Heated hair setter apparatus and method
AssigneeSpectrum Brands, Inc.
InventorJay William Kuzia
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Abstract
A hair setter apparatus generally includes a housing and a heater assembly having a first heat delivery rail and a second heat delivery rail mounted in the housing in spaced parallel relationship to each other. The apparatus further includes a plurality of hair setters. Each of the hair setters has a central body with opposing web plates spaced from each other to define a mounting slot extending longitudinally of the hair setter and configured to slidably couple the hair setter to one of the heat delivery rails along a longitudinal edge of one of the heat delivery rails. The hair setter is sized relative to the insert opening for insertion of the hair setter through an insert opening and onto the respective one of the heat delivery rails within the interior space of the housing.
Claims20
A hair setter apparatus comprising:
- a housing comprising a base and a lid, the base comprising a top wall and a plurality of side walls together with the base and top wall defining an interior space of the housing, the base further comprising a plurality of access openings open to the interior space of the housing, each access opening comprising an insert opening at the top wall and a vertical slot in at least one of the side walls and intersecting the insert opening at the top wall of the housing;
- a heater assembly enclosed within the housing, the heater assembly comprising a first heat delivery rail and a second heat delivery rail mounted in the housing in spaced parallel relationship to each other, each heat delivery rail having a longitudinal edge extending parallel and generally adjacent to a respective one of the vertical slots and generally below a corresponding insert opening;
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- a plurality of hair setters, each of the hair setters comprising a central body having opposing web plates spaced from each other to define a mounting slot extending longitudinally of the hair setter, the opposing web plates being configured to slidably couple the hair setter to one of the heat delivery rails along the longitudinal edge of said one of the heat delivery rails, the hair setter being sized relative to the insert opening for insertion of the hair setter through the insert opening and onto the respective one of the heat delivery rails within the interior space of the housing.
A method of operating a hair setter apparatus, the method comprising
- coupling a retention clip to a hair setter, the hair setter comprising a central body having opposing web plates spaced from each other to define a mounting slot extending longitudinally of the hair setter;
- inserting the hair setter through an access opening of a housing, the housing comprising a base and a lid, the base comprising a top wall and a plurality of side walls together with the base and top wall defining an interior space of the housing, the base further comprising a plurality of the access openings open to the interior space of the housing, each access opening comprising an insert opening at the top wall and a vertical slot in at least one of the side walls and intersecting the insert opening at the top wall of the housing, wherein the hair setter is sized relative to the insert opening for insertion of the hair setter through the insert opening and onto a heat delivery rail mounted within the interior space of the housing;
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- slidably coupling the hair setter onto the heat delivery rail, the heat delivery rail having a longitudinal edge extending parallel and generally adjacent to the vertical slot and generally below the insert opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.