ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,215, issued on March 24, was assigned to Innov8ive Werks LLC (Middletown, Del.).
"Hot hair styling appliance holder" was invented by Walter Ernest Lewis (Newark, Del.), Brent Walter Lewis (Middletown, Del.) and Kimberly Megan Haas (Newark, Del.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hair appliance holder receives and retains the hot end of a hair appliance, such as a curling iron, into a cup shaped liner made of an insulating material that is held within a surrounding housing. The outer surface(s) of the liner are spaced apart from the inner surface(s) of the housing. Holes in a bottom portion of the liner communicate with vent opening(s)...