Patents Examined by Rachel R Steitz
  • Patent number: 12161218
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a handle, a toothbrush head and a cover. The handle may comprise a flat surface, a cavity and a first connector. The toothbrush head may comprise a plurality of bristles at a first end and a second connector at a second end. The cover may be configured to expose the cavity when not placed over the cavity and conceal the cavity when the cover is fit over the cavity. The cavity may be configured to store a floss dispenser. The floss dispenser may comprise floss and a cutter. The cavity may enable the floss dispenser to be replaced. The floss dispenser may be exposed on said the surface when the door is opened. The first connector may be configured to be removably attached to the second connector to enable the toothbrush head to connect with the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Inventor: Lorenia Muwwakkil
  • Patent number: 12150542
    Abstract: The fluid hairstyler is an item of hairdressing equipment. The fluid hairstyler grooms the hair of a patient. The fluid hairstyler aligns the hair of a patient. The fluid hairstyler applies a cosmetic media to the hair of the patient. The fluid hairstyler comprises a brush structure, a plurality of storage slots, a comb, and a pick. The plurality of storage slots are formed in the brush structure. The comb inserts into a first storage slot selected from the plurality of storage slots for storage. The pick inserts into a second storage slot selected from the plurality of storage slots for storage. The brush structure applies the cosmetic media to the hair. The brush structure, the comb, and the pick align the hair of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Inventor: Rico S. Campbell
  • Patent number: 12144409
    Abstract: Provided herein is a hair-styling device including a first arm having a first proximal end and a first distal end with a first longitudinal axis defined therebetween; a first heating plate disposed on a first surface of the first arm; a second arm having a second proximal end and a second distal end; a joint portion including a hinge joining the first arm adjacent the first distal end and the second arm adjacent the second distal end, wherein the first arm is rotatable around the first longitudinal axis at least about 90 degrees so as to provide the first heating plate in a desired rotational position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Inventor: Kelyn Boadi
  • Patent number: 12133584
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hair styling device, and in particular a multifunctional hair styling device having components which can carry out a number of different (and distinct) styling operations. The invention provides a hair styling device having a body portion and a handle portion, the body portion having an air inlet and an air outlet, an impeller between the air inlet and the air outlet and an electric motor to rotate the impeller, the handle portion having a pair of heating panels. The handle portion is separable from the body portion and can be used alone as a hair straighter, or the device can be used as a hair dryer with the handle portion attached to the body portion. The body portion can optionally include a hair curling chamber adapted for hair curling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: JAPHAM GROUP LIMITED
    Inventors: Alfredo Debenedictis, Janusz Lucien Holland, Mark Christopher Hughes, Martin Malcolm Harris, James Robert Nelson, Suraj Soren
  • Patent number: 12127656
    Abstract: A hair straightening apparatus having two arms pivotably coupled together and arranged to receive hair within a cavity formed between them is disclosed. A plenum in at least one arm includes an air inlet for receiving airflow from a fan unit and an air outlet for emitting airflow towards hair within the cavity. The air outlet extends along the inner wall of at least one of the first arm and the second arm and is adapted to direct airflow towards a lower edge of the arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Rory William Beaumont, Stephen Benjamin Courtney, Maurizio Ballarati, Alexander Edward Hughes, Robert Mark Brett Coulton, Nathan Haruna Waters Imhasly
  • Patent number: 12127617
    Abstract: An eyelash extension includes an elongated base and a plurality of artificial lashes each attached to the elongated base. The plurality of artificial lashes is arranged in two or more clusters and each cluster includes two or more artificial lashes. The clusters are cinched together at a cinch point, which is spaced from the elongated base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: LASH OPCO, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Dewey, Mabel Lee
  • Patent number: 12121128
    Abstract: A hair curler is provided, which includes a grab handle, a control component, a bracket component, and a thermal conductive shell that are sequentially connected; a first heating sheet and a second heating sheet are respectively provided on inner sides of a first frame plate and a second frame plate, a sleeve cover is provided with a first slot portion, one end of a wire barrel is fixed on the sleeve cover. The sleeve cover is provided with a first guide pillar and a second guide pillar at interval. One end of a first wire is connected to the first heating sheet, the other end thereof passes through the first slot portion and is connected to the first guide pillar; one end of a second wire is connected to the second heating sheet, the other end thereof is connected to the first guide pillar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Jiangxi Shengming Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weiming Lai, Shengwang Liao
  • Patent number: 12114757
