Hairstyling apparatuses and related methods
AssigneeKiss Nail Products, Inc.
InventorsRobert Kim, Siyong Sung, Taehoon Kim, SungLyul Park, GuangNam Kim
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Abstract
A hairstyling apparatus is described which includes a barrel that acts as a hairstyling surface and a central longitudinal axis. The barrel has a first proximal end and a second distal end. A heating element is in thermal communication with the barrel. A rotating member located at the proximal end of the barrel and configured to rotate around the central axis of the barrel, the rotating member including at least one tab extending along a longitudinal length of the hairstyling surface over at least a portion of a longitudinally extending portion of the hairstyling surface. Further, at least one hairstyling element received in said at least one tab.
Claims21
A hairstyling apparatus comprising:
- a barrel defining a hairstyling surface and a central longitudinal axis, wherein the barrel has a first proximal end and a second distal end;
- a heating element in thermal communication with the barrel;
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- a rotating member located at the proximal end of the barrel and configured to rotate around the central axis of the barrel, the rotating member including at least one tab extending along a longitudinal length of the hairstyling surface over at least a portion of a longitudinally extending portion of the hairstyling surface;
- wherein the tab comprises a first protrusion, a second protrusion, and at least one hairstyling element positioned between the first and second protrusions;
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- wherein each of the first and second protrusions comprises a plurality of bumps and at least one channel between adjacent bumps.
A method of styling hair, the method comprising:
- providing a hairstyling apparatus having a barrel defining a hairstyling surface and a central longitudinal axis, wherein the barrel has a first proximal end and a second distal end and the apparatus further comprising a rotating member at a proximal end of the barrel wherein said rotating member is configured to rotate around the central axis of the barrel;
- energizing a heating element in thermal communication with the barrel;
- directing hair around the barrel and towards the rotating member having at least one tab, wherein the tab comprises a first protrusion, a second protrusion, and at least one hairstyling element positioned between the first and second protrusions, and each of the first and second protrusions comprises a plurality of bumps and at least one channel between adjacent bumps;
- redirecting hair using the at least one tab extending along a longitudinal length of the hairstyling surface over at least a portion of a longitudinally extending portion of the hairstyling surface;
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- exposing hair to the heated barrel hairstyling surface while curling the exposed hair.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.