Patent ID: 6039051
Filing Date: 2000-03-21
Classification: A45D,A46B

Abstract:
A brush comprising:a handle;a ferrule, wherein a base portion of said ferrule is secured to said handle and a periphery portion of said ferrule having an substantially elliptical cross-section; and a tuft having a plurality of bristles, said tuft further having a root portion and a tip portion, said root portion being anchored in said ferrule, and said tip portion having a generally elliptical cross-section having two lateral edge portions, a longitudinally extending center region and two longitudinal edge portions;wherein the distance between said edge portions of said tip portion is approximately 9 mm and the distance between said longitudinal edge portions of said tip portion is aproximately 21 mm;wherein said plurality of bristles have distances from an outer portion of said ferrule which approximately vary such that lengths from the outer portion of said ferrule to the tip portion increase from the lateral edge portions of the elliptical cross-section of said tip portion to said longitudinally extending center region of the elliptical cross-section of said tip portion, and further wherein said plurality of bristles have lengths from the outer portion of said ferrule to the tip portion which approximately vary such that the lengths from the outer portion of said ferrule to the tip portion increase from one longitudinal edge portion to a maximum length and decrease from said maximum length to a minimum length at the other longitudinal edge portion.