Patent ID: 7117873

Claim:
A device for removing lice and nits from the affected hair and scalp of an individual, comprising: first and second blade members, each having longitudinal opposed edge portions, each edge having successive uniformly shaped teeth; and means for movably retaining said first and second blade members to move their respective teeth parallel and adjacent to one another with their respective opposed edge portions in offset parallel planes along their respective longitudinal axes, and with opposed side faces in close proximity, whereby the teeth of said first and second blade members are selectively moved in parallel toward one another, with portions of the affected hairs therebetween, to form apertures of a shape to completely surround entrapped hairs held therebetween, the size of said apertures being controlled by the extent of closure between said first and second blade members, said plurality of apertures further being configured to thereafter provide via combing movement of said first and second blades a scraping action by edges of said teeth against individual entrapped hairs for removing lice and nits therefrom.