Basting brush

Abstract

A basting brush 2 , including a head 4 having a handle-receiving portion 6 , two generally longitudinal sides 12, 14 , a bristle-receiving portion 16 , a handle 18 attached to the handle-receiving portion 6 , and bristles 20 . The bristles 20 have top ends 24 and bottoms ends 26 . The top ends 24 are attached to the bristle-receiving portion 16 . The bottom ends 26 , of the bristles 20 form a curved shape having a central low point 22 and tapering upwardly from the central low point 22 toward the longitudinal sides 12, 14 . The bristles 20 are distributed in a straight line between the two longitudinal sides 12, 14.

1 . A basting brush ( 2 ), comprising:
 a head ( 4 ) having a handle-receiving portion ( 6 ), two generally longitudinal sides ( 12 ,  14 ), and a bristle-receiving portion ( 16 );   a handle ( 18 ) attached to the handle-receiving portion ( 6 ); and   a bristle distribution ( 20 ) having bristles with top ends ( 24 ) and bottom ends ( 26 ), the top ends ( 24 ) attached to the bristle-receiving portion ( 16 ) and the bottom ends ( 22 ) forming a curved shape ( 26 ) having a central low region ( 22 ) and side regions which taper upwardly toward the longitudinal sides ( 12 ,  14 ), the bristle distributed in a substantially straight lines between the two longitudinal sides ( 12 ,  14 ).   
     
     
         2 . The basting brush ( 2 ) of  claim 1 , wherein
 the head ( 4 ) has a front side ( 8 ) and a back side ( 10 ), the thickness of the brush ( 2 ) between the front side ( 8 ) and the back side ( 10 ) being substantially less than the width of the brush ( 2 ) between the two longitudinal sides ( 12 ,  14 ).   
     
     
         3 . The basting brush ( 2 ) of  claim 1 , wherein
 the handle-receiving portion ( 6 ) has a cross-sectional shape that matches a cross-sectional shape of the handle ( 18 ), such that the interface ( 28 ) between the handle-receiving portion ( 6 ) and the handle ( 18 ) is continuous.   
     
     
         4 . The basting brush ( 2 ) of  claim 1 , wherein
 the handle-receiving portion ( 6 ) is made of silicone, thereby creating a strike zone for diminishing forces applied against enameled or glass cookware when the basting brush ( 2 ) impacts the cookware.   
     
     
         5 . A basting brush ( 2 ), comprising:
 a head ( 4 ) having two longitudinal sides ( 12 ,  14 ), a solid top ( 6 ), and a bristled bottom ( 26 ), the bristled bottom ( 26 ) made up of a plurality of individual bristles ( 20 ); and   a handle ( 18 ) connected to the top ( 6 );   said bristles ( 20 ) aligned in a substantially straight line between the two longitudinal sides ( 12 ,  14 ) and the bristled bottom ( 26 ) is curved, having a central low point ( 22 ) and tapering upwardly from the central low point ( 22 ) toward the sides ( 12 ,  14 ); and   wherein the top ( 6 ) of the head ( 4 ) has a cross-sectional shape that matches a cross-sectional shape of the handle ( 18 ), such that the interface ( 28 ) between the top ( 6 ) of the head ( 4 ) and the handle ( 18 ) is continuous.   
     
     
         6 . The basting brush ( 2 ) of  claim 5 , wherein
 the head ( 4 ) has a front side ( 8 ) and a back side ( 10 ), with the thickness of the brush ( 2 ) between the front side ( 8 ) and the back side ( 10 ) being substantially less than the width of the brush ( 2 ) between the two longitudinal sides ( 12 ,  14 ).   
     
     
         7 . The basting brush ( 2 ) of  claim 4 , wherein
 the top ( 6 ) of the head ( 4 ) is made of silicone, thereby creating a strike zone for protecting cookware when the basting brush ( 2 ) impacts the cookware.   
     
     
         8 . A basting brush ( 2 ), comprising:
 a head ( 4 ) having two longitudinal sides ( 12 ,  14 ), a handle-receiving portion ( 6 ), and a bristle-receiving portion ( 16 );   a handle ( 18 ) attached to the handle-receiving portion ( 6 ); and   bristles ( 20 ) having tops ( 24 ) and bottoms ( 26 ), the tops ( 24 ) attached to the bristle-receiving portion ( 16 ) and the bottoms ( 26 ) forming a curved shape having a central low point ( 22 ) and tapering upwardly toward the longitudinal sides ( 12 ,  14 ), the bristles ( 20 ) collectively aligned in a substantially straight line between the two longitudinal sides ( 12 ,  14 ); and   wherein the handle-receiving portion ( 6 ) is made of silicone, thereby creating a strike zone for protecting cookware when the basting brush ( 2 ) impacts the cookware.   
     
     
         9 . The basting brush ( 2 ) of  claim 8 , wherein
 the handle-receiving portion ( 6 ) has a cross-sectional shape that matches a cross-sectional shape of the handle ( 18 ) such that the interface ( 28 ) between the handle-receiving portion ( 6 ) and the handle ( 18 ) is continuous.   
     
     
         10 . The basting brush ( 2 ) of  claim 8 , wherein
 the head ( 4 ) has a front side ( 8 ) and a back side ( 10 ), with the thickness of the brush ( 2 ) between the front ( 8 ) and the back ( 10 ) being substantially less than the width of the brush ( 2 ) between the two longitudinal sides ( 12 ,  14 ).   
     
     
         11 . The basting brush ( 2 ) of  claim 8  wherein
 said bristles  20  are arranged and designed to be relatively short thereby providing a control and resistance to bending or deformation when the brush ( 2 ) is used. 
 
     
     
         12 . The basting brush ( 2 ) of  claim 8  wherein
 each bristle of the bristles ( 20 ) is characterized by larger diameter at a top end, said diameter of each bristle gradually tapering to a smaller diameter at the bottom end, so that the bristles ( 20 ) hold sauces longer by retaining same at the top end of the bristles while slowly releasing said sauces at the bottom end. 
 
     
     
         13 . The basting brush ( 2 ) of  claim 8  wherein
 a portion of the silicone material of the handle-receiving portion ( 6 ) is inserted into an opening at the end of the handle  18 . So as to create a shock absorber effect at the handle end.