Patent ID: 8181304

Claim:
A method of configuring the prongs on a hairbrush to reduce the force needed to advance the hairbrush through a lock of hair, said method comprising the steps of: providing a brush head having a face surface and a plurality of prongs extending from said face surface, said head further having first and second opposite sides extending along the length thereof, said prongs being arranged in a plurality of parallel rows, wherein said rows include a first row of prongs, a last row of prongs, and subsequent rows of prongs disposed between said first row of prongs and said last row of prongs, wherein said first row of prongs, said last row of prongs and said subsequent rows of prongs pass through said lock of hair as said brush head is pulled along said lock of hair to brush said lock of hair, said first row of prongs being disposed at and adjacent the first side of the head and said last row of prongs being disposed at and adjacent the second side of the head; providing a first number of prongs in said first row of prongs so that said first row of prongs engages a first volume of hair from said lock of hair when said brush head is pulled along said lock of hair to brush said lock of hair; providing a last number of prongs in said last row of prongs, wherein said last number of prongs is greater than said first number of prongs and all of said first number of prongs in said first row of prongs align in straight columns with some of said last number of prongs in said last row of prongs, wherein said straight columns are perpendicular to said plurality of parallel rows, and wherein said last row of prongs engages a last volume of hair that is greater than said first volume of hair as said brush head is pulled along said lock of hair to brush said lock of hair; and providing prongs in said subsequent rows of prongs that are greater in number than said first number of prongs and less in number than said last number of prongs, wherein each of said subsequent rows of prongs has a different number of prongs, and wherein said different number of prongs increases as said subsequent rows of prongs approach said last row of prongs from said first row of prongs, wherein all of said subsequent number of prongs align in said straight columns with some of said last number of prongs in said last row of prongs.