Toothed pet grooming tool with fur ejecting mechanism

A method of removing loose fur from a pet, the method comprising:

• (a) providing a toothed portion comprising a main body with a forward face and an opposite rear face;
• the toothed portion having a back surface and an opposite front surface, the toothed portion comprising a plurality of teeth and a plurality of edge segments;
• the plurality of teeth and edge segments extending from the main body and arranged in a row, there being a gap between each adjacent pair of the teeth, the edge segments alternating with the teeth and bridging the gaps between the teeth, the edge segments being configured and adapted to engage loose fur in a pet's coat as such loose fur extends through the gaps in a manner removing the loose fur from the pet's coat;
• (b) providing a fur ejector portion positioned against the rear face of the main body and including a movable portion with a front edge slidable along and against the back surface of the toothed portion and against the edge segments, the front edge of the fur ejector portion being movable within a first plane between a first position and a second position relative to the toothed portion, the edge segments of the toothed portion being generally between the front edge of the fur ejector portion and tips of the teeth when the fur ejector portion is in the first position;
• (c) providing at least one biasing portion biasing the front edge of the fur ejector portion away from the second position and toward the first position;
• the biasing portion and the edge of the fur ejector portion being co-planar;
• wherein the fur ejector portion is configured and adapted to permit fur to pass through the gaps of the toothed portion when the edge of the fur ejector portion is in the first position;
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• (d) providing a handle portion having a longitudinal axis perpendicular to the first plane;
• the fur ejector portion being sandwiched between the toothed portion and the handle portion to provide that during movement of the edge of the fur ejector portion from the first position to the second position, the front edge slidably moves against the back surface of the toothed portion and against the edge segments.