Having Hair Shaping Surface Or Form (e.g., Crimper Or Curler) Patents (Class 132/223)
  • Patent number: 12150535
    Abstract: A hair styling device features a headband worn along a hairline of a user's head and spanning around a crown thereof, preferably with an ornamental appearance displayed on a front portion of the headband across the along a front hairline to enable daytime wearing thereof in social settings. A rear portion of the headband is embodied by a bobble strand comprising a series of ball-shaped bobbles sequentially arranged therealong to span in series across the back of the users head, where the user's hair is able to be wrapped around said bobble strand at a rear of the hairline. This wound state of the user's hair around the said strand of bobbles imparts a curling action that leaves behind a curled hairstyle on the user's hair when the headband is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Inventors: Emily Corra, Richard Edward Connolly
  • Patent number: 12042034
    Abstract: A heat-retaining clip assembly is provided. The heat-retaining clip assembly includes a convex surface nested in a concave surface in a closed position, wherein the convex and concave surfaces are pivotably connected to move between the closed position and an open position. The convex surface has a higher thermal conductivity than the concave surface. The present invention includes a system providing an arcuate heating element that can be sandwiched between the convex and concave surfaces in the closed position, while the convex surface conducts most of the heat. Then the heat-retaining clip assembly may be moved in the open position from the heating element to a user's hair so that the heat stored in the convex surface transfers to the hair to form textured waves in the hair after the clip is moved back to the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Inventor: Pamela J. Brooks
  • Patent number: 11963596
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hair styling device, and in particular to a hair straightener. The hair styling device (10; 210) has a first arm (12; 212) and a second arm (14; 214), the first and second arms being moveable relative to one another between a closed or operative condition and an open or inoperative condition. The first member (12; 212) has a first heating panel (16; 116; 216) and the second member (14; 214) has a second heating panel (18; 118; 218). The heating panels (16, 18; 116, 118; 216, 218) are corrugated to increase the length of the path the hair must take between the heating panels. The first and second heating panels are spaced apart in the operative condition so as not to press or clamp the hair therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: JAPHAM GROUP LIMITED
    Inventors: Alfredo Debenedictis, Janusz Lucien Holland, Mark Christopher Hughes, Martin Malcolm Harris, James Robert Nelson
  • Patent number: 10980326
    Abstract: A hair straightener (HS) comprises a heating unit (HU) for heating hair while exercising a pressure on the hair, a temperature sensor (TS) for measuring a temperature of the heated hair to obtain a measured temperature, and a pressure adjustment unit (PAU) for adjusting the pressure exercised by the heating unit (HU) on the hair, in dependence on the measured temperature. The heating unit (HU) may comprise a pair of heating plates (HP1, HP2) between which hair is clamped, and the pressure adjustment unit (PAU) may be arranged for changing a distance between the heating plates (HP1, HP2). The pressure adjustment unit (PAU) may comprise a motor-operated push tool (W, C) for increasing the distance between the heating plates (HP1, HP2) when the measured temperature exceeds a first threshold temperature. The hair straightener (HS) may comprise a pair of hinged arms (A1, A2) each provided with a respective one of the heating plates (HP1, HP2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventor: Chuen Yu Cyrus Pang
  • Patent number: 10609998
    Abstract: The automatic hair braiding device disclosed herein, when laid against an individual's head over a sectioned portion of hair, can further section and segregate the hair into smaller sections of a specific width automatically. The braiding device will be able to combine additional hair, synthetic or human, that is already pre-fed into the machine to the individual's sectioned hair and braid the individual's hair with integrated hair to the desired length simultaneously. The device will possess a safety feature that can sense hair tension while segregating and braiding hair to minimize hair breakage and notify the user if any added hair is not properly loaded or secured within the device before braiding begins. The device will have the ability to automatically shut off if hair should become tangled during any phase of the braiding process. The device will have the ability to program hair sectioning and braid size through computer software capability and mobile phone Bluetooth application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Inventors: Lawrence Edward Callis, Jr., Maria Anita Richardson-Callis
  • Patent number: 9820545
