IP Library Granted Patent US 11,602,207
Granted Patent B2
US 11,602,207 · App. 16/504,180 · Granted Mar 14, 2023

Angle deflection type twisted hair styling device

Inventors: Kin Man Wong (Dongguan, CN); Wing Han Wong (Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC.
A45D1/04A45D1/12A45D2/001A45D1/18A45D2/002
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Patent No.
US 11,602,207
App. No.
16/504,180
Granted
Mar 14, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is an angle deflection type twisted hair styling device, including an upper gripping portion and a lower gripping portion openable and closeable through a hinge structure. An upper clamping head is connected to the upper gripping portion. A lower clamping head is connected to the lower gripping portion. An upper clamping surface is provided on the upper clamping head. A lower clamping surface is provided on the lower clamping head. The upper clamping surface has an upper twisted deflection angle with respect to the upper gripping portion. The lower clamping surface has a lower twisted deflection angle with respect to the lower gripping portion. The upper twisted deflection angle equal to the lower twisted deflection angle. A hairstyle with an inclined angle and a twisted shape can be realized without rotation of a user's hand, and the hairstyle can be completed without major changes to perm action.

Claims (33)

1. An angle deflection type twisted hair styling device, comprising:

an upper gripping portion and a lower gripping portion, the upper gripping portion and the lower gripping portion are openable and closeable through a hinge structure; wherein an upper clamping head is connected to the upper gripping portion, a lower clamping head is connected to the lower gripping portion, an upper clamping surface is provided on the upper clamping head, a lower clamping surface is provided on the lower clamping head, and the upper clamping surface is arranged to be paired with the lower clamping surface; the upper clamping surface has an upper twisted deflection angle with respect to the upper gripping portion, and the lower clamping surface has a lower twisted deflection angle with respect to the lower gripping portion, the upper twisted deflection angle is equal to the lower twisted deflection angle, wherein a top of the upper clamping head and a bottom of the lower clamping head collectively define an outer surface of the hair styling device, and wherein the outer surface is curved to form a cylinder extending around an axis and from the upper and lower gripping portions to ends of the upper and lower clamping heads when the hair styling device is in a closed position;

an upper heat insulation layer between the upper clamping surface and the top of the upper clamping head; and

a lower heat insulation layer between the lower clamping surface and the bottom of the lower clamping head;

wherein the upper twisted deflection angle is an intersection angle between an inner side plane of the upper gripping portion and a plane where an end of the upper clamping surface facing away from the inner side plane of the upper gripping portion is located, the lower twisted deflection angle is an intersection angle between an inner side plane of the lower gripping portion and a plane where an end of the lower clamping surface facing away from the inner side plane of the lower gripping portion is located, and the upper twisted deflection angle and the lower twisted deflection angle each are in a range of 60-120 degrees.

2. An angle deflection type twisted hair styling device, comprising: an upper gripping portion and a lower gripping portion, the upper gripping portion and the lower gripping portion are openable and closeable through a hinge structure; wherein an upper clamping head is connected to the upper gripping portion, a lower clamping head is connected to the lower gripping portion, an upper clamping surface is provided on the upper clamping head, a lower clamping surface is provided on the lower clamping head, and the upper clamping surface is arranged to be paired with the lower clamping surface; the upper clamping surface has an upper twisted deflection angle with respect to the upper gripping portion, and the lower clamping surface has a lower twisted deflection angle with respect to the lower gripping portion, the upper twisted deflection angle is equal to the lower twisted deflection angle, wherein a top of the upper clamping head and a bottom of the lower clamping head collectively define an outer surface of the hair styling device, and wherein the outer surface is curved to form a cylinder extending around an axis and from the upper and lower gripping portions to ends of the upper and lower clamping heads when the hair styling device is in a closed position;

wherein the angle deflection type twisted hair styling device further comprises an upper heat generating plate and a lower heat generating plate, an upper heat insulation layer is provided between the top of the upper clamping head and the upper clamping surface, and a lower heat insulation layer is provided between the bottom of the lower clamping head and the lower clamping surface, the upper heat insulation layer prevents heat of the upper heat generating plate from delivering to the top of the upper clamping head and the lower heat insulation layer prevents heat of the lower heat generating plate from delivering to the bottom of the lower clamping head, such that a temperature difference is formed between the top of the upper clamping head and the upper clamping surface, and also formed between the bottom of the lower clamping head and the lower clamping surface; and the upper heat insulation layer and the lower heat insulation layer are made of a cold gel or a heat insulation foam.

3. An angle deflection type twisted hair styling device, comprising: an upper gripping portion and a lower gripping portion, the upper gripping portion and the lower gripping portion are openable and closeable through a hinge structure; wherein an upper clamping head is connected to the upper gripping portion and has a free end away from the upper gripping portion, a lower clamping head is connected to the lower gripping portion and has a free end away from the lower gripping portion, an upper clamping surface is provided on the upper clamping head, a lower clamping surface is provided on the lower clamping head, and the upper clamping surface is arranged to be paired with the lower clamping surface; the upper clamping surface has an upper twisted deflection angle with respect to the upper gripping portion, and the lower clamping surface has a lower twisted deflection angle with respect to the lower gripping portion, the upper twisted deflection angle is equal to the lower twisted deflection angle, wherein a top of the upper clamping head and a bottom of the lower clamping head collectively define an outer surface of the hair styling device, and wherein the outer surface is curved to form a cylinder extending around an axis and from the upper and lower gripping portions to ends of the upper and lower clamping heads when the hair styling device is in a closed position;

an upper heat insulation layer between the upper clamping surface and the top of the upper clamping head; and

a lower heat insulation layer between the lower clamping surface and the bottom of the lower clamping head;

wherein the upper twisted deflection angle is an intersection angle between an inner side plane of the upper gripping portion and a plane where the upper clamping surface at the free end of the upper clamping head is located, the lower twisted deflection angle is an intersection angle between an inner side plane of the lower gripping portion and a plane where the lower clamping surface at the free end of the lower clamping head is located, and the upper twisted deflection angle and the lower twisted deflection angle each are in a range of 60-120 degrees; and

wherein the upper clamping head is twisted with respect to the upper gripping portion and a twisted degree of the upper clamping head is no more than the upper twisted deflection angle, the lower clamping head is twisted with respect to the lower gripping portion and a twisted degree of the lower clamping head is no more than the lower twisted deflection angle.

