Patent ID: 6678914
Filing Date: 2004-01-20
Classification: A46D,D01F,Y10T

Abstract:
A brush having a handle portion, and a head portion having bristle material firmly attached thereto,wherein the bristle material is prepared from a thermoplastic polymer monofilament oriented from 3.0-6.0 times its original length, having a diameter of 125-600 microns, and containing 0.2-5.0% by weight, based on the weight of the monofilament, of glitter particles; and wherein a glitter particle has a particle size of 50-400 microns in its longest diameter, a thickness of 2-50 microns, and a diameter to thickness ratio of at least 2 to 1; and the longest diameter of the particle is not greater than 80% of the diameter of the filament.