Patent ID: 7235085

Claim:
A hair removal device comprising: a housing having a front wall, a back wall and a peripheral wall extending between said front and back walls, said front wall having an aperture extending therethrough; a pair of spools being rotatably mounted in said housing and positioned such that said aperture is between said spools, each of said spools having a rotational axis orientated parallel with respect to each other, biasing members rotationally bias said spools in opposite directions with respect to each other; a first tether being wound around a first spool of said pair of spools, said first tether having an end secured adjacent to a second spool of said pair of spools; a second tether being wound around said second spool, said second tether extending away from said second spool and being wound about said first tether and defining a plurality of loops, said loops being positioned adjacent to said aperture, an end of said second tether being secured adjacent to said first spool, wherein said biasing members pull said first and second tethers taut; a drive assembly being mechanically coupled to said first and second spools for selectively moving said first and second spools in a first direction away from each other, said biasing members moving said first and second spools in a second direction toward each other, wherein said loops twist with respect to each other when said first and second spools move in said first and second directions; and wherein said loops may be selectively positioned against skin such that said loops engage and remove hair attached to the skin.