Combination pet grooming tool and methods

A pet grooming tool comprising:

• (a) a pet engageable portion having a first brush section of a first brush characteristic and a second brush section of a second brush characteristic different from the first brush characteristic;
• (i) the pet engageable portion comprising a base having lateral sides;
• (ii) the base including corner projections at intersections of the lateral sides, the corner projections extending beyond a brush surface of the base;
• (b) a handle portion secured to the pet engageable portion sized for grasping by a human hand;
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• (c) a fur removal mechanism to remove fur from by engaging both the first brush section and second brush section in the pet engageable portion;
• the fur removal mechanism including a moveable ejector plate and a push button connected to the ejector plate, wherein:
• (i) the push button is positioned on the handle-engageable surface of the base;
• (ii) the ejector plate is moveably mounted to slide over the second brush section;
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• (iii) the ejector plate has an edge mounted to slidably engage the first brush section such that when the push button is pressed toward the base, the ejector plate slides over the second brush section and against the first brush section to move fur from the first brush section and second brush section;
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• (iv) the first brush section extends between the corner projections, and the edge of the ejector plate slidably engages the first brush section between the corner projections.