IP Library Granted Patent US 12,495,891
Granted Patent B1
US 12,495,891 · App. 17/940,783 · Granted Dec 16, 2025

Hair styling tool and method of use

Inventor: Nashara Frazier (Miramar, FL)
A46B5/04A45D24/02A46B9/023A45D2007/004A45D2200/25A46B2200/104
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Patent No.
US 12,495,891
App. No.
17/940,783
Granted
Dec 16, 2025
Kind
B1
Abstract

A hair styling finger tool that includes a flexible body with an elongated tubular member formed in the shape of a human finger, wherein the wherein the elongated tubular member is configured to slidably fit on an entirety of the human finger while leaving the rest of a user's hands uncovered; wherein the flexible body comprises a plurality of hair guiding elements disposed on the entirety of the elongated tubular member; and securing means positioned at a conical tip of the elongated tubular member. A method of styling hair is disclosed, including providing the hair styling finger tool for use on a finger, and using the hair styling finger tool to perform a hair styling method with a finger.

Claims (7)

1 . A hair styling finger tool kit comprising:

a plurality of hair styling finger tools, wherein each of the plurality of hair styling finger tools comprises a flexible body with an elongated tubular member formed in a shape of a human finger, the elongated tubular member is configured to slidably fit on an entirety of the human finger while leaving the rest of a user's hands uncovered, wherein the flexible body comprises a plurality of hair guiding elements disposed on the entirety of the elongated tubular member, and securing means positioned at a conical tip of the elongated tubular member;

wherein the hair guiding elements on a first of the plurality of hair styling finger tools comprises a plurality of studs;

wherein the hair guiding elements on a second of the plurality of hair styling finger tools comprises a plurality of bristles;

wherein the hair guiding elements on a third of the plurality of hair styling finger tools comprises a plurality of grooves; and

at least one of the plurality of hair styling finger tools comprises an open end and a closed end, wherein the closed end comprises a rigid point or a uniformly rounded end.

2 . The hair styling finger tool kit of claim 1 , further comprising a set of instructions for how to use at least one of the plurality of hair styling finger tools to style hair.

Continuity (2)
Continuation In Part 16359320 · Mar 20, 2019
Provisional Application 62646488 · Mar 22, 2018
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