Hair clip for heating and shaping root-area hair perpendicular to the scalp and an electric heating unit for heating the clips
AssigneeClairol Incorporated
InventorPaul Denhup
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Abstract
A hair clip for heating and styling clasped hair, whether damp or dry, into a linear configuration in the scalp area of a user. The clip comprises a pair of biasable jaws including a pair of plates for storing heat and releasing such heat to style clasped hair held between the pair of plates. Supports extend laterally from the hair clip to permit it to freestand and heat and style the hair in a perpendicular fashion to the scalp, giving the remaining hair lift away from the scalp. The hair clips are heated by biasably gripping a heated plate positioned within a base structure of an electric heating unit. The heated hair clips are used in a method of styling dry or damp hair into a linear configuration generally perpendicular to the scalp.
Claims15
A hair clip for heating and styling clasped hair into a linear configuration in the scalp area of a user, comprising, in combination,
- a pair of jaws,
- said pair of jaws including a pair of plates having a generally flat relationship therebetween for storing heat and releasing such heat for styling clasped hair held between said pair of plates into a linear configuration,
- said pair of jaws further including means connected to said pair of plates for housing said pair of plates,
- hinge means for providing connection between said pair of jaws for movement between open and closed positions,
- biasing means for providing biased movement between a biased mode wherein said pair of jaws are in the open position and an unbiased mode wherein said pair of jaws are in the closed position,
- handle means connected to said pair of jaws for providing a grip to the user for pressuring said pair of jaws from the closed position to the open position, and
- support means integral with said clip for maintaining a generally perpendicular position of said clip upon the scalp of the user when said pair of jaws are gripping the hair of the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.