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US 9,622,562 B2Granted
Musical comb
OwnerDean H. Heringinventor
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Abstract
A personal grooming device a body defining a grasping surface defining an outer portion and an inner portion, as well as groups of members extending directly from the inner portion at varying depth so that the members are capable of playing a musical note or notes.
Claims15
A personal grooming device usable to comb hair or play notes of a musical composition, comprising:
- a body having a grasping surface defining an outer portion and an inner portion of the body, the inner portion having a varied contour;
- and
- a plurality of spaced members each extending directly from the inner portion to a terminal portion, the terminal portions of all members being collinear and the length of each member being defined by the local contour of the inner portion from which it extends, wherein:
- the members are arranged in successive groups, each group configured to play a single note of the musical composition,
- each of at least two of the groups has a plurality of equally spaced members of equal length that collectively play that group's respective note for a duration proportional to the number of members in that group by plucking all the members of that group consecutively in one continuous stroke, and
- the groups of members are separated by gaps wider than the spacing between the members of each group, the gaps yielding pauses between adjacent musical notes during play.
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A personal grooming device usable to comb hair or play notes of a musical composition, comprising:
- a body having a grasping portion;
- and
- a straight-line arrangement of spaced teeth extending from the body to respective terminal portions that are collinear, wherein:
- the teeth are arranged in successive groups, each group configured to play a single note of the musical composition,
- each of at least two of the groups has a plurality of equally spaced teeth of equal length that collectively play that group's respective note for a duration proportional to the number of teeth in that group by plucking all the teeth of that group consecutively in one continuous stroke,
- the groups of teeth are separated by gaps wider than the spacing between the teeth of each group, the gaps yielding pauses between adjacent musical notes during play, and
- the length of the teeth of at least one group differs from the length of the teeth of at least one other group.
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A musical comb usable to comb hair or play notes of a musical composition, comprising:
- a graspable body including a base having a varied contour including at least one peak adjacent to at least one valley;
- and
- a straight-line arrangement of spaced teeth extending from the base to terminal portions that are collinear, wherein:
- the teeth are arranged in at least two groups:
- a first group of teeth extending from a peak and a second group of teeth extending from a valley,
- the first group has a plurality of equally spaced first teeth of equal length that collectively play the first group's note for a duration proportional to the number of first teeth by plucking all the first teeth consecutively in one continuous stroke, and
- the second group has a plurality of equally spaced second teeth of equal length that collectively play the second group's note for a duration proportional to the number of second teeth by plucking all the second teeth consecutively in one continuous stroke.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.