US 11,832,700 B2
Hair care appliance
Adam Udy, Eastbourne (GB); Colby Jackson Higgins, Randolph, MA (US); Nicholas James Sardar, London (GB); Richard Mathias, Wellesley, MA (US); and Stephen Murphy, Watertown, MA (US)
Assigned to SharkNinja Operating LLC, Needham, MA (US)
Filed by SharkNinja Operating LLC, Needham, MA (US)
Filed on Feb. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/168,335.
Application 18/168,335 is a continuation of application No. 17/737,518, filed on May 5, 2022, granted, now 11,653,737.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/279,041, filed on Nov. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0189959 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. A45D 20/12 (2006.01)
CPC A45D 20/122 (2013.01) [A45D 2020/128 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hair care appliance, comprising:
a handle having an air inlet at a first end and an air outlet at a second end;
a body having an air inlet at a first end and at least one air outlet, the first end of the body being coupled to the second end of the handle at a joint such that the body is movable between a straight configuration in which the body is aligned with a longitudinal axis of the handle, and a bent configuration in which the body extends along an axis that is transverse to the longitudinal axis of the handle;
a fan assembly disposed within the handle and including a fan configured to draw air in through the air inlet in the handle and to direct air through the air outlet in the handle, into the air inlet in the body, and out the at least one air outlet in the body;
a motor disposed in the handle and coupled to the fan for driving the fan, the motor being positioned downstream of the fan and closer to the second end than the first end of the handle; and
a heater assembly positioned within the body and configured to heat air flowing through the body.