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Hair threading apparatus and method

a technology of hair threading and threading fingers, which is applied in the direction of hair cleaning, protective clothing, and garment special features, etc., can solve the problems of hair removal, hair cutting to the fingers of the user holding the thread, and risk to the person having the hair removed, so as to achieve a barrier to friction

Inactive Publication Date: 2016-09-22
MUELLER III MICHAEL
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The patent describes a protective device for preventing cuts while hair threading. The device consists of a guard that is placed over the user's fingers to act as a barrier against friction caused by the thread. The guard can be attached to the fingers to keep the thread in place and away from the skin. This helps to reduce the risk of injury during the hair threading process.

Problems solved by technology

While this technique is effective for hair removal, the thread movement across the skin often causes thread cuts to the fingers of the user holding the thread.
These cuts put the user, such as a salon technician and the like, and the person having the hair removed, such as a client and the like, at risk due to cuts that result in blood or wound exposure, including blood borne or environmental pathogens.
As such, there is a great risk to the community and the spa personnel, if steps are not taken to prevent thread cuts.
When performing threading hair removal on oneself, one can also suffer thread cuts to the fingers.
This too puts persons at risk for infection.

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[0017]The present invention can be understood more readily by reference to the following detailed description, examples, and claims, and their previous and following description. Before the present system, devices, and / or methods are disclosed and described, it is to be understood that this invention is not limited to the specific systems, devices, and / or methods disclosed unless otherwise specified, as such can, of course, vary. It is also to be understood that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular aspects only and is not intended to be limiting.

[0018]The following description of the invention is provided as an enabling teaching of the invention in its best, currently known aspect. Those skilled in the relevant art will recognize that many changes can be made to the aspects described, while still obtaining the beneficial results of the present invention. It will also be apparent that some of the desired benefits of the present invention can be obta...

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Abstract

A protective device for protecting the fingers of a user from cuts while hair threading is presented. The protective device has a guard configured to overlie at least a portion of a finger of a user. The thread for hair threading is wrapped around a portion of the guard so that the thread does not directly come into contact with the skin. The guard has an attachment member configured to maintain the thread in the desired position relative to the finger of the user.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]Presented herein are devices and methods for protecting the hands of a user while hair threading. In particular, a protective device for protecting the fingers from cuts in the skin while hair threading is presented.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]The personal grooming market is a large segment of the American economy. People spend millions of dollars each year nation-wide to look beautiful. Hair removal on the legs and eyebrows is very popular around the world and many apparatuses and procedures have been developed therefore.[0003]Hair threading is a popular method of hair removal whereby thread is used to remove hair. To perform hair threading, the thread is often held in a loop fashion, as illustrated in FIG. 1. A twist is put in the thread, as shown in FIG. 2, and the twist moves right or left to catch the hair and pulls if from the root (as a method of hair removal). While this technique is effective for hair removal, the thread movement across the ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A41D13/08
CPCA41D13/087A41D2400/52A41D2400/82A45D26/00A45D26/0042A61F13/105
Inventor MUELLER, III, MICHAEL
Owner MUELLER III MICHAEL
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