ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,520,931, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to F.G. ELLIOTT LLC (State College, Pa.).
"Rotating bristle device and method of use" was invented by Franklin Elliott (State College, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A material treatment device intended for use for human or animal hair includes a plurality of rods arranged circumferentially as part of a rod barrel and a handle attached to the rod barrel for rotatable support thereof. A mechanism is provided to rotate the rod barrel in a first direction and a second mechanism is provided to rotate each of the rods separately from the rod barrel in a second direction opposite the first direction...