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US 7,650,858 · App. 12/022,551 · Granted Jan 26, 2010

Pet grooming tool and method of manufacturing pet grooming tools

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Patent No.
US 7,650,858
App. No.
12/022,551
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 (19)

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 material having first tensile yield strength;

a handle portion secured to the pet engageable portion and being formed of a second polymeric material, the second polymeric material having a second tensile yield strength that is less than the first tensile yield strength, wherein the pet engageable portion comprises a first surface and a plurality of intersecting surfaces, each of the intersecting surfaces intersects the first surface in a manner forming an acute edge segment, the teeth are arranged in a row, and the edge segments and the teeth alternate with each other along the row; and wherein the plurality of teeth includes a first tooth and second tooth that are adjacent each other, each of the first tooth and the second tooth comprises a tip having first and second tooth surfaces that intersect each other in a manner forming an acute edge, and wherein one of the first and second tooth surfaces of the first tooth acutely intersects one of the first and second tooth surfaces of the second tooth.

2. A pet grooming tool in accordance with claim 1 wherein the handle portion is secured to the pet engageable portion via a melt-bond.

3. A pet grooming tool in accordance with claim 1 wherein the handle portion is secured to the pet engageable portion via interlocking geometry.

4. A pet grooming tool in accordance with claim 1 wherein the first surface is planar, the intersecting surfaces are each planar, and each of the first and second tooth surfaces of each of the first tooth and the second tooth is planar.

5. A pet grooming tool in accordance with claim 1 wherein the teeth include a first tooth and the edge segments include a first edge segment, the first tooth comprises a tip having first and second tooth surfaces that intersect each other in a manner forming an acute edge, and the acute edge of the first tooth extends perpendicular to first edge segment of the pet engageable portion.

6. A pet grooming tool in accordance with claim 1 wherein the plurality of teeth includes a first tooth and second tooth that are adjacent each other, each of the first tooth and the second tooth comprises a tooth surface, and wherein the tooth surface of the first tooth acutely intersects the tooth surface of the second tooth.

7. A pet grooming tool in accordance with claim 1 further comprising at least one hand-grip portion that is formed of a third polymeric material and is secured to the handle portion by a melt-bond, the third polymeric material being different form the first and second polymeric materials.

8. A pet grooming tool in accordance with claim 1 wherein the teeth are arranged in a row and are spaced from each other in a manner such that the pet engageable portion has less than fourteen teeth per inch and more than thirteen teeth per inch.

9. A pet grooming tool comprising:

a pet engageable portion formed of a polymeric material and having a plurality of teeth arranged in a row, the pet engageable portion comprising a first surface and a plurality of intersecting surfaces, each of the intersecting surfaces intersecting the first surface in a manner forming an acute edge segment, the edge segments and the teeth alternating with each other along the row, the plurality of teeth including a first tooth and a second tooth that are adjacent each other, each of the first tooth and the second tooth comprising a tooth surface, the tooth surface of the first tooth acutely intersecting the tooth surface of the second tooth; and wherein the tooth surface of the first tooth constitutes a first tooth surface of the first tooth, the tooth surface of the second tooth constitutes a first tooth surface of the second tooth, the first tooth comprises a second tooth surface that intersects the first tooth surface of the first tooth in a manner forming a tip of the first tooth that has an acute edge, and the second tooth comprises a second tooth surface that intersects the first tooth surface of the second tooth in a manner forming a tip of the second tooth that has an acute edge.

10. A pet grooming tool in accordance with claim 9 wherein the edge segments include a first edge segment, and the acute edges of the tips of the first tooth and the second tooth extend perpendicular to the first edge segment of the pet engageable portion.

11. A pet grooming tool in accordance with claim 9 wherein the first surface is planar, the intersecting surfaces are each planar, and the tooth surface of each of the first tooth and the second tooth is planar.

12. A pet grooming tool in accordance with claim 9 wherein the polymeric material constitutes a first polymeric material and wherein the pet grooming tool further comprises a handle portion secured to the pet engageable portion and that is formed of a second polymeric material that is different from the first polymeric material.

13. A pet grooming tool in accordance with claim 12 wherein the handle portion is secured to the pet engageable portion via a melt-bond.

14. A pet grooming tool in accordance with claim 12 wherein the handle portion is secured to the pet engageable portion via interlocking geometry.

15. A pet grooming tool in accordance with claim 12 further comprising at least one hand-grip portion that formed of a third polymeric material and is secured to the handle portion by a melt-bond, the third polymeric material being different form the first and second polymeric materials.

16. A pet grooming tool in accordance with claim 12 wherein the first polymeric material has a first tensile yield strength and the second polymeric material has a second tensile yield strength that is less than the first tensile yield strength.

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 Feb 26, 2008
From: PORTER, DAVID R.; PORTER, ANGELA L.
To: FURGOPET, INC.
Reel/Frame 020561/0093 →