Granted Patent B2

US 12,232,587 · App. 18/666,486 · Granted Feb 25, 2025

Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad (Hampton, CA)

Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.

A45D20/12B01D45/08B01D45/14B01D45/16B01D50/20

Abstract

Claims (33)

1. An attachment for a hair dryer comprising:

(a) a cylindrical body having an inlet end, an opposed closed end, a body axis extending centrally through the cylindrical body between the inlet end and the opposed closed end and an axially extending cylindrical sidewall;

(b) an air flow path from an inlet port provided at the inlet end to a plurality of air outlets provided at the axially extending cylindrical sidewall, the air outlets are angularly spaced around the attachment; and,

(c) a diverting member that is rotatably mounted with respect to the cylindrical body about a diverting member axis that is coaxial with the body axis, wherein, in operation, rotation of the diverting member alters a direction of air exiting the air outlets.

2. The attachment of claim 1 wherein the diverting member comprises a partially cylindrical member.

3. The attachment of claim 1 wherein the diverting member is rotatably mounted with respect to the cylindrical body between a first position and an angularly spaced apart second position, and, in operation when the diverting member is in the first position, air exits a first set of the air outlets in a direction generally transverse to the body axis.

4. The attachment of claim 3 wherein the first set of the air outlets comprise a first axially extending row of the air outlets.

5. The attachment of claim 4 wherein, in operation when the diverting member is in the second position, air exits a second set of the air outlets and the second set of the air outlets comprise a second axially extending row of the air outlets.

6. The attachment of claim 4 wherein the diverting member comprises a partially cylindrical member.

7. The attachment of claim 1 wherein the diverting member is rotatably mounted with respect to the cylindrical body between a first position and an angularly spaced apart second position, and, in operation when the diverting member is in the first position, air exits along an axially extending first portion of the attachment and, in operation when the diverting member is in the second position, air exits along an axially extending second portion of the attachment that is angularly spaced around the attachment from the first portion.

8. The attachment of claim 7 wherein the diverting member comprises a partially cylindrical member.

9. A kit comprising a hair dryer and the attachment of claim 1 wherein the hair dryer comprises an axially extending handle, and, in operation when the attachment is mounted to the hair dryer, a motor and fan blade assembly moves air through the air flow path and the handle axis extends in a common direction with the diverter axis and an axis of rotation of the motor and fan blade assembly.

10. An attachment for a hair dryer comprising:

(a) a cylindrical body having an inlet end, an opposed closed end, a body axis extending centrally through the cylindrical body between the inlet end and the opposed closed end and an axially extending cylindrical sidewall;

(b) a diverting member that is rotatably mounted with respect to the cylindrical body about a diverting member axis that extends in a common direction with the body axis,

wherein the diverting member is rotatably mounted between a first position and an angularly spaced apart second position, and, in operation when the diverting member is in the first position, air exits along an axially extending first portion of the attachment and air exits first air outlet and, in operation when the diverting member is in the second position, air exits along an axially extending second portion of the attachment that is angularly spaced around the attachment from the first portion and through a second air outlet, and

wherein, in operation when the diverting member is in the second position, the diverting member overlies the first air outlet.

11. The attachment of claim 10 wherein the diverting member comprises a partially cylindrical member.

12. The attachment of claim 10 wherein, in operation when the diverting member is in the first position, air exits the first air outlet in a direction generally transverse to the body axis.

13. The attachment of claim 10 wherein the first air outlet comprises a first axially extending row of air outlets.

14. The attachment of claim 10 wherein the second air outlet comprises a second axially extending row of air outlets.

15. The attachment of claim 14 wherein the diverting member comprises a partially cylindrical member.

16. An attachment for a hair dryer comprising:

(a) a cylindrical body having an inlet end, an opposed closed end, a body axis extending centrally through the cylindrical body between the inlet end and the opposed closed end and an axially extending cylindrical sidewall;

(b) a diverting member that is rotatably mounted with respect to the cylindrical body about a diverting member axis that extends in a common direction with the body axis,

wherein the diverting member is rotatably mounted between a first position and an angularly spaced apart second position, and, in operation when the diverting member is in the first position, air exits through a first set of air outlet ports of the attachment and, in operation when the diverting member is in the second position, air exits through a second set of air outlet ports of the attachment, and

wherein, in operation when the diverting member is in the second position, the diverting member overlies the first set of air outlet ports.

17. The attachment of claim 16 wherein the diverting member comprises a partially cylindrical member.

18. The attachment of claim 16 wherein, in operation when the diverting member is in the second position, air exits the second set of air outlet ports in a direction generally transverse to the body axis.

19. The attachment of claim 18 wherein each of the first set of air outlet ports and the second set of air outlet ports comprise an axially extending rows of the air outlet ports.

20. The attachment of claim 18 wherein the diverting member comprises a partially cylindrical member.

21. The attachment of claim 1 wherein, in operation when the diverting member is in the first position, air exits along an axially extending first portion of the attachment and, in operation when the diverting member is in the second position, air exits along an axially extending second portion of the attachment that is angularly spaced around the attachment from the first portion.

22. The attachment of claim 21 wherein the diverting member comprises a partially cylindrical member.

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