ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,209, issued on March 24, was assigned to WAHL CLIPPER Corp. (Sterling, Ill.).

"Fluffing and styling nozzle and hair dryer" was invented by Hao Zhang (Ningbo, China), Wuhu Li (Ningbo, China) and Qing Wang (Ningbo, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluffing and styling nozzle, includes a diffusing shell, a mesh cylinder, a flow dividing platform, a baffle plate, a magnetic part supporting rib reverse side, a middle air outlet hole and an internal diffusing chamber; the flow dividing platform and the baffle plate are on the diffusing shell, the baffle plate is at the bottom of the flow dividing platform, and the baffle plate and t...