ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,656, issued on July 28, was assigned to Omachron Intellectual Property Inc. (Hampton, Canada).

"Hair treatment appliance with accessory tool" was invented by Wayne Ernest Conrad (Hampton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hair dryer has a body having a hair dryer electrical contact. An accessory tool, which has an accessory tool having an accessory electrical contact, is removably mountable to the body. An electrically operable heating element provided in the accessory tool, whereby, when the accessory tool is mounted to the body and the hair dryer is actuated, the electrically operable heating element is energized using power ...