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Rechargeable hair styling appliances and charging stand

a hair styling and charging stand technology, applied in the field of hair styling appliances and charging stands, can solve the problems of inconvenient use of multiple types of hair styling appliances by an individual user or a professional hair stylist, inconvenient powering of all the appliances, and affecting the use of the hair styling appliances, so as to achieve the effect of convenient us

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-12-29
HELEN OF TROY LIMITED
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[0002] Certain preferred embodiments of the present disclosure may be described as hair styling appliance systems that include cordless appliance handles adapted to receive a rechargeable battery pack. The handles are also adapted to connect to a plurality of different electric styling appliances that may be powered by the rechargeable battery pack. Any of a number of styling appliances may be used in the disclosed system, including but not limited to curling irons, brush irons and flat straighteners (also known as flat irons). The present disclosure further includes a stand for conveniently holding the appliances so that they are charged and readily useable. The stand preferably includes a plurality of wells or ports for holding the appliances, including ports that connect a rechargeable battery pack to a power cord when the battery pack is seated in the port. Charging ports may be provided for a battery pack contained in a handle, and for a spare battery pack. Other wells or ports are designed to hold attachments while not in use.

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The use of multiple types of hair styling appliances by an individual user, or by a professional hair stylist can be inconvenient if each appliance has a separate power cord that must be plugged into a receptacle.
Cords may become entangled or a limited number of power outlets may prevent the powering of all the appliances simultaneously.
These references, however, do not disclose a handle that receives a rechargeable battery pack and on which interchangeable hair styling appliances can be attached.

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[0015] The present disclosure provides a convenient system in which several styling appliances may be stored in a stand and can be used interchangeably with a cordless battery pack. An example of a system 10 as disclosed is shown in FIG. 1A. The system shown in FIG. 1A includes a stand 12 that provides ports or wells 60 for the various components of the system. Preferably one port of the stand, referred to as the main port 62 is configured to hold the handle 14 and to provide a DC electrical connection in the bottom of the port for recharging a battery pack held in the handle. In preferred embodiments, the stand includes an indicator light 64 or light emitting diode (LED) that is on when the battery pack connected in the main holder 62 or auxiliary charging holder 66 is charged. In certain embodiments, the LED changes color, from red to green, to depict the charging status. The stand shown in FIG. 1A also provides one or more ports 60 for storage of an attachment(s) that is not in u...

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Hair styling appliance systems include cordless appliance handles adapted to receive a rechargeable battery pack. The handles are also adapted to connect to a plurality of different electric styling appliances that may be powered by the rechargeable battery pack. A stand provides storage wells for the handle, battery packs and attachments and further provides charging stations for the battery packs.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] The use of multiple types of hair styling appliances by an individual user, or by a professional hair stylist can be inconvenient if each appliance has a separate power cord that must be plugged into a receptacle. Cords may become entangled or a limited number of power outlets may prevent the powering of all the appliances simultaneously. To address these problems, cordless appliances have been designed as well as appliance stands in which a plurality of appliances can be powered by a single power cord as in U.S. application Publication 20030222069 or U.S. Pat. No. 5,124,532. These references, however, do not disclose a handle that receives a rechargeable battery pack and on which interchangeable hair styling appliances can be attached. SUMMARY [0002] Certain preferred embodiments of the present disclosure may be described as hair styling appliance systems that include cordless appliance handles adapted to receive a rechargeable battery pack. The h...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A45D1/04
CPCA45D1/04
Inventor CAFARO, MICHAELTANG, WAI MING
Owner HELEN OF TROY LIMITED
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