Patent ID: 7837403
Filing Date: 2010-11-23
Classification: A01K,A46B

Abstract:
1. A brush for shampooing a fur of an animal, the brush comprising: an ergonomic housing having a first and a second housing portion, a first housing portion comprising an inner chamber fillable with a cleaning fluid and being received in the second housing portion, the housing has a top portion provided with the inlet port unit and a base portion provided with a valve assembly, the top and base portions being sealingly coupled to one another, the top portion is formed with the chamber and provided with the outlet flange, the base portion of the housing having a recess traversed by the outlet flange upon coupling the top and bottom portions together, the top and base portions are shaped so as to define a dome-shaped cross-section of the housing upon coupling with one another; an outlet port unit in the first housing portion and in flow communication with the chamber, the outlet port unit being operable to discharge the fluid from the chamber upon applying an external force to the housing; the outlet port unit received in an opening in the second housing portion, the outlet port unit comprising the valve assembly configured to provide a discharge of the fluid from the outlet opening upon applying the external force to the housing and to prevent the discharge of the fluid upon removing the external force; a unitary brush head comprising a plurality of bristles disposed on a bottom of the second housing portion, the plurality of bristles surrounding the outlet port unit and guiding the discharged fluid to a surface to be treated, the bristles are configured to have a pin-shape, a base of each bristle is wider than its tip wherein the housing has an outlet flange defining a throughgoing outlet opening in flow communication with the chamber, a tray coextending with bottom surface of the bottom portion of the housing and having a tray opening, the tray opening being aligned with and traversed by the outlet flange.