Brush

Abstract

A hair brush ( 10 ) has a handle portion ( 12 ), a body portion ( 14 ) with a plurality of vent openings ( 24 ) passing therethrough, and a plurality of movable mechanisms ( 20 ) for engaging hair in combination with bristles in order to style the hair.

1 ) A hair styling device comprising 
 a handle;    a head connected to said handle;    a plurality of bristles attached to and extending from said head for engaging hair; and    a plurality of selectively moveable hair-engaging mechanisms adapted to move toward and away from said plurality of bristles in order to compress hair between said bristles and said mechanisms.    
   
   
       2 ) A device according to  claim 1 , further comprising 
 a plurality of vent holes passing through said head.    
   
   
       3 ) A device according to  claim 1 , further comprising 
 a trigger for selectively moving said hair-engaging mechanism.    
   
   
       4 ) A device according to  claim 1 , further comprising 
 a spring for biasing said hair-engaging members toward said bristles.    
   
   
       5 ) A device according to  claim 1 , wherein 
 said hair-engaging members have sloped distal ends.    
   
   
       6 ) A device according to  claim 4 , further comprising 
 a manually adjustable spring tension adjusting mechanism for selectively adjusting tension in the spring.