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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:
Aug. 23, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2006
Applicants:
Patrick Lhoyer, Mouy, FR;
Ed Crutchley, Kent, GB;
Inventors:
Patrick Lhoyer, Mouy, FR;
Ed Crutchley, Kent, GB;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A45D 40/26 (2006.01); A46B 3/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An applicator brush includes a stem, and a plurality of bristles supported by the stem. The stem extends from an end of a rod and includes a first branch and a second branch twisted together, each branch having a non-circular cross-section The bristles are positioned between the twisted first and second branches. In some embodiments, each branch includes a plurality of strands pre-twisted together to create the non-circular cross-section of each branch, forming a multi-helicoidal stem.