Patents by Inventor Joshua Thomas Richards
Joshua Thomas Richards 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).
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Patent number: 11832701Abstract: An attachment for a hair dryer that is movable between a first position and a second position in order to alter one or more characteristics of the airflow therethrough. In one embodiment, an attachment having multiple facets and types of projections with varying stiffness are provided on an outer housing that can be rotated relative to a base by the user. In a second embodiment, an attachment having a concave surface with prongs extending therethrough that can be moved such that the exposed portion of the prongs are lengthened or shortened, as desired.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2023Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLCInventors: Joshua Thomas Richards, Thomas Edward Kingsborough Cody, Shannon Marie Mcsweeney, Daniel J. Innes, Steven Luke Bailey
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Publication number: 20230180907Abstract: A hair care appliance is provided. The hair care appliance includes a handle and a body coupled to the handle via a rotational hinge joint. The body can be movable via the rotational hinge joint between a straight configuration in which the body is aligned with a longitudinal axis of the handle and a bent configuration in which the body extends along an axis transverse to the longitudinal axis of the handle. A fluid flow path extends between an inlet in the handle and an outlet in the body. The hair care appliance can be operated with minimal loss of fluid flow in either the straight configuration and the bent configuration. The hair care appliance includes a fan assembly in the handle and a heater assembly in the body that are positioned to create a balanced center of mass of the hair care appliance when operated by a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2023Publication date: June 15, 2023Inventors: Nicholas James Sardar, Richard Mathias, Joshua Thomas Richards, Colby Jackson Higgins, Adam Udy, Stephen Murphy
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Publication number: 20230172335Abstract: An attachment for a hair dryer that is movable between a first position and a second position in order to alter one or more characteristics of the airflow therethrough. In one embodiment, an attachment having multiple facets and types of projections with varying stiffness are provided on an outer housing that can be rotated relative to a base by the user. In a second embodiment, an attachment having a concave surface with prongs extending therethrough that can be moved such that the exposed portion of the prongs are lengthened or shortened, as desired.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2023Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: Joshua Thomas Richards, Thomas Edward Kingsborough Cody, Shannon Marie Mcsweeney, Daniel J. Innes, Steven Luke Bailey
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Publication number: 20230148723Abstract: A hair care appliance is provided. The hair care appliance includes a handle and a body coupled to the handle via a rotational hinge joint. The body can be movable via the rotational hinge joint between a straight configuration in which the body is aligned with a longitudinal axis of the handle and a bent configuration in which the body extends along an axis transverse to the longitudinal axis of the handle. A fluid flow path extends between an inlet in the handle and an outlet in the body. The hair care appliance can be operated with minimal loss of fluid flow in either the straight configuration and the bent configuration. The hair care appliance includes a fan assembly in the handle and a heater assembly in the body that are positioned to create a balanced center of mass of the hair care appliance when operated by a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2022Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: Colby Jackson Higgins, Adam Udy, Stephen Murphy, Stephan James Godden, Richard Mathias, Nicholas James Sardar, Joshua Thomas Richards
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Publication number: 20220400827Abstract: Systems are provided for a hair dryer. A hair drying system can include a plurality of different types of accessories and a hair dryer having an output end configured to supply air. The output end can include an attachment assembly having a retaining mechanism configured to engage each of the plurality of different types of accessories to retain a selected one of the different types of accessories on the hair dryer, an alignment mechanism configured to align one of the accessories in a predetermined rotational orientation relative to the output end, and an accessory detection assembly configured to move to one of a plurality of predetermined structural configurations based on the type of accessory attached to the hair dryer. The hair dryer can further include a controller configured to control the supply of air through the output end in dependence on the predetermined structural configuration of the accessory detection assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2021Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: Ming Yao, Joshua Thomas Richards, Jack Qin, Terry Tan
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Publication number: 20220202158Abstract: An attachment for a hair dryer that is movable between a first position and a second position in order to alter one or more characteristics of the airflow therethrough. In one embodiment, an internal sliding element is movable within an outer housing in order to alter the internal flow paths inside the housing. In a second embodiment, movable arms cause changes to the shape of an outer housing made of a flexible and resilient material. Motion of the arms between positions causes a change in the shape of the attachment outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2021Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventors: James Richard Potter, Joshua Thomas Richards, Steven Luke Bailey
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Publication number: 20220202156Abstract: An attachment for a hair dryer that is intended to curl the user's hair during the drying process. The attachment includes a tubular first body, a tubular second body, a hair curling post, and a baffle. The tubular first body extends between a hair curling entrance and an attachment outlet, the first body also including an airflow entrance. The tubular second body that extends between an attachment entrance and a second body outlet, the second body outlet being coupled to the airflow entrance of the first body. The hair curling post extends through at least the inside of the first body. The baffle is operable to direct airflow through the first body in a generally circular manner about the hair curling post in a first direction at times the baffle is in a first position and in a second direction at times the baffle is in a second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2020Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventor: Joshua Thomas Richards
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Publication number: 20220202157Abstract: An attachment for a hair dryer that is movable between a first position and a second position in order to alter one or more characteristics of the airflow therethrough. In one embodiment, an attachment having multiple facets and types of projections with varying stiffness are provided on an outer housing that can be rotated relative to a base by the user. In a second embodiment, an attachment having a concave surface with prongs extending therethrough that can be moved such that the exposed portion of the prongs are lengthened or shortened, as desired.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2020Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventors: Joshua Thomas RICHARDS, Thomas Edward Kingsborough CODY, Steven Luke BAILEY, Shannon Marie MCSWEENEY, Daniel John INNES
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Patent number: 11185142Abstract: An attachment for a hair dryer that is movable between a first position and a second position in order to alter one or more characteristics of the airflow therethrough. In one embodiment, an internal sliding element is movable within an outer housing in order to alter the internal flow paths inside the housing. In a second embodiment, movable arms cause changes to the shape of an outer housing made of a flexible and resilient material. Motion of the arms between positions causes a change in the shape of the attachment outlet.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2020Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: Sharkninja Operating LLCInventors: James Richard Potter, Joshua Thomas Richards, Steven Luke Bailey
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Patent number: D709374Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2012Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: LEO Pharama A/SInventors: Alun Wilcox, Peter Sprada, Graeme Howard Davies, Nicholas Henry Reddall, Joshua Thomas Richards
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Patent number: D718130Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2012Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: LEO Pharma A/SInventors: Alun Wilcox, Peter Sprada, Graeme Howard Davies, Nicholas Henry Reddall, Joshua Thomas Richards
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Patent number: D725470Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2012Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: LEO Pharma A/SInventors: Alun Wilcox, Peter Sprada, Graeme Howard Davies, Nicholas Henry Reddall, Joshua Thomas Richards
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Patent number: D727167Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2012Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: LEO Pharma A/SInventors: Alun Wilcox, Peter Sprada, Graeme Howard Davies, Nicholas Henry Reddall, Joshua Thomas Richards