Hair curling comb device

• US 6,823,874 B2
• Filed: 05/17/2002
• Issued: 11/30/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Frances Josephine Lexcen
• Original Assignee: Frances Josephine Lexcen
• Inventors: Lexcen, Frances Josephine
• Primary Examiner(s): Shaver, Kevin
• Assistant Examiner(s): Willatt, Stephanie
• Application Number:
  US10/150,728
• Publication Number:
  US 20030213497A1
• Time in Patent Office: 928 Days
• Field of Search: 132/122, 132/139, 132/140, 132/142, 132/137, 132/226, 132/268, 132/152, 132/223, 132/141, 132/150, 132/160, 132/124, 132/232, 132/144, 132/126, 132/138, 132/148, 132/158
• US Class Current: 132/126
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 24/02 Single-piece combs

Abstract

The present invention is a comb that includes curved or angular teeth placed perpendicular to a cylindrical handle in a straight or helical path. It can be drawn through a lock of hair to create a ringlet curl that hangs free from the scalp. It may optionally include a second row of teeth, or an individual tooth, that incorporates additional strands of hair into the curl. The comb may include an extension that smoothes hair over the teeth. In operation one uses the comb to dress wet or dry hair. The first row of curved teeth is applied to the hair at the root, and drawn through the hair with a rotating motion that is consistent with the direction of the curve of the comb'"'"'s teeth resulting in a ringlet curl that hangs free from the head.

Claims

1. A comb for removing tangles from and dressing curly hair and forming it into ringlets which hang free from the scalp comprising a substantially cylindrical handle which extends the entire length of the comb, said handle having a first portion to be grasped by a user and a second portion having two rows of curved teeth, said two rows of curved teeth being axially and circumferentially spaced from one another along said second portion, and a smoothing pin, said smoothing pin being rigidly attached to said second portion of said handle so as to be fixed with respect to said handle and extending in a direction substantially parallel to said handle and away from said first portion of said handle, said rigid attachment being at a point axially between said two rows of teeth, said second portion of said handle extending a distance past said teeth whereby when the teeth are placed against a scalp and drawn through the hair from the roots to the ends of the hair while said handle is rotated they serve to remove the tangles and form a ringlet of hair around the cylindrical handle second portion without clamping or straightening the hair.

2. The comb of claim 1 wherein each of said two rows are arranged in a straight line.