Patent ID: 8800152

Claim:
A comb assembly for a hair clipper having a lower blade and an upper blade reciprocating with respect to the lower blade, the lower blade having a lower cutting edge and the upper blade having an upper cutting edge, the upper cutting edge being parallel to and rearward of the lower cutting edge, the comb assembly comprising: a comb attachment comprising a body and a plurality of tines extending forward from the body; and an attachment mechanism for attaching the comb attachment to the lower blade; wherein each tine includes an extension portion extending along a bottom side of the lower blade; wherein each tine includes a hook portion curving from the extension portion across the lower cutting edge; wherein each hook portion includes a rounded free end adjacent a top surface of the lower blade rearward of the lower cutting edge and forward of the upper cutting edge, the rounded free end describing a radius of curvature; wherein the comb attachment is pivoted about the lower cutting edge during installation and removal of the comb attachment from the lower blade; and wherein the radius of curvature of the rounded free end of each hook portion is sized to avoid the free end from crossing the upper cutting edge as the comb attachment is pivoted on the lower cutting edge during installation and removal of the comb attachment.