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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 1991
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1989
William R Heneveld, Dallas, TX (US);
Other;
Abstract
A compact portable brush having a handle which is collapsed to reduce the size of the brush when carried whereby the handle extending from the housing for the brush bristles is interconnected with the bristle support means to cause the bristles to be retracted into the housing when the handle is collapsed in the compact, carry position. In the preferred embodiment, the bristles are supported on a bristle support member which when actuated from retracted to extended position, or vice versa, is moved along a path inclined to the longitudinal axis of the housing whereby the bristles in the retracted position are caused to be arranged at an angle inside the housing, such angle being accommodated by a living hinge connection between the bristle support and the bristles.