Patent ID: 6588108
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: A45D,B26B

Abstract:
A hair trimming apparatus for trimming the distal ends of hair drawn therethrough, comprising:a body assembly having a handle attached at one end and having a head mating end; a motor mounted in said body assembly communicating with an electric power source; a cutting head assembly mountable on said head mating end of said body assembly, said cutting head assembly having a face with a retainer cavity formed therein; a slot located in said retainer cavity communicating with an interior cavity of said cutting head assembly; an elongated hair retainer rotatably mounted at a first end and cooperatively engageable with said retainer cavity; said elongated hair retainer having an operating position cooperatively engaged in said retainer cavity and having a raised position, disengaged from said retainer cavity; an activating lever operatively engaged with said elongated hair retainer at said first end for moving said elongated hair retainer from said raised position to said operating position; a cutter blade assembly operatively mounted in said interior cavity, said cutter blade assembly having a cutting blade attached to a cutting frame, said cutter blade assembly operatively engaged with said motor when mounted in said interior cavity; said elongated hair retainer when cooperatively engaged with said slot, forming a serpentine path for guiding hair strands through said cutting head assembly; said slot allowing said distal ends of said hair strands drawn through said serpentine path to momentarily communicate through said slot into said interior cavity; and said cutting blade positioned in said interior cavity to cut portions off said distal ends of said hair strands communicating through said slot.