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    What invention is this a patent for: US Design Patent #D645?

    Question #94284. Asked by --simone--. (Apr 03 08 6:38 PM)


    zbeckabee

    Hairbrush -- The earliest US patent for a modern hairbrush was by Hugh Rock in 1854 (US Design Patent #D645). A brush with elastic wire teeth along with natural bristles was patented by Samuel Firey in 1870 as U.S. Patent 106,680.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairbrush

    Apr 03 08, 6:41 PM


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