    Abstract: A hair styling accessory includes an elongated hair board having a widened end and a narrowed end with elongated edges extending between the widened end and the narrowed end, a plurality of holes extend through the hair board from an upper surface to a lower surface. At least one end-clip having open and closed orientations and biased into the closed orientation. The at least one end-clip is designed to be positioned in the closed orientation over the narrowed end of the hair board and to grip a lock of hair against one of the upper and lower surfaces. At least one side-clip having open and closed orientations and biased into the closed orientation. The at least one side-clip is designed to be positioned in the closed orientation over one of the elongated edges of the hair board and to grip the lock of hair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Inventor: Debra Simonson
  • Patent number: 9781988
    Abstract: An appliance for shaping fibrous material where when the applicance is in the closed position, the portion of the fibrous material received between the first inner face and the second inner face can receive light energy from the light source and heat energy from the heating element. Also a method, use and kit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Randy Purnell Washington, Jamie Angel Reed, Alan David Willey, Stevan A. Samuel, Michael Kloeppel-Riech, Sandra Smith, Frank Beerwerth, David Salloum
  • Patent number: 9681723
    Abstract: A portable curling iron used to style hair enables a user to style hair without the need to plug in the curling iron to a conventional electrical outlet. The present invention provides sufficient heat the curling iron in order to adequately style hair. The power for portable use of a device of the present invention has a power supply means that provides enough power to adequately heat the curling iron for effective hair styling from a power source such as found in a motor vehicle. Connection to the power source can be via a USB connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Inventor: Porsha Bursey
  • Patent number: 8985123
    Abstract: A cap which wraps hair and protects it from tangling during sleep or other activity. The cap contains an outer layer, one or more rows of bristles of relatively resilient material for wrapping hair and at least one handle. The one or more rows of bristles of relatively resilient material brushes a wearer's hair in either a clockwise or counter-clockwise direction to pull the hair up into the hat in an organized manner. The one or more rows of bristles of relatively resilient material for wrapping hair may also be used to reverse the process and let hair down in an organized style.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Inventor: Amber A. Green
  • Patent number: 8967159
    Abstract: A hair styling iron. There is: a joint; a power module; an on/off switch and a temperature adjustment switch disposed on the joint and coupled to the power module. A first arm is coupled to the joint, including: a first handle extending from the joint; and a first heating iron extending in an arc from the joint. A second arm is coupled to the joint, including: a second handle with a plurality of finger grooves extending from the joint below the first handle; and a second heating iron with a heat indicator extending in an arc from the joint. A temperature sensor activates a light when said sensor detects heat above a threshold temperature. The temperature switch permits selectable temperature settings of the heating irons up to about 450 degrees Fahrenheit. The heating irons each include an interior, arcuate, heating plate that is matched to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Inventor: Nyrisha Jenkins
  • Publication number: 20140326271
    Abstract: The invention herein pertains to hair devices, particularly purposefully weighted hair devices for elongating curly, coily and kinky hair. Currently there is no classification for weighted hair devices, tools, or accessories. The invented weighted hair device can be used as either a styling tool that transforms curly hair into a set wave pattern unique to the user's curl pattern or as a weighted ornamental hair accessory that remains in the hair. The invented weighted hair device is particularly advantageous for tightly curled hair patterns, especially Afro textured hair. The description of the disclosure is merely exemplary in nature and, thus, variations that do not depart from the gist of the disclosure are intended to be within the scope of the disclosure. Such variations are not to be regarded as a departure from the spirit and scope of the disclosure herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventor: Cynthia Renee' Fulgham
  • Publication number: 20140311510
    Abstract: A hairbrush device (100) comprises a first plurality of brush filaments (112) and a second plurality of brush filaments (116). A property of the first plurality of brush filaments (112) and a respective property of the second plurality of brush filaments (116) are different from one another. In order to reversibly select a stiffness of the hairbrush device, the hairbrush device (100) comprises an actuation element (104) being in driving connection with the first and second plurality of brush filaments (11, 116) and configured for being actuatable for selecting the first plurality of brush filaments (112) or the second plurality of brush filaments (116) for a use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventor: Arthur Putzer
