Patent ID: 7861360

Claim:
A hairbrush for allowing trapped hair to be easily removed therefrom by shifting said hairbrush from an initial position to a final position, said hairbrush comprising: a. a handle for grasping said hairbrush; and, b. a head joined to said handle comprising: i. a shiftable portion comprising: 1. a shiftable plate comprising an array of bristles projecting therefrom; 2. a supporting layer for supporting said plate; 3. an inner frame surrounding said shiftable plate and engaged with said supporting layer; and, 4. a pair of releasing members situated within said supporting layer; ii. a fixed portion comprising: 1. a fixed upper plate comprising an array of apertures through which said bristles protrude; and, 2. an outer frame engaged with said fixed plate; wherein the handle is elongate and defines a longitudinal axis that coincides with said head; wherein said releasing members are situated along a single plane on opposite sides of the longitudinal axis of said hairbrush and are shiftable along said plane between an initial position and a shifted position, wherein when said releasing members are in said initial position, said brush is in said initial position and said shiftable portion is prevented from being shifted; wherein when said releasing members are in said shifted position, said brush is in said final position and said shiftable portion is shiftable relative to said fixed portion.