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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7243662 | Hair twister A hair fastening device having the ability to be rolled into a person's hair and then secured within the hair by sliding the device together. The device can be more tightly secured by adding an additional piece which can be attached to the device and concealed withi... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7222630 | Locking hair sticks A hair-retaining device to be worn on the head comprising two attached hair sticks with a sliding fastening member removably connected to each of the hair sticks. The hair sticks retain a portion of a user's hair between the hair sticks. ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7223207 | Exercise and massage device An exercise device includes a housing having at least a wall portion, at least two apertures extending through the wall portion and spaced from each other, and at least one elongate rod having a center section located between opposite ends. The center section is ada... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7176106 | Wafer bonding using reactive foils for massively parallel micro-electromechanical systems packaging A method for forming device packages includes forming a perimeter comprising a reactive foil and a bonding material interposed between a first wafer and a second wafer, pressing the first and the second wafers against the reactive foil and the bonding material, init... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7121285 | Curling element for styling hair and fixing element for a curling element Various shaped curling elements provide flexibility for hairstyling. A fixing element ensures that curling elements are simply and reliably prevented from unrolling once they have been rolled up. The curling element includes at least one ring-shaped notched section ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7066185 | Hair clip and method for using said hair clip The hairclip (1) has two legs (4, 5) and a hinge (6) with a spring (7) connecting the legs. The legs (4, 5) each have a tine base (10, 11) and a number of curved tines (8, 9) arranged in rows on one side of it. Each t... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6659108 | Hair curler A hair curler having a spool for receiving a lock of human hair for wrapping thereabout a core disposed between a rim of the spool and a clip having a first portion and a second portion joined together by a hinge, for clamping the spool and the lock of hu... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6631725 | Moisture-controlled flexible hair curler A flexible hair curler formed from a gel of crosslinked polyacrylamide including a humectant, and encased in a moisture-permeable flexible sheath, preferably of fabric.... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6425404 | Hair curler device A hair curler device has a hair roller formed as a longitudinally extending body with a thicker intermediate portion around which a strand of hair may be wrapped and thinner arm portions on opposite sides thereof, and a hair-holding element having a pair ... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6415801 | Apparatus for isolating hair from treatment materials An improved apparatus for isolating sections of hair from hair treatment materials, the apparatus comprising an elongated curling rod on which a hair section is adapted to be wound, a sheet of material impermeable to the hair treatment materials adapted t... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6412495 | Method of forming a page boy hairstyle A hair retaining device is shown which uses a slender oversized roller and oversized hair pins (usually two). The device is intended for wearers with long hair. The hair beyond the neck is rolled on the roller and pinned to the nape of the neck, thus givi... | 07/02/2002 |
| 5979465 | Threaded hair twister A threaded hair twister that is flexible, easy to use, and light-weight and enables the user to coil the hair into a variety of twists comprised of an elongated resilient body having an opening at one end and an elastic cord attached to a needle-like memb... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5868147 | Hair curler system having a strip of hair for wrapping a cylindrical roller A new hair curler system for providing a woman a more discreet way of wearing curlers in her hair. The inventive device includes a strip of hair adapted for wrappedly engaging a cylindrical hair roller. The strip of hair has a generally rectangular config... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5855213 | Permanent wave clip The permanent wave clip (1) has three curlers (2,3,4) which can be arranged parallel to each other including a releasable and exchangeable hair tip curler (6) rotatable about its axis which is clipped in a curler holder (7). A curler (2), which is a hair ... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5711324 | Hair drying curler apparatus A hair drying curler apparatus (10) for curling and drying a lock of hair is disclosed having a tubular roller (11) and a retaining clip (12). The roller has a tubular support (14), a moisture permeable inner cover material (15) joined to a moisture perme... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5694954 | Heated hair curler with adjustable diameter and heating unit therefor A heated adjustable diameter hair curler is formed of a sheet of a flexible material such as a plastic. The sheet has two planar sides. Disposed within the sheet are one or more thermal elements such as thin flexible sheets and/or flexible wires or coils ... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5474096 | Double back rod A new and improved double back rod comprising a cylindrical hollow rod having a first end, a second end, and an intermediate extent therebetween. The first end and the second end each having a first end portion, a second end portion, and an intermediate p... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5323792 | Steam hair curler having an improved shield A hair curler for use with steam is provided. The hair curler has a central portion having (i) an approximately cylindrical core having a passage for receiving steam, slots for discharging the steam, and first and second ends, (ii) first and second rims f... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5309928 | Spiral permanent rods A hair curler device for winding hair strands in the application of spiral permanents. Two rod members are connected at one of their respective ends to a flexible elongated connector. The rod members include trapezoidal threads that cooperatively receive ... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5186188 | Hair curler A hair curling device including an elongated cylindrical body having first and second ends, and first and second flange members being affixed to the first and second ends respectively. Each of the flange members includes a plurality of bores disposed in a... | 02/16/1993 |
