Patent ID: 7458382

Claim:
A hot compressible tooth hair comb comprising: a plurality of combing teeth aligned in an array, extending from and parallel to a longitudinal midline of a body-handle, whereby each of said combing teeth are formed and sized to shroud a shorter-extending heatable tooth; a plurality of heatable teeth equal in number to the number of said combing teeth, wherein each said heatable tooth is formed and sized to glide within said combing tooth array; said heatable teeth are aligned parallel to the longitudinal midline of said body-handle, and mounted to a collapsible mechanism having a plurality of junctions equal in number to at least the number of heatable teeth, whereby each heatable tooth is mounted to one of said junctions; at least one trigger arranged to collapse together said heatable teeth; and a leveling mechanism acting to restore all heatable teeth to their shrouded positions, each to within a respective combing tooth after a triggered collapse, wherein said combing teeth are fabricated of a material possessing sufficiently light mass and low rates of thermal absorption, and said heatable teeth are fabricated of a metallic or ceramic material possessing a high rate of thermal conduction, a high retentive thermal mass, and surfaced with a non-stick coating.