Grooming device

Claim 1

A PERSONAL GROOMING DEVICE COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, AN ELONGATED GENERALLY STRAIGHT COMB BODY, A LINEAR SERIES OF COMB TEETH FORMED ON SAID BODY AND PROJECTING THEREFROM IN A STRAIGHT LINE, SAID SERIES OF COMB TEETH HAVING A COMMON CENTRAL PLANE AND EXTENDING ALONG SUBSTANTIALLY THE FULL LENGTH OF SAID BODY, SAID COMB BODY BEING SHAPED SO THAT THE TRANSVERSE DIMENSION OF THE BODY PERPENDICULAR TO SAID CENTRAL PLANE OF THE COMB TEETH IS VERY NARROW IN RELATION TO THE LENGTH OF THE BODY, SAID BODY DEFINING THEREIN A GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL CHAMBER EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY THROUGH THE BODY AND OPENING OUTWARDLY THROUGH OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF, A THIN ELONGATED AEROSOL CARTRIDGE, OF GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL SHAPE CONTAINING LIQUID UNDER PRESSURE PROVIDED BY A PROPELLANT FLUID IN THE CARTRIDGE, SAID AEROSOL CARTRIDGE BEING REMOVABLY FITTED INTO SAID CHAMBER AND BEING NEARLY COEXTENSIVE IN LENGTH WITH SAID BODY SO THAT THE CARTRIDGE IS FULLY RECEIVED WITHIN SAID CHAMBER AND EXTENDS THROUGH NEARLY THE FULL LENGTH OF THE CHAMBER, SAID BODY DEFINING ON ONE END THEREOF AN ANNULAR LEDGE EXTENDING RADIALLY INWARD WITH RESPECT TO SAID CHAMBER TO CONSTRICT THE ADJACENT END OF THE CHAMBER WHILE AT THE SAME TIME DEFINING A FINGER OPENING INTO THE ADJACENT END OF SAID CHAMBER FOR ACCESS TO THE ADJACENT END OF SAID CARTRIDGE, SAID BODY DEFINING THEREON A CARTRIDGE RETAINING PROTUBERANCE EXTENDING INTO SAID CHAMBER TO A DIMENSIONAL DEGREE LIMITED TO A FRACTION OF THE DIAMETER OF THE CHAMBER, SAID PROTUBERANCE BEING LOCATED ALONG THE AXIS OF SAID CHAMBER SOMEWHAT INWARDLY OF SAID LEDGE TO DEFINE THEREBETWEEN A RECEIVER, SAID CARTRIDGE HAVING A RADIALLY PROJECTING BEAD THEREON EXTENDING INTO SAID RECEIVER WHERE IT IS RESTRAINED BY SAID LEDGE AND SAID PROTUBERANCE AGAINST DISPLACEMENT AXIALLY ALONG SAID CHAMBER; SAID PROTUBERANCE BEING SHAPED AND LIMITED IN SIZE TO LIMIT ITS RESISTANCE TO FORCED DISPLACEMENT OF SAID CARTRIDGE BEAD PAST THE PROTUBERANCE AND TO EFFECT, IN RESPONSE TO FORCED MOVEMENT OF SAID CARTRIDGE BEAD PAST THE PROTUBERANCE, CAMMING OF THE PROTUBERANCE WITHOUT DAMAGE OUT OF INTERFERING RELATION TO MOVEMENT OF THE BEAD LONGITUDINALLY WITHIN SAID CHAMBER; A MOVABLE ATOMIZING HEAD MOUNTED ON ONE END OF SAID CARTRIDGE AND PROJECTING BEYOND THE ADJACENT END OF SAID COMB BODY FOR MANUAL CONTROL MOVEMENT TO RELEASE FLUID UNDER PRESSURE FROM SAID CARTRIDGE THROUGH THE HEAD, AND SAID HEAD INCLUDING AN ATOMIZING NOZZLE DISPOSED BEYOND SAID COMB BODY TO PROJECT AN ATOMIZED SPRAY OF FLUID OUTWARDLY FROM SAID BODY IN RESPONSE TO FLUID RELEASING MOVEMENT OF THE HEAD.