Patent ID: 7040021

Claim:
A hair trimming apparatus for trimming the distal ends of hair drawn therethrough, comprising: a body assembly having a handle end and having a head end; a motor mounted in said body assembly adapted for communication with an electric power source; a cutting head assembly positioned upon said head end of said body assembly, said cutting head assembly having a face with a retainer cavity formed therein, a rear wall, a sidewall, and an interior cavity defined by the area between said face and said rear wall; a slot in said retainer cavity communicating between said face and said interior cavity; an elongated hair retainer mounted to said body assembly at a first end, said hair retainer dimensioned for cooperative engagement in said retainer cavity; said elongated hair retainer having an operating position cooperatively engaged in said retainer cavity and having a raised position, substantially disengaged from said retainer cavity; means to move said elongated hair retainer between said raised position and said operating position; a serpentine path formed between said retainer cavity and said hair retainer in said operating position, said serpentine path for drawing hair strands through said cutting head assembly; said slot allowing said distal ends of said hair strands drawn through said serpentine path to momentarily communicate into said interior cavity; and means for cutting off portions of said distal ends of said hair strands; means to communicate mechanical power from said motor to said means for cutting off portions of said distal ends of said hair strands.