Patents by Inventor Michael deGrood

Michael deGrood 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).

  • Publication number: 20260144348
    Abstract: Hair styling apparatus includes a handle and a hair engagement member. The hair engagement member includes a hair contact surface configured to receive hair during a hair styling operation. The hair styling apparatus also includes a heating assembly configured to deliver heat to the hair on the hair contact surface. An ejectable hair holder is releasably mounted to at least one of the handle and the hair engagement member. The ejectable hair holder extends at least partly along the hair contact surface. The ejectable hair holder has a stowed position in which the ejectable hair holder is attached to the hair styling apparatus, and a deployed position in which the ejectable hair holder is released from the hair styling apparatus. The ejectable hair holder is configured to attach to the hair when the ejectable hair holder is released from the hair styling apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2025
    Publication date: May 28, 2026
    Inventors: Rachel Koebler, Michael deGrood
  • Publication number: 20160271646
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to an ultraviolet cured coating on a personal grooming apparatus. The apparatus includes an ultraviolet cured composition coated on a substrate of the apparatus. The composition includes at least one additive that has been cured by ultraviolet light either before application to the substrate or while the coating is on the substrate. Other aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods for manufacturing the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Michael deGrood, Maciej Murzynski
  • Patent number: D990047
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Spectrum Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Manders Franklin, David Hillenbrand, David Toy, Michael deGrood, Alan T. McDonald, Mark Miller, Karen Shrider Baer
  • Patent number: D990048
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Spectrum Brands, Inc, .
    Inventors: Thomas Manders Franklin, David Hillenbrand, David Toy, Michael deGrood, Alan T. McDonald, Mark Miller, Karen Shrider Baer