Patent ID: 8272142

Claim:
A hand-held hair dryer comprising, in combination: a cylindrically-shaped body having a central axis extending between upper and lower ends of the body, an air inlet located at the lower end of the body, and an air outlet opposed to the air inlet and located at the upper end of the body; a fan disposed inside the body for generating air flow from the air inlet to the air outlet; a heater disposed inside the body for heating the air flow; wherein the body includes a base portion located at a lower end of the body and adapted to support the hair dryer on a horizontal support surface with the central axis of the body in a vertical orientation such that the air inlet faces downward and the air outlet faces upward; and wherein the body includes a hand grip located between the air inlet and the air outlet and the hand grip is sized so that the hand grip can be held in the hand of a user for hand-held use of the hair dryer.