Self supporting stand for hand held hair drier

• US 4,278,223 A
• Filed: 08/10/1979
• Issued: 07/14/1981
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/1979
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Denis J. Fauteux
• Original Assignee: Denis J. Fauteux
• Inventors: Fauteux, Denis J.
• Primary Examiner(s): McCall, James T.
• Application Number:
  US06/065,639
• Time in Patent Office: 704 Days
• Field of Search: 248/121, 248/122, 248/125, 248/137, 248/161, 248/185, 248/335, 248/337, 248/414, 34/96, 34/99, 34/100, 403/109, 403/52
• US Class Current: 248/125.8
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 20/00 Hair drying devices; Accessories therefor A45D2/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 2020/126 Stands therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 44/02 Furniture or other equipment specially adapted for hairdressers' rooms and not covered elsewhere hairdressers' chairs A47C1/04
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 29/08 Holders for articles of personal use in general, e.g. brushes
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/10 around a horizontal axis F16M11/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/28 Undercarriages for supports with one single telescoping pillar
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/027 by friction

Abstract

This invention consists of combining a vertical stand with a standard hand held hair drier to convert the hand drier into a self supporting one. The stand is made into telescopic components for height adjustment; and the drier is attached to the stand, at its top, swivably, so that it can be adjusted to any required angle. The drier to stand attachment consists of a bow-shaped yoke with a bolt in each of its upright arms. The bolts are aligned to meet in the center of the yoke, and the end of each bolt is equipped with a curved plate which is free to rotate. The hand drier is clamped between the said curved plates at any required angle. The required friction between the telescopic components of the stand is provided by springs in compression contained in the inner component, pressing against the inner wall of the outer component.

Claims

1. An upright stand for removably attaching a normally hand-held hair drier to the top thereof, for the purpose of freeing a person'"'"'s hands for various other cosmetic purposes, while drying the hair, comprising in combination, a somewhat heavy circular base, from the center of which extends upwardly a long tube containing therein a smooth sliding round rod, for the purpose of extending or reducing the height of said stand;

means for holding said stand to a required height, comprising several springs located within, and near the bottom of said rod, said springs being in compression, and the ends of which press against the interior of said tube; and

means for attaching the said hand-held hair drier to the top of said round rod, comprising a bow-shaped yoke the base of which is centrally and permanently attached to the top of said rod;

each of the two vertical arms of the yoke having a threaded bolt passing therethrough, said bolts being on the same centerline;

a knurled knob attached to the outer end of each of said bolts, for manually rotating them; and

a concave plate attached to the inner end of each of said bolts for partly enclosing the body of the hand-held hair drier firmly between them, said concave plates being free to rotate upon the ends of said bolts.