Patents Examined by Tatiana L Nobrega
  • Patent number: 11944145
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a wig capable of naturally implementing a wave with wig yarns without using an additional beauty tool by regularly knotting long hairs and short hairs in an arbitrarily set region of a hair net, and more specifically, to a wig shaped by knotting natural or artificial hairs, which are wig yarns, on a hair net formed in a head shape, in which the wig includes a non-wave area where long hairs are knotted and a wave area where the long hairs and short hairs are knotted to have an area of a regular pattern, thereby allowing the long hairs resting on the short hairs to have a volume, in which the wave area includes a long hair section where long hairs are knotted and a short hair section where short hairs are knotted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Inventor: Hyun Joo Shim
  • Patent number: 11744343
    Abstract: A hair styling apparatus, the apparatus including heating plate. The heating plate is defined by a free end and an attached end. The free end includes a top plate and a bottom plate that is separated by a gap configured to receive hair to be styled. The top plate and bottom plate are curved around a width of the hair styling apparatus. The gap is adjustable using a lever that is provided on a connecting handle that is connected to the attached end. The hair styling apparatus further includes a heater to heat the heating plate. The connecting handle also includes a gripping portion that enables gripping of the apparatus by a user. The hair styling apparatus also includes a power module to provide power to the heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Kel'V Products LLC
    Inventor: Tamika Perkins
  • Patent number: 11678730
    Abstract: A hair care device (100) comprises a heat source (103) for heating hair up till a first temperature that is no more than 150° C. (and thus lower than a critical temperature at which hair cuticle damage will occur), and a radiation source (102) for—in combination with heat from the heat source (103)—selectively heating a hair cortex to a second temperature exceeding the first temperature and sufficiently high for hair styling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Babu Varghese, Marco Baragona, Jonathan Alambra Palero, Johan Lub, Wouter Hendrik Cornelis Spoorendonk, Tim Tielemans
  • Patent number: 11571055
    Abstract: This invention relates to an innovative hair claw clip, which includes at least a first body, a second bod, an automatic opening device and at least four sets of snap-fit structures as main components combined together. Said snap-fit structures are respectively arranged on the adjacent positions of the corresponding first rib of said first body and the second rib of said second body, said snap-fit structures can improve the service life and stability of the hair claw clip during the clamping operation and the opening operation. Moreover, through the new anti-slip structure design, the present invention can be held more firmly by the user, and the hair claw clip sandwiched on the hair will not be easily slipped from the hair even if the hair is not clamped tightly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: TSORNG TA ENIERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jui-Ming Tu
  • Patent number: 11452352
    Abstract: Provided is a hairstyling apparatus (1) including a portable treatment unit (2) provided with two arms (3, 4) arranged to form a clamp provided with two treatment surfaces (5, 6) disposed opposite one another and enabling a lock of hair to be clamped therebetween, the portable treatment unit including steam-diffusion means (7) arranged to diffuse steam from a first (5) of the two surfaces towards the second (6) of the two surfaces, one of the arms (3, 4) including a comb (19) disposed downstream or upstream of one of the surfaces (5, 6) of the arm (3, 4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Régis Fereyre
  • Patent number: 11439193
