Hair coloring tool

Abstract

A hair coloring tool is disclosed that is particularly effective and efficient in performing foil highlighting and hair coloring. The hair coloring tool is used to separate and foil hair tufts and then apply hair coloring agents to the hair tufts. An advantageous embodiment of the hair coloring tool comprises an elongate body having a first end and a second end. The first end comprises a thin metal rod and the second end comprises a plurality of bristles attached to the second end of the body. The first end of the tool is used to perform foil highlighting and the second end of the tool is used to perform hair coloring. A gripping handle between the first end and the second end facilitates the rotation of the hair coloring tool as the user alternately uses each end of the hair coloring tool.

1 . A hair coloring tool comprising: 
 a body having a first end and a second end;    wherein said first end of said body comprises a thin metal rod; and    wherein said second end of said body comprises a plurality of bristles attached to said second end of said body.    
   
   
       2 . The hair coloring tool as set forth in  claim 1  wherein said plurality of bristles is arranged into a plurality of separate tufts that project from said second end of said body.  
   
   
       3 . The hair coloring tool as set forth in  claim 1  wherein said thin metal rod of said first end of said body has a pointed terminus.  
   
   
       4 . The hair coloring tool as set forth in  claim 1  wherein said thin metal rod has a length in the range of three and three fourths inches to five and one half inches.  
   
   
       5 . The hair coloring tool as set forth in  claim 1  wherein said thin metal rod has a diameter approximately one sixteenth of an inch.  
   
   
       6 . The hair coloring tool as set forth in  claim 2  wherein said body comprises a generally flat head adjacent to said second end of said body, wherein said tufts of said bristles are spaced apart along a single row extending across said head.  
   
   
       7 . The hair coloring tool as set forth in  claim 1  wherein said second end of said body comprises portions that form a tapered handle that connects to said thin metal rod of said first end of said body.  
   
   
       8 . The hair coloring tool as set forth in  claim 1  further comprising: 
 a gripping handle located between said thin metal rod of said first end of said body and said second end of said body.    
   
   
       9 . The hair coloring tool as set forth in  claim 8  wherein said gripping handle is thicker than a thickness of said second end of said body.  
   
   
       10 . The hair coloring tool as set forth in  claim 8  wherein said gripping handle comprises a plurality of gripping ridges.  
   
   
       11 . A hair coloring tool comprising: 
 a body having a first end and a second end and a gripping handle located between said first end and said second end;    wherein said first end of said body comprises a thin metal rod; and    wherein said second end of said body comprises a plurality of bristles attached to said second end of said body.    
   
   
       12 . The hair coloring tool as set forth in  claim 11  wherein said gripping handle is thicker than a thickness of said second end of said body.  
   
   
       13 . The hair coloring tool as set forth in  claim 11  wherein said gripping handle comprises a plurality of gripping ridges.  
   
   
       14 . The hair coloring tool as set forth in  claim 11  wherein said plurality of bristles is arranged into a plurality of separate tufts that project from said second end of said body.  
   
   
       15 . The hair coloring tool as set forth in  claim 11  wherein said thin metal rod of said first end of said body has a pointed terminus.  
   
   
       16 . The hair coloring tool as set forth in  claim 11  wherein said thin metal rod has a length in the range of three and three fourths inches to five and one half inches.  
   
   
       17 . The hair coloring tool as set forth in  claim 11  wherein said thin metal rod has a diameter approximately one sixteenth of an inch.  
   
   
       18 . The hair coloring tool as set forth in  claim 14  wherein said body comprises a generally flat head adjacent to said second end of said body, wherein said tufts of said bristles are spaced apart along a single row extending across said head.  
   
   
       19 . A hair coloring tool comprising: 
 an elongated body presenting opposite first and second ends;    a thin metal rod forming the first end of the body, said thin metal rod having a pointed terminus;    a plurality of flexible bristles projecting from the body adjacent the second end thereof;    said bristles being arranged into a plurality of separate tufts projecting from the body;    said body including a generally flat head adjacent said second end, said tufts projecting from the head and being spaced apart along a single row extending across said head;    and the diameter of the first end substantially constant along its length and having a length in the range of three and three fourths inches to five and one half inches.    
   
   
       20 . A hair coloring tool comprising: 
 an elongated body having opposite first and second ends;    the body having a handle portion that tapers toward the first end, with the first end being a thin metal rod;    the body being relatively larger adjacent the second end and defining a substantially flat head;    the handle portion extending between the first end and the head for facilitating gripping by the user;    the thin metal rod of the first end having a pointed terminus, and a length in the range of three and three fourths inches to five and one half inches;    the diameter of the first end being substantially constant along its length, and being about one sixteenth of an inch;    the material of the first end being steel;    the second end of the body formed of a material chosen from the group of plastic, wood, and metal; and    a plurality of flexible bristles projecting from the second end of the body arranged in a single row of separate tufts spaced across the head, the bristles cooperatively defining an outermost brush edge spaced from the head.