Patent ID: 9433272
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: A45D

Claim Text:
1. A hair styling system, comprising: (a) one or more hair styling implements, each including an elongated body; a receptacle disposed on one end of said body and having a bore defining spaced-apart wall portions and having an out-of-round cross-section in a plane transverse to a length of said elongated body and apertures formed through said spaced apart wall portions of said receptacle; a clip pivotally attached to one of said elongated body and said receptacle; and a spring mounted in an abutting contact with an inner surface of said clip and operable to bias said clip to contact an exterior surface of said elongated body; and (b) an applicator handle including a body having a hollow interior and a pair of members disposed in a spaced apart relationship with each other on an exterior surface of an end of said body and being sized and shaped to fit into said bore of said receptacle; a U-shaped resilient member disposed within said hollow interior; a pair of pins upstanding on ends of said U-shaped resilient member between said pair of spaced apart members and being sized to be received within said apertures when said pair of spaced apart members are inserted into said bore; and a pair of button members engageable with said U-shaped resilient member and mounted for linear movement in a direction transverse to a length of said body of said applicator handle, said pair of button members are manually operable to move said ends of said U-shaped resilient member toward each other for a selective engagement or disengagement of said pair of pins with said apertures.