Patent ID: 7051442

Claim:
An ear area comb attachment for attachment to a hair clipper having a bladeset with a moving blade laterally reciprocating relative to a stationary blade, comprising: a base configured for attachment to the clipper and having a pair of ends associated with the bladeset; a hair feed guide located at a corresponding one of at least one of said ends on said base and defining a cutting area between said ends wherein the blades are exposed, said feed guide configured for guiding hair strands toward said cutting area; a guard formation associated with said base for blocking access to a central portion of the bladeset between said ends by covering a majority of said bladeset so that said cutting area is accessible to hair only between corresponding ends of said guard formation and said ends of said base, said hair feed guide extending farther in front of the bladeset generally along a plane defined by at least one of the blades than said guard formation; and said guard formation has a curved leading edge forming a general wedge shape when viewed from a side of the clipper, said general wedge shape having two portions normally displaced from each other relative to said base and defining a space between them.