Hair styling tongs with biased handles
AssigneeConair Corporation
InventorHenri Smal
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Abstract
Hairdressing tongs have a pair of arms extending from handles. Each arm has a heating pad affixed thereto. The handles have opposed openings. A central element is positioned between the handles and fitted within the openings such that the central element is slidable toward the handles. The central element has guide openings. Springs are positioned in the guide openings for biasing apart the handles. The springs enable hand pressure to move the handles and arms together from a completely open position to a completely closed position and, in absence of the hand pressure, to maintain the handles and arms in relatively parallel configuration, biased against stops of the central element.
Claims16
Hairdressing tongs comprising:
- a pair of arms extending from handles, each arm having a heating pad affixed thereto, said handles having opposed openings;
- a central element positioned between said handles and fitted within said openings such that said handles are slidable towards said central element, said central element including at least two guide openings;
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- spring means positioned in each of said at least two guide openings for biasing apart said handles, said spring means enabling hand pressure to move said handles and said pair of arms together from a completely open position to a completely closed position, wherein said spring means in absence of said hand pressure maintains said handles and said pair of arms in relatively parallel configuration biased against stops of said central element.
Hairdressing tongs comprising:
- a central element including at least two guide openings;
- a pair of half-shell shaped handles each having a front end and a back end, wherein said handles fit about said central element such that said handles are slidable toward said central element;
- a pair of arms extending from said front ends of said handles, each arm having a heating pad affixed thereto;
- spring means positioned within each of said at least two guide openings biasing said handles apart against stops of said central element, said spring means enabling hand pressure applied to said back end of said handles to move a first portion of said pair of arms together from a completely open position to a completely closed position and enabling hand pressure applied to said front end of said handles to move a second portion of said pair of arms together from a completely open position to a completely closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.