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Cleaning attachment for a brushRelated Patent Categories: Brushing, Scrubbing, And General Cleaning, AttachmentsCleaning attachment for a brush description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060288512, Cleaning attachment for a brush. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] This invention relates to hairbrushes comprising bristles that extend outwardly from a support base. More particularly, it relates to a fabric member that is adapted to closely surround the base of the brush with the bristles projecting outwardly through openings in it, and that is further adapted to be removed from the brush, and carry with it hair that was caught between the bristles. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] Over a period of use hairbrushes accumulate loose hair in spaces between the bristles of the brush. It is both difficult and time consuming to remove this hair from the brush. Brushes have been proposed that include a cleaning feature. Examples of such brushes are shown in the patent literature by the following U.S. Pat. No. 4,202,361, granted May 13, 1990, to John E. Bills; No. 4,191,200, granted Mar. 4, 1980, to Frank J. Renda; No. 4,988,228, granted Jan. 29, 1991, to Ching-Yaun Yeh; No. 5,904,150, granted May 18, 1999, to Christina Caristo and Rocco Caristo; No. 6,070,594, granted Jun. 6, 2000, to Christopher Mears; No. 6,595,219, granted Jul. 22, 2003, to Mitchell E. Anderson; and No. 6,631,831, granted Oct. 14, 2003, to David J. Loiselle. [0003] There is a need for an easy and inexpensive way of cleaning a standard hairbrush. A principal object of the present invention is to fill that need. BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0004] The present invention includes providing an elastic fabric member comprising crossing elastic threads defining openings in the fabric bounded by the threads. The fabric member is adapted to closely surround the base of a brush and allow the bristles of the brush to project from the base through the openings in the fabric member. The fabric member is adapted to be moved outwardly from the base along the bristles and off of the brush. As it moves, the fabric member carries with it hair that was caught between the bristles of the brush outwardly the fabric member. [0005] The elastic fabric member is usable with both a brush having a base that is generally circular in cross section, with bristles projecting radially outwardly from it all the way around the base, and a base that has a first side from which the bristles project and a second side that has no bristles. [0006] The fabric member may be made in the form of an expandable/contractable sleeve that is dimensioned to closely surround the base of the brush. The sleeve is expandable in diameter so that it can be placed on and removed from the bristle portion of the brush. The sleeve preferably has elastic end bands. [0007] In another form of the invention, the elastic fabric member is a wrap having a central portion adapted to be placed on the bristles and moved inwardly along the bristles into a position adjacent the base. The wrap has opposite ends that are brought together and secured together to hold the wrap on the base of the brush. This may be done by providing the ends of the wrap with hook and loop fasteners for securing the ends together. [0008] Other objects, advantages and features of the invention will become apparent from the description of the best mode set forth below, from the drawings, from the claims and from the principals that are embodies in the specific structures that are illustrated and described. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS [0009] Like reference numerals are used to designate like parts throughout the several views of the drawing, and: [0010] FIG. 1 is a pictorial view of a brush assembly that includes a cleaning member stretched over the base of the brush which includes the bristles, such view showing the bristles projecting through openings in the member and showing the fabric member closely adjacent the base of the brush; [0011] FIG. 2 is an enlarge scale fragmentary view of a portion of the brush assembly, better showing the bristles projecting outwardly through openings that are formed in the fabric member by and between the threads that make up the fabric member; [0012] FIG. 3 is another pictorial view on yet a larger scale, showing a single bristle projecting through an opening formed in the fabric member; [0013] FIG. 4 is an exploded pictorial view showing the brush of FIG. 1, the fabric member that is in FIG. 1, in a collapsed position, and a stretching form for the fabric member shown spaced from the fabric member; [0014] FIG. 5 is a fragmentary side view with some parts in side elevation and some parts in section, such views showing the fabric member stretched over the form member and showing the bristle portion of the brush about to be inserted into the form member; [0015] FIG. 6 is a view like FIG. 5, but showing the bristle portion of the brush inserted into the form member; [0016] FIG. 7 is a cross sectional view through a fabric member in the form of a sleeve, such view showing the fabric member's sleeve having a substantially circular cross sectional configuration; [0017] FIG. 8 is a cross sectional view taken through the bristle portion of the brush; [0018] FIG. 9 is a view showing the fabric member expanded and the bristle portion of the brush aligned with a central opening that extends through the fabric member; [0019] FIG. 10 is a cross sectional view like FIGS. 7 and 8, but showing the fabric member contracted on the bristle portion of the brush, and showing the bristles of the brush projecting outwardly through openings in the fabric member, and showing the fabric member closely surrounding the base of the brush; [0020] FIG. 11 is an enlarge scale sectional view taken at one end of the fabric sleeve, including a cross sectional view of an expandable bead that is provided at the end of the fabric sleeve; and Continue reading about Cleaning attachment for a brush... 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