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US 2022/0346515 A1Published application
Heatless hair curling system and method
AssigneeHeatless Hair LLC
InventorJacqueline Elkouby
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Abstract
A heatless hair curling system and method utilizing a flexible heatless curling element that is soft, flexible, compressible, and bendable to be easily positioned onto a person's head during use and can be folded into a stored position when not in use. During use, the heatless curling rod is configured to maintain its shape for the intended purpose of curling hair without the application of heat.
Claims20
A system for heatless curling of hair, the system comprising:
- a curling element having an elongated body with a first end and an opposite second end, a length between the first and second ends sufficient to extend below a person's ears when the curling element is placed on top of the person's head, and a width transverse to the length, the length being greater than the width, the curling element being flexible and bendable to generally conform to an external contour of the person's head, the curling element being configured to maintain a fixed shape to hold hair in a curled position during use and having an exterior surface that is substantially smooth;
- the curling element configured to be placed and intertwined with the person's hair to form curls in the hair without application of heat to the hair.
A method for heatless curling of hair, the method comprising:
- separating the hair into a first side section of hair and a second side section of hair between opposite sides of a person's head, respectively;
- placing a flexible curling element to form a curved section of the curling element at the top of the head and first and second straight sections of the curling element of approximately even length along both sides of the head, the ends of the curling element extending below the ears, respectively;
- selecting a first tress of hair on the first side section of hair and wrapping the first tress in a direction around the flexible curling element;
- selecting a second tress of hair of the first side section of hair and wrapping the second tress in the same direction of the first tress around the flexible curling element;
- using a securing band to secure the first and second tresses of hair to the first straight section of the flexible curling element;
- selecting a first tress of hair on the second side section of hair and wrapping the first tress of hair on the section side section the same direction of the first tress of the first side section of hair around the flexible curling element;
- selecting a second tress of hair of the second side section of hair and wrapping the second tress of hair of the second side section in the same direction of the first tress around the flexible curling element;
- using a second securing band to secure the first and section tresses of the second side section of hair to the second straight section of the flexible curling element;
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- after the hair is allowed to dry naturally without the application of heat, removing the first and second securing bands and then remove the flexible curling element from the hair and the hair remains curled.
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