| 4901741 | Hair waving device A non-heated hair waving device for producing perm-like curls and waves in the hair. The device has a U-shaped curler with outwardly flared ends around which the hair is woven in a figure eight pattern. A unique end clip is slid onto the ends of the U-sha... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4898194 | Hair treatment device and method A hair treatment device consists of a thin flexible plastic strip provided with radiused ends and a row of apertures. In use, the strip is inserted under the bands of perm rods which are situated on the head of a user. The user's hair is wrapped around th... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4753251 | Permanent wave hair-curler The hair-curler is comprised of two parts capable of being assembled, a first part having a socket (20) and a plurality of rectilinear or curved cylindrical pins (21, 22, 23) and having a pointed end and a second part comprising a socket (30) provided wit... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4635654 | Method for evaluating efficacy of a hair styling product The ability of a hair styling material to enhance the holding power of a curl is determined by a comparison with the holding power of hair set only with water. A tress of hair is wetted and wrapped around a cylinder and held in place until dried. A simila... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4624272 | Hair curling device A hair curling spool holder includes two mating arcuate half sections pivotally joined and with spring biased finger grips biasing the half sections closed along a longitudinal line. Each of the sections has an elongated narrow portion with a tranverse gr... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4611610 | Hair curling units and their production Hair curling units to be formed into a roll or to be wrapped about a member, in either case to have tresses wound about it, have two interconnected walls of flexible paper backed aluminum foil. The aluminum foil sides of the walls are the interior surface... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4603706 | Hair curler A hair curler for subjecting hair to steam to effect a curling action includes a hollow perforated core surrounded by a porous substrate. The core has circular extensions on each end which have a diameter greater than the diameter of the core. At lest one... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4526184 | Steamable hair curler A hair curler which includes a porous sleeve of foam plastic material surrounded by a perforated sleeve which is of more rigid material. The foam sleeve is closed at one end and open at the other end for receiving steam. The foam sleeve may be used with o... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4513761 | Hair roller clip A hair roller clip of a one piece self-adjusting member with components including a substantially straight base leg, a pivot connected top leg of semi-circular formation with a plurality of formed teeth, and with the base leg being a continuation of a sec... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4378814 | Hair curling device The subject invention relates to a new and improved roller to produce curls in a strand of hair. More particularly, an improved hair roller is disclosed which includes a longitudinally extending body having an irregular cross section. In use, a strand of ... | 04/05/1983 |
| 4361159 | Hair roller A hair roller is provided that comprises a tubular body defining an outer surface for receiving hair to be wound thereon. The outer surface is free of projections or depressions exceeding 0.010 inches in height or depth. The outer surface of the tubular b... | 11/30/1982 |
| 4291714 | Hair curler The hair curler consists of a cage-like element having a spheroidal shape divided into two hemispheres along an equatorial plane. The two hemispheres are connected to one another in a manner permitting relative rotation by means of an inner core. One hemi... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4270554 | Hair fastener clip for hair roller A hair fastener clip for a hollow cylindrical hair roller is disclosed. The roller has a hollow interior defined by an inner cylindrical wall and an exterior wall defining a peripheral surface onto which hair is rolled. The fastener comprises a pair of sp... | 06/02/1981 |
| 4254785 | Hair roller fastener A fastener used with a roller for curling hair, formed from a single length of spring steel, folded over in double-bend, or double-loop shape, having a main first component forming a long leg, and another short, double component forming in effect a short ... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4236540 | Pliable and restorable hairsetter A home hair-setter whose body is a cylindrical heat-resistant elastic member and wherein the outer peripheral surface of the body of the hair-setter is used to curl hair; the hair-curling section of the body is enclosed in a cylindrical envelope; and the ... | 12/02/1980 |
| 4234001 | Hair treatment device A hair treatment device characterized by a round, partitioned rod having, in a preferred embodiment, a post on one end and a partition between the post and the opposite end, the post, partition and rod each having a plurality of staggered apertures for se... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4224955 | Sheath for temperature sensing unit A sheath for holding a temperature sensing unit in place in the hair wrapped around a curling rod, comprising a top elongated channel portion, a pair opposed downwardly and outwardly projecting curved wings connected to the channel, the radius of curvatur... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4216787 | Hair waving assembly A hair waving assembly for producing waves in women's hair comprises a plurality of cylindrical rollers which are slidably mounted on a pair of rods. The rollers fit frictionally on the rods and are first spaced apart permitting an operator to weave stran... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4201236 | Hair treatment device A hair treatment device characterized by a generally cylindrically shaped, hollow tension roller having a plurality of apertures in the wall thereof, and a securing means cooperating with the tension roller for securing the tension roller and strands of h... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4027684 | Permanent-wave or water-wave curler A permanent-wave or water-wave curler having an elongated cylindrical curler body with at least one holding body arranged at one end coaxially of the curler body axis. The holding body is greater in diameter than the curler body and has two axially spaced... | 06/07/1977 |
