Hair straightening appliance with flocked arms

Abstract

A hair-straightening device has a pair of opposing arms joined by a hinge, which enables the opening and closing of the arms. At the ends of the arms, opposite the hinge, are plates that are heated to a temperature sufficient to straighten the hair. The outer portion of the ends of the arms that are located opposite the hinge can be covered with a flocking material to provide a cooler touch to allow a user to obtain a firmer grip with both hands on the device for more efficient use. In addition, a user can apply hair products directly to flocked ends of the device and transfer the hair products to hair that is warmer than when the hair products are applied directly to the hair.

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RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60 / 603,717 filed on Aug. 23, 2004, incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] The present invention relates to hair appliances and, more particularly, to an electrical hair-straightening device, especially of the type having flocked arms to provide a cooler touch to the outer arms to allow a user to maintain a firmer grip on the device with both hands, as well as to allow hair products to be applied to warmer hair for better absorption. [0004] 2. Description of Related Art [0005] It is known in the art to provide a hair-straightening device having a pair of opposing arms joined by a hinge, in which the arms contain heated metal plates that are adapted to grip a strand of hair and straighten the hair between the plates through the use of heat and tension. There have been numerous variations manufactured ...

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Benefits of technology

[0010] It is a further object of the present invention to provide a hair-straightening device that allows a user to obtain a better grip on the device in order to use it more efficiently as well as to allow the user to apply hair products to hair when it is in a condition to be better absorbed. These and other objects are described below or inherent with respect to the present invention.

[0012] The outer portion of the ends of the arms that are located opposite the hinge can be covered with a flocking material. This flocking provides a cooler touch than plastic or other similar materials to allow a user to obtain a firmer grip with both hands on the device for more efficient use. In addition, a user can apply hair products directly to the flocked ends of the device and transfer the hair products to hair that is warmer than when the hair products are applied directly to the hair. This increases the absorption of such hair products into the hair.

[0014] The plates can be made from any conductive material such as metal, ceramic or glass. The use of hard glass creates a burnishing effect on the hair and improves the straightening.

Problems solved by technology

While various known hair-straightening devices exist generally, such known devices have the ends of the arms opposite the hinge heat up to a temperature that is too hot to be comfortably handled by a user.

A user of the device will not be able to maintain as firm a grip on the device if he or she cannot hold both the ends adjacent to the hinge as well as the ends opposite the hinge.

In addition, such known devices do not allow for hair products to be applied directly from the hair-straightening device.

This means that the hair products are applied to the hair at a cooler temperature and, therefore, the absorption of such products into the hair is much less efficient.

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