Patent ID: 7930793

Claim:
A brush for grooming hair, comprising: a brush body having a handle portion and a bristle carrier portion, wherein the bristle carrier portion has an outer periphery and defines a longitudinal axis; and a plurality of brush elements having a plurality of bristles mounted thereon and moveably mounted on the bristle carrier portion, the plurality of bristles extending generally radially outward from the longitudinal axis and the plurality of brush elements being arrayed generally longitudinally along a length of the bristle carrier portion, wherein each of the plurality of brush elements is configured to rotate independently from one another, and wherein the plurality of bristles is configured so that when one of the plurality of bristles encounters a resistance from a hair, the respective brush element having the one of the plurality of bristles encountering the resistance will move in an opposite direction of brushing thereby causing the one of the plurality of bristles encountering the resistance to move out of engagement with the hair and another one of the bristles on the respective brush element to move into engagement with the hair at a location spaced from the location of the hair which caused the resistance.