Patent ID: 8110778

Claim:
A hair crimper for crimping one or more tresses of hair of a user, comprising: a pair of complementary hair crimping surfaces which are configured for hair crimping by application of heat and pressure to the tresses of hair of a user when cooperatively engaged, wherein each one of said complementary hair crimping surfaces comprises a corrugated hair styling surface which defines a hair shaping profile for orientation substantially transverse to the tresses of hair to be crimped, said complementary hair crimping surfaces being configured to cooperatively apply heat at predetermined intervals along said transversal hair shaping profile, and each one of said pair of complementary hair crimping surfaces comprising a plurality of hair shaping members, each said hair shaping member being collectively defined by a ridge portion which is intermediate a pair of sloping surfaces; wherein said ridge portion is connected to a heat source, and said first and second sloping surfaces are thermally insulated.