Heat Deflector For Use With A Hood-Type Hair Dryer

Abstract

An air flow deflector for use with a hood-type hair dryer is a thick, resiliently compressible, unitary halo with an inner perimeter of length suited to surround and abut, preferably with tension, against the subject's head when the halo's inner perimeter is contoured approximately immediately below the subject's hair line. The halo deflects the flow of warm air away from exposed skin portions of the head, neck and shoulders. An arcuate upturned extension on its front portion deflects air flow back to the interior of the hood of the dryer. The unitary halo may be continuous or split for adjustability and hinged for increased manipulability.

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         13 . For positioning on a head of a subject using a hood-type hair dryer, an air flow deflector consisting essentially of a thick, flexible halo, an inner perimeter of said halo being sized and shaped for surrounding abutment against the subject's head approximately immediately below a hair line of the subject and an outer perimeter of said halo being sized and shaped to fit intramarginally within a mouth of the hair dryer hood, a width of said halo from said inner to said outer perimeter being sufficient to redirect a flow of air against an upper surface of said halo into the hood. 
     
     
         14 . A deflector according to  claim 13 , said halo further consisting essentially of an extension integrally arcuately upturned on a front portion thereof. 
     
     
         15 . A deflector according to  claim 14 , said halo further consisting essentially of wings integrally extending outwardly from side portions of said halo, each said wing being oriented on said halo and of width and length sufficient to extend laterally above and span across a corresponding ear of the subject. 
     
     
         16 . A deflector according to  claim 15 , said halo further consisting essentially of a second extension integrally arcuately downturned from approximately a rear half thereof to a trailing extremity of a rear portion thereof. 
     
     
         17 . A deflector according to  claim 16 , said halo further consisting essentially of overlapping end portions with hook and loop fasteners for adjusting a diameter of said halo. 
     
     
         18 . A deflector according to  claim 13 , said halo further consisting essentially of wings integrally extending outwardly from side portions of said halo, each said wing being oriented on said halo and of width and length sufficient to extend laterally above and span across a corresponding ear of the subject. 
     
     
         19 . A deflector according to  claim 18 , said halo further consisting essentially of a second extension integrally arcuately downturned from approximately a rear half thereof to a trailing extremity of a rear portion thereof. 
     
     
         20 . A deflector according to  claim 19 , said halo further consisting essentially of overlapping end portions with hook and loop fasteners for adjusting a diameter of said halo. 
     
     
         21 . A deflector according to  claim 13 , said halo further consisting essentially of a second extension integrally arcuately downturned from approximately a rear half thereof to a trailing extremity of a rear portion thereof. 
     
     
         22 . A deflector according to  claim 21 , said halo further consisting essentially of overlapping portions with hook and loop fasteners for adjusting a diameter of said halo. 
     
     
         23 . A deflector according to  claim 13 , said halo further consisting essentially of overlapping end portions with hook and loop fasteners for adjusting a diameter of said halo.