Patents by Inventor Mary Deborah Ahrens

Mary Deborah Ahrens 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: 11771197
    Abstract: A hair-smoothing tool includes a supporting base, a carpeting structure on or over the supporting base, and optionally bristles and a cushion member. The bristles and the cushion member, if present, are formed on a first surface of the supporting base. The hair-smoothing tool further includes a carpeting structure on either the first surface of the supporting base or an opposite second surface of the supporting base, or both. The carpeting structure, for example, may be a hook structure or a loop structure of a Velcro® hook and loop fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: HAIR4GOOD
    Inventor: Mary Deborah Ahrens
  • Publication number: 20220160093
    Abstract: A hair roller for wrapping therearound a hair portion is a concave cylinder, which has a normally cross section at a top portion and a bottom portion thereof larger than a normally cross section at a middle portion thereof an oval cylinder; an oval cylinder, which has at least one normally oval cross-section; or a concave oval cylinder. The hair roller is optionally provided with a hair-retaining structure formed on the roller body for grabbing the hair portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: HAIR4GOOD, LLC
    Inventor: Mary Deborah Ahrens
  • Patent number: 11259614
    Abstract: A hair roller for wrapping therearound a hair portion is a concave cylinder, which has a normally oval cross section at a top portion and a bottom portion thereof larger than a normally oval cross section at a middle portion thereof of an oval cylinder; an oval cylinder, which has at least one normally oval cross-section, or a concave oval cylinder. The hair roller is optionally provided with a hair-retaining structure formed on the roller body for grabbing the hair portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Inventor: Mary Deborah Ahrens
  • Publication number: 20200037725
    Abstract: A hair-smoothing tool includes a supporting base, a carpeting structure on or over the supporting base, and optionally bristles and a cushion member. The bristles and the cushion member, if present, are formed on a first surface of the supporting base. The hair-smoothing tool further includes a carpeting structure on either the first surface of the supporting base or an opposite second surface of the supporting base, or both. The carpeting structure, for example, may be a hook structure or a loop structure of a Velcro® hook and loop fastener. The hair smoothing tool may have the carpeting structure in two or more locations, wherein such locations may be heated and/or may optionally contain heater material, and wherein the temperature of each such location may be separately controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventor: Mary Deborah AHRENS
  • Publication number: 20190223572
    Abstract: A hair-smoothing tool includes a supporting base, a carpeting structure on or over the supporting base, and optionally bristles and a cushion member. The bristles and the cushion member, if present, are formed on a first surface of the supporting base. The hair-smoothing tool further includes a carpeting structure on either the first surface of the supporting base or an opposite second surface of the supporting base, or both. The carpeting structure, for example, may be a hook structure or a loop structure of a Velcro® hook and loop fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventor: Mary Deborah Ahrens