Self-adapting tufts for brushes

Claim 1

A BRUSH COMPRISING A HANDLE HAVING A HEAD PROVIDED WITH AT LEAST ONE SOCKET CLOSED AT AN INWARD END AND HAVING ITS OUTWARD END OPENING THROUGH AN OBVERSE SURFACE OF SAID HEAD, A TUFT EMBODYING BRISTLES BUNCHED TOGETHER WITH THE ENDS OF THE BRISTLES AT AN INNER END OF THE TUFT BOUND TOGETHER AND PROVIDING A SHOULDERED HEAD, THE HEADED END PORTION OF SAID TUFT BEING OF A CROSS-SECTION SLIGHTLY LESS THAN THE CROSS-SECTION OF SAID SOCKET AND TELESCOPING SLIDINGLY INTO SAID SOCKET, THE MAJOR PORTION OF SAID TUFT PROJECTING BEYOND SAID OBVERSE SURFACE, AND MEANS COOPERABLE WITH SAID SHOULDER HEAD AND RECEPTACLE PORTION OF SAID SOCKET TO NORMALLY PROJECT AND MAINTAIN THE MAJOR PORTION OF THE TUFT IN ITS READY-TO-USE POSITION, SAID MEANS BEING RESPONSIVE TO PRESSURE TRANSMITTED THERETO WHEN THE TUFT IS FORCIBLY PRESSED AND CAUSED TO RECEDE INTO THE SOCKET, SAID MEANS COMPRISING A GUM RUBBER DIAPHRAGM SPREAD OVER, SUPERIMPOSED UPON AND AFFIXED TO SAID OBVERSE SURFACE AND HAVING AT LEAST ONE MOLDED NIPPLE SUBSTANTIALLY FILLING AND PROJECTING A LIMITED DISTANCE INTO SAID SOCKET WITH ITS BOTTOM SPACED FROM AND MOVABLE TOWARD AND FROM THE BOTTOM OF SAID SOCKET, A BUSHING FITTED IN A FLUIDTIGHT MANNER AND TELESCOPING INTO THE RECEPTACLE PORTION OF THE NIPPLE AND OF A LENGTH LESS THAN THE DEPTH OF SAID RECEPTACLE PORTION, THE HEADED END PORTION OF SAID TUFT SLIDING THROUGH THE BUSHING WITH THE HEAD OPERABLE IN THE SPACE BETWEEN THE BOTTOM OF THE NIPPLE AND ADJACENT END OF THE BUSHING.