Patent ID: RE41321

Claim:
A hair styling iron comprising: a first lever including a first grip portion, a first plate portion equipped with an electric heater, and a first fulcrum portion, and a second lever including a second grip portion opposed to said first grip portion, a second plate portion equipped with an electric heater and opposed to said first plate portion of said first lever, and a second fulcrum portion pivotally supported by said first fulcrum portion of said first lever, wherein at least one of said first plate portion or said second plate portion has ridges along substantially a full length of three sides of the corresponding plate portion, wherein said first fulcrum portion and said second fulcrum portion are located between a respective grip and plate portion, and wherein said first lever is provided in two separate parts divided by a median plane, the two separate parts then are assembled and integrally connected after pivotally sandwiching said second fulcrum portion between bilateral halves of said first fulcrum portion of said first lever.