Patent ID: 8528501
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A grooming tool for grooming an animal's coat to remove loose or detached hairs, comprising: a handle portion having proximal and distal ends, a head portion at the distal end of the handle portion, and a grooming portion extending from the head portion; the grooming portion comprising a plurality of tines arranged in at least a first row which may or may not be linear, the plurality of tines constructed and arranged in a manner adapted to engage the loose and detached hairs when the grooming tool is passed in a grooming direction through the animal's coat and substantially remove them from the animal, substantially without cutting or plucking secure, live hairs from the animal's coat; the plurality of tines having a base substantially aligned with the grooming direction, a height extending from the base to a tine tip, with the length at the base in the grooming direction longer than at the tip, the tines also having a tine side, sloping from the tip to the base in a direction aligned with the grooming direction, the tines also wider at their base in a direction perpendicular to the grooming direction than at the tine tip, such that the tips of adjacent tines are farther apart than the bases of adjacent tines, wherein the first row of tines is V-shaped and comprises an opening and a vertex, the opening substantially faces the grooming direction, and the vertex points in a direction substantially opposite the grooming direction.