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US 10,716,382 B2Granted
Hair dye pen
AssigneeL'oreal
InventorWilliam Bickford
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Abstract
A hair dye device includes a barrel, wherein the barrel includes a hollow center and a hook extending from one end of the barrel and an absorbent material impregnated with hair dye, wherein the absorbent material is configured to extend beyond the one end of the barrel, wherein a tip of the absorbent material moves toward the hook to provide a loop to capture hair within the loop.
Claims19
A hair dye device, comprising:
- a barrel, wherein the barrel includes a hollow center and a hook extending from one end of the barrel;
- and
- an absorbent material impregnated with hair dye, wherein the absorbent material is configured to extend beyond the one end of the barrel, wherein a tip of an extended absorbent material rests at an apex of the hook to provide a loop to capture hair within the loop, wherein a closed loop is formed when the tip of the absorbent material rests at the apex, wherein a dimension across the absorbent material is less than a dimension across the hook measured at a hook end, and the closed loop includes a space along an inside of the hook between the extended absorbent material and the hook from a start of the hook at the barrel to near the apex of the hook.
A method of making a hair dye device, comprising:
- providing a barrel, wherein the barrel includes a hollow center and a hook extending from one end of the barrel;
- providing an absorbent material;
- and
- assembling the absorbent material in the hollow center of the barrel, wherein the absorbent material is configured to extend beyond the one end of the barrel, wherein a tip of an extended absorbent material rests at an apex of the hook to provide a loop to capture hair within the loop, wherein a closed loop is formed when the tip of the absorbent material rests at the apex, wherein a dimension across the absorbent material is less than a dimension across the hook measured at a hook end, and the closed loop includes a space along an inside of the hook between the extended absorbent material and the hook from a start of the hook at the barrel to near the apex of the hook.
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A method of dying hair, comprising:
- providing an absorbent material impregnated with hair dye within a barrel having a hollow center and a hook extending from one end of the barrel, wherein the absorbent material is configured to extend beyond the one end of the barrel;
- and
- moving the absorbent material to rest a tip of the extended absorbent material at an apex of the hook to provide a loop to capture hair within the loop, wherein a closed loop is formed when the tip of the absorbent material rests at the apex, wherein a dimension across the absorbent material is less than a dimension across the hook measured at a hook end, and the closed loop includes a space along an inside of the hook between the extended absorbent material and the hook from a start of the hook at the barrel to near the apex of the hook.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.