Patent Grant
11517090
The present invention relates generally to hair styling systems, and more particularly, to hair waver systems, which utilize singular and multiple interlocking hair wavers to allow hair styling without hot irons or perms to achieve the desired hair style.
Many methods and devices have been unsuccessfully attempted to style hair without the use of chemicals or hot irons, Many of these previous attempts were costly and cumbersome to use.
Quite often hair stylists utilize perm chemicals to treat hair to achieve a desired hair style. The use of perm chemicals damages hair and prevents the natural hair to return the natural luster and natural curls.
Further, previous methods utilized to treat hair included using hot irons, heat applied directly to hair in conjunction with a plurality of chemicals to achieve a desired hair style. All of these hair treatments damages hair and can ultimately lead to permanent hair luster loss
Additionally, these previous damaging treatments were costly, cumbersome due to the equipment involved and the dwell time of the chemicals, and time consuming.
Accordingly, there is an established need for hair wavers which solve at least one of the aforementioned problems. Further, there is an established need for hair waver systems which can be utilized more efficiently and effectively and provide desired hair styles without damaging hair.
The present invention is directed to innovative and cost-effective hair waver systems which can be utilized to style hair without using damaging hair chemicals, hot irons, and heat applied to a person's hair. Further, the present invention is directed to innovative, ergonomically, designed, hair waver components which can be used individually or in combination to allow styling hair evolutions to occur while protecting a person's natural hair quality characteristics.
A hair waver system is presented. The system includes a top waver. The system also includes a bottom waver configured to mate with the top waver. The system further includes a plurality of connectors designed to connect the top waver with the bottom waver and structured to maintain hair designated to be styled between the top waver and the bottom waver during hair styling evolutions. The system also provides for hair styling without the need for hot irons or chemicals.
In embodiments, the system can include six-inch long hair waver components.
In embodiments the system can include 3.5-inch-wide hair waver components.
In embodiments the system can include hair waver components with a 0.3 cm height.
In embodiments the system can include hair waver components with wave depths of 0.5, 0.75, and 1.5 inches.
In embodiments the system hair waver components with curved components with radii of 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 6 inches and any radii in between.
In embodiments the system can include openings arranged on hair waver components. The openings may be circular, oval, triangular, rectangular, and/or trapezoidal.
In embodiments the system can include opening wherein the openings go through the entire hair waver component allowing free communication of air, water, gas, or fluid through the opening.
In embodiments the system can include tapered openings, wherein the tapered openings have a smaller opening on one of the surfaces of a hair waver component and a larger opening on the opposite side surface of the hair waver component.
In embodiments the system can include a plurality of openings arranged on hair waver components.
In embodiments the system can include a plurality of openings arranged on hair waver components configured in an array fashion, symmetrical pattern, or non-symmetrical pattern.
In embodiments the system can include a plurality of openings arranged on hair waver components spaced apart by 0.1, 0.2, 0.5, 1, or 2 inches or any distance in between.
In embodiments the system can include a plurality of openings arranged on hair waver components, the plurality of openings can be of uniform opening size or can vary throughout their placement on the hair waver components.
In embodiments the system can include a plurality of openings with an opening dimension of 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5 or 1 inch or any dimension in between.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the system can include a plurality of hair waver components interconnected with one another to style longer hair.
In another embodiment, the system can also include components made of Thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU).
In embodiments, the system can include hair waver components which can be used regularly with a plurality of elapsed time frames between use without damaging a person's hair.
In embodiments the system can include wavers configured as loose hair wavers and designed to create loose waves.
In embodiments the system can include wavers configured as beach hair wavers and designed to create medium waves.
In embodiments the system can include wavers configured as exotic hair wavers and designed to create tight waves or super wavy hair.
In embodiments, the system can include waver components with a top and a bottom section.
In embodiments the system can include layers, the layers configured to directly connect to the hair waver components and act as an interface with a person's hair.
In another aspect, the system can also include an anti-microbial coating.
In another embodiment, the system can also include materials, such as but not limited to aluminum, steel, composites, synthetic plastics, and/or rubberized material. The material structured to provide enhanced ability to style a person's hair and to provide resistance to infectious diseases, water resistance and/or anti-microbial properties.
In yet another embodiment, the system can include manufacturing methods such as but not limited to 3-D printing, injection molding, laser cutting, CNC processes, extrusion, dye cutting and/or stamping, hand cutting, and/or sawing configured to manufacture hair waver components. The methods configured to minimize production time and/or cost.
In an aspect, the system can include coating materials. The coating materials arranged to mitigate microbial and/or viral transmission. Further, the coatings can be configured to retard moisture and/or eliminate unwanted biological growth.
In another embodiment, the system can also include polypropylene configured to produce the system with injection molding.
