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US 8,684,011 B2Granted
Systems and methods for combing, drying, and straightening hair
OwnerJohn P. Ruckartinventor
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Abstract
The technology described herein provides systems and methods for combing, drying, and straightening hair with a device having one or more rows of teeth. Additionally, this technology provides for an adjustable tension mechanism that provides for the compression of hair, thus wringing it of water and providing the ability for a user to also straighten his or her hair. Furthermore, this technology provides for combing, drying, and straightening hair without utilizing an electric or heating means.
Claims18
An adjustable hair combing, drying, and straightening device utilizing at least two adjacent rows of comb teeth, the device comprising:
- a comb body;
- an elongated comb handle outwardly extended from the comb body;
- a first row of comb teeth disposed upon the comb body in a fixed position relative to the comb handle;
- a second row of comb teeth disposed upon the comb body and configured to slide in a generally parallel manner alongside the first row of comb teeth;
- a dynamically adjustable tension mechanism disposed upon the comb body and configured to provide a tension longitudinally with a direction of the first row of comb teeth and the second row of comb teeth, in a non-manipulated, home state having a tension while the device is at rest, and compression of hair between the first row of comb teeth and the second row of comb teeth, thereby configured to allow a user to adjust the dynamically adjustable tension mechanism between the rows of teeth and, thus, the resultant varied degree of hair compression to compress hair between teeth under tension at a variable level of tension and provide a wring effect;
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- a single tab, operable by a single digit of a user, disposed upon the second row of comb teeth, operable to regulate a position of the second row of comb teeth in relation to the first row of comb teeth, to a manipulated, open state, and configured to selectively, temporarily remove the tension created by the dynamically adjustable tension mechanism such that the device is thereby placed in hair and the tab subsequently released, to return the device to the non-manipulated, home state, such that the tension compresses the hair between the first row of comb teeth and the second row of comb teeth to wring the hair as the hair comb device is passed through in push and/or pull motions of the device while the tab is utilized;
- wherein actuation of the device, to regulate a position of the second row of comb teeth in relation to the first row of comb teeth, is operable solely by a single digit of a user, disposed upon the second row of comb teeth;
- wherein the hair passed through the adjustable hair comb is compressed between the first row of comb teeth and the second row of comb teeth to provide a wring effect on the hair and to facilitate the removal of water from the hair.
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A system for combing, drying, and straightening hair, the system comprising:
- an adjustable hair comb having a comb body;
- an elongated comb handle outwardly extended from the comb body;
- a first row of comb teeth disposed upon the comb body in a fixed position relative to the comb handle, a second row of comb teeth disposed upon the comb body and configured to slide in a generally parallel manner alongside the first row of comb teeth;
- a dynamically adjustable tension mechanism disposed upon the comb body and configured to provide a tension longitudinally with a direction of the first row of comb teeth and the second row of comb teeth, in a non-manipulated, open state having a tension while the device is at rest, and compression of hair between the first row of comb teeth and the second row of comb teeth, thereby configured to allow a user to adjust the dynamically adjustable tension mechanism between the rows of teeth and, thus, the resultant varied degree of hair compression to compress hair between teeth under tension at a variable level of tension and provide a wring effect;
- and a single tab, operable by a single digit of a user, disposed upon the second row of comb teeth, operable to regulate a position of the second row of comb teeth in relation to the first row of comb teeth, to a manipulated, open state, and configured to selectively, temporarily remove the tension created by the dynamically adjustable tension mechanism such that the device is thereby placed in hair and the tab subsequently released, to return the device to the non-manipulated, home state, such that the tension compresses the hair between the first row of comb teeth and the second row of comb teeth to wring the hair as the hair comb device is passed through in push and/or pull motions of the device while the tab is utilized;
- wherein actuation of the device, to regulate a position of the second row of comb teeth in relation to the first row of comb teeth, is operable solely by a single digit of a user, disposed upon the second row of comb teeth;
- wherein the hair passed through the adjustable hair comb is compressed between the first row of comb teeth and the second row of comb teeth to provide a wring effect on the hair and to facilitate the removal of water from the hair.
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A method for combing, drying, and straightening hair, the method comprising:
- utilizing an adjustable hair combing, drying, and straightening device utilizing at least two adjacent rows of comb teeth, the device comprising:
- a comb body;
- an elongated comb handle outwardly extended from the comb body;
- a first row of comb teeth disposed upon the comb body in a fixed position relative to the comb handle;
- a second row of comb teeth disposed upon the comb body and configured to slide in a generally parallel manner alongside the first row of comb teeth;
- a dynamically adjustable tension mechanism disposed upon the comb body and configured to provide a tension longitudinally with a direction of the first row of comb teeth and the second row of comb teeth, in a non-manipulated, home state having a tension while the device is at rest, and compression of hair between the first row of comb teeth and the second row of comb teeth, thereby configured to allow a user to adjust the dynamically adjustable tension mechanism between the rows of teeth and, thus, the resultant varied degree of hair compression to compress hair between teeth under tension at a variable level of tension and provide a wring effect;
- and a single tab, operable by a single digit of a user, disposed upon the second row of comb teeth, operable to regulate a position of the second row of comb teeth in relation to the first row of comb teeth, to a manipulated open state, and configured to selectively, temporarily remove the tension created by the dynamically adjustable tension mechanism such that the device is thereby placed in hair and the tab subsequently released, to return the device to a non-manipulated, home state, such that the tension compresses the hair between the first row of comb teeth and the second row of comb teeth to wring the hair as the hair comb device is passed through in push and/or pull motions of the device while the tab is utilized;
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- operating the tab to regulate the position of the second row of comb teeth in relation to the first row of comb teeth to operatively provide a tension and compression of hair as the device is pulled through hair between the first row of comb teeth and the second row of comb teeth;
- wherein actuation of the device, to regulate a position of the second row of comb teeth in relation to the first row of comb teeth, is operable solely by a single digit of a user, disposed upon the second row of comb teeth;
- wherein the hair passed through the adjustable hair comb is compressed between the first row of comb teeth and the second row of comb teeth to provide a wring effect on the hair and to facilitate the removal of water from the hair.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.