Patent ID: 9351476
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: A01K,A45D,A46B

Claim Text:
1. A grooming device for removing and collecting loose hair from an animal having a furry coat or other object to be groomed, comprising: at least one comb portion having teeth engageable with hair of an animal having a furry coat or of another object to be groomed; and a hair collection chamber connected to said at least one comb portion, said hair collection chamber including an interior defined by a plurality of surfaces including two side walls; a handle portion operatively connected to said hair collection chamber and said at least one comb portion, wherein the handle portion has an elongated axis that is offset from an axis along which the device is configured to be pulled or pushed to engage the teeth of said at least one comb portion with hair of an animal having a furry coat or other object to be groomed; a rotatable dowel disposed between the two side walls of the hair collection chamber, said at least one comb portion connected to the dowel whereby said at least one comb portion is rotated as the dowel is rotated; a rotatable barrel also disposed between the two side walls of the hair collection chamber, the rotatable dowel fitting within the rotatable barrel, and the rotatable barrel having a slit along an outer wall thereof configured to receive at least the teeth of said at least one comb portion; a scraper mounted to an inside of a wall of the hair collection chamber, the scraper having at least a portion thereof disposed tangentially to an outer surface of the rotatable barrel; and a side lever mounted to the hair collection chamber, exteriorly of the chamber and aligned with an elongated axis of the dowel, for rotating the rotatable dowel and said at least one comb portion with said rotatable dowel, wherein the device is configured such that after said at least one comb portion has collected hair from an animal or other object of grooming, as the side lever is manipulated to rotate the rotatable dowel and with it said at least one comb portion, the teeth of said at least one comb portion enter the interior of the hair collection chamber, and as the teeth do so the teeth recede within the rotatable barrel through the slit to deposit hair on the outer surface of the rotatable barrel; and as said at least one comb portion is further rotated via the dowel to move past the scraper, the scraper applies pressure to the barrel to scrape hair from the outer surface of the barrel, the hair being retained in the hair collection chamber as the dowel, and said at least one comb portion connected thereto, is rotated further beyond the scraper to expose the teeth outside of the hair collection chamber for re-introduction with loose hair of the animal or other object of grooming.