Patents by Inventor Karen Lee Shepherd

Karen Lee Shepherd 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).

  • Hair styling apparatus having cloth-covered heating member
    Patent number: 8091563
    Abstract: A hair styling apparatus has a heating member and a cloth covering at least a portion of the heating member to define a hair-facing surface onto which hair is placed in contact therewith for heating. The cloth is constructed at least in part of a monofilament of a fluorinated polyethylene. In another embodiment, the cloth is responsive to heating of the heating member to shrink relative to the heating member in at least one of a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction of the cloth. In yet another embodiment, the cloth is unbonded to the heating member and held in tension over the portion of the heating member that defines the hair-facing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Rovcal, Inc.
    Inventors: Karen Lee Shepherd, John H. Wilcox, Chun-Man Leung
  • HAIR STYLING APPARATUS HAVING CLOTH-COVERED HEATING MEMBER
    Publication number: 20080041408
    Abstract: A hair styling apparatus has a heating member and a cloth covering at least a portion of the heating member to define a hair-facing surface onto which hair is placed in contact therewith for heating. The cloth is constructed at least in part of a monofilament of a fluorinated polyethylene. In another embodiment, the cloth is responsive to heating of the heating member to shrink relative to the heating member in at least one of a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction of the cloth. In yet another embodiment, the cloth is unbonded to the heating member and held in tension over the portion of the heating member that defines the hair-facing surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2006
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: ROVCAL, INC.
    Inventors: Karen Lee Shepherd, John H. Wilcox, Chun-Man Leung