    Abstract: A method of integrating a hair extension weft on a human scalp is disclosed. The hair extension weft includes a polyurethane strip enclosing a plurality of meshes arranged in a longitudinal direction of the strip. Each mesh is configured to have a plurality of contiguous hairs attached in a transverse orientation. The hair extension weft includes several gaps formed between the plurality of meshes in the longitudinal direction. Each gap is configured to receive a plurality of hairs from the human scalp. Upon clipping the hair extension weft to the human scalp, the plurality of hairs is pulled through each gap with a needle shaped tool placed under the each gap of the hair extension weft. A microbead is clamped to the plurality of hairs pulled through the each gap, to anchor the hair extension weft to the human scalp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Inventor: Tammy Gucciardi
  • Patent number: 11432632
    Abstract: A device for sealing a vertical hairstyle including synthetic strands. The device includes a chamber having a heating mechanism disposed in a bottom surface of the chamber. The device further includes a neck portion defining a portal into the device. The neck portion is at least partially lined with a liquid-absorbent material. An extendable portion is disposed between, and connects, the chamber and the neck portion. The extendable portion is extendable between a fully compressed state and a fully extended state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Inventors: Natara Matias, Angelina Perez
  • Patent number: 11419376
    Abstract: A method of attaching hair extensions includes sectioning, beading, securing, and stitching hair extensions into a client's hair. Sectioning allows a hairdresser to properly place the hair extension, which creates beads that are unseen. The beads may be placed so as to allow a flexible groove to place the wefts. Securing the wefts includes a pattern of stitching that places a stitch at a side, middle, opposite side, and between the beads. This stitching pattern promotes secure wefts as well as prevents damage to scalp and hair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Inventor: McKenzie Turley
  • Patent number: 11413124
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a manual toothbrush that includes an interior compartment housing an amount of dental floss. The toothbrush comprises a handle defined by an interior compartment. A portion of dental floss is housed within the interior compartment. The handle includes a cap that allows access to the dental floss housed within the interior compartment. The handle can include one or more finger or thumb rests that provide comfort to the user while brushing their teeth and/or accessing the interior compartment. The toothbrush also comprises an angled brush head defined by a plurality of bristles. Advantageously, the toothbrush allows for brushing and flossing using one compact and convenient device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Inventor: David C. Serrell
  • Patent number: 11399632
    Abstract: A pedicure foot stand has a housing with a first portion and a second portion defining an interior cavity. The second portion can be coupled in multiple configurations relative to the first portion, or can be decoupled from the first portion, to provide different angles at which a user's foot is supported on the second portion during a pedicure treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: OJIP, LLC
    Inventor: Sarah Gibson Tuttle
  • Patent number: 11369178
    Abstract: In one embodiment, A lice removal comb system includes an inner comb and an outer comb. The inner comb may include a row of lice-removing tines and a handle. The outer comb may include a first row of hair-detangling tines, a second row of hair-detangling tines, a handle, and a slot formed in the outer comb, between the first and second rows of hair-detangling tines. The outer comb may be configured to removably receive the inner comb such that the row of lice-removing tines is disposed between the first and the second rows of hair-detangling tines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Inventor: James Schalla
  • Patent number: 11363871
    Abstract: A hair styling device for use with an end styling attachment. The hair styling device comprises a housing, and the housing comprises a motor, a fan, a heating element, and an air concentrator. A styling attachment is configured to be removably attached to an end of the air concentrator and the styling attachment comprises a comb and an air diffuser. The comb of the styling attachment may comprise three paired rows of teeth having differing lengths and shapes, and the styling attachment may further comprise temperature and/or proximity sensors therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Diversame, Inc.
