Patent ID: 8544477

Claim:
A hair styling iron, comprising: a pair of arm elements pivotally coupled about a hinge at a proximal end of each of the arm elements; a heating element located at the interior distal end of at least one of the arm elements; an end body element comprising a shell with a cavity element shaped to be compatible with a back side of either one of or both of the arm elements whereby an upper portion of each of the arm elements is removably inserted into the cavity element, each end body element also having a notch located on a side of the proximal or distal end of the end body element; a comb assembly element comprising a plurality of comb teeth/bristles that extend away from a surface of the heating element and an attachment means for removably attaching the comb assembly element onto the end body element, wherein the end body element includes at least one grooved channel positioned on at least one lateral side thereof, and substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the end body element, the at least one grooved channel allowing for slidable insertion and removal of one or more of the comb assembly element into the end body element; and a securing clip element including an end piece element located at a longitudinal tip of the securing clip element for attaching the securing clip element onto the end body element, wherein the end piece element engages and attaches onto the notch of the end body element in order to block unintentional, dislocation of the comb assembly element from the end body element.