Patent ID: 9561596
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: B26B

Claim:
1. A multi-part hair clipper housing lid configured for engagement upon a main hair clipper housing, said lid comprising: a base having an interior portion defined by an interior edge, said base including a plurality of recesses, wherein said recesses each define a socket; a trim piece separate from said base and having an outer trim edge configured for locating on said interior edge, said trim piece defining an inner, generally U-shaped space when viewed from above and defined by an inner peripheral edge, and having a transverse support bar near a front end of said trim piece, wherein said transverse support bar connects a pair of legs forming said U-shaped space defining an opening; a cover separate from said trim piece and said base and configured for seating upon said inner peripheral edge and covering said U-shaped space, and being constructed and arranged such that upon said cover being fastened to the main housing, said trim piece is retained upon said base; said cover is provided with a fastener aperture constructed and arranged such that a single fastener passing through said aperture and engaging the main housing retains said cover at one end so that it clamps said trim piece and said base at said end to the main housing; and said trim piece having at least one depending locator and said cover having two depending locators separated by a distance and in alignment in a longitudinal direction, wherein said two depending locators of said cover extend through said opening of said trim piece when said cover is seated upon said trim piece, and one of said plurality of recesses in said base is configured for receiving said at least one depending locator of said trim piece being separate from other recesses in said base configured for receiving said depending locators of said cover, said depending locators all have trailing legs facing the same direction, and said sockets are complementarily shaped for receiving an associated one of said trailing edges, each said socket defined in part by a top wall and at least one sidewall and for accommodating sliding installation of both said trim piece and said cover upon said base, said recesses disposed in said base each having a single sockets, and said one of said plurality of recesses disposed for receiving said trim piece locator being disposed in said base between said other recesses for receiving said depending locators of said cover and having a pair of laterally spaced sockets, so that the sliding installation of said trim piece and said cover is in the same direction relative to said base, said base also having a transverse recess constructed and arranged for accommodating said transverse support bar.