Did You Know...
...that the Band-Aid Bandage was invented by a Johnson & Johnson employee whose wife had cut herself? Earl Dickson's wife was rather accident prone, so he set out to develop a bandage that she could apply without help. He placed a small piece of gauze in the center of a small piece of surgical tape, and what we know today as the Band Aid bandage was born!
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6269549 | Device for drying hair A hair dryer in accord with the invention includes a hood, two staggered or asymmetrically placed fans in a base, and an airflow conduit therebetween. The hood of the device may also have an adjustable vent for regulating the amount of air delivered to th... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6138376 | Passive wet hair straightening A hair straightening device and method usable with a conventional blow dryer that dries wet hair in a straight configuration from the scalp to the end of the hair strands with minimal heat damage to the hair and without hair tangling problems of conventio... | 10/31/2000 |
| 5953829 | Hair styling instrument A hair styling instrument is provided which includes a housing (8) having a front side (9), formed with at least one passage (10) for heated air. Elongate hair guides (12, 13, 14) project exclusively from the front side (9) of the housing (8) or, at least... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5787601 | Portable hair dryer system with rechargeable battery pack A hair dryer system that includes a rechargeable battery pack for supplying electrical power to both the air heating element and the blower fan; that includes an air filter holder for holding a replaceable air filter that can be replaced when clogged by l... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5765575 | Hot-air brush with non-cylindrical head A hot-air brush using a non-cylindrical brush head is provided to enable a user to obtain a helical curl having a continuum of varying diameters within each lock of curled hair. This varying-diameter helix provides a new and distinct look for the curled h... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5651190 | Hands-free hair dryer A portable apparatus for drying the hair of a wearer. The hair dryer includes support means such as a belt or shoulder strap for removably mounting the hair dryer apparatus on the body of the wearer. A casing having an opening is mounted on the support me... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5553632 | Hair styling device A hair styling device for providing lift by directing air flow from a blow dryer to a selected section of hair adjacent the scalp while holding the hair in position away from the scalp, which includes a nozzle type blow dryer attachment having a pair of c... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5457894 | Implement for styling/drying hair for an air-moving appliance for personal use The invention is directed to an implement for an air-moving appliance for personal use, in particular a hair dryer or a hot-air curling brush, comprising a body (10) and a two-dimensional air discharge means (12) which includes a series of air exit apertu... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5400809 | Pressing comb, dryer and curling device A hair curling appliance that includes a C-shaped metal barrel and a mating comb member movable to a closed position nested partly within the space circumscribed by the barrel so that the outer curved surfaces of the barrel and comb member collectively fo... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5091630 | Hair curling apparatus mounted to a hair dryer outlet conduit with an adapter sleeve arrangement rotatably mounted and rotated by heated air flow A hair curling apparatus includes an adapter sleeve mounted to the end of the hot air delivery conduit of a hand-held hair dryer. A hot air delivery tube extends through the adapter sleeve and terminates in an apertured portion projecting forwardly of the... | 02/25/1992 |
| 4955145 | Hair dryer attachment Disclosed herein is an attachment for a blow dryer which allows a person to dry hair from the roots towards the ends with a single hand. The attachment includes a means for connnection to the output side of the blow dryer and an air sheet forming means. E... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4936027 | Hair dryer and steamer combination A hair dryer and steamer combination includes a handle housing mounting a fan blower producing a flow of air and a hair brush attachment having a hair engaging surface for seizing the hair to be styled. Included in the hair brush attachment is a heater wh... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4935643 | Device for the limitation of torque in a hair treatment device In a hair treatment device with a winding mandrel driven by a motor and used to wind up hair, the current used by the motor is led through a current limiter circuit in order to limit torque. The current limiter circuit comprises an operating stage and a s... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4759135 | Air diffuser and hair lifter attachment for blow dryer An attachment for a hair dryer performs the function of providing a lower velocity diffused air flow with apparatus to separate and lift the hair and allow the entire hair strand, from root to end, to be dried at the same time. The attachment includes a b... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4736528 | Hair drying apparatus There is described a hair drying apparatus wherein the air feeding hoses are mounted to a respective connector member. Every connector member is coupled via a quick release device to the warm air distributing head. The user of the hair drying apparatus ca... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4658511 | Electric hair dryer with air dispersing hood An electric hair dryer wherein a collapsible hood defines one or more plenum chambers for heated air and has a foraminous inner panel which is adjacent to the hair when the hood is placed over the head of the wearer. The hood has a hollow extension which ... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4590687 | Hair styling diffuser A hair styling diffuser having a flexible pouch with a plurality of perforations, an open end and one or more slits in communication with the open end. The open end is adapted for releasable, rotatable engagement with a nozzle of a hair blower. A comb is ... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4538362 | Hair dryer and concentrator with releasable connecting means A hair drying assembly comprising a hair drying including a housing defining a straight line air pathway therethrough. The housing includes a circular air outlet, and an elongated handle is connected to the housing. The hair drying assembly also includes ... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4430808 | Hair dryer A hair dryer is provided with a hot air vent for preventing excessive rises in the air temperature of its hair-winding attachment. This vent is in addition to the air blowing holes of the hair-winding attachment for drying the hair. The dryer includes a t... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4365426 | Hair dryer A hair drier having a casing provided at its end with a discharge port through which hot air is discharged, a heating bar provided at the center of the discharge port and extending forwardly from the casing, and a hair setting member provided with a deep ... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4118874 | Hair dryer, especially for long hair Improved hair dryer has inner and outer ducts connected at one end to a centrifugal fan and at the other end to a hood. The fan sucks air through the inner duct and blows it toward said hood through the outer duct. A grille for supporting long hair is pos... | 10/10/1978 |
