Patent ID: 7389779

Claim:
A hair care device including hair combing means having a plurality of combing teeth arranged into a plurality of parallel comb rows comprising a first comb row and a second comb row each having a plurality of comb teeth, said first and second comb rows being relatively movable, a movement mechanism for relatively moving said comb rows whereby the effective teeth spacing transversely across comb rows is adjustable, said movement mechanism including a driving member for causing a change in hair engaging tension by varying the effective teeth spacing across comb rows, and a holding mechanism; wherein at least some of said movable combing teeth are thermally conductive so that heat can be conducted from said comb rows to a user's hair being styled during use when hair is being engaged under tension by said comb rows, and wherein said holding mechanism comprises an arrangement of a plurality of indentations and a stud for engaging with one of said plurality of indentations, and cooperative engagement between said stud and one of said indentations defines a user selectable position corresponding to one of a plurality of discrete positions during use, and each one of said discrete positions corresponds to a pre-determined effective teeth spacing, and wherein said driving member comprises a push-tab member and at least some of the comb teeth on said comb rows are adapted so that the effective teeth spacing of said comb rows is adjustable by relative movements between said comb rows, wherein movement of said push-tab member brings about movement of said plurality of movable teeth whereby the effective teeth spacing of said comb rows is changed.