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US 2017/0318784 A1Published application
Grooming tool
OwnerJeffrey Michael Rimaninventor
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Abstract
A new elongated grooming tool with an elongated outer surface having protrusions located at one end and several blades attached to the second end is provided. The invention includes a version having retractable blades and a sliding actuator for activating and deactivating the blades.
Claims20
A grooming tool, comprising:
- a. an elongated outer surface having
- i. first end, and
- ii. a second end opposite the first end, and
- b. a plurality of protrusions located at the first end;
- and
- c. one or more blades having blade edges attached to the second end,
- wherein the blades have a blade height, and the blades extend along the outer surface of the grooming tool.
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A grooming tool, comprising:
- a. an elongated outer surface having
- i. first end, and
- ii. a second end opposite the first end,
- b. an inner surface,
- c. a plurality of protrusions located on the outer surface at the first end, and
- d. one or more blade slits located at the second end extending through the outer surface.
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A grooming tool, comprising:
- a. an elongated generally cylindrical outer surface having
- i. first end, and
- ii. a second end opposite the first end,
- b. an inner surface,
- c. a plurality of protrusions located on the outer surface at the first end, and
- d. one or more blade slits extending through the outer surface located at the second end, and
- e. one or more blades having blade edges connected to an adjustment mechanism located on the grooming tool, and
- f. an actuator in mechanical connection with the adjustment mechanism having a blade activation setting and a blade deactivation setting,
- wherein the blades are movable perpendicular to the outer surface of the grooming tool through the blade slits,
- wherein the blades edges extend through the blade slits to the outer surface of the grooming tool when the actuator is at the blade activation setting, and
- wherein the blade edges lie below a rim of the blade slits when the actuator is at the blade deactivation setting,
- wherein the actuator comprises a sliding mechanism located on the outer surface of the grooming tool,
- wherein the blades are in mechanical connection with an adjustment mechanism connected to an inner surface of the grooming tool,
- wherein the blades are movable in height relative to the outer surface of the grooming tool upon activation of the sliding mechanism, and
- wherein the adjustment mechanism comprises at least one blade plate located on the inner surface of the grooming tool in fixed connection with a base of a blade and in movable connection with the sliding mechanism.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.