Patent ID: 7416080

Claim:
An apparatus for resisting the growth and spread of contaminants, the apparatus comprising: a. cosmetic brush including a handle portion, wherein the handle portion is fashioned from a stainless steel material and the handle portion of the brush includes an upper handle portion and a lower handle portion; b. a set of bristles coupled to the upper handle portion of the cosmetic brush; c. at least one endcap including an aperture, wherein the aperture is fashioned to receive the lower handle portion of the brush; and d. an enclosure including at least one opening, wherein the at least one endcap is fashioned to close the at least one opening, and wherein the at least one opening and the at least one endcap have a round shape, further wherein the at least one endcap includes: i. a plug with at least one wall configured to be inserted into the at least one opening, wherein the at least one wall of the plug is configured with at least one slot, and wherein the at least one wall flexes when inserted into the at least one opening causing the slot to become smaller; and ii. filler material positioned inside the at least one wall such that the aperture can be formed into the filler material; wherein when the lower handle portion of the cosmetic brush is inserted into the aperture and the at least one endcap is inserted into the at least one opening the cosmetic brush does not make contact with an inner surface of the enclosure and the at least one wall compresses the filler material.