ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,648,630, issued on June 9.

"Automated reciprocating hair dryer" was invented by Shawna Stepp-Jones (Towson, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is an automated reciprocating hair dryer including a base configured to exhaust air, a bowl having a top opening and a bottom opening, and a pipe connected to the base. The bowl has an outer wall and an inner wall forming a chamber, and a protruding structure forming an inlet opening. A linear actuator includes a support frame having a track and a motor connected to a power source and a positioning sensor. The motor drives the linear actuator to reciprocate the bowl from a raised p...