Patents by Inventor Nicolae G. Patean

Nicolae G. Patean 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 doll head having color change hair crimper
    Patent number: 6736692
    Abstract: A doll head is supported by a body portion and includes a quantity of posable thermochromic reactive hair strands. A crimper includes a pair of liquid receiving heads and crimping dies allowing the crimper to assume a desired temperature and impart a desired crimp to the poseable hair strands while simultaneously imparting a desired temperature to achieve color change of the crimped hair. The crimping dies are removable from the heads of the crimper to facilitate straightening of the hair using underlying flat thermally conductive plates on the interior surfaces of the crimpers heads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Laura Hoyos-Zermeno, Nicolae G. Patean