Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids – Apparatus – Combined
Reexamination Certificate
2000-09-18
2001-07-31
Wilson, Pamela (Department: 3749)
Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids
Apparatus
Combined
C034S091000, C034S097000, C034S098000, C034S239000, C034S392000, C034S384000, C034S385000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06266893
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates generally to hair dryers.
2. Prior Art
One of the most desirable attributes of all hair styles is volume, but it is not easy to produce. Since wet hair is heavy, it tends to hang straight down from the top of the scalp when the head is upright. If the hair is dried in such a position, it will be flat and lifeless. To produce volume, the hair must be lifted perpendicularly away from the scalp while it is drying. The conventional technique for creating volume is to dry the hair with a hand-held blow dryer in one-hand, and scrunch the hair with the other hand. Because only a small tuff of hair can scrunched at a time and only temporarily, while the rest of the hair is hanging flat against the scalp, little volume can be produced with this technique. It is also slow and tiring since typical drying time is about 15 minutes.
Bonnet hair dryers are available for drying the entire head of hair simultaneously and hands-free. A typical bonnet hair dryer is comprised of a bowl hinged to a stand. The bowl is positioned with its open end facing down and over the head of a person. An electric blow dryer is attached to the closed end of the bowl for drying the hair. However, since the hair is dried while it is hanging straight down from the scalp, the hair is dried flat and lifeless.
Other types of bonnet hair dryers are known among the prior art. Some of them are comprised of bowls with an open end positioned on the side for receiving a reclining head. Because the hair at the front half of the head is still hung flat against the scalp, such bonnet dryers still dry the hair without any volume. None of the prior art bonnet hair dryers can be positioned with the open end of the bowl facing upward.
OBJECTIVES OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, the objectives of the present inverted bonnet hair dryer are:
to dry hair with greater volume;
to dry hair hands-free;
to dry hair more quickly; and
to be adjustable to different positions.
Further objectives of the present invention will become apparent from a consideration of the drawings and ensuing description.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present inverted bonnet hair dryer is comprised of a bowl with a closed end and an open end. The bowl is pivotally supported on a stand and is rotatable to a position with its open end facing upward. The bowl is comprised of a hemispherical concave inner wall which is generally spaced from an outer wall. The perimeter of the inner wall is connected to the outer wall to define a space between the walls. A hollow tube is attached to the outer wall. An aperture at an outer end of the tube is in communication with the space within the bowl. The aperture is adapted to receive the head of a conventional hand-held electric blow dryer. When the open end is facing upward, the bowl is adapted to be positioned under the head of a person. The head is inverted to hang the hair under the head. The inner wall of the bowl is adapted to evenly support the hair. When the blow dryer is activated, hot air is forced into the space between the walls and released through holes on the inner wall to dry the hair. Greater volume in the hair is produced by drying it in a hanging position under an inverted head. In a second embodiment, an electric blow dryer is integrally attached to the bowl.
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