Animal grooming tool and methods
AssigneeSpectrum Brands, Inc.
InventorsElizabeth Lee Mondloch, William D. Himes, Terry Allen Willemin, William Nathan Brunner
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Abstract
A grooming tool for use on an animal, such as a dog, includes a handle, a head extending from the handle, a first section of a first grooming characteristic extending from a first side of the head, a second section of a second grooming characteristic different from the first grooming characteristic extending from a second side of the head, and a movable cover member pivotably attached to the head and positionable to selectively cover and uncover the first section. The first section can be a dematting section, while the second section can be a combing section.
Claims23
A grooming tool for use on an animal;
- the tool comprising:
- (a) a handle defining a handle longitudinal axis;
- the handle being configured and sized for grasping by a human hand, such that a human hand wraps around the handle longitudinal axis during grasping;
- (b) a head extending from the handle;
- the head having a head longitudinal axis co-linear with or parallel to the handle longitudinal axis;
- (c) a first section of a first grooming characteristic extending from the head in a first direction perpendicular to the head longitudinal axis;
- (d) a second section of a second grooming characteristic different from the first grooming characteristic;
- the second section extending from the head in a second direction perpendicular to the head longitudinal axis;
- the second direction being different from the first direction;
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- (e) a movable cover member pivotably attached to the head and positionable to selectively cover and uncover the first section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.