Patent ID: 7296580

Claim:
An apparatus for styling hair, the apparatus having an electrical circuit therein having components for producing a flow of heated air, comprising: a) a handle assembly containing the electrical circuit, said handle assembly having first and second ends, said first end being open so that the heated air can flow out said open end; b) a plurality of hair curlers having first and second ends, wherein each of said first ends is slidably mountable in said open end of said handle assembly so that the heated air is transmitted through said hair curler; c) means for releasably attaching said hair curler to said handle assembly whereby the hair curler can be quickly and easily connected to and disconnected from the handle assembly; d) wherein said plurality of hair curlers is provided in a plurality of sizes and curling styles; and e) wherein said means for releasably attaching said hair curler comprises: i) a first and second curler locking member being disposed on opposite sides of said first end of said handle assembly for contacting and releasably securing said first end of said hair curler to said handle assembly; ii) a curler release ring being disposed on said first end of said handle assembly so as to contact said first and second curler locking member, wherein said curler release ring is resilient; and iii) wherein finger pressure can be applied to the center of said curler release ring toward the central axis of said handle assembly to permit the hair curler to be released from the handle assembly.