Strapless, hand-mounted hairdryer

• US 5,133,043 A
• Filed: 12/06/1990
• Issued: 07/21/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Daniel E. Rodriguez, Mission City Management, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Daniel E. Rodriguez, Mission City Management, Inc.
• Inventors: Baugh, Ronald
• Primary Examiner(s): Bartis, Anthony
• Application Number:
  US07/623,297
• Time in Patent Office: 593 Days
• Field of Search: 392/379-385, 34/96-101, 34/243 R
• US Class Current: 392/383
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 20/10 Hand-held drying devices, e.g. air douches

Abstract

A hairdrying apparatus having a motor driven blower assembly and a C-shaped air duct of tubular construction discharging adjacent the palm of the user'"'"'s hand is mountable directly on the user'"'"'s hand without additional straps. The air duct is configured to tightly extend around an edge of the hand and secure the dryer to the hand as a result of the inherent compression of the C-shape of the duct against the topside and palm of the hand. A layer of resiliently compressible thermal and electrical insulation material may be provided on the surfaces of the duct contacted by the hand to further aid in securing the apparatus to the hand.

Claims

1. A dryer apparatus for mounting on a user'"'"'s hand without the aid of a strap comprising:

a motor driven air blower means having an air inlet and an air outlet mountable on the top side of said user'"'"'s hand;

a C-shaped air duct of tubular construction having a first end secured to said blower means in communication with said air outlet and extending from said blower means tightly around one edge of said hand and terminating at a second end adjacent the palm of said user'"'"'s hand when said dryer is mounted on said hand, said C-shaped duct conforming tightly to said user'"'"'s hand and inherently urging against said top of said hand and against said palm of said hand to secure said dryer to said hand.

2. The dryer apparatus of claim 1 wherein said C-shaped air duct further comprises a means thermally and electrically insulating said dryer from said hand, said insulating means being resilient and having a thicker portion near said second end of said duct, said thicker portion extending along an inside surface of said duct from an open side to a closed side of said duct for further urging said duct against said hand.

3. The dryer apparatus of claim 1 wherein said C-shaped duct further comprises a lower section adjacent said second end, said lower section having an air discharge port in said duct and means for connecting styling attachments thereto such that air discharged from said port flows through and around said attachments.

4. The dryer apparatus of claim 1 wherein said C-shaped duct has an upper portion adapted to overlie said top of said user'"'"'s hand and a lower portion adapted to underlie said palm of said user'"'"'s hand, said upper portion spaced apart less from said lower portion at an open side of said C-shaped duct than at a closed side of said C-shaped duct.

5. The dryer apparatus of claim 4 wherein said C-shaped duct is made of any material having a small amount of inherent resiliency.