Patent ID: 8776805
Filing Date: 2014-07-15
Classification: A45D

Abstract:
1. A hair styling apparatus comprising: first and second arms each having opposite ends and an imaginary axis extending between the opposite ends, the first and second arms pivotably secured to one another for selective, pivotal movement toward one another to configure the hair styling apparatus in a closed position; a heating member on the first arm, the heating member having a hair-heating surface in generally opposing relationship with the second arm for applying heat to hair between the first and second arms in the closed position of the hair styling apparatus; and a curling component connected to the first arm via a connector, wherein the curling component is selectively movable with respect to the axis of the first arm to configure the curling component between a retracted configuration, in which a curling surface of the curling component is spaced a retracted distance from the hair-heating surface, and an extended configuration, in which the curling surface of the curling component is spaced an extended distance, greater than the retracted distance, from the hair-heating surface, at least part of the connector being movable conjointly with the curling component so as to be closer to the axis of the first arm when the curling component is in the retracted configuration than when the curling component is in the extended configuration.