Patent ID: 8850707

Claim:
A hair trimmer having a front side, the trimmer having a fixed cutting element that has teeth on the front side, a mobile cutting element that oscillates in relation to the fixed cutting element that has teeth on the front side so that hair that gets caught between the teeth of the fixed and mobile cutting elements during use of the hair trimmer is cut off, and a protective support arranged on the fixed cutting element that is provided to allow placement of the hair trimmer on the skin of the user and which has teeth on the front side, wherein the teeth of the protective support close on the front side with the teeth of the fixed cutting element or extend in their area of extension only slightly over them and the teeth of the protective support lie, at least essentially, gap-free on the fixed cutting element, and further, wherein the middle distance (M′) between the teeth of the fixed cutting element is from 0.1 to 0.9 mm, and further, wherein the middle distance (M) of the teeth of the protective support is greater than the middle distance (M′) of the teeth of the fixed cutting element.