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Selectively joined hair drying apparatus and method for drying hair

US6601316B2 · kind B2 · utility

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22Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 16, 2002
Grant dateAug 5, 2003
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 16, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA45D20/10
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A hair dryer in which a first air blower (12, 82) having a mating member (44, 128) selectively engages a second air blower (14, 84) having an opposing mating member (52, 134), each air blower (12, 82) and (14, 84) having a fan motor for operating a fan and a housing (20), (22) with an air inlet and an air outlet, for selective operation for directing air in a common direction or detached for operation for directing air in independent separate directions. Mating members of a lug and recess and of a magnetically attractive plate and magnet are disclosed. A method for drying hair is disclosed.

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