Debraiding tool
OwnerJoseph Taylor, Brenda M. Taylorinventors
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Abstract
A braid-removing tool. The inventive tool comprises an elongate body portion having a longitudinal axis, a first end and a second end and being adapted for retention by a human hand. An elongate tooth is mounted at the first end of the body portion along an axis which is aparallel with respect to the longitudinal axis. In a specific embodiment, the inventive tool further comprises a hook mounted at the second end of the body portion. A finger grip is molded into a first side of the body portion and left and right thumb grooves are molded into a second side of the body portion. The tool allows a user to rapidly and safely remove braids with a simple turn of the wrist.
Claims6
A braid removing tool comprising:
- an elongate body portion having a longitudinal axis, a first end and a second end and being adapted for retention by a human hand and
- a single elongate tooth having a cross-sectional area adapted to engage an opening between strands in a braid, said tooth being mounted at the first end of the body portion along an axis which is aparallel with respect to the longitudinal axis.
A braid-removing tool comprising:
- an elongate body portion having a longitudinal axis, a first end and a second end and being adapted for retention by a human hand;
- a single elongate tooth having a cross-sectional area adapted to engage an opening between strands in a braid, said tooth being mounted at the first end of the body portion along an axis which is aparallel with respect to the longitudinal axis;
- a hook mounted at the second end of the body portion and adapted to facilitate a removal of stitching used to secure weaves of hair from a head;
- a finger grip molded into a first side of the body portion;
- a first thumb groove molded into a second side of the body portion on a top surface thereof;
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- a second thumb groove molded into the second side of the body portion on a bottom surface thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.