Patent ID: 8595887

Claim:
A brush, comprising: a substantially plate-shaped, elastically deformable brush body which has a substantially flat top side and a substantially flat bottom side and curved side edges as well as elastic and substantially conical grooming elements arranged at the bottom side, wherein tooth-like combing elements are arranged at the top side of the brush body; wherein the grooming elements at the bottom side and the combing elements at the top side are formed and arranged such that when the brush is used in directions perpendicular to each other, different grooming and combing effects are attained; wherein in a first direction the combing elements have a different tooth profile than in a second direction perpendicular thereto; wherein the combing elements form double rows of teeth spaced in relation to each other and extend substantially transversely to a first direction; and wherein each double row of teeth has a plurality of pairs of teeth arranged one after the other, the two teeth of each pair of teeth being arranged side by side transversely to the longitudinal direction of the double row of teeth and having a tooth flank less steep on the sides facing each other than on the sides facing away from each other, so that the pairs of teeth have a substantially M-shaped profile in the direction transverse to the longitudinal direction.