    Inventor: Tamiah Bridgett
  • Patent number: 11344094
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cosmetic refill (20) intended to be inserted in a removable manner into a housing (22) in a device (2) for treating the hair and to the associated treatment device (2). The cosmetic refill (20) comprises a body (23) that has a first wall (40) and a second wall (38) opposite the first wall (40), and at least one coupling relief (50, 52) that extends from each of the first wall (40) and the second wall (38). The coupling relief (50) on the first wall (40) is intended to cooperate with a first surface (46) of the housing (22) when the first wall (40) is introduced into the housing (22). The coupling relief (52) on the second wall (38) is intended to cooperate with a second surface (44) of the housing (22) when the refill (20) is brought into a use position by pivoting in the housing (22) about a pivot axis (B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignees: L'OREAL, SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Edouard Messager
  • Patent number: 11331175
    Abstract: A dental floss insertion device for inserting an end of a length of dental floss into an enclosed oral space. The device may include a body and a tip attached to the body and cooperating with the body to define a floss guide path. A first roller may be positioned on a first side of the guide path and a second roller may be positioned on a second side of the guide path. The second roller may be moveable toward and away from the first roller to open and close a nip that receives the length of floss, thereby allowing a user to apply a compressive force on a piece of floss located between the first and second rollers while simultaneously rolling the second roller to advancing the end of the length of floss along the guide path, through the distal orifice, and into an enclosed oral space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Inventor: Thomas F. Jackson
  • Patent number: 11330891
    Abstract: A kit for applying makeup includes a tool having a handle and an eyecup attached to the handle. A plurality of guide attachments are configured to releasably engage the eyecup, each defining a different contoured edge. A method of applying makeup includes selecting a guide attachment based upon a contoured edge of the guide attachment, engaging the guide attachment with an eyecup of a tool, positioning the tool relative to a first eye such that the contoured edge of the guide attachment is positioned adjacent to a crease of an eye socket between a top of an eyelid and a bottom of a brow bone of the first eye, and applying makeup to the first eye following the contoured edge of the guide attachment such that the makeup is applied to the first eye as an arc shaped similar to the contoured edge of the guide attachment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Beautifoles LLC
    Inventor: Brittney Foley
  • Patent number: 11324300
    Abstract: A handheld device for combing and dispensing a non-liquid cosmetic on human hair, the device comprising a main body with a container portion for housing a dispersible dry cosmetic content, an attached handle portion, an internal shaking means, and brushing zone on the bottom of said container portion, wherein the brushing zone comprises a plurality of protruding teeth configured to produce a triboelectric effect to help the dry cosmetic adhere to a user's hair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: CAPILLUS MARKETING LLC
    Inventors: Asin Terol Enrique, Fernando Ivan Bermudez
  • Patent number: 11272777
    Abstract: A process for making up an area of human keratin materials using a makeup device including a deformable substrate bearing a transfer surface intended to come into contact with the keratin materials and configured to receive a coat of cosmetic ink. The process includes the following steps: a. depositing at least one cosmetic ink onto the transfer surface by a digital printer, b. placing the transfer surface in contact with the area to be made up by mechanical action, especially by exerting a pressure on a surface opposite the transfer surface, and c. moving the transfer surface away from the area of the human keratin materials after the ink has been transferred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Franck Giron, Henri Samain
  • Patent number: 11260520
    Abstract: A handle configured to be attached to a pumice stone. The handle includes a gripping portion and a post extending from the gripping portion. The post is configured to support the pumice stone. The post includes a support member, a series of ribs spaced apart along a length of the support member, and a series of cavities defined between adjacent ribs. The cavities are configured to accommodate an adhesive for coupling the post of the handle to the pumice stone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: United States Pumice Company
    Inventor: Elizabeth Anderson
  • Patent number: 11253041
    Abstract: A hair brush configured to apply a hair fastener to a bundle of hair includes a housing having a handle portion and a brush portion. The hair brush also has an actuator that is coupled to the housing and a hair fastener applicator mechanism that is coupled to the housing and to the actuator such that operation of the actuator causes the hair fastener applicator mechanism to move between an open position in which the hair fastener is held in an elongated state that can receive the bundle of hair and a closed position in which the hair fastener is wrapped and secured around the bundle of hair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Inventor: Paul Fragner
  • Patent number: 11246391
    Abstract: A container for storing and dispensing loose powder has a jar, a multitiered sifting-dispenser, a dispenser slot, and a closure plug. The multitiered sifting dispenser is a rigid frustum-shaped divider that separates an interior cavity of the jar into two compartments. The dispenser slot traverses from a first compartment to a second compartment by passing through the multitiered sifting-dispenser. As a result, cosmetic powder that is stored in the first compartment can be dispensed into the second compartment and subsequently deposited onto the multitiered sifting dispenser. The closure plug serves to plug the dispenser slot. To accomplish this, the closure plug is held into place by the jar lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Jerhel Plastics, Inc
    Inventors: Leonard Mecca, Joseph Orloski