  • Publication number: 20140305465
    Abstract: A hair styling apparatus includes first and second handle members adapted for movement between an open position for receiving hair therebetween and a closed condition adjacent the hair, a heating element associated with at least one of said first and second handle members and a cartridge mountable to said first handle member and having a hair treatment agent for dispensing and treating hair disposed between the first and second handle members. The treatment agent may include a conditioning, strengthening, repairing or revitalizing fluid. An ultrasonic transducer may be associated with said cartridge. The transducer is actuable to heat the treatment agent to affect at least partial vaporization thereof for release adjacent the heating elements and application to the hair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventor: Anthony Kit Lun Leung
  • Publication number: 20140261522
    Abstract: A hair styling device comprising a first blade section, a second blade section, and at least one fin. The first blade section comprises an inner blade surface and at least one first blade section heating element one of coupled to and integrated with the inner blade surface. The second blade section may be rotatably coupled to the first blade section and may comprise at least one second blade section heating element substantially opposing the at least one first blade section heating element. The at least one second blade section heating element may also comprise a substantially flat surface and at least one outer surface. A portion of the at least one fin is one of coupled and integrated to the at least one outer surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Luxe LLC
    Inventor: Jacynda Smith
  • Publication number: 20140261524
    Abstract: A hair styling device comprising a first blade section, a second blade section, and at least one fin. The first blade section comprises an inner blade surface and at least one first blade section heating element one of coupled to and integrated with the inner blade surface. The second blade section may be rotatably coupled to the first blade section and may comprise at least one second blade section heating element substantially opposing the at least one first blade section heating element. The at least one second blade section heating element may also comprise a substantially flat surface and at least one outer surface. A portion of the at least one fin is one of coupled and integrated to the at least one outer surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: LUXE LLC
    Inventor: Jacynda Smith
  • Publication number: 20140216493
    Abstract: A hair straightening iron including and an air heating device in air flow with the blower. The hair straightening iron includes a hose functionally coupled to the blower. The hair straightening iron includes an iron in airflow communication with the air heating device. The iron includes a body consisting essentially of a material having a thermal conductivity of greater than about 0.1 kW/(m*K). The iron includes an interior channel within the body having an effective ratio of channel area to cross-sectional flow area greater than about 90. The interior channel includes a plurality of heat transfer vanes. The iron includes a straight edge extending along a length of the body and including an elongated nozzle extending along a majority of the length of the straight edge through which heated air exits the iron. The nozzle includes an array of holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventor: David M. Hadden
  • Publication number: 20140202487
    Abstract: Provided is a hairdressing appliance, which comprises a portable treatment unit provided with gripping means and a heat and steam treatment system configured for heating hair and for applying steam to this hair, a base remote from the portable treatment unit, and connection means between the base and the portable treatment unit configured for supplying the portable treatment unit at least with electricity from the base. The hairdressing appliance comprises a circuit board for controlling the treatment system arranged in the base and a system of communication between the control circuit board and the treatment system. The hairdressing appliance enables, for example, the straightening, curling, or crimping of hair and chiefly aims to reduce the weight and the bulk of the portable treatment unit so as to make it easier to handle during styling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Regis Fereyre, Serge Cubizolles, Franck Mandica
  • Publication number: 20140137887
    Abstract: Described is a hair iron comprising first and second side members pivotally connected at adjacent first ends thereof. A first heating plate is provided on a first surface of the first side member, and a second heating plate is provided on a first surface of the second side member such that moving the first and second side members to a closed position engages a section of hair between the first and second heating plates. Second ends of the first and second side members are tapered to aid separating the section of hair by sliding the hair iron longitudinally into the hair. Opposed first and second longitudinal edges of the first surfaces of the first and second side members are each curved such that the first longitudinal edges are concave in shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Inventors: Janet Elizabeth Cocks, Edward Joseph Khoury, Anne Lynette Vine
