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US3125101A
US3125101A US3125101DA US3125101A US 3125101 A US3125101 A US 3125101A US 3125101D A US3125101D A US 3125101DA US 3125101 A US3125101 A US 3125101A
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  • a further object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved hair-cutting guide that is economical of production in desired sizes and preferred structural particularity, that is simple and convenient of use, that is durable and long-lived as an integrated organization amenable to cleansing and sterilization, and that is positive and efficient in attainment of the ends for which designed.

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March 17, 1964 w. CLARK HAIR-CUTTING GUIDE Filed Nov. 7, 1960 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 IN VEN TOR. WILLARD L. CLARK W ATTORNEY Marth 17, 1964 Filed Nov. '7, 1960 W. L. CLARK 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 7 V lOc lob l4 I01: ma
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WILLARD L6 RK W ATTORNEY United States Patent 3,125,101 HAIR-CUTTING GUIDE Willard L. Clark, Greeley, Colo. (1010 Shortleaf Court, Loveland, Colo.) Filed Nov. 7, 1960, Ser. No. 67,528 1 Claim. ((11. lea-4s This invention relates to the art and practice of hairdressing, and more particularly to the trimming of hair into conformity with the mode currently characteristic of males, and has as an object to provide means man-ipulable as a guide for hair cutting instrumentalities to advantageously facilitate such operations.
A further object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved construction and unitary organization of elements constituting a hair-cutting guide.
A turther object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved hair-cutting guide operable by those lacking professional skill to attainment of sightly, professionalappearing results.
A further object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved hair-cutting guide adapted for single-hand manipulation throughout an adequately-wide range of operative dispositions relative to the human head and hair-cutting instrumentalities applied thereto.
A further object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved hair-cutting guide that is economical of production in desired sizes and preferred structural particularity, that is simple and convenient of use, that is durable and long-lived as an integrated organization amenable to cleansing and sterilization, and that is positive and efficient in attainment of the ends for which designed.
With the foregoing and other objects in view, my invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and operative organization of elements as hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claim, and illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which FIGURE 1 is a plan view of a typical embodiment of the invention with one manipulating element thereof broken away to conserve space.
FIGURE 2 is a side elevation of the organization according to FIGURE 1.
FIGURE 3 is a transverse section, on a relatively-enlarged scale, taken substantially on the indicated line 33 of FIGURE 1.
FIGURE 4 is a side elevation, on a relatively-reduced scale, of the improvement according to the preceding views in position of practical use.
Occasion for and the techniques incident to the trimming of human hair to the mode and style currently favored by males are fully understood beyond need of elabo ration herein, it being noteworthy only that sightly and satisfactory results require skillful adjustment and blended graduation of hair length rfrom a minimum at the temples, over the ears, and across the back of the neck, somewhat beyond the normal capability of a non-professional op erator, and the instant invention is hence directed to the provision of a guide conveniently manipulable by any user in cooperation with cutting instrumentalities to determine the hair length adjustment and blended graduation primary to desired effect.
As illustrated, the improved guide is an elongated, unitary assembly of similar, longitudinal-ly-arcuate comb bars of any suitable, substantiallyrigid material, such as molded synthetic resins, the so-called plastics, and the like. Alike in a longitudinal curvature considerably more gradual than the hair bearing convexities of the human head, and correspondingly conver-gently tapered in width from a maximum at their midportions to a minimum at their ends, the comb bars 10 are represented as desirably six in number adjusted in length to provide a pair of longer bars 10a, a pair of shorter bars 10b, and a pair of intermediate-length bars 100. Rigidly intercoupled in uniformly spaced parallelism of their wider midportions by means of a transverse strut 111 integrally or fixedly spanning therebetween, the comb bars are assembled in registration of their convex margins with the longer bars 10a outermost, the shorter bars 10b innermost, and the bars lllc dividing the intervals between adjacent bars 10a and 10b in a manner to symmetrically retract ends of the bars 100, at each end of the assembly, inwardly from the adjacent ends of the bars 10a and to similarly retract ends of the bars 10b a less distance inwardly from the adjacent ends of the bars 10c, in which arrangement the spaced end portions of all of the bars are united in a slight, symmetrical convergence of the bars longitudinally and in both directions outwardly of the assembly by means of yokes 12, desirably arcuate in plan, integrally or fixedly connecting therebetween inwardly from the terminals thereof. The unitary assembly of comb bars 10 comprised as above set forth is conditioned for manipulation by means of like handles 13 fixedly outstanding from and laterally of the outermost bars 10a at opposite sides of the strut 11 wherewith they are linked for adequate strength and rigidity by means of stiffening ribs 14 formed as enlargements along convex midportion margins of the bars Illa.