In embodiments, the system can include openings at the top and bottom of the waver components. The openings configured to allow air flow through hair waver components and to allow any moisture in the hair to evaporate or to physically drain. Also, the openings can be arranged to allow routine cleaning of hair waver components and allowing cleaning water to exit the openings to allow proper drying.
In embodiments the system can include hair waver components wherein the hair waver components can include plastic rectangular, square, oval, round, or trapezoidal shapes.
In embodiments the system can include hair waver components which can include parallel-sided plastic.
The system can include anti-friction coatings on surfaces configured to interconnect a plurality of hair waver components.
In embodiments the system can include a plurality of interlocking hair waver components configured to style 6 inch ear length hair, 8 inch below the ear length hair, 10 inch chin length hair, 12 inch shoulder length hair, 14 inch upper back length hair, 16 inch bra strap length hair, 18 inch shoulder length hair, 20-22 inch mid back length hair, 24-26 lower back length hair, 28 inch waist length hair, and 30 inch hip length hair.
The system can include click and slide connectors configured to mate tube to female pipe attachment with unit connector to go inside a cavity to accommodate longer hair.
The system can include magnet strips at the end of each cover and bottom waver as well as recessed area to connect each unit smoothly.
The system can also include snap on fasteners at the end of each over and bottom waver and on the outer face for connecting units.
The system can include edge to edge connectors configured to mate tube to female pipe attachment running along the edges of the cover and waver to avoid hair getting caught when joining the pieces together.
The system can also include clip clamp connectors configured to provide a hinged clip to easily and quickly attach and detach waver as one piece. The clip clamp connectors may be oriented to be positionable on any portion of the hair waver components.
The system can include swing and lock connectors structured to provide a hair waver component with multiple arms along edges of the component that can clamp down hair once fastened. The swing and lock connectors may be designed to eliminate the need for a separate cover layer since the arms are the cover.
The system can include connectors with male tubes on the edges of the cover waver and female pipe attachment running along the edges of the bottom waver. The end face of each waver can have a connector and the top face can include a cavity. This configuration would allow to first connect the bottom waver to another bottom waver and the cover to another cover thereby sandwiching the hair. The system can also include dovetail connections.
The system can also include four small disc magnets on each corner of the waver, the four small disc magnets sized such that all four would fit on a surface of a penny. In embodiments, a plurality of hair waver components can join with one another by arranging one waver below previous sets of wavers. The small disc magnets can function to connect top and bottom wavers as well as connect to other wavers.
The system can also include twisted lock clip connectors configured to allow users to open the waver component like a book place the hair between the two wavers and close the clip lock the waver system on the hair being styled. This system provides the benefit of providing wavers which are already aligned and fixed on small hinges on one edge.
These and other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the attached drawings and the detailed description of the preferred embodiments, which follow. It is understood, that the drawings are designed for the purposes of illustration and not as a definition of the limits of the embodiments of the present invention. It should be further understood that the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale and are merely, intended to conceptually illustrate the methods and systems described herein.
The preferred embodiments of the invention will hereinafter be described in conjunction with the appended drawings provided to illustrate and not to limit the invention, where like designations denote like elements, and in which:
The following detailed description is exemplary in nature and is not intended to limit the described embodiments or the application and uses of the described embodiments. As used herein, the word “exemplary” or “illustrative” means “serving as an example, instance, or illustration.” Any implementation described herein as “exemplary” or “illustrative” is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other implementations. All the implementations described below are exemplary implementations provided to enable persons skilled in the art to make or use the embodiments of the disclosure and are not intended to limit the scope of the disclosure, which is defined by the claims. For purposes of description herein, the terms “upper”, “lower”, “left”, “rear”, “right”, “front”, “vertical”, “horizontal”, and derivatives thereof shall relate to the invention as oriented in
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While the foregoing written description of the exemplary embodiments enables one of ordinary skill to make and use what is considered presently to be the best mode thereof, those of ordinary skill will understand and appreciate the existence of variations, combinations, and equivalents of the specific embodiment, method, and examples herein. The exemplary embodiments should therefore not be limited by the above described embodiment, method and examples, but all embodiments and methods within the scope and spirit of the exemplary embodiments as claimed.
Since many modifications, variations, and changes in detail can be made to the described preferred embodiments of the invention, it is intended that all matters in the foregoing description and shown in the accompanying drawings be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense. Furthermore, it is understood that any of the features presented in the embodiments may be integrated into any of the other embodiments unless explicitly stated otherwise. The scope of the invention should be determined by the appended claims and their legal equivalents.
Insofar as the description above and the accompanying drawings disclose any additional subject matter that is not within the scope of the claims below, the inventions are not dedicated to the public and the right to file one or more applications to claim such additional inventions is reserved.
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