  • Patent number: 8720453
    Abstract: A hair curler is provided having first and second hollow end tips. Each end tip has upper and lower clamping surfaces and has an open inner end. First and second spring clamps are within the first and second end tips, respectively. The first and second end tips are connected at their open inner ends. The first end tip is configured to hold one end of a lock of hair close to a user's scalp and the second end tip is configured to hold another end of the lock of hair after the lock of hair has been wound around the curler between the first and second end tips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Inventors: Thomas E. Brown, Catherine S. Brown
  • Publication number: 20140123995
    Abstract: A hair styling device heating system, is disclosed comprising a hair styling device having a high heat plastic polymer, an insulating material, an induction material, a conducting material and a high heat plastic polymer and securing all of the layers together. There is a housing for receiving said hair styling device and for heating it therein. The housing includes an induction coil, a control circuit operatively connected to the coil, a resonant capacitor operatively connected to the circuit, a heat sink connected to the capacitor, and a colored heating indication panel attached to the housing and operatively connected to the circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventors: Maggie Cheung, Kwong Cheung
  • Publication number: 20140102471
    Abstract: Hair iron brushes are disclosed herein. In several embodiments, a brush base can include an arc-shaped bristle implanting surface, a plurality of brush bristle rows, and heating plate having a plurality of elongated heating surfaces. The brush bristle rows and the elongated heating surfaces can extend lengthwise along a longitudinal axis of the hair iron brush. The brush bristle rows can include a plurality of brush bristles made from a heat resistant material. The elongated heating surfaces and the brush bristle rows can be arranged in an alternating pattern across a width of the arc-shaped bristle implanting surface. In certain embodiments, the brush bristle rows and/or the heating plate can include a multi-element mineral powder and/or a far infrared radiating powder. The hair iron brush can be configured to provide both a brushing function and an ironing function that can impart curls or straighten hair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Inventor: Kazutoshi Kaizuka
  • Publication number: 20140076351
    Abstract: This invention relates to an improved hair styling device, and provides a hair styling device for imparting a wave to a tress of hair. The device comprises a tube (110) having a longitudinal axis, the tube being open at at least one of its longitudinal ends whereby the tress of hair can be introduced into the tube. The tube is longitudinally extendable between a non-extended condition and an extended condition. The inside of the tube has at least one barrier (120) which can engage the tress of hair as the tube moves towards its non-extended condition, the barrier controlling the deformation of the tress of hair and thereby controlling the form of the wave produced in the tress of hair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: SF3 LIMITED
    Inventors: Alfredo Debenedictis, Janusz Lucien Holland
  • Publication number: 20140069454
    Abstract: Hair was coated with polymer-containing fluid and then hot pressed to form a composite of hair and a polymer film imprinted with a nanopattern. Polychromatic light incident on the nanopattern is diffracted into dispersed colored light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicants: Los Alamos National Security, LLC, The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bruce Carvell LAMARTINE, E. Bruce ORLER, Richard Matthew Charles SUTTON, Shuangqi SONG
  • Patent number: 8646465
    Abstract: A hair styling apparatus (10) is disclosed as including a heating barrel (20) and a protecting sleeve (28) which covers part of the heating barrel, the protective sleeve including a wall (30) with a helical slot (32) allowing a tress of hair to be received through the slot to contact the heating barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Sun Luen Electrical Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Ka Yan Connie Tam
  • Publication number: 20130340782
    Abstract: A hair styling tool having a plurality of bristles and one or more movable members extending radially outward from the core and movable between opposing positions is provided. The movable members move between a retracted position where the divider is fitted between and even with or slightly above or slightly below the bristles to engage the hair and an extended position where the divider is moved out beyond the bristles to disengage the hair from the bristles. The hair styling tool having the movable member which engages and disengages the hair with the bristles minimizes tangling of the hair while brushing. The hair styling tool may be a rotating brush optionally equipped with a motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: M. M. & R. PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Ragosta, Claudio Marino, Bruno Meglio, David J. Richmond, Howard C. Richmond
