Patent ID: 8342187

Claim:
Vibrating grooming device comprising ( 1 ) a vibrating head with bristles and/or tines and ( 2 ) a handle, wherein said vibrating head comprises (a) a motor, (b) an oscillating body; and (c) a carrier which is connected to the oscillating body at one end and to a crown gear mounted off-center pin at a second end, the crown gear engaging a motor drive shaft and wherein a vibrating movement frequency is from 20-200 Hz; and wherein said handle comprises a power supply in a housing, which housing is stabilized by a pin held within an aperture of a stabilizing bushing and which housing is further stabilized by a spring fixed to an inner far end of the handle's outer part; the device characterized by the oscillating body in the head being disposed to oscillate linearly along an oscillating axis which is perpendicular to a bristle or tine extending direction, with the carrier in the head pulling and pushing the oscillating body away from the motor in the head in said linear fashion.