Patent ID: 6745779
Filing Date: 2004-06-08
Classification: A45D,A46B

Abstract:
A liquid-reservoir hairbrush adapted for dispersing water-based solutions and other thin and non-viscous liquids over a user's scalp during hair brushing, comprising:(a) a hairbrush body having a chamber; (b) at least one absorbent filler unit adapted to retain liquid which is placed into the chamber; (c) a filler inlet to permit the user to refill the absorbent filler unit with liquid; and (d) a plurality of hairbrush bristles, each having a proximal end and a distal end, the hairbrush bristles being mounted in a vicinity of their proximal ends to the hairbrush body, wherein at least some of the hairbrush bristles comprise: an elongate body with at least one bore formed therethrough, at least one absorbent feed rod placed into the at least one bore, and a nozzle located at the distal end of each hairbrush bristle comprising at least one rotatably mounted roller-ball, wherein the liquid from the at least one absorbent filler unit is supplied through the at least one absorbent feed rod in a direction of the at least one roller-ball, and wherein the liquid will exit the nozzle when the roller-ball makes rolling contact with the user's scalp.