Patent ID: 8448345
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: A61B,G01B

Abstract:
1. A hair retaining and measuring assembly comprising: a body, a single-use collection assembly disposed in a removable relation to said body, said single-use collection assembly comprising a hair retaining and measuring portion and a housing, at least a part of said hair retaining and measuring portion movable within said housing and relative to said body, said hair retaining and measuring portion being disposable between a collecting position and a hair retaining and measuring position, an activating assembly movably mounted on said body and structured to selectively dispose said hair retaining and measuring portion between said collecting position and said hair retaining and measuring position, said activating assembly including a hand grip and a linkage assembly, said hand grip comprising two grip segments each movably connected to said body in spaced relation to one another, said two grip segments concurrently disposed, by a single hand of a user, between an open orientation and a closed orientation, and a locking assembly including a locking member mounted on and movable with said hair retaining and measuring portion within said housing, said locking member structured to engage an interior portion of said housing and thereby prevent movement of said hair retaining and measuring portion back into said collecting position after movement of said hair retaining and measuring portion and said locking member into said hair retaining and measuring position.