Patent ID: 8720381
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A pet grooming tool comprising: two holding arms respectively having two lug ends which are spaced apart from each other in a first transverse direction; a mounting shaft extending along a shaft axis in the first transverse direction to terminate at two journals which are respectively secured to said lug ends along the shaft axis; a plurality of first tine members, each made from a first flat blank which is oriented normal to the shaft axis, and which has first raking and base regions opposite to each other in a longitudinal direction transverse to the first transverse direction, said first flat blank having a first front edge surface which extends from said first base region toward said first raking region in the longitudinal direction to terminate at a front spot, and a first rear edge surface which is opposite to said first front edge surface in a second transverse direction that is transverse to the longitudinal and first transverse directions, and which extends from said first base region toward said first raking region to join with said first front edge surface at said front spot to form a first tine tip of a respective one of said first tine members, said first base region having a first mounting hole which permits said mounting shaft to be inserted fittingly thereinto such that said first tine members are juxtaposed with one another between said lug ends; and a plurality of dematting members, each made from a second flat blank which has forward and rearward edge surfaces opposite to each other in the second transverse direction, and which is oriented normal to the shaft axis, said second flat blank having dematting blade and mount regions opposite to each other in the longitudinal direction, said dematting blade region extending in the longitudinal direction to terminate at an inclined distal edge surface which joins said forward and rearward edge surfaces, respectively, at a forward spot and a rearward spot that is closer to said mount region than said forward spot, said forward edge surface having a blade cutout portion which extends from said forward spot toward said mount region so as to form a dematting blade tip having a sharp point at said forward spot, said mount region having a mount bore which permits said mounting shaft to be inserted fittingly thereinto such that each of said first tine members is interposed between two adjacent ones of said dematting members, and such that said dematting blade tip is disposed rearward from and below said first tine tip, wherein said blade cutout portions and said dematting blade tips of said dematting members are indented relative to said first front edge surfaces of said first tine members.