Curry brush for grooming an animal
View Patent ↗A curry brush for grooming an animal includes a flexible, elastomeric body portion that has a socket defined therein for receiving a relatively rigid container. A plurality of flexible tines extend outwardly from the body portion. The container may be removed from the socket when desired for purposes such as refilling and/or cleaning and is preferably used to store a liquid such as shampoo. The container provides added longitudinal stiffness to the curry brush but permits a limited flexure to occur that is advantageous to a user both in gripping the curry brush and in controlling the curry brush during grooming.
1. A curry brush for grooming an animal, comprising:
a body portion having a socket defined therein;
a plurality of flexible tines extending from said body portion; and
a container positioned within said socket, and wherein said container is fabricated from a material having a hardness that is greater than a hardness of said flexible elastomeric material, whereby said container provides added rigidity to said body portion, said container being adapted to dispense a liquid material that is disposed within said container.
2. A curry brush according to claim 1 , wherein said body portion is fabricated from a flexible elastomeric material.
3. A curry brush according to claim 1 , wherein said flexible tines are fabricated from a flexible elastomeric material.
4. A curry brush according to claim 1 , wherein said container is removably positioned within said socket.
5. A curry brush according to claim 1 , further comprising a viewing window defined in said body portion for permitting a user to view said container.
6. A curry brush according to claim 5 , wherein said container is translucent, whereby a user will be able to view the contents of the container.
7. A curry brush according to claim 5 , further comprising indicia for indicating how much material is in the container.
8. A curry brush according to claim 7 , wherein said indicia is provided on said container.
9. A curry brush according to claim 1 , wherein said body portion defines a longitudinal axis, and wherein said longitudinal axis is substantially parallel with a longitudinal axis of said container.
10. A curry brush for grooming an animal, comprising:
a body portion having a socket defined therein, said socket being at least partially defined by a flexible elastomeric material that forms a flexible edge defining a viewing window;
a plurality of flexible tines extending from said body portion; and
a container positioned within said socket, wherein, said socket and said container being configured so that a user may insert and remove said container from said socket through said viewing window.
11. A curry brush for grooming an animal, comprising:
a body portion having a socket defined therein;
a plurality of flexible tines extending from said body portion; and
a container positioned within said socket, wherein said container is adapted to dispense a liquid that is disposed within said container and includes a dispensing closure that extends outwardly from said body portion of said curry brush.
12. A curry brush according to claim 11 , wherein said dispensing closure is removable from said container.
13. A brush for grooming an animal, comprising:
a flexible body portion having a socket defined therein, said entire flexible body portion being fabricated from a flexible elastomeric material having a hardness within the range of about 5 Shore A to about 80 Shore A, said flexible elastomeric material has a frictional coefficient that is within a range of about 0.25 to about 0.9;
a plurality of tines extending from said body portion; and
a container positioned within said socket, and wherein said container provides added rigidity to said flexible body portion.
14. A brush according to claim 13 , wherein said tines are also fabricated from said flexible elastomeric material.
15. A brush according to claim 13 , wherein said container is removably positioned within said socket.
16. A brush according to claim 13 , further comprising a viewing window defined in said body portion for permitting a user to view said container.
17. A brush according to claim 16 , wherein said container is translucent, whereby a user will be able to view the contents of the container.
18. A brush according to claim 17 , further comprising indicia for indicating how much material is in the container.
19. A brush according to claim 18 , wherein said indicia is provided on said container.
20. A brush according to claim 13 , wherein said container is adapted to dispense material that is disposed within said container.
21. A brush according to claim 20 , wherein said container is adapted to dispense a liquid that is disposed within said container.
22. A brush according to claim 13 , wherein said body portion defines a longitudinal axis, and wherein said longitudinal axis is substantially parallel with a longitudinal axis of said container.
23. A brush for grooming an animal, comprising:
a flexible body portion having a socket defined therein;
a plurality of tines extending from said body portion; and
a container positioned within said socket, said container providing added rigidity to said flexible body portion, and wherein said container includes a dispensing closure that extend outwardly from said body portion of said curry brush.
24. A brush according to claim 23 , wherein said dispensing closure is removable from said container.