Articulating body brush

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing powered facial brushes are not practical for cleaning larger body areas as they are designed for small, intricate spaces and require multiple heads for different body parts, making them bulky and inconvenient for travel.

Innovation Solution

A motor-driven brush head with articulating working element segments that can expand from a closed to an open position, increasing the diameter and allowing for effective cleaning of both small and large skin areas, while maintaining a compact design.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If the brush head is designed for small intricate areas (facial brush scale), then it can effectively clean facial crevasses and recesses, but it cannot effectively clean larger body parts

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveadaptability to different body partsVSAvoidbrush head coverage area

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSArea of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The brush head incorporates articulating working element sections that can dynamically change position between closed and open configurations. This dynamic adjustment allows the brush head to adapt its effective diameter and coverage area, enabling it to effectively clean both small intricate facial areas and larger body parts with a single device

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple brush heads are provided for different body parts, then each head can be optimized for specific areas, but the device becomes bulky and inconvenient for travel

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecapability to clean different body partsVSAvoiddevice size

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSVolume of moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The brush head is segmented into multiple independent working element sections that can articulate relative to each other. This segmentation allows the sections to be stored in a compact closed configuration for travel convenience while enabling them to be deployed to cover larger areas when cleaning body parts, effectively replacing the need for multiple separate brush heads

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The articulating mechanism allows the working element sections to dynamically transition between closed and open positions, enabling the single brush head to adapt its size and shape to match different body areas, thereby replacing multiple fixed-size brush heads with one dynamic brush head

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

3Productivity

If the brush head diameter is increased to clean larger body areas, then cleaning efficiency on large areas improves, but the device loses compactness and ease of storage

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecleaning speed on large areasVSAvoidbrush head size

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSVolume of moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The articulating working element sections can be deployed to increase the effective brush head diameter when cleaning large body areas, improving cleaning productivity. When not in use, the sections return to a closed compact configuration, maintaining small device size for easy storage and travel. This dynamic size adjustment resolves the contradiction between cleaning efficiency and compactness

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS11672327B1Articulating body brush

Publication Date: 2023.06.13 TAO CLEAN LLC

AI summary

A rotatable body brush, preferably driven by an electric motor, has pivoted segments in the brush or working element. The segments swing outwardly when the user desires a larger-diameter brush, and can be retained inwardly when a smaller brush, such as a face brush, is desired.