US 12,108,869 B2
Beauty tool head with flexible bristle base
Steven J. Paliobeis, Mentor, OH (US); Jeremy Lee Buttery, El Paso, TX (US); Gary Koenemann, El Paso, TX (US); and Ramiro Solis, El Paso, TX (US)
Assigned to HELEN OF TROY LIMITED, St. Michael (BB)
Appl. No. 17/595,167
Filed by Gary Koenemann, El Paso, TX (US); and HELEN OF TROY LIMITED, St. Michael (BB)
PCT Filed Jul. 8, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/041118
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 11, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/011247, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 21, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/045,973, filed on Jun. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/874,143, filed on Jul. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0218095 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. A45D 1/04 (2006.01); A46B 9/02 (2006.01); A46B 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC A46B 15/003 (2013.01) [A46B 9/023 (2013.01); A46B 2200/104 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A beauty tool, comprising:
a handle portion configured to house an associated heating assembly; and
a bristle portion connected to the handle portion, the bristle portion including:
a primary heating element configured to be heated by the associated heating assembly,
a bristle base heated member mounted to an outer periphery of the primary heating element, the bristle base heated member having a secondary heating element configured to be heated by the primary heating element,
a non-conductive, heat insulating bristle spacer secured between the bristle base heated member and the primary heating element, and
a bristle bar secured by the bristle spacer and having bristles extending through the bristle spacer and the bristle base heated member,
wherein the bristle spacer is configured to thermally isolate the bristle bar from both the primary heating element and the bristle base heated member.