Patent ID: 7243660

Claim:
An apparatus for coloring hair, comprising: a container including an open distal body end portion, a substantially closed proximal body end portion, a medial body portion connected to and extending between the open distal body end portion and the closed proximal body end portion, an inner container chamber formed in the medial body portion of the container to contain a first hair coloring solution therein, an interior recess inwardly extending from the proximal body end portion into the medial body portion to contain a second hair coloring solution therein, and a plurality of recess openings formed in the interior recess and extending from interior recess surface regions of the interior recess into the inner container chamber; recess closing means positioned adjacent the plurality of recess openings to close the plurality of recess openings formed in the interior recess to thereby isolate the second hair coloring solution from the first hair coloring solution so that the second hair coloring solution when positioned in the interior recess is prevented from readily flowing from the interior recess into the inner container chamber; a plunger having a distal plunger end portion positioned in the interior recess adjacent the second hair coloring solution when positioned therein so that positive pressure on the plunger induced by a user opens the recess closing means to allow the first and second hair coloring solutions to mix in the inner container chamber to thereby form a hair color mixture within the inner container chamber by passage of the second hair coloring solution from within the interior recess through the plurality of recess openings; and a hair color mixture dispenser connected to the open distal body end portion of the container to dispense hair color mixture therefrom, the hair color mixture dispenser including: a brush applicator having a proximal brush applicator end, a distal brush applicator end, a plurality of hair color mixture extrusion channels positioned between the proximal brush applicator end and the distal brush applicator end, and a plurality of flexible bristles associated with the distal brush applicator end and positioned along a length of the distal brush applicator end and adjacent at least one of the plurality of hair color mixture extrusion channels, and extrusion channel closing means positioned adjacent the open distal body end portion of the container and the proximal brush applicator end of the brush applicator to selectively close the hair color mixture extrusion channels so that the hair color mixture within the inner container chamber is prevented from flowing into the plurality of hair color mixture extrusion channels.