Title: Brush for the care and cleaning of things and the body

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1. A body-cleaning and massage brush comprising:

an elongated arcuate flexible body of flattened cross-section having a pair of parallel oppositely turned faces;

first and second brush means of different textures on said faces covering same and projecting outwardly therefrom, at least one of said brush means having at least one concave contour and at least one convex contour;

a curved handle for manipulating said body; and

detent means for releasably mounting said handle on one end of said body in a selected one of two positions whereby in one of said positions said brush has a generally S-shaped configuration and in the other position said brush has a continuous arcuate curvature corresponding to the curvature of said body.

2. A body-cleaning and massage brush comprising:

an elongated arcuate body of flattened cross-section having a pair of parallel oppositely turned faces;

first and second brush means of different textures on said faces covering same and projecting outwardly therefrom, at least one of said brush means having at least one concave contour and at least one convex contour;

a curved handle for manipulating said body; and

means for mounting said handle on one end of said body in a position in which said brush has a generally S-shaped configuration.

3. The body-cleaning and massage brush defined in claim 2 wherein said body is flexible.

4. The body-cleaning and massage brush defined in claim 2 wherein said means for mounting said handle on said one end of said body includes a detent means defining two relative positions of said handle and said body, said brush having said generally S-shaped configuration in one of said positions and said brush having a continuous arcuate curvature corresponding to the curvature of the body in a second of said positions.

5. The body-cleaning and massage brush defined in claim 2 wherein at least one of said brush means consists of bristles.

6. The body-cleaning and massage brush defined in claim 2 wherein said body consists of a single piece.

7. The body-cleaning and massage brush defined in claim 2 wherein said body consists of a pair of arcuate pieces attached in end-to-end relationship.

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Inventors: Locher, Lorenz

Application Number: 447319
Filing Date: 1974-03-01
Publication_date: 1976-02-03
Assignee:
Primary Class(es): 15/160 15/144.1, 15/172
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

1532522	Apr, 1925	Weave, Jr.	15/172.
1742929	Jan, 1930	Ovtshenikoff	15/160.
2154831	Apr, 1939	Booharin	15/222.
2303660	Dec, 1942	Schickel	15/206.
2464321	Mar, 1949	Konczal	15/143.

Other Refs: 13,540460,724

Aug, 1891	UK
Feb, 1937	UK

Primary Examiner: Feldman, Peter
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Montague; Ernest G., Ross; Karl F., Dubno; Herbert