  • Publication number: 20130319452
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hair iron including: one pair of bodies rotatably hinged to each other; heat plates disposed on the bodies; and supporting means, each being disposed between one of the bodies and one of the heat plates in such a manner as to support the longitudinal center of each heat plate. Accordingly, each supporting means is disposed between each body and each heat plate to support the longitudinal center of each heat plate, so that the pair of heat plates is evenly contacted with each other according to the seesaw principle, thereby allowing the heat and pressure generated from the heat plate to be applied uniformly to hair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Inventor: Jong Hyun JOO
  • Publication number: 20130263881
    Abstract: A hair straightening and/or pressing device for straightening and/or pressing coarse, thick, ethnic, kinky or curly hair can include two arms connected pivotally at one end. The arms can have opposing surfaces that can be heated. The heated surfaces can be featureless or include features. One or both surfaces can have rows of closely spaced, parallel blade shaped tines extending across substantially the entire width of the surface from one side of the device to another side of the device. The hair straightening device can have at least two different temperature settings selectable by a user. In certain implementations, one temperature setting may be lower than the other two settings and at a temperature that is not optimal for straightening hair. The other two temperature settings may be set to a temperature that is optimal for straightening hair of different types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventor: Dana Story
  • Publication number: 20130233336
    Abstract: A hair styling device dry and/or to form a hair strand into a curl by suctioning hair into a hair styling chamber is disclosed. The device has a main styling chamber and air flow channel parallel to the styling chamber. The device has a vacuum impeller mounted in a fan chamber. The fan chamber is aerodynamically connected to the main styling chamber and to the air flow channel. The styling chamber has a styling form, which in the depicted embodiment is a spiral for forming spiral curls. The styling form can be heated directly by a heater and the air flow channel can have heating elements to heat the air flowing through it. At the opposite end of the body from the impeller, there is a hair inlet with a mixing tip through which hair is drawn into the styling chamber around the styling form by suction of the air flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: WISE SUN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Victor Lazzaro, Eugene Vicknair, Ben Roth
  • Publication number: 20130186422
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a combined device for treating the hair, which secures simultaneous hair drying, straightening, smoothing and styling with minimum damage to the structure of the hair. A combined device for treating the hair contains a dryer part A and a styling (straightener) part B. The hot or warm air from the part A flows onto the part B, which comprises hairbrushes (5, 6) of variable profile. Drying and styling or straightening is performed by the part B. The device causes minimum damage to the structure of the hair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: HAIROSTRAIGHT, SIA
    Inventor: HAIROSTRAIGHT, SIA
  • Patent number: 8455796
    Abstract: A heated flat iron 1 includes a first elongated member 2 and a second elongated member 3 that are joined together at one end at a hinge 4. An electrical cord 5 is attached thereto and has a conventional plug (not shown) to connect the iron 1 to a conventional external electrical energy source. An upper plate 6 is attached to the first member 2, and a lower plate 7 us attached to the second member 3. The upper plate 6 comprises a longitudinally aligned groove 8, preferably including in the groove 8 a series of longitudinally spaced laterally oriented slot depressions 9. The lower plate 7 includes a set of raised ridges 10, each having a length L that is transverse to the longitudinal axis of the second member 3, a height H measured in a direction extending away from the surface of the lower plate 7, and a thickness T measured transversely to length L, where L is greater than T.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Conair Corporation
    Inventor: Anthony Kit Lun Leung
  • Patent number: 8356608
    Abstract: Provided are a device and a method for styling hair capable of reducing damage to hair, maintaining the elasticity and texture of the hair, and keeping the hair style for a long period of time. The hair styling device is equipped with an arm body 2 having an arm 2A and an arm 2B connected to each other, an oscillation means 3, and an oscillator 9. The arm body 2 is constituted such that it can retain or release the hair. The oscillation generated from the oscillation means 3 has a predetermined frequency from 1 to 20000 Hz. The oscillator 9 is constituted such that it can slide along the length direction of the arms 2A and 2B and at the same time can transmit the oscillation from the oscillation means to the hair retained by the arm 2 while sliding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Kikuboshi Corporation
