Brush with movable head

Claim 1

Universally adjustable brush means primarily suitable for paint brush utility comprising, in combination: a handle with a ball configuration at one end; and brush head means of generally flattened configuration having a base portion with a receptive socket for said ball configuration, said socket serving to receive said ball configuration and thereby form a ball-and-socket joint between said handle aNd said brush head means; and including adjustable means for fastening the handle and brush head means rigidly together; said brush head means comprising a plurality of bristles fixedly secured at their inner ends in a suitable mounting and said base portion, the mounting for the bristles and the base portion being retained in back-to-back adjacency by means of a metal ferrule, and the receptive socket for said ball configuration in said base portion being accessible to said handle, to permit the formation of said ball-and-socket joint between the handle and said brush head means, at the center of the bottom of said base portion; said base portion being formed from two suitably shaped bodies of a material of adequate strength and toughness for the purpose, said bodies being arranged with a surface of each in contact with, and cemented to, a similarly shaped surface of the other, and having facing concavities in said contacting surfaces shaped to form said socket for the ball configuration of said handle; all parts of said brush head means cooperating to permit universal adjustment of said brush head means relative to said handle so that the brush means can be used in a form similar to that of conventional paint brush means of the straight handle type, or in any of a variety of forms in which the brush head means is tilted to permit usage of the brush means in spaces too cramped for such usage of said conventional paint brush means.