    Abstract: A false eyelash dispensing device is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, a lash belt removably supports at least one lash strip thereon. An elongate housing is sized and configured for receiving the at least one lash belt therewithin. Upon a button being manually depressed after the at least one lash belt is selectively advanced so as to position a lash strip directly in front of an exit opening of the housing, the button is configured for moving opposing first and second halves of an eyelash holder into abutting contact with one another, thereby temporarily sandwiching said lash strip therebetween, and moving the eyelash holder from a retracted position to an extended position, thereby detaching said lash strip from the lash belt and moving said lash strip through the exit opening so that said lash strip may be subsequently applied to the user's eyelid while engaged with the eyelash holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: True Perspective LLC
    Inventor: Shyri Proctor
  • Patent number: 12115033
    Abstract: An interdental cleaning device embodying a micro-textured floss sheet having a leading edge for flossing laterally and less avulsively in a downward direction. The body of the floss sheet has an elongated cross-section where the cross-sectional height is at least ten to fifty or more times the cross-sectional width. The floss sheet is composed of material that does not buckle under compression when urged between two adjacent teeth and still has sufficient flexible for the floss sheet to bend along the interproximal/interdental tooth surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Inventor: Alaa M. Tadmori
  • Patent number: 12114719
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and apparatus for integration of hair extensions or other integrations into a user's natural hair. According to the present disclosure, an adhesive means, such as a magnet, Velcro, or snaps, is used to integrate hair extensions seamlessly with user hair. The magnetic nature of the adhesion allows for simple hair decorations, such as flowers, to be attached with minimal effort.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Inventor: Shawna Johnson
  • Patent number: 12108869
    Abstract: A beauty tool includes a handle portion configured to house an associated heating assembly and a bristle portion connected to the handle portion. The bristle portion includes a primary heating element configured to be heated by the associated heating assembly. A bristle base heated member is mounted to an outer periphery of the heating element. The bristle base heated member has a secondary heating element configured to be heated by the primary heating element. A non-conductive, heat insulating bristle spacer is secured between the bristle base heated member and the heating element. A bristle bar is secured by the bristle spacer and has bristles extending through the bristle spacer and the bristle base heated member. The bristle spacer is configured to thermally isolate the bristle bar from both the heating element and the bristle base heated member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: HELEN OF TROY LIMITED
    Inventors: Steven J. Paliobeis, Jeremy Lee Buttery, Gary Koenemann, Ramiro Solis
  • Patent number: 12102206
    Abstract: Provided are a decorative nail tip and a manufacturing system and method thereof. The decorative nail tip includes a nail tip layer shaped like a nail. A convex outer surface of the nail tip layer is a decorative surface. The nail tip layer includes a flexible portion and a rigid portion which are sequentially arranged in a nail tip direction. The decorative nail tip has a flexible end and a rigid end, and thus can fit the nail and has an orientation function. During use, the decorative nail tip can fit the edge of the nail by means of its flexibility, such that the possibility of stretching, folds, air holes, hollows and edge warping is reduced; and after being cured, the whole nail tip layer can decorate the nail in a rigid and plump form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI HUIZI COSMETICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jingbiao Deng
  • Patent number: 12102212
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multi-functional hair-styling thermal treatment beauty device, which continuously rotates, in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction, a hair-styling part for holding hair while holding body part is held or can open an upper rotary body of the hair-styling part so as to enable hair styling to be easily performed according to circumstances, and forms a continuous grounding structure so as to enable power to be continuously supplied to a heating plate mounted inside the hair-styling part capable of continuously rotating, so that the heated state of the heating plate, caused by the heating of a current, is continuously maintained even during continuous rotation, and thus various hair styles can be more effectively created by the hair-styling part, so that hair styling is easily performed according to circumstances, and operation fatigue is reduced so that use convenience can. be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: YEUL
    Inventor: Seongyeol Jeong
  • Patent number: 12089714
    Abstract: A gel nail for attaching to a fingernail of a user includes an elongated nail body having a root end, a tip end and two side edges, and defining an attachment portion at said root end for attaching on the fingernail and an extension portion at said tip end for being extended beyond the fingernail. A curvature at the root end is smaller than a curvature of the tip end, such that the root end is more flatten than the tip end. Each of the side edges has a reduced thickness to enable the attachment portion to be bent for matching with a curvature of the fingernail of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: APPLIED LACQUER INDUSTRIES INC.