    Inventor: Miki Takehana
  • Publication number: 20120272994
    Abstract: A hair styling appliance (20) comprising a pair of clamping members (24) for clamping hair to be styled, wherein at least one of said clamping members comprises: a hair heating plate (26); and means (22) for manipulating a user's roots spaced apart from the hair heating plate whereby, in use, the means for manipulating a user's root is brought into contact a user's roots and the hair heating plate is spaced apart from a user's head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventors: Stephen Anthony Sayers, Ross Jones
  • Patent number: 8286645
    Abstract: Disclosed is a hair iron having a modified heating plate. A surface of the heating plate making contact with hair is inclined by a predetermined angle relative to a horizontal plane of a handle, and a far-infrared ray device is installed on the surface of the heating plate. The hair iron includes an upper body and a lower body coupled with the upper body by a hinge section. Each of the upper and lower bodies includes a handle formed at one end thereof with the hinge section, a supporter extending from the handle, and a heating plate attached to the supporter and provided with a far-infrared ray device that emits far-infrared rays. A horizontal plane of the heating plate is inclined relative to a horizontal plane of the handle by a predetermined angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Inventors: Cho Byung Kyu, Oh Wha Joong
  • Publication number: 20120174937
    Abstract: A hair styling tool having a plurality of bristles and one or more movable members extending radially outward from the core and movable between opposing positions is provided. The movable members move between a retracted position where the divider is fitted between and even with or slightly above or slightly below the bristles to engage the hair and an extended position where the divider is moved out beyond the bristles to disengage the hair from the bristles. The hair styling tool having the movable member which engages and disengages the hair with the bristles minimizes tangling of the hair while brushing. The hair styling tool may be a rotating brush optionally equipped with a motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Inventors: Michael Ragosta, Claudio Marino, Bruno Meglio, David J. Richmond, Howard C. Richmond
  • Patent number: 8166981
    Abstract: A hairstyling tool has a bowl having a plurality of bowl convex portions and bowl concave portions. The bowl concave portions form air channels. A plurality of openings is disposed on a bottom of the bowl. There are more than twenty openings. A handle is connected to the bowl. The handle has a handle connection with the bowl. A base extends from the bottom of the bowl. The base extends downward around the plurality of openings disposed on the bottom of the bowl. The base forms an air capture indent for directing airflow through the plurality of openings. The handle concave portions and handle convex portions may provide the handle a wavy shape. The handle may extend from a bowl convex portion between a pair of air channels. A palm rest can be at a free end of the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Inventor: Kathryn Ammann
  • Publication number: 20120097182
    Abstract: A portable hair care device comprises a first elongate arm, a second elongate arm pivotably coupled to the second elongate arm and adapted to be moved toward and away from the first elongate arm, and a grasping region sized and shape to be grasped and held by the hand of a user such that the user can carry the hair care product. A heating element is on one of the first and second elongate arms, the heating element configured to contact a person's hair so as to transfer heat to the hair. An overlay pad is removably positioned on the heating element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventor: Clifford Wright
  • Publication number: 20120080047
    Abstract: A hair straightener device encompasses a straightening tool that is comb-like. The straightening tool has a row of tines that are spaced apart respectively to each other by one hair receptacle. Each tine is associated with at least one first molded part 7 that is movably mounted. It is movably supported relative to the additional tine that surrounds the hair receptacle. The straightening tool furthermore surrounds a second molded part which is associated with the additional tine that surrounds this hair receptacle. This serves the implementation of a hair shaping gap between the molded parts of a hair receptacle. The hair shaping gaps that are located between the molded parts are undercut at least in the hair shaping position of the molded parts toward one another in the direction toward the border, of the hair receptacle, that connects the tines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: WIK Far East Ltd.
