Patent ID: 7909042

Claim:
A lice and nit removal comb comprising: a body having a first portion for hand-gripping, and a second portion adapted for rigidly retaining teeth; a plurality of elongated metal teeth each having a free end and a proximal end portion configured for enhancing the rigid retention thereof in said second portion of said body, each having a square cross section between proximal and distal end portions forming four longitudinal side edges, each having an equal total length ranging from 1.5 inches to 2.72 inches, the length of said teeth protruding from said second portion of said body ranging from 1.25 inches to 1.50 inches, the distal end portion of each of said teeth having a taper ranging from 1:5 to 1:8, the free ends of each of said teeth being rounded, said teeth being juxtaposed to one another with opposing side edges in parallel, and the opposing side edges of said teeth being rounded and having a constant space therebetween in the range of 0.0035 inch to 0.0045 inch in the distance between proximal and distal end portions, respectively.