Patents by Inventor Benedicte Simond

Benedicte Simond 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).

  • Patent number: 9521892
    Abstract: A portable apparatus for the steam treatment of hair includes a liquid tank, and a device for supplying a steam generator with liquid having a vaporisation chamber in thermal contact with an electric heating member, the vaporisation chamber communicating with one or more openings for dispensing steam towards a lock of hair. The generator is supplied with liquid by an electric pump, and the flow rate of the steam thus generated is higher than 5 g/min, and preferably of between 10 g/min and 60 g/min.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Gérald Serres-Vives, Bénédicte Simond
  • Publication number: 20150335126
    Abstract: A portable apparatus for the steam treatment of hair includes a liquid tank, and a device for supplying a steam generator with liquid having a vaporisation chamber in thermal contact with an electric heating member, the vaporisation chamber communicating with one or more openings for dispensing steam towards a lock of hair. The generator is supplied with liquid by an electric pump, and the flow rate of the steam thus generated is higher than 5 g/min, and preferably of between 10 g/min and 60 g/min.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Gérald Serres-Vives, Bénédicte Simond
  • Patent number: 9167877
    Abstract: An apparatus for the steam treatment of hair, comprising a housing including a liquid tank, a means for supplying a steam generator with liquid, one or more openings for dispensing the steam thus generated towards a lock of hair, and a hair shaping device that comprises at least one treatment surface provided with heating means and brought into contact with a lock of hair. The steam generator includes a heating member that is thermally independent from said treatment surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Gérald Serres-Vives, Bénédicte Simond
  • Patent number: 9066568
    Abstract: A portable apparatus for the steam treatment of hair, comprising a housing including a liquid tank, and a means for supplying a steam generator with liquid having a vaporization chamber in thermal contact with an electric heating member, the vaporization chamber communicating with one or more openings for dispensing steam towards a lock of hair. The generator is supplied with liquid by an electric pump, and the flow rate of the steam thus generated is higher than 5 g/min, and preferably of between 10 g/min and 60 g/min.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Gérald Serres-Vives, Bénédicte Simond
  • Patent number: 8789539
    Abstract: A hair-care device includes at least two jaws, a first jaw and a second jaw. The first and second jaw are elongated and hinged together so as to be able to shift between an open position and a closed position in which opposing working surfaces define a hair treatment region. An electric heating element is attached to at least one of the working surfaces. The first jaw includes at least one friction bar which is able to move along an adjacent working surface and which is adapted to engage with an opposing element of the second jaw to create, when the jaws are closed, a traction region which generates a traction force which exceeds the traction force generated by the treatment region as the device is moved over a lock of hair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Benoît Linglin, Régis Fereyre, Bénédicte Simond
  • Patent number: 8237089
    Abstract: Hairstyling appliance comprising a grasping means (2), a body (3) for winding a lock of hair around its longitudinal axis, the winding body containing an electric heating element and comprising an external hair-winding surface (5) extending along substantially its entire length, a clip (7) for hooking the lock of hair onto the winding body (3) and an electric motor for driving the winding body in rotation around its longitudinal axis. According to the invention, it includes at least one heating plate (9, 10) disposed facing the external surface (5) of the winding body (3), which plate is movably mounted with respect to the winding body so as to exert pressure on the lock of hair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Marc Legrain, Bénédicte Simond
  • Publication number: 20120024311
    Abstract: A hair-care device includes at least: two jaws, first jaw and second jaw, which are elongated and hinged together so as to be able to shift between an open position and a closed position in which opposing working surfaces define a hair treatment region, and electric heating element attached to at least one of the working surfaces. The first jaw consists of at least one friction bar which is able to move along an adjacent working surface and which is adapted to engage with an opposing element of second jaw to create, when the jaws are closed, a traction region which generates a traction force which exceeds the traction force generated by the treatment region as the device is moved over a lock of hair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Benoît Linglin, Régis Fereyre, Bénédicte Simond
  • Publication number: 20100288298
    Abstract: A portable apparatus for the steam treatment of hair, comprising a housing including a liquid tank, a means for supplying a steam generator with liquid, one or more openings for dispensing the steam thus generated towards a lock of hair, and a hair shaping device that comprises at least one treatment surface brought into contact with said lock of hair. The generator is supplied with liquid by an electric pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Gèrald Serresvives, Bènèdicte Simond
  • Publication number: 20100242986
