ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,964, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to SharkNinja Operating LLC (Needham, Mass.).
"Identification of hair care appliance attachments" was invented by Colby Jackson Higgins (Randolph, Mass.), Karen Hamaguchi (Boston) and Gabriel Baczewski (Gardner, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various exemplary attachments for hair care appliances and methods of using attachments for hair care appliances are provided. In general, a hair care appliance in an exemplary embodiment is in the form of a hair dryer that has an air inlet and at least one air outlet, and various internal components that facilitate use and operation of the hair care appl...