A mitt includes a hand cover portion and optionally also a forearm cover portion into which a hand of the user can be placed when playing with a dog, cat or other pet. A flap is coupled to the hand covering portion of the mitt at a proximal portion but dangles freely at a distal edge and provides a convenient structure for playing of tug-o-war, such as with a dog. Tassels extend from various portions of the mitt and are conveniently available for playing with a cat. A utility pouch is provided on the forearm cover which can contain various additional play accessories or other pet associated items. The mitt is formed of a leather material which is sufficiently strong to avoid cat scratches, dog bites from small dogs, and similar pet related injuries that can occur while playing with a pet.

Disclosed is a comb having a lamellar body and including, along a toothed edge, teeth able to penetrate the coat of hair. The comb eliminates injuries caused to the animal by sharp teeth, eliminating fur damage while also improving the treatment of the hair coat and to improve brushing performance by adapting to the hair coat of each animal, in each season. To this end, the teeth of the two sets of teeth A and B, which are positioned one on each side of the mid plane P of the body and the teeth of which sets are intercalated with one another, have anti-injury roundings at the tips and over part of the length of the edge corners leading from these tips and are delimited between a flat external face and a curved extreme internal face, the tooth set B being finer and provided with shorter teeth.

A pet comb is disclosed that includes a handle and a comb blade coupled to the handle, the comb blade having a plurality of resilient tines, wherein at least one of the plurality of tines is blunt-ended.

A pet grooming tool formed with an elongated handle extending generally along a longitudinal axis thereof. A blade assembly pivotably connected to the guiding portions and formed with a blade and connecting arms extending outwardly on both sides of the blade. A pivotal arrangement provides pivotal motion of the blade assembly relative the handle. Upon pivotal motion of the connecting arms within the pivotal arrangement, while the connecting arms movably engage the guiding portions, the generated forces acting against ends of the arms act to return the connecting arms and the blade to their initial position along a longitudinal axis of the device.

A new elongated grooming tool with an elongated outer surface having protrusions located at one end and several blades attached to the second end is provided. The invention includes a version having retractable blades and a sliding actuator for activating and deactivating the blades.

Various embodiments of a livestock grooming article and method of forming same are disclosed. The livestock grooming article includes a handle extending along a handle axis, and a head extending along a head axis and connected to the handle. The head includes a body including a first major surface and a second major surface, and a back slidably connected to the first major surface of the body. The back includes a first major surface and a second major surface, where the first major surface of the back faces the first major surface of the body when the back is connected to the head. The head also includes a bristle extending through the body and beyond the second major surface of the body.

In an embodiment, an apparatus comprising of a base plate a plurality of bristles on the first side and a disposable layer with an interlaced network of holes having a plurality of particle collecting protrusions that align with at least the majority of the bristles of the base plate causing the disposable layer to be in close proximity of the base plate.

A pet grooming device includes a handheld housing having an ergonomically shaped top side and a bottom plate surrounding a hollow interior cavity. The bottom plate includes an arrangement of openings in air flow communication with the interior cavity and, in at least one embodiment, the bottom pate has an array of brush bristles extending therefrom. A vertical fin extends upwardly from the top side for receipt between two adjacent fingers of the user when grasping the ergonomically shaped top side. A flexible hose connects to the handheld housing and an electrically powered air flow generating device (e.g., a blow dryer) for directing air flow through the arrangement of openings on the bottom plate and onto an animal's coat.

A pet or human battery operated grooming apparatus having a housing, a number of tines formed in the housing, each tine having a slot, and a number of disk shaped blades mounted to a shaft, the shaft mounted in the housing and the blades disposed in the tine slots. A protective cover encloses most of each blade leaving only a slit open to the blade. The tines direct knots or tangles in the hair or fur of the pet, or hair of a human, to the slits and the blades. The user may then rotate the blades to cut the knots. This process occurs without any undue pulling of the associated skin of the animal or human.

A lice removal device (10) comprising a main housing (12) including a first aperture (15) at a first end (14) thereof and a second aperture (17) at a second end (16) thereof. A fan unit (18) is provided within the main housing (12) to draw air in through the first aperture (15) and expel air outwardly through the second aperture (17) A comb unit (43) is securable to the first end of the main housing (12), the comb unit (34) comprising a comb housing (36) and a blade unit (38). The blade unit (38) includes a first side member (46) having a plurality of teeth (44) extending outwardly therefrom and a second side member (48) located adjacent and parallel to the first side member (46) to define an elongate opening (50) such that air is drawn across a first side of the teeth (44) and into the elongate opening (50).