4. A hair styler comprising:

an upper arm including an upper grip and an upper clamp head, the upper clamp head including a top and an upper clamp plate including an upper hair contact surface, wherein the upper clamp plate and the upper hair contact surface are twisted relative to the upper grip;

an upper heat insulation layer between the upper clamp plate and the top of the upper clamping head;

a lower arm including a lower grip and a lower clamp head, the lower clamp head including a bottom and a lower clamp plate including a lower hair contact surface, wherein the lower clamp plate and the lower hair contact surface are twisted relative to the lower grip;

a lower heat insulation layer between the lower clamp plate and the bottom of the lower clamping head; and

a hinge attaching the upper and lower arms together such that the upper and lower arms are openable and closeable relative to one another, wherein the hair styler is configured to receive hair between the upper and lower hair contact surfaces when the hair styler is in a closed position,

wherein the top of the upper clamping head and the bottom of the lower clamping head collectively define an outer surface of the hair styler, and wherein the outer surface is curved to form a cylinder extending around an axis and from the upper and lower gripping portions to ends of the upper and lower clamping heads when the hair styler is in the closed position.

5. The angle deflection type twisted hair styling device according to claim 1 , wherein the angle deflection type twisted hair styling device further comprises an upper heat generating plate and a lower heat generating plate;

wherein the upper heat insulation layer prevents heat of the upper heat generating plate from delivering to the top of the upper clamping head and the lower heat insulation layer prevents heat of the lower heat generating plate from delivering to the bottom of the lower clamping head, such that a temperature difference is formed between the top of the upper clamping head and the upper clamping surface, and also formed between the bottom of the lower clamping head and the lower clamping surface; and the upper heat insulation layer and the lower heat insulation layer are made of a cold gel or a heat insulation foam.

6. The angle deflection type twisted hair styling device according to claim 1 , wherein upper side teeth are arranged at an outer edge of the upper clamping surface, and lower side teeth are arranged at an outer edge of the lower clamping surface.

7. The angle deflection type twisted hair styling device according to claim 1 , wherein an auxiliary gripping portion is arranged at an end of the upper clamping head facing away from the upper gripping portion or at an end of the lower clamping head facing away from the lower gripping portion.

8. The angle deflection type twisted hair styling device according to claim 1 , wherein an axis about which the upper clamping head is twisted is a long axis of the upper gripping portion, and an axis about which the lower clamping head is twisted is a long axis of the lower gripping portion.

9. The angle deflection type twisted hair styling device according to claim 1 , wherein twisted axes of the upper clamping surface, the upper clamping head and the upper gripping portion are all on a long axis of the upper gripping portion, and twisted axes of the lower clamping surface, the lower clamping head and the lower gripping portion are all on a long axis of the lower gripping portion.

10. The angle deflection type twisted hair styling device according to claim 5 , wherein the upper heat generating plate has the upper twisted deflection angle with respect to the upper gripping portion, and the lower heat generating plate has the lower twisted deflection angle with respect to the lower gripping portion.

11. The angle deflection type twisted hair styling device according to claim 5 , wherein the upper clamping surface is a heating surface of the upper heat generating plate, the lower clamping surface is a heating surface of the lower heat generating plate.

12. The hair styler of claim 4 , wherein the upper hair contact surface has a first twist angle and the lower hair contact surface has a second twist angle, wherein the first twist angle is equal to the second twist angle such that the upper and lower hair contact surfaces fit together when the hair styler is in the closed position.

13. The hair styler of claim 4 , wherein the upper hair contact surface has a first twist angle and the lower hair contact surface has a second twist angle, wherein the first twist angle and the second twist angle each are in a range of 60 degrees to 120 degrees.

14. The hair styler of claim 4 further comprising a heating system configured to deliver heat to hair positioned between the upper hair contact surface and the lower hair contact surface.

15. The hair styler of claim 4 further comprising first teeth along an edge of the upper hair contact surface and second teeth along an edge of the lower hair contact surface, wherein the first teeth and the second teeth are arranged to engage each other when the hair styler is in the closed position.

16. The hair styler of claim 4 , wherein the upper and lower hair contact surfaces are smooth and free of any teeth.

17. The hair styler of claim 4 further comprising an upper end grip at an end of at least one of the upper arm and the lower arm opposite the upper and lower grips.

Assignments (5)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 11, 2026
From: EMPOWER BRANDS, LLC
To: OAKTREE FUND ADMINISTRATION, LLC
Reel/Frame 075545/0946 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 25, 2022
From: HANG SHUN HING CO., LTD
To: SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC.
Reel/Frame 060009/0334 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 11, 2022
From: DONG GUAN KONG ELECTRIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES CO., LTD
To: HANG SHUN HING CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 059943/0073 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 11, 2022
From: HANG SHUN HING CO., LTD
To: SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC.
Reel/Frame 060749/0283 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 5, 2019
From: WONG, KINMAN
To: DONG GUAN KONG ELECTRIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 049677/0624 →