Patent ID: 8104485

Claim:
A lice comb comprising a plurality of parallel teeth having upper surfaces and lower surfaces, the lower surfaces being adjacent, in use, the base of the hair being combed; wherein each pair of adjacent teeth includes a first set of projections on a side surface of the first of said pair of adjacent teeth and a second set of projections on an adjacent side surface of the second of said pair of adjacent teeth; wherein the first set of projections are provided along at least a portion of the length of the tooth such that hair moving downwardly between the pair of teeth passes through gaps defined between the first set of projections, and wherein the second set of projections are provided interspersed between the first set of projections and offset from the upper surface in a direction toward the lower surface of the teeth such that the strands of hair passing through the gaps are deflected in a direction parallel to the teeth in use by the second set of projections.