ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,971, issued on Aug. 4.

"Multi-head artist and make-up brush" was invented by Darren Levy (North Fort Myers, Fla.) and Frank Levy (Fort Myers, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A make-up brush system includes an elongated mandrel shaped and dimensioned for handling by a make-up artist including a first end and a second end. The first end includes a gripping surface for engagement with a hand of a make-up artist and the second end being shaped and dimensioned for selective engagement with a plurality of make-up brushes. The make-up brush system also includes a plurality of make-up brushes. Each of the plurality of make-up brushes incl...