US 11,871,827 B2
Hair dryer assembly having hair receiving channel
Jay William Kuzia, Madison, WI (US); and Michael John deGrood, Madison, WI (US)
Assigned to SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC., Middleton, WI (US)
Filed by Spectrum Brands, Inc., Middleton, WI (US)
Filed on Nov. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/052,054.
Application 18/052,054 is a continuation of application No. 17/061,284, filed on Oct. 1, 2020, granted, now 11,510,471.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/978,051, filed on Feb. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0284763 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. A45D 20/12 (2006.01)
CPC A45D 20/12 (2013.01) 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An attachment for a hair dryer configured to receive airflow from the hair dryer and redirect the airflow, the attachment comprising:
a connector housing extending along an axis;
an inlet end defining an inlet for the airflow to enter the attachment in a first direction parallel to the axis of the connector housing;
an outlet end defining a slot-shaped outlet for the airflow to exit the attachment in a direction not parallel to the first direction; and
a channel wall defining a hair receiving channel and extending at least partly around the hair receiving channel such that hair within the hair receiving channel is contacted by the channel wall, wherein the channel wall extends downflow from the outlet end in a direction not parallel to the first direction and is configured to direct the airflow along a length of hair within the hair receiving channel.