	US 12,246,344 B2
	Silicone and siloxane-based impregnated coating and polymeric materials for conditioning
David W. Everett, Jr., Verona, WI (US); Maciej Murzynski, Verona, WI (US); Giovanni Gonzalez, Sun Prairie, WI (US); Richard A. Harthun, Eagle, WI (US); and Daniele Rosati, Verona, WI (US)
Assigned to Spectrum Brands, Inc., Middleton, WI (US)
Filed by Spectrum Brands, Inc., Middleton, WI (US)
Filed on Jul. 22, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/935,918.
Application 14/454,358 is a division of application No. 12/645,696, filed on Dec. 23, 2009, abandoned.
Application 16/935,918 is a continuation of application No. 14/454,358, filed on Aug. 7, 2014, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/141,939, filed on Dec. 31, 2008.
Prior Publication US 2020/0346247 A1, Nov. 5, 2020
Int. Cl. B05D 5/00 (2006.01); A45D 1/04 (2006.01); A46D 1/00 (2006.01); B32B 37/08 (2006.01); A45D 24/22 (2006.01); A46B 11/00 (2006.01)

CPC B05D 5/00 (2013.01) [A45D 1/04 (2013.01); A46D 1/00 (2013.01); B32B 37/08 (2013.01); A45D 24/22 (2013.01); A46B 11/00 (2013.01); A46B 2200/104 (2013.01)]

13 Claims

1. A method for coating a hair styling device with a conditioning layer for contacting a hair surface, the method comprising

preparing an immiscible composition comprising a hydrophilic material that is capable of being cured by a sol-gel process, and a hydrophobic conditioning agent fluid;

spraying or dip coating the immiscible composition onto a surface of a component of the hair styling device; and

curing the immiscible composition by a sol-gel process to form a conditioning layer on the surface of the component of the hair styling device, the conditioning layer comprising a) a porous matrix formed from the hydrophilic material having pores, and b) having the hydrophobic conditioning agent fluid dispersed in the pores thereof, such that the conditioning agent can migrate to an exposed surface of the conditioning layer and then may be transferred from the conditioning layer on the surface of the component of the hair styling device to a contact surface of the hair;

wherein the hair styling device is selected from the group consisting of a hair straightener, curling iron, comb, brush, curler, dryer, attachment for such a device, and combinations thereof.