Utility nozzle with comb apparatus for grooming pets

• US 20020166512A1
• Filed: 05/06/2002
• Published: 11/14/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Austin Kit Corbett
• Original Assignee: Austin Kit Corbett
• Inventors: Corbett, Austin Kit
• Application Number:
  US10/139,460
• Publication Number:
  US 20020166512A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 119/611
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 13/002 Curry-combs; Brushes shearing sheep B26B19/24

Abstract

The present invention relates to a pet grooming apparatus and more particularly, an attachment to a prior art vacuum for grooming pet hair, and for removal of the loose hair as the pet is being groomed. The preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a utility nozzle having a wand connector for connecting the nozzle to a prior art vacuum, and a hair comb member, having a plurality of cone-shaped teeth preferably mounted in a single plane, and of study material in order to pass through the hair of a pet. Said hair comb member slidably positioned within the utility nozzle while the apparatus is pulled through the pet'"'"'s hair, the hair comb member is cabled of collecting hair that is loosened from the pet when the plurality of cone-shaped teeth engage the pet, such collection of loosened hair and debris passing from the plurality of cone-shaped teeth through an air passage of the utility nozzle into the vacuum.

Claims

1. An apparatus for removing hair and debris from a pet when grooming the pet, said apparatus comprising:

a utility nozzle having an air passage; and

a hair comb member disposed contiguous the air passage.

2. The apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the hair comb member comprising a plurality of teeth, said teeth capable of collecting the hair and debris loosened from the pet when the plurality of teeth engage the pet, so that the collection of loosened hair and debris passes from the plurality of teeth through the air passage and into the vacuum.

3. An apparatus for grooming pets that attaches to a prior art vacuum, said apparatus comprising:

a utility nozzle; and

a hair comb member;

wherein said hair comb member having a plurality of teeth, to permit the collection of pet hair and debris when the plurality of teeth engage the pet.

4. The apparatus as recited in claim 3, wherein the utility nozzle comprising:

at least one tab;

an air passage;

a center wall; and

a first and second lip;

wherein the hair comb member is removably attached to the utility nozzle contiguous the air passage, between the at least one tab and the center wall, so that the collection of loosened hair and debris passes from the plurality of teeth through the air passage of the utility nozzle into the vacuum.

5. An apparatus for grooming pets that attaches to a prior art vacuum, said apparatus comprising:

a utility nozzle having at least one tab, an air passage, and a first and second lip disposed on opposite ends of the utility nozzle; and

a hair comb member having a plurality of upwardly extending cone-shaped teeth, and a first and second end disposed on opposite ends of the hair comb member;

wherein the hair comb member is attached to the utility nozzle between the at least one tab and the center wall of the utility nozzle.

6. The apparatus as recited in claim 5, wherein the first and second ends of the hair comb member are removably positioned immediately under and in contact with the first and second lips of the utility nozzle.