    Abstract: An apparatus for the steam treatment of hair, comprising a housing including a liquid tank, a means for supplying a steam generator with liquid, one or more openings for dispensing the steam thus generated towards a lock of hair, and a hair shaping device that comprises at least one treatment surface provided with heating means and brought into contact with a lock of hair. The steam generator includes a heating member that is thermally independent from said treatment surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Gèrald Serresvives, Bènèdicte Simond
  • Publication number: 20100224206
    Abstract: A portable apparatus for the steam treatment of hair, comprising a housing including a liquid tank, and a means for supplying a steam generator with liquid having a vaporisation chamber in thermal contact with an electric heating member, the vaporisation chamber communicating with one or more openings for dispensing steam towards a lock of hair. The generator is supplied with liquid by an electric pump, and the flow rate of the steam thus generated is higher than 5 g/min, and preferably of between 10 g/min and 60 g/min.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Gèrald Serresvives, Bènèdicte Simond
  • Publication number: 20100170883
    Abstract: Hairstyling appliance comprising a grasping means (2), a body (3) for winding a lock of hair around its longitudinal axis, the winding body containing an electric heating element and comprising an external hair-winding surface (5) extending along substantially its entire length, a clip (7) for hooking the lock of hair onto the winding body (3) and an electric motor for driving the winding body in rotation around its longitudinal axis. According to the invention, it includes at least one heating plate (9, 10) disposed facing the external surface (5) of the winding body (3), which plate is movably mounted with respect to the winding body so as to exert pressure on the lock of hair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventors: Marc Legrain, Bénédicte Simond
  • Publication number: 20100012143
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hairstyling device (1) comprising two jaws (2, 3), each supporting at one end a treatment surface (10, 11), at least one of which includes a heating element, said jaws (2, 3) being mounted so as to pivot about a hinge (4) at the other end between an open position that allows the hair to be inserted between the two treatment surfaces (10, 11) and a closed position for placing it in contact with the two treatment surfaces (10, 11), said jaws (2, 3) forming two handle halves (5, 6) between the treatment surfaces (10, 11) and the hinge. According to the invention, the device (1) includes return means for the handle halves (5, 6), which cause pressure to be applied to the treatment surfaces (10, 11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Inventors: Benedicte SIMOND, Marc Legrain, Xavier Vacheron
  • Patent number: 7233823
    Abstract: The invention concerns an apparatus for measuring a subject's body composition comprising a first electronic module (6) for measuring a bioelectric impedance and at least an electric power source (10) for generating a variable electric signal (11) which passes through the body or part of the body of the subject when the latter is connected to the measuring apparatus (2). The invention is characterized in that said power source is a voltage generator (10) designed to supply a rectangular voltage signal (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Bénédicte Simond, Alain Duborper, Michel Sarrazin
  • Patent number: 7075537
    Abstract: The invention concerns an apparatus for measuring a biological parameter of an individual comprising measuring means, means for storing and/or for computing values of said parameter connected to a display (3) for graphic representation of the measured parameter relative to a representation axis. The invention is characterized in that said display (3) is designed to adjust the measured parameter relative to a reference zone delimited on either side on said axis by a fixed mark combined with at least an adjacent digital indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Bénédicte Simond, Yves Patras
  • Publication number: 20040262046
    Abstract: The invention concerns an apparatus for measuring a biological parameter of an individual comprising measuring means, means for storing and/or for computing values of said parameter connected to a display (3) for graphic representation of the measured parameter relative to a representation axis. The invention is characterized in that said display (3) is designed to adjust the measured parameter relative to a reference zone delimited on either side on said axis by a fixed mark combined with at least an adjacent digital indication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Benedicte Simond, Yves Patras
  • Publication number: 20040077968
    Abstract: The invention concerns an apparatus for measuring a subject's body composition comprising a first electronic module (6) for measuring a bioelectric impedance and at least an electric power source (10) for generating a variable electric signal (11) which passes through the body or part of the body of the subject when the latter is connected to the measuring apparatus (2). The invention is characterized in that said power source is a voltage generator (10) designed to supply a rectangular voltage signal (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Inventors: Benedicte Simond, Alain Duborper, Michel Sarrazin
  • Patent number: D482629
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Tefal S.A.
    Inventors: Benedicte Simond, Yves Patras