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US 7,650,857 · App. 11/840,740 · Granted Jan 26, 2010

Pet grooming tool and method of manufacturing pet grooming tools

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Patent No.
US 7,650,857
App. No.
11/840,740
Granted
Jan 26, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pet grooming tool comprises a pet engageable portion formed of polymeric material and having a plurality of teeth. A method of forming a pet grooming tool comprises molding a pet engageable portion out of a first polymeric material and thereafter over molding a handle portion to the pet engageable portion.

Claims (7)

1. A pet grooming tool comprising:

a pet engageable portion having a plurality of teeth, the pet engageable portion being formed of a first polymeric materia, the plurality of teeth being arranged in a row having between eighteen and twenty-two of such teeth per inch, each of the plurality of teeth having a plane of symmetry and a tip, the plane of symmetry defining a cross-section of the tip of said tooth, the cross-section of the tip of said tooth having a corner having an interior angle of between fifty and seventy degrees; and

a handle portion secured to the pet engageable portion and being formed of a second polymeric material, the second polymeric material being different from the first polymeric material.

2. A pet grooming tool in accordance with claim 1 wherein at least two of the plurality of teeth are adjacent one another and intersect at a root, and the root has an interior edge that has an interior angle of between thirty and fifty degrees.

3. A pet grooming tool in accordance with claim 2 wherein the interior angle of the interior edge is between thirty-five and forty-five degrees.

4. A pet grooming tool in accordance with claim 1 wherein the interior angle of the corner is between fifty-five and sixty-five degrees.

5. A pet grooming tool in accordance with claim 1 wherein the interior angle of the interior edge is between 0.125 and 0.175 inches from the corner of the tooth nearest the interior edge.

Assignments (16)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 23, 2024
From: SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC.; GLOFISH, LLC; SPECTRUM BRANDS PET GROUP, INC.; SPECTRUM BRANDS PET LLC; EMPOWER BRANDS, LLC; UNITED INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
To: ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
Reel/Frame 067201/0653 →
NOTICE OF SUCCESSOR AGENT AND ASSIGNMENT OF SECURITY INTEREST (INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY) REEL/FRAME 036131/0272 Recorded Jun 5, 2018
From: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH
To: ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
Reel/Frame 046301/0425 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 19, 2015
From: UNITED PET GROUP, INC.; SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC.
To: SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC.
Reel/Frame 036361/0159 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 20, 2015
From: SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC.
To: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 036131/0272 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2015
From: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL TRUSTEE
To: APPLICA CONSUMER PRODUCTS, INC.; APPLICA CONSUMER PRODUCTS, INC., A CORP. OF FLORIDA; KWIKSET CORPORATION; LIQUID HOLDING COMPANY, INC.; NATIONAL MANUFACTURING CO.; PRICE PFISTER, INC.; ROV HOLDING, INC., A CORP. OF DELAWARE; ROVCAL, INC.; ROVCAL, INC., A CORP. OF CALIFORNIA; RUSSELL HOBBS, INC., A CORP. OF DELAWARE; SALIX ANIMAL HEALTH, LLC; SEED RESOURCES, L.L.C.; SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC.; SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC. AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO ROVCAL, INC.; SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC., A CORP. OF DELAWARE; TELL MANUFACTURING, INC.; TETRA HOLDING (US), INC., A CORP. OF DELAWARE; TETRA HOLDINGS (US), INC.; UNITED INDUSTRIES CORPORATION; UNITED INDUSTRIES CORPORATION AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO LIQUID HOLDING COMPANY, INC.; UNITED PET GROUP, INC.; UNITED PET GROUP, INC., A CORP. OF DELAWARE
Reel/Frame 036102/0001 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2015
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS AGENT
To: RUSSELL HOBBS, INC.; APPLICA CONSUMER PRODUCTS, INC.; TOASTMASTER INC.; SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC.; ROVCAL, INC.; TETRA HOLDING (US), INC.; UNITED PET GROUP, INC.; SEED RESOURCES, L.L.C.; PRICE PFISTER, INC.; KWIKSET CORPORATION; NATIONAL MANUFACTURING CO.; LIQUID HOLDING COMPANY, INC.; TELL MANUFACTURING, INC.; SALIX ANIMAL HEALTH, LLC
Reel/Frame 036052/0845 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Feb 28, 2012
From: UNITED PET GROUP, INC.
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 027775/0165 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Feb 24, 2012
From: UNITED PET GROUP, INC.
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 027756/0688 →
MERGER Recorded Feb 22, 2012
From: FURMINATOR, INC.
To: UNITED PET GROUP, INC.
Reel/Frame 027741/0132 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2012
From: CAPITAL SOUTH PARTNERS FUND II LIMITED PARTNERSHIP; CAPITALSOUTH PARTNERS SBIC FUND III, L.P.; EAGLE FUND I, L.P.; EAGLE FUND II, L.P.
To: FURMINATOR, INC.
Reel/Frame 027628/0985 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 11, 2012
From: FIFTH THIRD BANK
To: FURMINATOR, INC.
Reel/Frame 027513/0621 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Sep 12, 2008
From: FURMINATOR, INC.
To: CAPITALSOUTH PARTNERS SBIC FUND III, L.P.
Reel/Frame 021523/0263 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Sep 11, 2008
From: FURMINATOR, INC. (F/K/A FM ACQUISITION CORP.)
To: FIFTH THIRD BANK
Reel/Frame 021511/0709 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 10, 2008
From: FM ACQUISITION CORP
To: FURMINATOR, INC.
Reel/Frame 021511/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 10, 2008
From: FURMINATOR, INC.; FURGOPET, INC.
To: FM ACQUISITION CORP
Reel/Frame 021502/0717 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 12, 2007
From: PORTER, DAVID R.; PORTER, ANGELA L.
To: FURGOPET, INC.
Reel/Frame 019812/0551 →