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US 5,349,971 AGranted
Clipper comb
OwnerJames E. Playerinventor
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Abstract
A clipper comb 10 for manipulating hair as it is cut with an electric clipper 46 has a handle 14 and an array of juxtaposed teeth 11 forming a bed 30. The bed has a clipper bearing surface 31, a forward segmented guide wall 32 and a rearward guide wall 33 for guiding the electric clipper upon the comb.
Claims6
A clipper comb for manipulating hair as it is cut with an electric clipper, the clipper comb comprising:
- a base having an array of juxtaposed teeth forming a generally flat, segmented clipper bearing surface;
- a handle extending from a first end of said base;
- a first clipper guide wall bordering one side of said clipper bearing surface and oriented generally perpendicular to said clipper bearing surface;
- a second clipper guide wall oriented generally perpendicular to said array of teeth and bordering a side of said bearing surface opposite said first clipper guide wall, said first and second clipper guide walls being substantially parallel to each other;
- said teeth have first coplanar bottom surfaces beneath said clipper bearing surface and second coplanar bottom surfaces that extend angularly from said first coplanar bottom surfaces;
- a spacer nested against said clipper bearing surface and at least one of said first and second clipper guide walls, said spacer having an array of juxtaposed teeth forming a generally flat spacer clipper bearing surface.
3 more elements
The clipper comb of claim 11, wherein said teeth have a V-shaped surface opposite said clipper bearing surface for channeling strands of hair between adjacent teeth.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.