Patent ID: 7963253
Filing Date: 2011-06-21
Classification: A01K,A46B

Abstract:
1. A grooming device for an animal, said grooming device having: a body, said body having an upper housing and containing a motor, a power source and a control mechanism; a rotating member, said rotating member having a periphery, being movably affixed to said motor and having at least a pair of connection members, said at least a pair of connection members extending from an outside edge of said periphery, a flex member, said flex member having an interior periphery and an exterior periphery, said interior periphery being greater than said periphery of said rotating member and having—a—receiving area for each of said at least a pair of connection members recessed within said interior periphery, each of said receiving areas dimensioned to enable movement of said least a pair of connection members within each of said receiving area, wherein each of said receiving area has an entry channel at a first angle to an upper surface of said inner periphery, a connecting channel at a second angle to said upper surface and an adjusting channel at a third angle to said upper surface, said at least a pair of connection members being movable within said adjusting channel, said flex member being spaced from said rotating member, at least two springs, said at least two springs spacing said flex member and said rotating member to create a compression area between said flex member and said rotating member, flexible curry ribs, said curry ribs being at substantially right angles to, and affixed to, at least a portion of said exterior periphery of said flex member.