Dual function hair styling tool holder
AssigneePolder Products, LLC
InventorsKerry Cooper, Luke Johnson
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Abstract
A tool holder includes a body including a first half and a second half. The first half and the second half define an opening at a proximal end and an appliance cavity therebetween. A rotation element couples the first half of the body to the second half of the body. The first half and the second half are rotatable about an axis of rotation defined by the rotation element from a first configuration to a second configuration. In the first configuration the first half and the second half are in a facing relationship and define a cavity therebetween. In the second configuration the first half and the second half are in an end-to-end relationship and aligned on a longitudinal axis.
Claims20
A tool holder, comprising:
- a body including a first half and a second half;
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- a rotation element coupling the first half of the body to the second half of the body, wherein the first half of the body and the second half of the body are rotatable about an axis of rotation defined by the rotation element from a first configuration to a second configuration, wherein in the first configuration the first half of the body and the second half of the body are in a facing relationship and define a cavity therebetween, and wherein in the second configuration the first half of the body and the second half of the body are in an end-to-end abutting relationship and aligned on a longitudinal axis such that the first half of the body and the second half of the body define a continuous tool surface;
- a plurality of spines extending from an inner surface of the body at least partially into the cavity defined between the first half of the body and the second half of the body, wherein the plurality of spines have a predetermined height sufficient to create an air gap between the inner surface of the body and a tool positioned within the cavity, wherein each of the plurality of spines comprises a heat sink configured to absorb heat from the tool.
A heatable tool holder, comprising:
- a body having a first half and a second half each extending from a proximal end to a distal end, wherein the first half is rotatably coupled to the second half at the proximal end, and wherein the body is configured to be transitioned from a first configuration having the first half and the second half in a facing relationship defining a cavity therebetween and an opening extending through the proximal end to the cavity to a second configuration having the first half and the second half in an abutting relationship and aligned on a longitudinal axis such that the first half of the body and the second half of the body define a continuous tool surface;
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- a plurality of spines extending from an inner surface of the body at least partially into the cavity, wherein the plurality of spines are sized and configured to support a portion of a heatable tool inserted into the cavity in a spaced relationship with the inner surface of the body to create an air gap between the inner surface and the heatable tool, and wherein each of the plurality of spines comprises a heat sink configured to absorb heat from the heatable tool.
A method of supporting and storing a heatable tool, comprising:
- positioning a heatable tool holder in a first position, wherein the heatable tool holder includes a body having a first half rotatably coupled to a second half, wherein in the first position the first half of the body and the second half of the body are positioned in an abutting relationship and aligned on a longitudinal axis such that the first half of the body and the second half of the body define a continuous tool surface, wherein the first half of the body includes a plurality of spines extending from an inner surface of thereof;
- positioning a heatable tool on the first half of the body, wherein the plurality of spines are sized and configured to support the heatable tool inserted into the cavity in a spaced relationship with the inner surface of the body to create an air gap between the inner surface and the heatable tool, and wherein each of the plurality of spines comprises a heat sink configured to absorb heat from the heatable tool;
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- transitioning the heatable tool holder from the first position to a second position, wherein in the second position the first half and the second half are in a facing relationship and define an appliance cavity therebetween, and wherein the heatable tool is positioned within the appliance cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.