    Inventor: Dov Glucksman
  • Patent number: 8132572
    Abstract: A permanent wave treatment apparatus comprises: a housing 3; a blower 1 which is installed within the housing to suck air and blow air; a steam separator 2 which is provided on the blower to remove water content from air sucked by suction force of the blower; an outlet hole formed in the housing through which air is spouted from the blower; hoods F mounted on the housing such that they are capable of being opened/closed freely; a plurality of rods R on which the hair of an object person is to be wound and in which air vent holes are formed; tubes 4 connected to the rods so as to keep the interior of the rods in a negative pressure by the suction force of the blower; and extraction member 5 which holds a plurality of the tubes such that they are capable of being extracted freely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Takara Belmont Corporation
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kawabata, Koji Okamoto, Takashi Hoshina, Ryuhei Nagata, Yasuaki Nakatani, Terumi Shibano, Tomoaki Takada, Ryouji Kitamura, Toshiki Yajima, Daisuke Mouri, Kazuya Yamanaka, Ichiro Yamamoto, Shinji Katsura
  • Patent number: 8132573
    Abstract: A curling iron operable to protect a portion of the user's skin that is adjacent the heating element from incidental contact with the heating element. The curling iron further includes a handle that is integrally mounted to the heating element. A shield is slidably mounted to the handle and is configured to be deployed to substantially extend the length of the heating element. The shield is further configured to be rotatable about the circumference of the heating element so as to maintain a position such that the shield is intermediate the heating element and the user's skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Inventor: Barbara Jones
  • Patent number: 8100136
    Abstract: The hair curling kit of the present invention preferably comprises a first parting device, a second parting device, and respective first, second, and third types of conventional hair rollers to facilitate the curling of hair for a myriad of hairstyles. The parting devices are designed to uniformly and quickly part a section of hair that corresponds to a respective type of hair roller included in the hair curling kit. The parting of hair is accomplished with a single passage of the parting device along the roots of the hair and scalp without requiring a second parting that is customary with conventional combs. The segregated hair is engaged to conventional hair rollers included with the hair curling kit in order to curl hair for a myriad of hairstyles. The parting devices can alternatively include integral elements that facilitate the combing and/or picking of hair with a single implement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Inventor: Stephon Mason
  • Patent number: 8082929
    Abstract: A hair iron includes upper and lower casings defining a grip portion and coupled to each other at a first end with an elastic coupler such that the casings in the side of a second end opposite to the first end are pivotable within a certain angular range about the first end, an upper heater block extending in a longitudinal direction of the upper casing and coupled on the second end of the upper casing which is not coupled with the lower casing, a lower heater block extending in a longitudinal direction of the lower casing and coupled on the second end of the lower casing which is not coupled with the upper casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: GHD Korea, Inc.
    Inventor: Hae Jin Kim
  • Publication number: 20110259356
    Abstract: The application discloses a hair styling implement 1 that comprises: a handle portion 3; and first 13 and second 17 styling parts, at least one of which is capable of being heated; wherein in a first operating mode one or both of said styling parts 13, 17 is or are moveable relative to at least part of said handle portion 3 to separate said styling parts 13, 17 so as to enable hair to be inserted therebetween for straightening; and in a second operating mode where said styling parts 13, 17 are adjacent hair can be wrapped around the periphery of the styling parts for curling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: SALON UK LTD
    Inventors: Paul Barton, Neil Robson
  • Patent number: 8035061
    Abstract: A hairdressing device is designed to heat a hair at different temperatures. The device includes first and second arms coupled together by a hinge so that the arms can be closed together when pressed toward each other, each of the first and second arms including a grip portion and a head portion extending from the grip portion. The first arm includes a first heat generating body having at least one electric heater arranged in the head portion for heating a hair. The second arm includes a second heat generating body having two electric heaters arranged side by side in the head portion for heating the hair at different temperatures and a digital display part provided on an outer surface of the second arm for indicating information on a permanent to be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Blueceramic Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jung Shim Jung
  • Publication number: 20110232672
