US 12,453,399 B2
Handheld hair-styling tool for hair styling and management
Janice Williams, San Jose, CA (US); Kevin Rowett, San Jose, CA (US); Newton Paskin, San Jose, CA (US); and Shmuel Silverman, Novato, CA (US)
Filed by MisTee Wants To Know, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/945,095.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/245,200, filed on Sep. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0087034 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. A45D 2/36 (2006.01); A45D 6/20 (2006.01); A45D 19/16 (2006.01)
CPC A45D 2/367 (2013.01) [A45D 6/20 (2013.01); A45D 19/16 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hair-styling tool, comprising:
a first pod configured to store a first liquid;
a second pod configured to store a second liquid, wherein the second pod is remateably coupled to the hair-styling tool;
a switch configured to selectively couple the first pod, the second pod, or both to a pump;
the pump, wherein, when selectively coupled to the first pod, the second pod, or both, the pump is configured to transfer the first liquid from the first pod to a heater, the second liquid from the second pod to the heater, or both;
the heater configured to convert the first liquid to a first gas and to output the first gas from openings in the hair-styling tool, convert the second liquid to a second gas and to output the second gas from the openings in the hair-styling tool, or both;
one or more sensors configured to monitor one or more of: the heating, the output of the first gas, or the output of the second gas; and
a controller configured to control operation of the hair-styling tool based at least in part on a hair type of an individual and a type of the first liquid, a type of the second liquid, or both, wherein the first liquid comprises water and the second liquid comprises an oil type or an oil formulation; and
wherein a composition corresponding to a combination of the first liquid and the second liquid is selected based at least in part on the hair type of the individual.