Patent SG-11201901302Q-A (SG)
Title: Hair care appliance
Inventor: THOMPSON DANIEL
IPC: A45D20/12
Filed: 2017-08-17
Abstract: a214 C - — 2 0 -C 100 B 184 FIG. 9 O 00 O O (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 08 March 2018 (08.03.2018) WIP0 I PCT Iiiimmomiolollmonolooluolonmomovoimill (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/042158 Al (51) International Patent Classification: A45D 1/00 (2006.01) A45D 6/00 (2006.01) A45D 2/00 (2006.01) A45D 20/12 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/GB2017/052433 (22) International Filing Date: 17 August 2017 (17.08.2017) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 1614663.1 30 August 2016 (30.08.2016) GB (71) Applicant: DYSON TECHNOLOGY LIMITED [GB/GB]; Tetbury Hill, Malmesbury Wiltshire SN16 ORP (GB). (72) Inventors: THOMPSON, Daniel; Dyson Technology Limited, Tetbury Hill, Malmesbury wiltshire SN16 ORP (GB). COULTON, Robert; Dyson Technology Limited, Tetbury Hill, Malmesbury Wiltshire SN16 ORP (GB). (74) Agent: FOWLER, Maria et al.; Intellectual Property Department, Dyson Technology Limited, Tetbury Hill, Malmesbury Wiltshire SN16 ORP (GB). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, (54) Title: HAIR CARE APPLIANCE (57) : Disclosed is a hand held appliance comprising a handle and a user interface comprising at least one user operated button wherein the handle has an elliptical cross section having a major axis and a minor axis wherein the user interface is provided on a first vertex of the major axis and the handle additionally comprises a further user operated button and the further user operated button is provided on a second vertex of the major axis. The appliance may further comprise an attachment for connection to the handle wherein the further user operated button operates a mechanism for removing the attachment from the handle. The user interface may comprise three user operated buttons which may be arranged in a triangular configuration, each of the three user operated buttons may be disposed at a vertex of the triangle. [Continued on next page] WO 2018/042158 Al MIDEDIMOMOIDEIREEMOMIfillIOEHMEEll SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))