    Abstract: A hairstyling tool has a bowl having a plurality of bowl convex portions and bowl concave portions. The bowl concave portions form air channels. A plurality of openings is disposed on a bottom of the bowl. There are more than twenty openings. A handle is connected to the bowl. The handle has a handle connection with the bowl. A base extends from the bottom of the bowl. The base extends downward around the plurality of openings disposed on the bottom of the bowl. The base forms an air capture indent for directing airflow through the plurality of openings. The handle concave portions and handle convex portions may provide the handle a wavy shape. The handle may extend from a bowl convex portion between a pair of air channels. A palm rest can be at a free end of the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventor: Kathryn AMMANN
  • Patent number: 7958897
    Abstract: In an ultrasonic hair treatment device comprising a vibrator having a vibration element for generating ultrasonic vibrations and a receiver facing the vibrator as to apply the ultrasonic vibrations to a bundle of hairs which is pinched between the vibrator and the receiver, the vibration element has an oblong plate shape so as to have a plurality of resonance points arranged like a periodic lattice on a vibration face disposed in a thickness direction thereof, a plurality of circular recesses or grooves for trapping a hair treatment agent therein is formed on a vibration face of a head of the vibrator facing the receiver corresponding to the resonance points of the vibration element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Sakae Uchinashi
  • Patent number: 7952053
    Abstract: A device for enhancing vision for a hair curling iron for conventional curling iron of the general type having clamping members, two heating members, two bases and two styling members wherein the improvement comprises a mirror element attached to one of the bases. In another embodiment, a styling iron comprising an upper body having inner and outer surfaces, an upper cover attached to the upper body, a heating element between the upper cover and the inner surface, a lower body operationally attached to the upper body, the lower body having inner and outer surfaces, a lower cover attached to the lower body, a second heating element between the lower cover and the inner surface of the lower body, and a mirror attached to the outer surface of the upper body. Moreover, the styling iron may further comprise an insulating element between the heating element and the mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Inventors: Jennifer Mills, Scott Mills
  • Publication number: 20110120491
    Abstract: A hairdressing device includes a pair of arm members opposed to each other and hingedly connected at one longitudinal ends thereof, each of the arm members including a hinge portion, a grip portion contiguous to the hinge portion and a hair-pinching portion contiguous to the grip portion; and a heater member arranged in the hair-pinching portion of each of the arm members to generate heat when supplied with electric power. The heater member includes a pair of heating plates arranged side by side in a spaced-apart relationship with each other. The heater member includes a heat-resistant transparent member arranged between the heating plates to transmit infrared rays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: SM CERAMIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seung An You
  • Publication number: 20110100391
    Abstract: A hair-styling device comprising a handle with first and second housings having proximal and distal ends. A pivot joint is formed at the proximal ends to bias the distal ends away from each other. The distal ends have a concave opening with male terminal pins disposed therein. A plurality of sets of hair-styling attachments are provided. Each attachment has a proximal end, a distal end, and a heating element. A female connector is formed on the proximal end of the attachment. The proximal ends of the attachments are configured to telescope into the concave opening so that the female connectors mate with the male terminal pins. A lock is provided for locking the handle in a closed position with the housings parallel to one another. A power cord is disposed at the proximal end of the handle for supplying power to the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventor: Mauro Paolacci
  • Publication number: 20110079238
    Abstract: A hair style treatment device comprises an arm body 2, at least one vibration means 3 disposed in one or the other arm 2A, 2B or in a device body 4A and generating vibration of a predetermined frequency, and at least one vibrator 9 disposed in one or the other arm 2A, 2B, wherein the arm body 2 is adapted to be able to hold or release the hair, and wherein the vibrator 9 is adapted to be able to apply vibration in the width direction of the arm body 2 and to transmit vibration from the vibration means to the hair thus held.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: KIKUBOSHI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Miki Takehana
  • Publication number: 20110056509
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for hot and cold processing (1), the apparatus comprising: a heat pump (74) configured to pump heat from a first part of the heat pump to a second part of the heat pump, thereby cooling the first part of the heat pump for cold processing (73); a first heat sink (72) arranged to be in thermal contact with the second part of the heat pump such that heat may be transferred from the second part of the heat pump to the first heat sink and thereby cool the second part of the heat pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: HOT-STIXX LIMITED
    Inventors: Roger Sydney Benest, Richard Gilmore