HAIR STYLING TOOL WITH ROTATABLE CYLINDER

• US 20130098388A1
• Filed: 12/06/2012
• Published: 04/25/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: MM&R Products Incorporated
• Original Assignee: MM&R Products Incorporated
• Inventors: Ragosta, Michael A., Meglio, Bruno, Marino, Claudio, Richmond, David, Richmond, Howard
• Granted Patent: US 8,567,416 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 132/238
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 1/04 by electricity
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 1/10 with a rotatable handle sleeve
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 2/001 Hair straightening appliances
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 2/002 with combs
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 2/02 Hair winders or hair curlers for use substantially perpendicular to the scalp, i.e. steep-curlers A45D6/14, A45D6/16 take precedence; with incorporated heating or drying means A45D2/36; heating devices designed for use external to and in connection with, hair curlers or hair wavers A45D4/02
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 7/02 thermal
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 13/02 power-driven carriers
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 2200/104 Hair brush bristles arrangements for hair brushes A46B9/023
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 7/023 where the bristle carrier retracts or collapses, i.e. for storage
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 9/023 arranged like in hair brushes, e.g. hair treatment, dyeing, streaking

Abstract

A hair styling tool includes a body, a cylinder extending from the body, the cylinder rotatable relative to the body, a motor for rotating the cylinder, a heater to heat the cylinder, and a styling arm pivotally attached to the body. The hair styling tool may have a generally clam shell configuration, wherein the styling arm is movable between an open position in which the styling arm is distant the cylinder and a closed position in which the styling arm is proximate to the cylinder, such as contacting the cylinder. The styling arm may also include a brush head with fixed or retractable bristles and/or a smoothing plate.

Claims

1. A tool suitable for hair styling comprising:

an elongated body having a longitudinal axis and a proximate end and a distal end;

a cylinder extending from the distal end of the body, the cylinder being rotatable relative to the body, the cylinder having a longitudinal axis aligned with the longitudinal axis of the elongated body;

a motor adapted to rotate the cylinder; and

a styling arm pivotally attached to the body near the proximate end of the elongated body, the styling arm having a distal end, wherein the styling arm is movable between an open position distant from the cylinder and a closed position proximate to the cylinder for hair styling.