Toilet – Hair device – Dressing or cutting guide or gauge
Reexamination Certificate
2001-12-20
2003-12-02
Manahan, Todd E. (Department: 3732)
Toilet
Hair device
Dressing or cutting guide or gauge
Reexamination Certificate
active
06655389
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention pertains to a hair styling device and method. More specifically, the present invention provides for a hair styling device adapted for placement on the chin of a person for assisting in the accurate styling of hair (e.g. a goatee) on the chin.
2. Description of the Prior Art
A patentability investigation was conducted and the following U.S. patents were discovered: U.S. Pat. No. 4,003,390 to Solie; U.S. Pat. No. 4,381,051 to Kikuchi; U.S. Pat. No. 4,926,891 to Fani et al.; U.S. Pat. No. 4,928,716 to Greene; U.S. Pat. No. 5,349,971 to Player; U.S. Pat. No. 5,865,191 to Kimeta; U.S. Pat. No. 5,875,790 to Morrison; U.S. Pat. No. 5,921,240 to Gall; U.S. Pat. No. 5,927,297 to Cooper; U.S. Pat. No. 5,931,164 to Kiely et al.; U.S. Pat. No. 5,937,868 to Ogunro; U.S. Pat. No. 5,947,918 to Jones et al.; U.S. Pat. No. 5,954,063 to Pomaro; U.S. Pat. No. 5,991,918 to Choate; and U.S. Pat. No. 5,996,592 to Choy.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,003,390 to Solie disclosures an apertured guide for electric razors. The guide is removably engaged the head of an electric razor, and extends therefrom to maintain a predetermined distance between razor blades and surface over which the razor is moved for cutting hair at a predetermined length. The guide is adapted for use in multiple to provide different predetermined separations of razor blades and surface and guide elements thereof are formed with inclined surfaces for trimming hair.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,381,051 to Kikuchi discloses a temperature-sensitive fluid coupler for suppressing noise. A fluid is filled in a space between a cover and an outer casing, to which a plurality of vanes are attached. A partition with two fluid inlet ports is disposed in the space. An inner casing is sandwiched between the partition and the outer casing to form a reservoir between the cover and the partition, an inner torque transmitting chamber between the partition and the inner casing, and an outer torque transmitting chamber between the inner casing and the outer casing. One of the fluid inlet ports of the partition is made to have communication with the inner torque transmitting chambers. The other fluid inlet port of the partition is made to have communication with the outer torque transmitting chamber. The two fluid inlet ports are opened and closed by means of two valves, respectively, which are preset at different temperatures.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,926,891 to Fani et al. discloses a hair cutting guide comprised of a plurality of spaced-apart segments, each of which is formed of a pair of legs having longitudinal axes disposed along intersecting planes such that each segment is generally triangular in cross-section. The guide includes a connecting spine for linking the segments along their top portion to produce a unitary structure having a predetermined height measured from the top surface between the segments along a line perpendicular to a plane defined by the distal ends of the legs in the segments.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,928,716 to Greene discloses a portable hair trimming device for personal grooming operations including a thin triangular housing having a hollow interior portion. An open slotted portion is formed in one side wall of the housing and a trimming implement has one end pivotally mounted adjacent an apex of the housing and is mounted for movement through the open slotted side wall into and out of the hollow interior housing portion. The trimming implement has a first side edge provided with a moustache comb and an opposite side edge provided with a trimming razor. A double-edged razor blade is mounted in a reversible manner in the trimming razor. A cylindrical nose hair trimmer is mounted in a holder on one side wall of the housing. A shallow triangular receptacle having a removable cover is provided on one face of the housing for storing a quantity of moustache wax.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,349,971 to Player discloses a clipper comb for manipulating hair as it is cut with an electric clipper. The clipper comb has a handle and an array of juxtaposed teeth forming a bed. The bed has a clipper bearing surface, a forward segmented guide wall and a rearward guide wall for guiding the electric clipper upon the comb.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,865,191 to Kimeta discloses a hair lifting comb having a plurality of teeth, which are as thick as a bar-shaped supporting member and which at their distal ends are shaped like birds' beaks. The plurality of teeth are attached to the supporting member, as are side members of the comb, each of which is constituted by a first frame member, a second frame member and a third frame member.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,875,790 to Morrison discloses a first comb and a second comb. The first comb has a graduated scale attached near a first end of the scale so that the scale can be pivoted outwardly and inwardly from the first comb. A cutting guide first end is pivotably attached to the second end of the graduated scale. The graduated scale can be slidable lengthwise with respect to the first comb to position the cutting guide a select distance from the first comb. A swivel permits the graduated scale to extend in the plane of the first comb or to extend perpendicular to it or any angle in between. A clamping provision permits the first comb and the graduated scale and the cutting guide to all be fixed in the plane of the first comb, either in a folded carrying configuration or in a ready-to-use configuration. The second comb is pivoted to a first end of the first comb, in essentially the same plane as the first comb, with the teeth of the two combs facing each other. Locking arrangements are provided on the ends of the first and second combs to clamp and hold hair between the combs while cutting the hair using either one of the combs or the cutting guide to support or guide a hair cutting device.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,921,240 to Gall discloses a device for preventing snoring and the grinding of teeth by a user during sleep. The device includes a generally oval plate positioned in the mouth of the user between the teeth and the lips. The oval plate includes an aperture centered therein to accommodate air flow into and out of the mouth. A tab member extends from a first side of the oval plate and through the lips to position the air passage in the flow of air into and out of the mouth when the lips are separated. The device reduces the flow of air into the mouth, thus reducing the vibration of the uvula, which, in turn, reduces the snoring sound.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,927,297 to Cooper discloses a hair restraint system that includes an outer restraint assembly that is connectable to an inner restraint assembly. The outer restraint assembly includes an outer elastic ring layer, an inner tack ring layer formed on an inwardly facing surface of the outer elastic ring layer, and a plurality of spaced female snap halves with the female snap connecting portion oriented toward a ring center of a center ring opening defined by the outer restraint assembly. The inner restraint assembly includes an inner elastic ring that is sized to fit into the center ring opening defined by the outer restraint assembly and having spaced male snap halves each having the male snap connecting portion oriented away from an assembly center opening defined by the inner restraint assembly. The spaced male snap halves of the inner restraint assembly are positionable in registration with and connection to the spaced female snap halves of the outer restraint assembly such that the inner elastic ring covers the inner tack ring layer of the outer restraint assembly.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,931,164 to Kiely et al. discloses a mouthguard including a U-shaped base portion, an upwardly projecting inner flange portion joined to an inner edge of the base portion, and an upwardly projecting outer flange portion joined to an outer edge of the base portion. The upwardly projecting inner flange portion, the upwardly projecting outer flange portion and an upper surface of the base portion form an upwardly facing U-shaped channel. The mouthguard may be molded from a compositio
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