A mounting assembly

A mounting assembly for a hair cutting appliance, the mounting assembly comprising:

• a head comprising a body, extending along an elongate axis, and a driving bridge, the head being configured to receive a cutting unit, wherein the driving bridge is configured to couple to the cutting unit and to reciprocally move relative to the body along the elongate axis;
• a base connected to the head with a first pivoting mechanism;
• a driving unit comprising a driving axle and a socket, the driving axle comprising an eccentric pin cooperating with the driving bridge to impart reciprocating motion to the driving bridge, and the socket being configured to cooperate with a motor;
• wherein the first pivoting mechanism comprises:
• a base bearing surface on the base,
• a counterpart coupled to the head, the counterpart comprising a counterpart bearing surface,
• wherein the base bearing surface and the counterpart bearing surface are configured to cooperate to permit relative rotational sliding movement of the base and the head about only a fixed rotational axis which is perpendicular to the elongate axis
• wherein one of the base bearing surface or the counterpart bearing surface comprises an inner surface of a slot having a curvature about the fixed rotational axis, and wherein the other of the base bearing surface or the counterpart bearing surface comprises an outer surface of a pin which is configured to be received within the slot.