Hair and scalp protection devices and methods
AssigneeEasy Hair LLC
InventorThomas Louvaris
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are devices and methods for holding hair to prevent hair damage during combing procedures. A hair gripping device can include a handle, a jaw connected to the handle, and a grip retained within the jaw. The handle and the jaw may comprise portions of first and second arms of the hair gripping device. The grip may be configured to hold a plurality of hair strands at a hair contact portion of the grip. With actuation of the handle, the jaw may be configured to move between a closed position in which movement of a majority of strands in a bundle of hair within the first hair contact portion is inhibited by the grip and an open position in which movement of a majority of hair strands in a bundle of hair within the first hair contact portion is not inhibited by the grip.
Claims20
A hair gripping device comprising:
- a handle;
- a jaw connected to the handle, the jaw being defined by a first clamping portion that is operatively arranged opposite a second clamping portion and configured to receive and clamp a plurality of hair strands between the first and second clamping portions;
- an actuator assembly operatively coupled to the handle such that actuation of the actuator assembly by movement of the first clamping portion and second clamping portion provides uniform translation of the first and second clamping portions of the jaw between the closed position and the open position such that actuation of the handle is about a single pivot point such that the first and second clamping portions remain parallel to each other;
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- a jaw grip disposed at the jaw;
- wherein the jaw grip is configured to hold the plurality of hair strands at a hair contact portion of the jaw grip such that movement of a majority of the plurality of hair strands within the hair contact portion is inhibited when the jaw is in the closed position and movement of a majority of the plurality of hair strands within the hair contact portion is not inhibited when the jaw is in the open position;
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- wherein when in the closed position, the device imparts a holding strength on the plurality of hair strands such that movement of the plurality of hair strands proximal to the device is minimized to thereby mitigate uprooting during styling of the plurality of hair strands distal to the device.
A grip for a hair gripping device, the grip comprising:
- a first grip surface;
- a second grip surface;
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- the first and second grip surfaces being operatively connectible to an actuator assembly that, with actuation of the actuator assembly, results in uniform translation of the first and second grip surfaces between a closed position and an open position such that the first and second grip surfaces remain parallel to each other;
- wherein the first and second grip surfaces mate to grip a plurality of hair strands;
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- wherein translating the first and second grip surfaces into the closed position includes imparting a holding strength to thereby hold the plurality of hair strands such that movement of the plurality of hair strands proximal to the grip is minimized to mitigate uprooting during styling of the plurality of hair strands distal to the grip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.