ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,776, issued on May 26, was assigned to Dyson Technology Ltd. (Malmesbury, Great Britain).
"Hair styling appliance" was invented by Rory William Beaumont (Bristol, Great Britain), Stephen Benjamin Courtney (Gloucester, Great Britain), Maurizio Ballarati (Swindon, Great Britain), Alexander Edward Hughes (Swindon, Great Britain) and Robert Mark Brett Coulton (Bristol, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hair straightening apparatus having two arms pivotably coupled together wherein the arms are arranged to receive hair within a cavity formed between them is provided. At least one of the first arm and second arm includes a plen...