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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Manfred Fassler, Morristown, TN (US);
Assignee:
Anchor Advanced Products, Inc., Morristown, TN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A46B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
15190 ; 151671 ; 15199 ; 15204 ;
Abstract
A brush with improved tuft retention having a handle, a head made from a flowable material, connected to the handle, having a plurality of tuft holes therein, with at least one bristle anchored in each tuft hole with a multi-sided staple. Each staple has a plurality of grooves in at least one side and the grooves in the staples are transverse to the longitudinal axis of the bristles when the staple is used to anchor bristles in a tuft hole.