Claims
- 1. A hair styling iron support for a styling iron, comprising:
a body defining an interior, said body configured to contain at least a portion of the curling iron in said interior with a space defined between the contained portion of the curling iron and said body.
- 2. A styling iron support as defined in claim 1 wherein said body has a sidewall with a rear end, a cap connected to said sidewall distal from said rear end, and an entrance defined at said sidewall rear end, and wherein said interior is defined by said sidewall, said cap and said entrance.
- 3. A styling iron support as defined in claim 1 further including a curling iron cradle for engaging a portion of the styling iron.
- 4. A styling iron support as defined in claim 3 wherein said curling iron cradle is positioned to engage the styling iron at a point outside of said interior.
- 5. A styling iron support as defined in claim 3 wherein the iron has a handle with a bottom perimeter and has a center of gravity, and wherein said curling iron cradle has a generally arcuate shaped engaging edge configured to engage a portion of the bottom perimeter of the styling iron handle at a point near to or behind the styling iron center of gravity.
- 6. A styling iron support as defined in claim 1 wherein the support further includes at least one curling iron engaging rib in said interior.
- 7. A styling iron support as defined in claim 6 wherein the curling iron has a front grip, wherein said body has a front cap, and wherein said at least one curling iron engaging rib comprises a plurality of engaging ribs, said engaging ribs proximate said front cap and configured to engage the curling iron front grip.
- 8. A styling iron support as defined in claim 7 wherein said at least one support rib comprises a plurality of said support ribs circumferentially spaced in said interior.
- 9. A styling iron support as defined in claim 1 wherein said body further includes at least one vent communicating with said interior.
- 10. A styling iron as defined in claim 1 wherein said body has top and bottom portions, each of said body top and bottom portions having a vent for communicating with said interior.
- 11. A styling iron support as defined in claim 1 wherein the curling iron has an attached electrical cord, and wherein the support further includes means for storing said cord.
- 12. A styling iron support as defined in claim 1 further including at least one leg connected to said body.
- 13. A styling iron support as defined in claim 12 wherein said body further includes a front cap and an interior entrance distal from said front cap, wherein said at least one leg comprises a first leg proximate said interior entrance and a second leg nearer to said front cap, a first foot connected to said first leg and extending in a forward direction generally towards said body front cap, and a second foot connected to said second leg and extending in a rearward direction generally towards said interior entrance.
- 14. A styling iron support as defined in claim 12 wherein said at least one leg comprises two legs, and wherein each of said two legs has a foot attached thereto, each of said feet having a length of at least about ½″.
- 15. A styling iron support as defined in claim 1 further including a plurality of legs connected to said body, said legs having feet, said feet configured for attachment to a substantially vertical surface.
- 16. A styling iron support as defined in claim 15 wherein said feet have at least one eyelet.
- 17. A styling iron support as defined in claim 1 and further including a front and a rear leg attached to said body, said front leg being shorter than said rear leg.
- 18. A styling iron support as defined in claim 1 wherein the curling iron has an attached electrical cord, and wherein the support further includes a plurality of legs connected to said support body, said plurality of legs configured to store the electrical cord.
- 19. A styling iron support as defined in claim 1 wherein the curling iron includes a heated barrel portion and wherein said body is configured to substantially enclose the heated barrel portion.
- 20. A styling iron support as defined in claim 1 wherein the curling iron has a heated barrel portion with a perimeter and a length, wherein the curling iron has a handle connected to the heated barrel portion, and wherein said body is configured to surround the heated barrel perimeter along substantially its entire length, a space defined between said heated barrel portion and said body, the support further including a cradle for engaging a portion of the curling iron handle at a position outside of said interior.
- 21. A styling iron support as defined in claim 1 wherein the curling iron has a heated barrel portion and a clamping member that pivotally engages the barrel portion from above, wherein said body is configured to substantially enclose the heated barrel portion in said interior, and wherein said body has a raised section for containing the curling iron clamping member.
- 22. A styling iron support for use with a curling iron that has a heated barrel portion, a handle, a front grip, and an attached electric cord, the support comprising:
a body having a sidewall with a rear end, a cap connected to said sidewall distal from said rear end, an entrance defined by said sidewall rear end, said body having a bottom portion and having at least one vent; an interior defined within said body by said sidewall, said cap and said entrance, said interior communicating with said vent, said interior configured to contain the curling iron heated barrel portion; a plurality of legs connected to said body bottom portion, each of said legs having a foot, said plurality of legs and feet configured for storing the curling iron electrical cord; a cradle connected to said body proximate to said entrance and configured to engage the curling iron handle; a plurality of curling iron engaging ribs contained in said interior and configured to engage the curling iron front grip; and, wherein said cradle and said plurality of ribs are configured to engage the curling iron to maintain a space between the curling iron heated barrel portion and said sidewall when the heated barrel portion is contained in said interior.
CROSS REFERENCE
[0001] The present application is related to the commonly assigned and co-pending U.S. Design Patent application having the Attorney's Docket No. 2206.67079.