IP Library Granted Patent US 8,839,521
Granted Patent B2
US 8,839,521 · App. 13/385,086 · Granted Sep 23, 2014

Hair cutting apparatus

Inventor: Terri D. Hazard (Burbank, CA)
B26B21/527B26B21/4006B26B21/12B26B21/42A45D24/36B26B21/4081
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,839,521
App. No.
13/385,086
Granted
Sep 23, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Described is a hand held hair cutting apparatus that includes a razor blade holder with four finger holes extending through the holder. A razor blade, either straight or arched, can be attached to one edge of the holder. allowing the razor to be easily changed. Placing fingers through the holes in the holder allows a user to securely hold tool using four fingers. The apparatus can also be configured with three finger holes and a finger rest for end finger.

Claims (10)

1. A method for cutting the hair of an individual comprising the steps of:

grasping with a first hand a hair cutting device having a razor blade holder with a razor blade secured to one edge of said razor blade holder by inserting each of the four fingers said first hand through a set four apertures configured across the width of a razor blade holder such that said razor blade faces away from the palm of said first hand;

holding a section of the individual's hair with a second hand;

placing said hair cutting device in contact with the shafts of said section; and

applying a predetermined amount of pressure via said razor blade handle to said hair shafts

moving said razor blade along said strand such that said razor blade is effective to cut a selected portion of the hair in said strand.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of moving includes holding said razor blade palm side up such that said strand is cut from its underside resulting in shorter hair on the underneath portion of said strand.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of moving includes holding said razor blade palm side down such that said strand is cut from its upper side resulting in shorter hair on the upper portion of said strand.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the hair is texturized by utilizing said razor blade holder to position said razor blade midway on said section facing the ends of the hair in said section and moving said blade across the hair in the said section.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein, in said step of moving said hair cutting device downwardly along and in contact with said section, using the entire arm and keeping the wrist of said first hand straight.

Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 61519226 · May 18, 2011
Provisional Application 61462364 · Feb 1, 2011
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