Patent ID: 7140061
Filing Date: 2006-11-28
Classification: A46B

Abstract:
1. A system for protecting bristles, comprising: a handle having a distal end and a proximal end, the handle having the bristles attached at the distal end, the handle formed to have an elongate shape and a circular cross-sectional configuration; a stretchable sleeve sized and shaped to be slideably received over the handle and to expand and thereafter contract in diameter to accommodate different diameters of the handle, the sleeve formed of a unitary piece of woven material and formed of a length to at least cover the bristles and to cover at least a portion of the handle, the sleeve formed to have a tubular shape with a circular cross-sectional configuration and formed to expand over the handle and contract over the bristles to hold the bristles straight when removed therefrom and that permits air and evaporating liquid to pass therethrough in both directions, and to be rigid in order to support the handle and bristles in a vertical orientation.