# US 10,368,623 B2 · Hair twisting system

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- Number: US 10,368,623 B2
- Document ID: US10368623B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/819,094
- Filed: 2017-11-21
- Published: 2018-05-31
- Granted: 2019-08-06
- Earliest claimed: 2016-11-30
- Applicants: Noel Durity
- Inventors: Noel Durity
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10368623B2

## CPC

- A45D 2/00: Hair-curling or hair-waving appliances (heated curling-tongs, curling-irons A45D1/00 ){; Appliances for hair dressing treatment not otherwise provided for}
- A45D 2002/006: {for twisting hair}
- A45D 2007/002: {Processes of dressing hair}
- A45D 2007/004: {for braiding, twisting, locking, wrapping or beading hair}
- A45D: HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT (wigs, toupees or the like A41G3/00, A41G5/00; hairdressers' chairs A47C1/04; hair cutting appliances, razors B26B); EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING

## Abstract

A hair twisting system and method can include: a frame, the frame including a frame inner surface, a frame outer surface, and a frame front surface; strings extended between portions of the frame interior surface, the strings define areas between the strings, the strings providing woven moveable intersections, the strings configured to be: pressed down into hair towards a scalp, and then simultaneously moved out away from the scalp while being rotated until the strings disengage from the hair for creating twisted locks; and a handle coupled to the frame, the handle including side structures, the side structures providing an interior griping surface between the side structures and an exterior griping surface.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of utilizing a hair twisting system comprising:
providing a hair twisting system, the hair twisting system comprising:
a frame having an annular shape, the frame defining a frame inner surface, a frame outer surface, and a frame front surface;
a handle extending from a proximal end of the frame in a proximal direction away from the frame, the handle including side walls which converge toward one another in the proximal direction to define a proximal tip, where the side walls define an exterior griping surface and are separated by an opening in a proximal portion thereof to provide an interior griping surface; and
strings extending linearly between opposing portions of the frame and extending between portions of the frame inner surface, wherein the strings intersect to form a grid network defining openings between adjacent strings, where the intersections are moveable;
placing the frame toward a head of a user;
pressing the strings into hair of the user towards a scalp of the user thereby causing the strings to reliably and controllably deform around the locks of the hair;
rotating the handle while the hair is held between the strings;
moving the frame away from the scalp, causing the the strings to disengage from the hair and to spring back to its grid network and leaving the hair in newly formed twisted locks.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein providing the hair twisting system comprising the strings includes providing square areas between the strings.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein providing the hair twisting system comprising the strings includes providing triangular areas between the strings.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein providing the hair twisting system comprising the strings includes providing diamond areas between the strings.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein providing the hair twisting system comprising the strings includes providing hexagonal areas between the strings.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein:
the frame inner surface is parallel to the frame outer surface, and the frame front surface is perpendicular to the frame inner surface and the frame outer surface.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The method of claim 6 wherein the handle tapers providing the exterior gripping surfaces with a concave shape.

### Claim 8 (depends on 6)

The method of claim 6 wherein the strings are nylon.

### Claim 9 (depends on 6)

The method of claim 6 wherein a frame width is less than twice a handle width of the handle for ease of use and carry, where the width of the frame is defined as the distance between opposing sides of the frame outer surface and the width of the handle is defined as the distance between the opposing sides of the exterior gripping surfaces of the handle.

### Claim 10 (depends on 6)

The method of claim 6 wherein the frame is a circular frame.