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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 26, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
John D Fishman, Cranston, RI (US);
Assignee:
Hasbro, Inc., Pawtucket, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A45D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
132212 ;
Abstract
A hair twisting apparatus includes a housing, a jaw assembly on the housing and a trigger on the housing which is operable for twisting the jaw assembly to twist a group of hair strands received therein. The apparatus includes an elastic band on the jaw assembly for retaining first and second jaw elements thereof in gripping engagement on a group of hair strands during twisting thereof and a slidable shaft mechanism which is forwardly advanceable for moving the elastic band from the jaw assembly onto the terminal end portion of the group of hair strands for retaining the hair strands in a twisted condition.