ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,960, issued on April 21.
"Hair twisting device and method of use" was invented by Briant Clavelle (Port Arthur, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hair twisting device for automated twisting of strands of hair includes a housing, which defines an interior space. A motor is attached to the housing and is positioned in the interior space, with a shaft of the motor extending to proximate to an orifice that is positioned in the housing. A flywheel is attached to the shaft and is rotatable within the orifice. A plurality of couplers is attached to the flywheel, with each coupler being attachable to a respective strand of hair of a us...