Appeal 2006-2288
Application 10/846,942
1. A brush comprising:
a brushing element that includes a bristle head and a
multiplicity of bristles extending from said bristle head; and
a cleaning element that includes a frame and strands
extending across said frame;
a pivoting hinge that mounts said frame to said bristle
head, allowing said frame to swing across said bristles when
said brush is being used and to swing away from said bristles
when said brush is being cleaned, such that when said frame
swings across said bristles, said frame lies substantially flat
against said bristle head and said strands lie between said
bristles, and when said frame swings away from said bristles,
said strands carry away any debris that may have collected
amongst said bristles during use of said brush.
THE REFERENCES
Dick US 2,781,739 Feb. 19, 1957
Tsuruzawa US 3,421,171 Jan. 14, 1969
Hartmann US 5,862,563 Jan. 26, 1999
THE REJECTIONS
The claims stand rejected as follows: claims 1-4, 6, 8-14 and 17-19
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by Dick; claim 7 under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Dick; claim 5 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
obvious over Dick in view of Hartmann; and claims 15 and 16 under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Dick in view of Tsuruzawa.
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