Patent ID: 7100537

Claim:
A handholdable ion emitting pet grooming brush, comprising: a body comprising: an air intake on a top side of said body; a bristle unit coupled to a bottom side of said body, said bristle unit having bristles adapted for brushing a pet and said bristles pointing away from said bottom side of said body; an air outlet trough on said bottom side of said body; an opening in a middle of said bristle unit, said opening aligned with said air outlet trough, said opening adapted to be similar in dimension to said air outlet trough; and an ion generator disposed in said body for creating an air flow that travels from said air intake to said air outlet trough, said ion generator comprising: a high voltage pulse generator; a first electrode, electrically coupled to said high voltage pulse generator, said first electrode located below said air intake; and a second electrode, electrically coupled to said high voltage pulse generator, said second electrode located above said air outlet trough, and said second electrode comprising: a plurality of nonuniformly spaced second electrodes each coupled to said high voltage generator; wherein said air flow includes ionized air traveling from said first electrode between and past said spaced second electrodes and through said opening in said middle of said bristle unit.