Patents by Inventor Willie L. Morrow

Willie L. Morrow 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: 6009883
    Abstract: The Hair Straightening Nozzle of the present invention includes a nozzle suitable for attachment to a typical hand-held hair blow dryer, and is formed with two parallel rows of teeth disposed on opposite sides of the nozzle such that the air from the hair blow dryer passes from the nozzle, through the nozzle opening, and between the two rows of teeth. A heating bar is located between the rows of teeth and in the stream of heated air, and is formed of a heat-conducting material, such as steel. The heating bar, heated by the heated air passing through the nozzle, extends slightly higher than the base of the teeth, such that as the teeth are pulled through the hair, the hair passes over the heating bar and the heated bar straightens the hair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Inventor: Willie L. Morrow
  • Patent number: 4344447
    Abstract: A hair roller is provided having a generally cylindrical body portion with two end caps which stretch a band of rubber or like resilient material across the surface of the body, the two end caps being rotatable in opposite directions to cause the band to stretch across the body in increasingly tight fashion without substantially displacing the central portions of the elastic, so that the hair thereon is not substantially disturbed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1980
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1982
    Inventor: Willie L. Morrow
  • Patent number: 4026307
    Abstract: The invention is a comb adapted for curly and particularly kinky hair and utilizes teeth which are provided with notches or relieved portions along the sides thereof, such that adjacent teeth define hair-receiving channels which are other than parallel-sided, these channels being expanded at intervals along their length to define either generally serpentine shapes or having spaced substantially circular expanded areas along their length to facilitate the passage of curly hair therethrough, and an expanded area of the channels at the base of the teeth permits the accumulation therein of hair as it is combed, without resulting in wedging and binding, which ordinarily occurs at the juncture of the teeth with the spine, there also being a specialized arcuate bay in the comb handle having an expanded end to permit the simplified parting of the hair without the wedging of the hair as would occur should a normal comb be used to make the part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1977
    Inventor: Willie L. Morrow