Brush provided with retractable bristles to facilitate removal of tangled hair strands

Abstract

A brush includes a brush body, a plurality of bristles, an operating member, and a biasing member. The brush body includes an upper wall, a lower wall that is aligned with the upper wall along a transverse direction, and that is movable relative to the upper wall, and a guiding member that extends upward from the lower wall through the upper wall. The bristles are mounted on a bristle-mounting surface of the upper wall, and are extendible through the bristle-extension apertures in the lower wall. The operating member is connected to the guiding member, and is operable to move the lower wall relative to the upper wall between upper and lower positions. The biasing member restores the lower wall from the lower position to the upper position.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The invention relates to a brush, more particularly to a brush provided with retractable bristles to facilitate removal of tangled hair strands therefrom. [0003] 2. Description of the Related Art [0004] As shown in FIG. 1, U.S. Pat. No. 6,681,775 discloses a brush that includes a brush body 11, a handgrip 12 that is mounted on the brush body 11, a bristle unit 13, and an operating unit 14. The brush body 11 includes a combing wall 111 that is formed with a plurality of bristle-extension apertures 112. The bristle unit 13 includes a bristle-holding element 131 that is disposed in the brush body 11, and a plurality of bristles 132 that are mounted on the bristle-holding element 131. The operating unit 14 includes a plurality of guiding members 141 that are mounted in the brush body 11 and that extend through the bristle-holding element 131, a controlling member 142 connected to the bristle-holding element 131 for movi...

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Benefits of technology

[0007] Therefore, the object of the present invention is to provide a brush with retractable bristles to facilitate the remo

Problems solved by technology

Although the aforesaid brush can facilitate the removal of tangled hair strands, the operation of turning the controlling member 142 while holding onto the handgrip 12 is awkward and is not ergonomic for the user.

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