conduit 32 adjacent the base end 26 of the brush head 24 and is configured to only permit the fluid 52 to transfer into the conduit 32 from the reservoir 22.
In use, the user removes the brush head 24 from the handle 12 and fills the reservoir 22 with a fluid 52 such as water, hair conditioning composition, or the like to be dispensed into hair. The brush head 24 is then reattached to the handle 12. The user thereafter brushes their hair with the bristles 34 while selectively actuating the plunger 36. When the plunger 36 is actuated, the plunger 36 urges air into the reservoir 22 to force the fluid 52 through the conduit 32 and outward of the plurality of dispensing apertures 30 onto the hair and scalp. The user may continue to brush the hair with the bristles 34 to disperse the fluid 52 throughout the hair and style the hair as desired.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded.
A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
