Patents by Inventor James Malcomb Shaw

James Malcomb Shaw has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Selectively joined hair drying apparatus and method for drying hair
    Patent number: 6601316
    Abstract: A hair dryer in which a first air blower (12, 82) having a mating member (44, 128) selectively engages a second air blower (14, 84) having an opposing mating member (52, 134), each air blower (12, 82) and (14, 84) having a fan motor for operating a fan and a housing (20), (22) with an air inlet and an air outlet, for selective operation for directing air in a common direction or detached for operation for directing air in independent separate directions. Mating members of a lug and recess and of a magnetically attractive plate and magnet are disclosed. A method for drying hair is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Inventor: James Malcomb Shaw, II
  • Selectively joined hair drying apparatus and method for drying hair
    Publication number: 20030041471
    Abstract: A hair dryer in which a first air blower (12, 82) having a mating member (44, 128) selectively engages a second air blower (14, 84) having an opposing mating member (52, 134), each air blower (12, 82) and (14, 84) having a fan motor for operating a fan and a housing (20), (22) with an air inlet and an air outlet, for selective operation for directing air in a common direction or detached for operation for directing air in independent separate directions. Mating members of a lug and recess and of a magnetically attractive plate and magnet are disclosed. A method for drying hair is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2002
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Inventor: James Malcomb Shaw
  • SELECTIVELY JOINED HAIR DRYING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRYING HAIR
    Publication number: 20030041470
    Abstract: A hair dryer in which a first air blower (12) having a mating surface (44) with recesses (46a, 46b) selectively engages a second air blower (14) having an opposing mating surface (52) with lugs (54a, 54b) that are received in the recesses, each air blower (12) and (14) having a fan motor for operating a fan and a housing (20), (22) with an air inlet (24) and an air outlet (26), for selective operation for directing air in a common direction or detached for operation for directing air in independent separate directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2001
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Inventor: James Malcomb Shaw