Patents Assigned to Trade Box, LLC
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Publication number: 20180064226Abstract: A hair styling device comprising a heatable surface having a body, and a heater supported by the body, which heats the heatable surface. The heatable surface is on the body for heating and styling hair, and comprises at least one textured portion having projections with recesses between the projections. The projections are sufficiently close together that when the textured portion is wetted with water, the recesses are not wetted.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2017Publication date: March 8, 2018Applicant: TRADE BOX, LLCInventors: David Richmond, Howard Richmond
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Publication number: 20170208915Abstract: A hair styling device comprises a base having a rear handle portion and a forward styling portion, the forward styling portion comprising a plurality of projections, the plurality of projections comprising one or more of the following: bristles, comb teeth or spaced apart, plates. The device comprises a retainer arm opposed to the base, and pivotally connected to the base so that the retainer arm can pivot from an open position to receive hair and a closed position for retaining hair in the plurality of projections. The forward section of the retainer arm does not have projections and has sufficient open space that at least 50% of the hair being styled is visible to a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2017Publication date: July 27, 2017Applicant: TRADE BOX, LLCInventors: David Richmond, Howard Richmond
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Patent number: 9516938Abstract: A hair styling and drying apparatus has a pair of pivotally connected arms, styling surfaces on the arms, air suction and discharge orifices in the styling surfaces, and a blower for blowing air through the air orifices and recycling air between the arms. At least some suction orifices of one styling surface can align with at least some discharge orifices of the other styling surface. The blowers blow air out the discharge orifices and suck air into the suction orifices, thereby recycling much of the blown air. The apparatus can include heaters for heating the blown air and for heating the styling surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2013Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: TRADE BOX, LLCInventors: David Richmond, Howard Richmond, Michael Ragosta, Bruno Meglio, Claudio Marino, Henry Yu, Jefferson McCrory
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Publication number: 20150366314Abstract: A hair styling device comprises a handle, a heatable elongated member having a longitudinal axis, a distal portion and a proximal portion. The proximal portion of the elongated member is connected to the handle. The device has a hair retention slot at the distal portion of the elongated sized to receive and retain a section of a user's hair. Also described is an attachment for a hair styling device providing such a hair retention slot and a method of using the device and the attachment.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2015Publication date: December 24, 2015Applicant: TRADE BOX, LLCInventors: David Richmond, Howard Richmond, Manuel Montano
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Patent number: 9185957Abstract: A hair styling device is described that has a handle, an elongated, substantially cylindrical, heatable rod providing a curling surface and supported by the handle, a heater for heating the curling surface, a support spaced apart from the curling surface, and a rotatable member rotatable relative to the curling surface for wrapping hair around and in contact with the curling surface. The device has an opening in the rotatable member for receiving a section of a user's hair, a motor for rotating the rotatable member, and a flexible, heat-resistant clamp supported by the support and extending from the support toward the curling surface for clamping hair against the curling surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2014Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: TRADE BOX, LLCInventors: David Richmond, Howard Richmond, Michael A. Ragosta, Zhiyong Yu, Zhiwu Yu, Rentong Wang, Wenrui Dai
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Patent number: 9149101Abstract: A hair styling device comprises a handle, a heatable elongated member having a longitudinal axis, a distal portion and a proximal portion. The proximal portion of the elongated member is connected to the handle. The device has a hair retention slot at the distal portion of the elongated sized to receive and retain a section of a user's hair. Also described is an attachment for a hair styling device providing such a hair retention slot and a method of using the device and the attachment.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2014Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: Trade Box, LLCInventors: David Richmond, Howard Richmond, Manuel Montano
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Publication number: 20150075551Abstract: A hair styling device comprises a handle, a heatable elongated member having a longitudinal axis, a distal portion and a proximal portion. The proximal portion of the elongated member is connected to the handle. The device has a hair retention slot at the distal portion of the elongated sized to receive and retain a section of a user's hair. Also described is an attachment for a hair styling device providing such a hair retention slot and a method of using the device and the attachment.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2014Publication date: March 19, 2015Applicant: TRADE BOX, LLCInventors: David Richmond, Howard Richmond, Manuel Montano
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Patent number: 8607470Abstract: A hair styling and drying apparatus has a pair of pivotally connected arms, styling surfaces on the arms, air suction and discharge orifices in the styling surfaces, and a blower for blowing air through the air orifices and recycling air between the arms. At least some suction orifices of one styling surface can align with at least some discharge orifices of the other styling surface. The blowers blow air out the discharge orifices and suck air into the suction orifices, thereby recycling much of the blown air. The apparatus can include heaters for heating the blown air and for heating the styling surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2012Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Trade Box, LLCInventors: David Richmond, Howard Richmond, Michael Ragosta, Bruno Meglio, Claudio Marino, Henry Yu, Jefferson McCrory
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Patent number: D724784Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2014Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Trade Box, LLCInventors: David Richmond, Howard Richmond, Michael A. Ragosta, Zhiyong Yu, Zhiwu Yu, Rentong Wang, Wenrui Dai, Ruiju Liu, Qianli Zhou, Yiyan Feng
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Patent number: D726369Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2012Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Trade Box, LLCInventors: David Richmond, Howard Richmond, Michael A. Ragosta, Bruno Meglio, Claudio Marino, Henry Yu, Jefferson McCrory
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Patent number: D732738Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2014Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: TRADE BOX, LLCInventors: David Richmond, Howard Richmond, Michael A. Ragosta, Zhiyong Yu, Zhiwu Yu, Rentong Wang, Wenrui Dai, Ruiju Liu, Qianli Zhou, Yiyan Feng
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Patent number: D735410Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2014Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: TRADE BOX, LLCInventors: David Richmond, Howard Richmond, Michael A. Ragosta, Zhiyong Yu, Zhiwu Yu, Rentong Wang, Wenrui Dai, Ruiju Liu, Qianli Zhou, Yiyan Feng
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Patent number: D743624Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2014Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: TRADE BOX, LLCInventors: David Richmond, Howard Richmond, Michael A. Ragosta, Zhiyong Yu, Rentong Wang, Zhiwu Yu, Wenrui Dai, Ruiju Liu, Qianli Zhou, Yiyan Feng
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Patent number: D824173Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2017Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: Trade Box, LLCInventors: David J. Richmond, Howard C. Richmond, Gregory S. Thüne
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Patent number: D833750Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2018Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: TRADE BOX, LLCInventors: David Richmond, Howard Richmond, Gregory Steven Thüne