Patent ID: 6604532
Filing Date: 2003-08-12
Classification: A45D

Abstract:
A Marcel-type curling iron comprising:a non-powered curling barrel adapted for heating in a curling-iron stove; a concave hair clamp member having first and second surfaces and a peripheral edge joining the surfaces, with the hair clamp member being pivotally engageable with the curling barrel to clamp a section of hair and at least a portion of the peripheral edge being rounded to avoid creasing hair clamped between the clamp member and the curling barrel; a pair of handle members for pivotally engaging and disengaging the curling barrel and the hair clamp member, with each handle member including: a portion freely rotatable relative to another portion of the handle member; and a thermally-insulative bushing between the freely rotatable portion and the other portion of the handle member.