In accordance with and to give effect to the principles of the invention, the comb bars 10 similarly mount teeth 15 in distinctive arrangements at the opposite sides of the strut 11. Fixed to and in a desirably uniform spacing along the concave side of each of the comb bars 10a, 10b and Ida in either registered or staggered relation laterally of the bar assembly, the teeth 15 instand from the associated bar in the plane of the bar width at a slight inclination such as to direct their free ends inwardly of the bar length and away from the adjacent end of the bar beyond the zones of their attachment to the bar, the arrays of teeth 15 at the opposite sides of the strut 11 hence being convergent. Conjoined to the associated bar in a thickness equal to that of the bar and a width along the latter adequate for security of attachment, the teeth 15 individually taper in the width plane of the bar to a narrowed tip in side elevational aspect and symmetrically diverge transversely of and outwardly from the bar to a free end terminal widened laterally of the bar assembly in a maintained spacing :from corresponding terminals of laterally-adjacent teeth. Similarly formed and attached to their respective comb bars, the teeth 15 comprised in an array thereof at one side of the strut 11 differ but in length of individual extension from the associated bar and are graduated as to such length from a minimum adjacent the bar end and to a maximum adjacent the strut in a manner to dispose their free ends as determinants of a concave arc in general conformable to hairbearing convexities of the human head. Side areas of the human head generally corresponding in a convexity less pronounced than that at the rear of the head, the array of teeth 15 at one side of the strut 11 is lengthgraduated to outline a relatively shallow concavity conformable to human head side areas and the tooth array at the other side of said strut is differently length-graduated to outline a relatively deep concavity conformable to the convexity at the rear of the head. Supplementing the teeth 15 of the major arrays just described, similar teeth 15' expediently project from zones of the yokes 12 between adjacent comb bars to terminate in the concavity outline established by the adjacent teeth 15.
Constituted as shown and described in appropriate size from any suitable material in any feasible manner, the improvement is a facility convenient of practical use with marked advantage. It being desired to trim the hair at the rear of a head, the guide unit of the invention is manipulated by one of the handles 13 in the grasp of an operator to position the tooth array defining the deeper concavity below such grip in opposition to the head area to be trimmed and to conformably engage such concavity with the head area, as represented by FIGURE 4. Upon first engagement of the ends of the teeth 15 outlining the concavity against the head area, the guide unit is slightly raked longitudinally, and perhaps laterally, to fully enter the tooth tips Within the hair, whereafter the unit is elevated a bit along the head contour to apply the widened ends of the teeth with elevating effect upon the hair which is thereby constrained to outstand from the head between the comb bars 10 of the device in free end projection beyond the convex margins thereof, whereby excess hair length is positioned for and exposed to trimming operations effected by any appropriate cutting agency, such as shears, clippers, and the like, applied by the other hand of the operator against and in guided relation along the convex zone of the comb bar assembly. Adjustably held in the one-hand grip of the operator, the guide may be moved as desired about and over the areas to be trimmed for coaction with the cutting agency manipulated by the other hand of the operator in a manner obviously convenient and practical to effect a blended graduation and proportioning of hair lengths in the zones so trimmed, the provision of the oppositely-directed handles 13 in the association shown and described facilitating inversion of the guide, when and as desired, for application of either of the concavely-distinguished tooth arrays to a head zone conformable therewith.
Since changes, variations, and modifications in the form, construction, and arrangement of the elements shown and described may be had Without departing from the spirit of my invention, I wish to be understood as being limited solely by the scope of the appended claim, rather than by any details of the illustrative showing and foregoing description.
I claim as my invention:
In a hair-cutting guide, an elongated, substantiallyrigid, unitary frame assembly of similar, longitudinallyarcuate bars conjoined in uniform spaced relation and transverse registration of their convex margins by a strut laterally thereof and a yoke inwardly adjacent the ends thereof remote from the strut, said bars being formed to convergently taper in their are planes outwardly from said strut to and beyond said yoke, a manipulating handle fixedly outstanding laterally of said frame adjacent said strut, and means instanding from the concave margins of said bars and the corresponding margin of said yoke efiective in raking contact with hair-bearing areas of a human head to reflect longitudinal actuations of said frame as elevation of the encountered hair between and to projection beyond the convex margins of the frame bars, said means comprising doublyand oppositelytapered teeth fixed in spaced succession and like inclination along the concave bar and corresponding yoke margins in a length-graduation from a minimum at the ends of the bars remote from the strut to a maximum adjacent the strut terminally determinative of a convexity more deeply pronounced than that of the bars and with their free ends advanced toward the strut relative to their conjunctions With elements of the frame, said teeth fixedly engaging With elements of the frame in an attachment relatively wide longitudinally of the frame and relatively narrow laterally thereof, whereby to securely connect the teeth to the frame with minimal obstruction of the spaces separating the frame bars and to present the free ends of the so-tapered teeth in a width laterally of the frame much exceeding the free end dimension longitudinally of the frame efiective to broadly engage and elevate to projection through the frame'human hair rakingly contacted thereby incident to longitudinal manipulations of the frame.
References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,623,292 Widdows Apr. 5, 1927 2,029,792 Pluchino Feb. 4, 1936 2,661,007 Bauer Dec. 1, 1953 2,858,835 Pariziale Nov. 4, 1958 2,915,071 Watkins Dec. 1, 1959
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US4269205A (en) * 1979-10-18 1981-05-26 Clark Carl A Thumb hair gauge
US4407309A (en) * 1981-10-07 1983-10-04 Mcfarland James G Hair styling method
US5152306A (en) * 1989-11-22 1992-10-06 Stephan Carl W B Hairdressing comb and hairdressing kit including each comb
US5865191A (en) * 1996-06-17 1999-02-02 Kimeta; Yuji Hair lifting method hair lifting comb and collapsible hair lifting comb
US20160198831A1 (en) * 2014-12-10 2016-07-14 Erin Marie Gleeson Edge Comb
US11375793B2 (en) * 2019-01-20 2022-07-05 iP TECH PROS Inc. Facial hair shaping tool and comb

