Patent ID: 7640939

Claim:
A curler, comprising: a body having a longitudinal axis configured so that a section of hair can be wound about the body; a foot integral with a first axial end of the body, the foot having a surface configured to rest on the scalp; and an arm is associated with the body, the arm being capable of occupying, by deformation of at least one of the body and the arm, a position in which the arm keeps the section of hair wound around the body; wherein: the surface of the foot configured to rest on the scalp has a surface area greater than a surface area of a transverse section through a part of the body about which the section of hair is wound; the foot comprises means capable of retaining a portion of the section of hair that is not wound about the body; the arm cooperates with the body to clamp the section of hair between the body and the arm at a clamping location; the clamping location can be varied to provide a plurality of selectable clamping locations along the body depending upon selective deformation of at least one of the arm and the body; the body is at least partly toothed; and a width of the arm is at least as wide as a width of the body including the teeth.