Patent Publication Number: US-2018027957-A1

Title: Protective Brush Cover

Description:
(b) CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
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     (c) STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT 
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     (d) THE NAMES OF THE PARTIES TO A JOINT RESEARCH AGREEMENT 
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     (f) STATEMENT REGARDING PRIOR DISCLOSURES BY THE INVENTOR OR JOINT INVENTOR 
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     (g) BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention 
     (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98 
     The disclosure and prior art relates to brush covers and more particularly pertains to a new brush cover for sanitary use of brushes. 
     (h) BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a shell having an open end. The shell is pliable. A plurality of penetrations is positioned through the shell. Each penetration is configured to allow passage of water through the shell and to reject passage of microbes through the shell. A closure is coupled to the shell adjacent to the open end. The shell is sized and configured such that the bristle section of a brush is insertable through the open end into the shell. The closure is positioned on the shell such that the closure is configured to reversibly couple to a handle of the brush to retain the shell in a covering position over the bristle section. The shell is configured to deter passage of microbes from the bristle section to a user. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       (i) BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S) 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is an isometric perspective view of a protective brush cover according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is a side view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a bottom view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is a cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 5  is an in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     (j) DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 5  thereof, a new brush cover embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 5 , the protective brush cover  10  generally comprises a shell  12  that has an open end  14 . The shell  12  is pliable. The shell  12  is sized and configured such that the bristle section of a brush is insertable through the open end  14  into the shell  12 . In one embodiment, the shell  12  is sized and configured such that the bristle section of a barber brush is insertable through the open end  14  into the shell  12 . In another embodiment, the shell  12  is sized and configured such that the bristle section of a makeup brush is insertable through the open end  14  into the shell  12 . The shell  12  has a closed end  16 . In one embodiment, the closed end  16  is rounded. 
     A plurality of penetrations  18  is positioned through the shell  12 . Each penetration  18  is configured to allow passage of water through the shell  12  and to reject passage of microbes through the shell  12 . In one embodiment, the penetrations  18  are sized at from 0.1 to 45 micrometers. In another embodiment, the penetrations  18  are sized at from 10 to 45 micrometers. In yet another embodiment, the penetrations  18  are sized at substantially 45 micrometers. 
     A closure  20  is coupled to the shell  12  adjacent to the open end  14 . The closure  20  is positioned on the shell  12  such that the closure  20  is configured to reversibly couple to a handle of the brush to retain the shell  12  in a covering position over the bristle section. In one embodiment, the closure  20  is configured to couple to a barber brush. In another embodiment, the closure  20  is configured to couple to a makeup brush. 
     In yet another embodiment, the closure  20  comprises a sleeve  22  and an annular elastic band  24 . The sleeve  22  is coupled to the shell  12  around a perimeter  26  of the open end  14 . The annular elastic band  24  is positioned in the sleeve  22  and is configured to be stretched by a user to enlarge the open end  14 . The open end  14 , thus enlarged, is configured to insert the bristle section of the brush through the open end  14  into the shell  12 . The annular elastic band  24  is configured to contract to compress the open end  14 . The open end  14  is configured to reversibly couple to the handle of the brush to retain the shell  12  in a covering position over the bristle section. 
     In use, the shell  12  is sized and configured such that the bristle section of a brush is insertable through the open end  14  into the shell  12 . The closure  20  is positioned on the shell  12  such that the closure  20  is configured to reversibly couple to a handle of the brush to retain the shell  12  in a covering position over the bristle section. The shell  12  is configured to deter passage of microbes from the bristle section of the brush to a user. 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.