Split handle hair appliance with multiple attachments
OwnerAnthony Kit Lun Leunginventor
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Abstract
A heated hair styling appliance (1) has a handle portion (2) that is adapted to be locked into a single handle configuration or released into a hinged, two-piece tong configuration. One or more hair styling attachments (11) may be attached to and used with the handle portion (2), the attachments being in the form of any one of a variety of conventional or customized hair styling devices such as flat irons, single barrel curling irons, spiral curling irons, multiple barrel curling irons and others.
Claims8
An electrically powered hair styling appliance adapted to selectively deliver heat to one or more surfaces for styling hair, said appliance comprising
- a handle having two generally elongated handle sections, each handle section having a proximal end and a distal end, said handle sections being pivotally joined at their respective proximal ends by a hinge so that the two sections may be opened and closed with respect to each other;
- an electrically conductive connector assembly on the distal end of each handle section;
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- at least one hair styling attachment, said attachment having an electrically conductive coupling assembly for selectively attaching to and detaching from at least one of said connector assemblies in an electrically conductive manner.
An electrically powered hair styling appliance adapted to selectively deliver heat to one or more surfaces for styling hair, said appliance comprising
- a handle having two generally elongated handle sections, each handle section having a proximal end and a distal end, said handle sections being pivotally joined at their respective proximal ends by a hinge so that the two sections may be opened and closed with respect to each other;
- an electrically conductive connector assembly on the distal end of each handle section;
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- at least one hair styling attachment, said attachment having an electrically conductive coupling assembly for selectively attaching to and detaching from at least one of said connector assemblies in an electrically conductive manner;
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- a plurality of attachments comprising an elongated barrel adapted to be heated and used to style hair, a pair of elongated barrels adapted to be heated and used to style hair, and a pair of generally paddle-shaped heads each having a heatable surface thereon and being adapted to be heated and used to style hair, wherein each of said attachments is adapted to be connected to one or both handle portions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.