Patents by Inventor Michel Droin

Michel Droin 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: 20110240056
    Abstract: A hair-holding device has a comb-like element having a base supporting a plurality of teeth lying in a plane. The base has first and second mutually-exclusive orientations in the plane and can be transformed between the first orientation in which the distal ends of adjacent teeth are spaced apart from each other and the second orientation in the plane in which the distal ends of adjacent teeth are brought towards each other. The combination of an operating handle exterior to the base and a curved rod the base allow the to be is able to be retained in a chosen one of the orientations and to be transformed by the user between the alternative first and second orientations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventor: Michel DROIN
  • Patent number: 6457241
    Abstract: In these scissors (1), one of the branches (2) entails a resting part (7) for the four fingers of the hand excluding the thumb, while the other branch (3) entails a resting part (8) for the thumb. The resting part (7) shows an exterior lateral face (7a) to rest the fingers upon and is joined to a hook (10) whose concave face (10a) outlines, with said lateral face (7a), a housing (11) which can narrowly receive the third or fourth finger of the operator, and whose convex face (10b) allows, at the level of the base of hook (10), a tightening of said hook (10) between the finger engaged in the housing (11) and the adjacent finger; the resting part (8) shows an exterior lateral face (8a) aimed at accommodating the thumb; the scissors (1) entail at least one elastic device (20) located between the two interal faces of these two resting parts (7&8) allowing the maintenance of the branches (2&3) in a spread-apart position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Inventor: Michel Droin
  • Publication number: 20020112352
    Abstract: In these scissors (1), one of the branches (2) entails a resting part (7) for the four fingers of the hand excluding the thumb, while the other branch (3) entails a resting part (8) for the thumb. The resting part (7) shows an exterior lateral face (7a) to rest the fingers upon and is joined to a hook (10) whose concave face (10a) outlines, with said lateral face (7a), a housing (11) which can narrowly receive the third or fourth finger of the operator, and whose convex face (10b) allows, at the level of the base of hook (10), a tightening of said hook (10) between the finger engaged in the housing (11) and the adjacent finger, the resting part (8) shows an exterior lateral face (8a) aimed at accommodating the thumb; the scissors (1) entail at least one elastic device (20) located between the two internal lateral faces of these two resting parts (7&8) allowing the maintenance of the branches (2&3) in a spread-apart position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2001
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Inventor: Michel Droin
  • Patent number: 6318379
    Abstract: A device for holding the hair comprising a comb-like element having a base and a plurality of teeth projecting from the base. The base is flexible to allow it to flex between a first orientation in which the ends of the teeth are spaced apart from each other to a second orientation in which the ends of the teeth are brought towards each other to grip the hair. A substantially rigid, curved member is preferably connected to the base, the rotation of the curved member between alternative positions drives the base between the first and second orientation and selectively maintains the base in a chosen one of the orientations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Inventor: Michel Droin
  • Patent number: 6050272
    Abstract: A device for holding the hair comprising a comb-like element having a base and a plurality of teeth projecting from the base. The base is flexible to allow it to flex between a first orientation in which the ends of the teeth are spaced apart from each other to a second orientation in which the ends of the teeth are brought towards each other to grip the hair. A substantially rigid, curved member is preferably connected to the base, the rotation of the curved member between alternative positions drives the base between the first and second orientation and selectively maintains the base in a chosen one of the orientations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Inventor: Michel Droin