IP Library Granted Patent US 12,193,552
Granted Patent B2
US 12,193,552 · App. 16/682,129 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Multiple nozzle attachment for hair dryer

Inventor: Vito James Carlucci (Stratford, CT)
Assignee: Conair LLC
A45D20/122
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Patent No.
US 12,193,552
App. No.
16/682,129
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A multiple nozzle attachment for a hair dryer is provided. The multiple nozzle attachment has at least two nozzles that concentrate air flow and optimize exiting air pressure while maximizing air flow volume.

Claims (16)

1. A multiple nozzle attachment for a hair dryer comprising:

a conical body having a rear portion and a distal portion that is opposite to the rear portion, the distal portion having a front end, the rear portion having a circular diameter that is greater than a circular diameter of the distal portion to form a taper that is symmetrical about a first plane, the circular diameter of the rear portion forms a rear circular opening connectable to a barrel of the hair dryer, the conical body has a conical body interior that receives the barrel of the hair dryer; and

only two nozzles centered on the front end of the conical body and each formed by a pair of side walls that are flat and joined on opposite sides by curved edges, each of the two nozzles having a distal end and a proximal end, the two nozzles tapering outward from the conical body so that each of the two nozzles are enlarged at the distal end, the multiple nozzle attachment having a recess formed in between the two nozzles, wherein each distal end forms a tip that has a distal end opening, wherein each distal end opening overlaps the rear circular opening and extends on opposite sides thereof, wherein the pair of side walls each have a length that extends distally outward from the conical body so that the two nozzles protrude outward from the conical body, wherein the only two nozzles comprise a first nozzle and a second nozzle that are adjacent and the pair of side walls of the first nozzle are separate from the pair of side walls of the second nozzle, wherein the two nozzles are generally parallel to each other, and wherein the conical body is continuous and free of openings from the rear circular opening to the nozzles;

wherein each distal end opening has a length and a width, and each length is greater than each width,

wherein the tip of the first nozzle and/or the tip of the second nozzle are the most outward extending structures from the conical body,

wherein the two nozzles are symmetrical about the first plane, the first plane being perpendicular to the pair of side walls, so that portions of the first nozzle on opposite sides of the first plane mirror one another and portions of the second nozzle on opposite sides of the first plane mirror one another, wherein the conical body interior forms a single open space so that the multiple nozzle attachment has an interior volume that is configured to receive an airflow exiting the barrel of the hair dryer; wherein the airflow inside the interior volume of the conical body is divided into two separate airflows flowing into the first nozzle and the second nozzle.

2. The multiple nozzle attachment of claim 1 , wherein the distal end opening of each of the first nozzle and the second nozzle lays in an imaginary nozzle plane, wherein, for each distal end opening, the imaginary nozzle plane formed by the respective distal end opening has at least one elongated edge that is perpendicular to a longitudinal axis, wherein the longitudinal axis passes through the multiple nozzle attachment and is co-linear with a longitudinal axis of the barrel of the hair dryer to which multiple nozzle attachment is attached, and wherein the elongated edge is one of two longer portions of a long, skinny oval formed by each of the distal end openings.

3. The multiple nozzle attachment of claim 1 , wherein the distal end openings have approximately the same area as each other.

4. The multiple nozzle attachment of claim 1 , wherein the first nozzle is of a different distal length than the second nozzle.

5. The multiple nozzle attachment of claim 1 , wherein the distal end opening of each of the first nozzle and the second nozzle lays in an imaginary nozzle plane, and each of the imaginary nozzle planes is positioned at an acute angle relative to an imaginary plane in which the rear circular opening lays.

6. The multiple nozzle attachment of claim 5 , wherein each distal end opening of each of the first nozzle and the second nozzle lays in the same imaginary nozzle plane.

7. The multiple nozzle attachment of claim 1 , wherein the distal end opening of each of the first nozzle and the second nozzle lays in an imaginary nozzle plane, and each said imaginary nozzle plane is positioned at 30 degrees relative to an imaginary plane in which the rear circular opening lays.

8. The multiple nozzle attachment of claim 7 , wherein each distal end opening of each of the first nozzle and the second nozzle lays in the same imaginary nozzle plane.

9. The multiple nozzle attachment of claim 1 , wherein the side walls of each pair of side walls are parallel to one another.

10. The multiple nozzle attachment of claim 1 , wherein the curved edges of the nozzles extend to adjacent the rear circular opening connectable to the barrel of the hair dryer of the conical body.

11. The multiple nozzle attachment of claim 1 , wherein the two nozzles have a shape therebetween that conveys air towards each nozzle by tapering the body towards each nozzle.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2021
From: CARLUCCI, VITO
To: CONAIR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 056745/0319 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 21, 2021
From: CONAIR LLC
To: OWL ROCK CAPITAL CORPORATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 056336/0098 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 21, 2021
From: CONAIR LLC
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 056336/0166 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 21, 2021
From: CONAIR LLC
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 056336/0230 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 13, 2021
From: CONAIR CORPORATION
To: CONAIR LLC
Reel/Frame 057216/0011 →