ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,677, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to BABYLISS FACO SRL (Wandre, Belgium).
"Infrared hairdryer" was invented by Frederic Gilsoul (Hermalle-sous-Argenteau, Belgium), Liam Malone (Cambridgeshire, Great Britain) and Robinson Udale (Cumbria, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An infrared hairdryer of the present disclosure includes a housing with an air inlet and an air outlet. The housing includes a motorized fan, an infrared radiation source for emitting IR radiant heat, and a back reflector positioned between the fan and the infrared emitter. A filter is positioned at the outlet of the hairdryer, allowing IR wavelengths comp...