    Inventors: Wan Jou Chen, Carol Ma
  • Patent number: 12089677
    Abstract: An artificial hair apparatus comprises a mesh layer configured to fit around a circumference of a user's head comprising a center member, a first side member, a second side member, a front region and a rear region, wherein the first side member is disposed on an opposite side of the center member than the second side member and a band member configured to fit around a circumference of a user's head, wherein the band member is coupled to the center member, the first side member and the second side member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: SHAKE-N-GO FASHION, INC.
    Inventors: James K. Kim, Peter Ough, Hye Sun Kim
  • Patent number: 12082672
    Abstract: This invention relates to a hair styling device, a hair styling method, and a drive system suitable for use in the hair styling device. The invention relates in particular to a hair styling device (10; 210) for imparting a wave to a section of hair (36) without clamping the section of hair in the wave form. The device has a first forming member (24) and a second forming member (24) with a hair-receiving region (38) between the forming members. A driving member (20; 120) is movable relative to the first forming member and the second forming member to deform the section of hair in the hair-receiving region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: HD3 LIMITED
    Inventors: Alfredo Debenedictis, Martin Malcolm Harris, Janusz Lucien Holland, Mark Christopher Hughes, James Robert Nelson
  • Patent number: 12082636
    Abstract: A method of installing a wig on the head of a wearer, the wig having a top portion that defines an opening corresponding to the wearer's part, the top portion being composed of a fabric and having wig hairs attached to the top portion. Wig clips attach the wig to the wearer's natural hair on the opposing sides of the wearer's part so that the wearer's natural part is exposed. The wearer's natural hair is not disposed over the fabric at the edges of the opening. Alternatively, a leave-out of the wearers natural hair does not cover the wig hair adjacent to the edges of the opening. The wig hair adjacent to the edges of the opening may be tangled or the installer may tease the wig hairs adjacent to the edges of the opening. The invention is also a wig for application of the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Inventor: Natasha Gray
  • Patent number: 12082680
    Abstract: The invention relates to an applicator (1) for a cosmetic product, comprising: —a core (2) extending in a direction of longitudinal extension (X), referred to as the main direction, —at least one movable element (5) extending along all or part of a length of the core (2) from a first end (5a) attached to the core (2) to a second end (5b) that is freely movable in relation to the core (2), the core (2) and/or the at least one movable element (5) comprising a plurality of protruding projections (7.1, 7.2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: ALBEA SERVICES
    Inventor: Yann Crapet
  • Patent number: 12070120
    Abstract: Applicator member (10) for applying a product to keratin fibres, notably to eyelashes, comprising: —a core (11) made of polymer material, —first application elements (12) that project from the core (11) and are integral with said core (11), and—second application elements (13) that project from the core (11) and are separate from the first application elements (12). Said first and second application elements (12, 13) are arranged in at least two helical coils disposed alternately along the longitudinal axis (X2-X2?) of the core (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Alain Berhault
  • Patent number: 12059067
    Abstract: Provided herein is a caddy organizer for hair styling tools, having a base having a flat surface along at least a portion of a bottom side of the base, exterior walls extending upwards from the flat surface, and interior walls within an interior of the base; at least three compartments within the base, wherein each compartment is separated from the other compartments of the base by the interior walls; at least one tray configured to fit into one compartment of the at least three compartments, wherein the at least one tray is removable from the compartment; at least two tool sleeves within the base; a belt along an exterior side of the base, the belt having a securing means; a first plurality of ventilation holes on the exterior walls of the base; and a second plurality of ventilation holes on each of the at least two baskets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Inventor: Wyconnda Boatman-Tate