Abstract: A hair clipper includes a housing and a blade assembly coupled to the housing. The blade assembly is coupled to the housing at a cutting end and is movable between an operating position and an open position. The clipper also includes a release assembly including a release mechanism. The release assembly is switchable between a hold state and a release state. In the hold state, the release assembly holds the blade assembly in the operating position. In the release state, upon application of a force on the release mechanism, the release assembly releases the blade assembly to permit the blade assembly to move to the open position in the absence of an additional force.

Abstract: A blade set for a hair clipper including a movable blade constructed of ceramic. The movable blade includes an upper surface having a pair of integrally formed upper reinforcing protrusions. The upper reinforcing protrusions are disposed adjacent to a drive notch sized to receive a drive finger of the hair clipper. Reciprocation of the drive finger results in a cutting action of the blade set.

Abstract: A hair trimmer having an ion emitter assembly that emits ions for use in hair care processes. The hair trimmer includes a body portion having a cutting end, a blade set mounted adjacent the cutting end, and an electric motor drivingly connected to the blade set. The body portion defines a cavity and the ion emitter assembly is at least partially mounted in the cavity.

Abstract: A hand-held hair dryer including a handle, a body connected to the handle portion, a barrel connected to the body portion and having an inner member defining a first air passageway, an outer member slidably coupled to the inner member and defining a second air passageway that is substantially parallel to the first air passageway, a shutter coupled to the inner member and movable in response to sliding of the outer member with respect to the inner member to selectively direct air through the first air passageway and the second air passageway.

Abstract: A hair trimmer having an ion emitter assembly that emits ions for use in hair care processes. The hair trimmer includes a body portion having a cutting end, a blade set mounted adjacent the cutting end, and an electric motor drivingly connected to the blade set. The body portion defines a cavity and the ion emitter assembly is at least partially mounted in the cavity.

Abstract: A hand-held hair dryer including a handle, a body connected to the handle portion, a barrel connected to the body portion and having an inner member defining a first air passageway, an outer member slidably coupled to the inner member and defining a second air passageway that is substantially parallel to the first air passageway, a shutter coupled to the inner member and movable in response to sliding of the outer member with respect to the inner member to selectively direct air through the first air passageway and the second air passageway.

Abstract: A hand-held beauty appliance assembly comprising a hand-held beauty appliance and a battery charger. The hand-held beauty appliance includes an appliance housing portion including a rechargeable battery socket having therein a keyway groove, a frame fixedly supported within the appliance housing portion, an electrical motor fixedly supported on the frame, and a pair of electrical terminals connected to the electrical motor and fixedly supported on the frame. The hand-held appliance also includes a rechargeable battery portion insertable into the battery socket and including a pair of electrical terminals in engagement with the pair of electrical terminals of the appliance housing portion when the rechargeable battery portion is located in the battery socket.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a razor assembly comprising a power unit including a rotatable output shaft, and a detachable head assembly adapted to receive a common disposable razor blade and comprising a hollow base received on the power unit in stationary relation thereto, and a rotatable member mounted in the hollow base for rotation relative to the base, in driven engagement with the output shaft so as to rotate in response to rotation of the output shaft, and including an eccentric weight rotating in common with the member and operable, in response to rotation of the member, to vibrate the detachable head assembly.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a hand held electrical appliance including a housing having therein a component operated by electrical current, and a current interrupting device located in the housing, electrically connected between the component and a source of electric current to provide a path for current between the component and the source of electrical current, and including structure located wholly within the current interrupting device and operable to interrupt the current in the path in the event of excessive current in the path within the current interrupting device.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a hair blower assembly comprising a hair blower comprising a barrel including a discharge portion having an outer surface, and a concentrator removeably mounted on the discharge portion and including an inner surface telescopically surrounding the outer surface of the discharge portion, and a pad of resilient plastic material fixed on the inner surface and grippingly engaging the outer surface of the discharge portion to prevent relative movement between the barrel and the concentrator in the absence of manual manipulation to remove the concentrator from the barrel.