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US1623292A (en) * 1924-05-08 1927-04-05 Anna M Widdows Hair-cutting comb
US2029792A (en) * 1935-02-20 1936-02-04 Pluchino Giuseppe Hair cutting comb
US2661007A (en) * 1952-05-05 1953-12-01 Bauer Frederick Barber's comb
US2858835A (en) * 1954-08-02 1958-11-04 Parziale Jean Device for trimming hair
US2915071A (en) * 1958-05-16 1959-12-01 Alfred T Staples Comb

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US1623292A (en) * 1924-05-08 1927-04-05 Anna M Widdows Hair-cutting comb
US2029792A (en) * 1935-02-20 1936-02-04 Pluchino Giuseppe Hair cutting comb
US2661007A (en) * 1952-05-05 1953-12-01 Bauer Frederick Barber's comb
US2858835A (en) * 1954-08-02 1958-11-04 Parziale Jean Device for trimming hair
US2915071A (en) * 1958-05-16 1959-12-01 Alfred T Staples Comb

Cited By (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4269205A (en) * 1979-10-18 1981-05-26 Clark Carl A Thumb hair gauge
US4407309A (en) * 1981-10-07 1983-10-04 Mcfarland James G Hair styling method
US5152306A (en) * 1989-11-22 1992-10-06 Stephan Carl W B Hairdressing comb and hairdressing kit including each comb
US5865191A (en) * 1996-06-17 1999-02-02 Kimeta; Yuji Hair lifting method hair lifting comb and collapsible hair lifting comb
US20160198831A1 (en) * 2014-12-10 2016-07-14 Erin Marie Gleeson Edge Comb
US11375793B2 (en) * 2019-01-20 2022-07-05 iP TECH PROS Inc. Facial hair shaping tool and comb

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