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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2013
Applicant:
L'oreal, Paris, FR;
Inventors:
Joseph W. Grez, North Bend, WA (US);
Gerald K. Brewer, Redmond, WA (US);
Assignee:
L'Oreal, Paris, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A46B 13/00 (2006.01); A45D 27/00 (2006.01); A46B 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A45D 27/003 (2013.01); A46B 13/008 (2013.01); A46B 13/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
Devices and/or methods for treating facial hair are provided in order to soften the feel thereof. The devices and/or methods generally alter the structure of the tips or ends of the hair follicles to enhance their feeling of softness. Some devices and methods employ a high speed impacting principle to split the ends of the hair follicles. Some devices and methods aim to reduce the thickness of hairs near the tips through abrasion. Some devices and/or methods employ both crushing/impacting and abrasion in order to soften the feel of a subject's facial hair.