Curling device
OwnerMary Vitucci Tannerinventor
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Abstract
A curling device comprising a flap and a channel connected to each other. A curling member having an elongated shape and a curved cross-section is implemented in the channel. The curling member is capable of transitioning between an extended configuration and a curled configuration. The channel has a curved cross-section corresponding to the curling member's curved cross-section, which creates a trough, whereby hair can be positioned in the trough and held therein by wrapping the flap over the trough and around the channel. Transitioning the curling member from an extended configuration to a curled configuration holds the flap and the hair in a curved configuration, which imparts a curl to the hair when the hair is held in the curled configuration for some time.
Claims14
A curling device, comprising:
- a flap, said flap comprising:
- a flexible material,
- a width, and
- a relatively flat surface, wherein
- said flap comprises a proximate edge and a distal edge, said proximate edge and said distal edge disposed opposite from each other across the width of said flap;
- a channel, said channel operatively connected to said flap along said proximate edge of said flap;
- a curling member implemented in said channel, wherein:
- said curling member has an elongated shape with a concave side and a convex side, said concave side and said convex side disposed opposite from each other,
- said curling member is able to transition between an extended configuration and a curled configuration, and
- a trough runs along the length of said curling member, wherein
- the width of said flap allows the distal edge of said flap to be wrapped around said concave side of said curling member in said channel along the proximate side of said flap, and further around said convex side of said curling member in said channel to substantially cover said trough.
A device for curling hair, comprising:
- a flap, said flap comprising:
- a flexible material with a substantially flat surface, said flexible material having a width,
- a front side, and
- a back side, wherein
- said flap comprises a proximate edge and a distal edge disposed opposite from each other across said width;
- a channel, said channel comprising:
- a first edge,
- a front side said, and
- a back side, said back side disposed opposite to said front side,
- wherein:
- said first edge of the channel is connected to said proximate edge of the flap;
- and
- a curling member is implemented in said channel, said curling member comprising:
- an elongated body,
- a concave side having a concave shape running along the curling member's elongated body, wherein said concave side forming a trough,
- a convex side having a convex shape running along the curling member's elongated body, said convex side disposed on an opposite side of said concave side, wherein:
- said curling member's convex side conforms to the front side of said channel,
- said curling member's concave side conforms to the back side of said channel,
- said curling member is able to stably maintain an extended configuration,
- said curling member is able to stably maintain a curled configuration, and
- said curling member is able to transition between said extended configuration and said curling configuration;
- wherein:
- the width of the flexible material of said flap is wide enough to fold the distal edge of said flap at said proximate edge of the flap and wrap the distal edge around said curling member wherein said convex side of said curling member and said concave side of said curling member are wrapped around by said flap to cover said trough.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.