US 11,350,719 B2Granted

Hair styling aid

AssigneeTf3 Limited

InventorAlfredo DeBenedictis

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Abstract

A hair styling aid for curling hair is described, including a housing, guide means comprising a slot in a wall of the housing for receiving a length of hair to be styled, a rotatable element rotatable clockwise or anticlockwise relative to the housing and the guide means, to form curls, and a heated elongate member around which the length of hair is wound by the rotatable element, in use. The housing surrounds a part of the elongate member to form a chamber between the housing wall(s) and the elongate member, the housing extending from and being integral with a handle. The rotatable element is rotatable relative to or with the elongate member, having a predefined starting position to which it is automatically returned after use. The housing has a longitudinal axis and the slot is parallel with the longitudinal axis of the housing.

Claims10

Dependent claims

A hair styling aid comprising:

a housing;
guide means comprising a slot in a wall of the housing for receiving a length of hair to be styled;
a rotatable element, rotatable relative to the housing and to the slot, the rotatable element being selectively rotatable in either direction to allow clockwise or anticlockwise curls to be formed;
an elongate member around which use, the length of hair is wound by the rotatable element, the elongate member being heated;
the housing surrounding a part of the elongate member such that a chamber is formed between the housing wall(s) and the elongate member;
the housing extending from a handle, the housing being integral with the handle;
the rotatable element being rotatable relative to the elongate member;
wherein the rotatable element has a predefined rotational starting position and is rotated automatically to return to the predefined rotational starting position after use;
the housing having a longitudinal axis and the slot being parallel with the longitudinal axis of the housing.

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Facts

Application: 16/166,091Filed 20 Oct 2018 · continuation
Priority: 1 Oct 2012
Published: US 2019/0053595 A121 Feb 2019
Granted: 7 Jun 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

A45D 1/04
With means for internal heating, e.g. by liquid fuel: by electricity
A45D 2/02
Hair-curling or hair-waving appliances ; Appliances for hair dressing treatment not otherwise provided for: hair winders or hair curlers for use…
A45D 2/367
Hair curlers or hair winders with incorporated heating or drying means, e.g. electric, using chemical reaction: with electrical heating means
A45D 6/00
Details of, or accessories for, hair-curling or hair-waving devices

Family

PCT/GB2008/004146Parent of this division · filed 17 Dec 2008
Application13/633,060Parent of this continuation · filed 1 Oct 2012
US 8,607,804 B2Parent of this division · filed 17 Dec 2013
Application14/490,736Parent of this continuation · filed 19 Sep 2014
US 8,869,808 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 28 Oct 2014
Application15/227,503Parent of this continuation · filed 3 Aug 2016
US 2019/0053595 A1Pre-grant publication · published 21 Feb 2019
US 10,238,196 B2Parent of this continuation
US 9,854,891 B2Parent of this continuation
Application12/808,646Parent of this division
Application13/633,060Parent of this division
US 2010/0263684 A1Published application
US 2013/0025621 A1Published application
US 2015/0000689 A1Published application
US 2016/0353853 A1Published application
US 11,350,719 B2This patent

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