Patent ID: 6851431

Claim:
Collapsible hair brush comprising: a brush retaining housing; said housing being open on one end a bristle holding plate and attached bristles; said bristle holding plate capable of sliding into said housing and out to the said open end of said housing; a bristle plate end block having an outwardly protruding stop pin that interacts with a longitudinally disposed slot in one side of said inner brush retaining housing; said bristles each being comprised of a shaft member whose bottom portion terminates in a spring retaining shoulder and integral downwardly disposed flexible shaft member; an extension spring surrounding each said downward shaft; and said downward shaft penetrating said bristle holding plate and being retained by said bristle holding plate by passing said downward shaft through an aperture in said bristle holding plate and deforming said downward post tip into a head that is larger than the aperture in said bristle holding plate.