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US 5,664,588 AGranted
Curling iron having skin protecting shield
OwnerLuticia L. Berryinventor
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Abstract
A shield for protecting the facial skin of a person using a heated curling iron that provides two pairs of sleeves cooperatively carried on the heating element and the clamp member of the curling iron so that the portion of hair to be curled may be wound about the heating element between spaced apart sleeves. The shields or presence of the sleeves shields and protects the heating element from contacting the skin of the user.
Claims7
A curling iron comprising:
- a curling iron having an elongated heating element projecting from a handle;
- an elongated clamp member pivotally carried on said heating element adjacent to said handle;
- a first pair of sleeves slidably carried on said heating element in spaced apart relationship to define an exposed surface area of said heating element for receiving a portion of hair intended to be curled;
- a second pair of sleeves slidably carried on said clamp member in spaced apart relationship in a critical location directly opposite to said first pair of sleeves so as to engage therewith;
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- means carried on each sleeve of said first and said second pair of sleeves for yieldably retaining said sleeves in said critical location on said respective heating element and clamp member.
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