Abstract: A handheld appliance including a housing including a surface area, a moveable member moveable relative to the surface of the housing, and a latch for releasably preventing and permitting movement of the moveable member relative to the housing and including a series of indentations in the surface area of the housing, and a latch member movably carried on the moveable member for movement between a latch position preventing movement of the moveable member relative to the housing and a release position permitting movement of the moveable member relative to the housing, the latch member including a generally planar base portion, and a flange portion which is received in a selected one of the indentations when the latch member is in the latch position and free of the indentations when the latch member is in the release position.

Abstract: A hand held appliance and holder assembly comprising a holder including means adapted for mounting to a supporting surface, a first end portion, a second end portion, and a cradle portion intermediate the end portions, and a hand held appliance including a handle portion including an inner end, an outer end releasably engaged by one of the end portions, and an intermediate part located between the inner and outer ends, received in the cradle portion, and including an off-on switch including a member moveable between an off position and an on position and being displaceable to the off position incident to receipt of the intermediate part into the cradle portion, and an operating portion attached to the inner end of the handle portion and releasably engaged by the other of the end portions.

Abstract: A hair trimmer comprising a body, a cutting assembly supported by the body and having a reciprocable cutter, a drive mechanism for reciprocating the cutter, the drive mechanism including a rotating cam, a drive lever engaged with the cam and with the cutter, and a hinge element for flexibly supporting the drive lever in engagement with the cutter and with the cam, the hinge element including a base fixed to the body, a bar fixed to the drive lever and a hinge arm extending between the base and the bar, the hinge arm including a first web and a second web closely spaced to and parallel with the first web.

Abstract: A diffuser for a hair dryer having an air discharge nozzle, the diffuser comprising a body having a side wall defining a first opening adapted to communicate with the nozzle and a second opening. The body defines an air passage communicable between the first and second openings for conducting therebetween an air flow. Also included is a grill overlying the second opening and defining a plurality of discharge openings, and a plurality of generally hollow fingers extending from the grill outwardly of the air passage. The fingers define respective finger discharge openings and respective finger discharge passage portions communicable between the air passage and the finger discharge openings. In addition there is included a valve for selectively and adjustably controlling the flow of air from the air passage through the discharge openings and the finger discharge openings.

Abstract: A hair trimmer comprising a body, a cutting assembly including a reciprocable cutter, drive structure supported by the body for reciprocating the cutter and including a drive member being reciprocable along an axis, hinge structure supported by the body for pivotably supporting the cutting assembly for movement between a first position wherein the drive member operably engages the cutter and a second position spaced from the first position, and structure for restricting movement of the drive member in a direction away from the axis when the cutting assembly moves to the first position from the second position.

Abstract: A cutting head selectively engageable with a first support tongue having by a pair of ribs disposed on the bottom of the tongue, and selectively engageable with a second support tongue having a substantially planar bottom surface, the cutting head comprising a bottom plate having an upper surface, an upper plate supported by the upper surface, a spring fixed to the bottom plate for biasing the upper plate against the upper surface, and a single tongue-receiving socket for snugly receiving the first support tongue and for snugly receiving the second support tongue.

Abstract: A hair trimmer including a body adapted to support a cutting assembly having a reciprocable cutter, a rotatable drive housed by the body for reciprocating the cutter, and a hinge including a guide plate and a reciprocable yoke support which is engaged with the drive and which is reciprocably movable with respect to the guide plate for guiding movement of the drive relative to the guide plate.

Abstract: A hair trimmer including a body having opposite ends and an axis extending between the opposite ends, a blade set mounted on the body at one of the opposite ends, a comb disposed on the one end of the body for axial movement relative to the blade set, a lever supported by the comb for rotatably engaging the body, and a mechanism for axially displacing the comb in response to rotation of the lever.

Abstract: A hand held appliance and holder assembly comprising a holder including means adapted for mounting to a supporting surface, a first end portion, a second end portion, and a cradle portion intermediate the end portions, and a hand held appliance including a handle portion including an inner end, an outer end releasably engaged by one of the end portions, and an intermediate part located between the inner and outer ends, received in the cradle portion, and including an off-on switch including a member moveable between an off position and an on position and being displaceable to the off position incident to receipt of the intermediate part into the cradle portion, and an operating portion attached to the inner end of the handle portion and releasably engaged by the other of the end portions.