Hair trimmer for use in self-cutting or on others
AssigneeWahl Clipper Corporation
InventorsJames E. McCambridge, Scott A. Melton, Raymond A. Nielsen
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Abstract
A bladeset for a hair clipper includes blade teeth configured to guide hair strands toward a cutting zone and to retain hair strands in the cutting zone. By more effectively guiding and retaining the hair strands into the cutting zone, more complete hair cutting may be achieved. Another feature of the present self-cutting hair trimmer is a housing configured to provide a cutting line associated with a generally elongate handle, which in turn provides a bladeset angle of attack substantially perpendicular to hair to be cut on all parts of a self-user's head or a subject's head when the present trimmer is held by a user in either hand.
Claims13
A method for self-cutting hair, comprising:
- providing an electrically powered hair trimmer with an elongate handle and a rotatable bladeset defining a cutting line generally parallel to a longitudinal axis of the handle, said bladeset including a stationary blade and a moving blade configured for laterally reciprocating relative to said stationary blade;
- rotating said bladeset in a plane generally parallel to said longitudinal axis of said handle to a designated cutting position so that the cutting line is directable toward a designated side of the user's head;
- gripping said handle with the hand adjacent the designated side of the head;
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- stroking the trimmer through the user's hair on the designated side of the head at an angle of attack so that the hair is engaged by said moving blade wherein said handle is L-shaped, and said bladeset is mounted on the end of a short leg of said L-shaped handle, said longitudinal axis being on a long leg of said L-shaped handle, and said handle containing a motor for powering said moving blade.
A method for self-cutting hair, comprising:
- providing an electrically powered hair trimmer with an elongate handle and a rotatable bladeset defining a cutting line generally parallel to a longitudinal axis of the handle, said bladeset including a stationary blade and a moving blade configured for laterally reciprocating relative to said stationary blade;
- rotating said bladeset in a plane generally parallel to said longitudinal axis of said handle to a designated cutting position so that the cutting line is directable toward a designated side of the user's head;
- releasably locking said bladeset in said cutting position;
- gripping said handle with a first hand adjacent the designated side of the head;
- stroking the trimmer through the user's hair on the designated side of the head at an angle of attack so that hair is engaged by said moving blade;
- upon completion of use of the trimmer with the hand on the designated side, rotating the bladeset in said plane generally parallel to said longitudinal axis of said handle to a second designated position corresponding to another side of the head;
- releasably locking said bladeset in said second designated cutting position;
- gripping the handle with the other of user's hands corresponding to the selected side of the head;
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- stroking the trimmer through the hair at the same angle of attack with the other hand wherein said handle is L-shaped, and said bladeset is mounted on the end of a short leg of said L-shaped handle, said longitudinal axis being on a long leg of said L-shaped handle, and said handle containing a motor for powering said moving blade.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.