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US 11,583,055 B2Granted
Instrument for removing hairs
OwnerCatherine Newmaninventor
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Abstract
The present embodiments relate to a hair removal tool. The tool may include a coil that is tightly wound and engaged to a housing. In operation, a user may roll the coil across a substrate (e.g., skin) to capture hairs between the coils in the coil. As the coil rolls radially around the housing, the outer edge of the coil can expand and contract, capturing and removing hairs as the coil rolls.
Claims20
A tool configured to remove hair from skin, the tool comprising:
- a body comprising a rod, wherein the rod is substantially shaped in a form of an oblong ring, wherein the oblong ring includes:
- a first straight portion including a first proximal end and a first distal end;
- a second straight portion parallel to the first straight portion, the second straight portion including a second proximal end and a second distal end;
- a first arced segment joining the first proximal end to the second proximal end, and
- a second arced segment joining the first distal end to the second distal end;
- and
- a coil including a plurality of individual coils and disposed around a first portion of the body within the second arced segment of the oblong ring, the coil configured to rotate about the body and to trap hairs from the skin in spaces between the individual coils as the coil rotates.
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An instrument to remove hair from skin, the instrument comprising:
- body comprising a rod, wherein the rod is substantially shaped in a form of an oblong ring, wherein the oblong ring includes:
- a first straight portion including a first proximal end and a first distal end;
- a second straight portion parallel to the first straight portion, the second straight portion including a second proximal end and a second distal end;
- a first arced segment joining the first proximal end to the second proximal end, and
- a second arced segment joining the first distal end to the second distal end;
- and
- a coil disposed on a portion of the body within the second arced segment of the oblong ring and configured to rotate about the body and to trap hairs from the skin in spaces between individual coils as the coil rotates, the coil including:
- twelve full individual coils;
- a first set of stepped down coils on each of a first end and a second end of the coil;
- and
- a second set of stepped down coils on each of the first end and the second end of the coil, an outer diameter of the second set of stepped down coils less than the full individual coils and the first set of stepped down coils.
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A method for removing hairs from skin, the method comprising:
- acquiring a hair removal tool that includes:
- a body comprising a rod, wherein the rod is substantially shaped in a form of an oblong ring, wherein the oblong ring includes:
- a first straight portion including a first proximal end and a first distal end;
- a second straight portion parallel to the first straight portion, the second straight portion including a second proximal end and a second distal end;
- a first arced segment joining the first proximal end to the second proximal end, and
- a second arced segment joining the first distal end to the second distal end;
- and
- a coil disposed around a portion of the body within the second arced segment of the oblong ring, the coil including a plurality of individual coils and stepped down coils on each of a first side and a second side of the coil;
- and
- moving the hair removal tool along the skin such that the coil rotates about the body, trapping hairs from the skin in spaces between the individual coils as the coil rotates.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.