(under subclass 11) Devices having means enclosing the teeth
or extending along a row of teeth at the teeth tips for protecting the teeth.
(1) Note. Usually the protecting means is applied to the teeth for storage of the comb and is removable from the teeth when the comb is to be inserted in the hair.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
76.2, for manicuring tools where a portion of the device is folded, withdrawn or otherwise sheathed when not in use.
103, for combs combined with a mirror in which the mirror is mounted on a comb teeth sheath or guard.
117, and 118, for combs with heaters, or heat accumulators, for the teeth and guards to prevent the hot teeth from touching the skin adjacent the hair in which the comb is inserted. 121, for combs combined with brushes and the comb is sheathed within the brush back or handle.
123, for combs combined with hollow winding mandrels into which the comb is retractable.
146, for combs with a clasp or loop for securing the comb to another member.
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30, Cutlery,
151+, for sheathed cutlery implements which are foldable or otherwise retractable into the handle or have some other form of sheath to protect the blade when not in use, and see the Notes thereto for other sheathed implements.
