Patent ID: 6615847
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: A45D

Abstract:
A device for shaping hair comprising first and second legs and first and second leg elements attached at corresponding ends of said first and second legs, respectively, each of said first and second leg elements including a heat-generating element and a surface for giving off heat to the hair, wherein (a) the leg elements are provided with a wave shape which extends with decreasing amplitude across the surfaces; (b) the wave shapes of the leg elements essentially complement each other so that when the surfaces of the leg elements adjoin each other, wave peaks of one leg element extend into wave valleys of the other leg element, and vice versa; (c) each leg element comprises first and second end edges, wherein the first end edge is formed to engage with a first end area of the respective first or second leg, which first end area is made of a heat-insulating material; and (d) the wave shape has its greatest amplitude at the first end edge, which engages with the first end area, and substantially no amplitude at the other end edge, for providing a wave pattern in the hair nearest the head such that the amplitude of the wave pattern decreases along the length of the hair in the direction towards its tip.