Heated hair curler with hinged hair grip and applicator handle

Abstract

A system comprises implements, each including a body, a receptacle disposed on one end of the body and having a bore and an aperture formed through spaced apart wall portions of the receptacle, a clip pivotally attached to the elongated body, and a spring operable to bias the clip for a contact with the elongated body. An applicator handle includes a body having a hollow interior and an end thereof sized and shaped to fit the bore of the receptacle, a resilient member disposed within the hollow interior, a pair of pins upstanding on the ends of the resilient member and sized to be received within the aperture and two buttons engageable with the resilient member and mounted for a linear movement, the two buttons are manually operable to move the pins toward each other for a selective engagement or disengagement of the pins with the aperture.

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         17 . An applicator handle for hair styling implement(s), comprising:
 a body comprising a generally closed hollow interior and a pair of apertures, each aperture formed through a wall thickness of said body;   a pair of members disposed in a spaced apart relationship with each other on an exterior surface of one end of said body;   an aperture formed through a thickness of said one end between said pair of members;   a resilient member having a generally U-shaped first portion thereof mounted within said hollow interior and having a pair of second portions partially extending from said first portion through said aperture in said one end of said body past said exterior surface thereof;   a pair of pins, each of said pair of pins extending outwardly from a respective second portion of said resilient member generally perpendicular to said length of said body, said pair of pins being disposed between said pair of spaced-apart members; and   a pair of buttons, each of said pair of buttons having an interior surface thereof abutting an exterior surface of said first portion of said resilient member and having a second portion thereof extending, through a respective aperture from said pair of apertures, past an exterior surface of said body.   
     
     
         18 . The applicator handle of  claim 17 , wherein said pair of members disposed in said spaced apart relationship with each other are sized to engage a bore within a receptacle of a hair styling implement and wherein said pair of pins are sized and positioned to selectively engage or disengage apertures or groves in spaced apart walls of the receptacle defined by the bore when said pair of spaced apart members are inserted into the bore during use of said applicator handle. 
     
     
         19 . The applicator handle of  claim 17 , wherein each of said pair of pins extends outwardly from a respective end of said U-shaped resilient member and in a direction generally perpendicular to said length of said body. 
     
     
         20 . The applicator handle of  claim 17 , wherein one of said pair of members comprises a curved surface. 
     
     
         21 . The applicator handle of  claim 17 , wherein said body comprises a cross-section at a midpoint thereof being smaller than a cross-section at each end of said body. 
     
     
         22 . The applicator handle of  claim 17 , wherein said body comprises a pair of sections or halves joined together by one of fastening, molding, and adhesive. 
     
     
         23 . The applicator handle of  claim 17 , further comprising a housing and cradle disposed on an exterior surface of said housing. 
     
     
         24 . The applicator handle of  claim 23 , wherein said cradle comprises a tab and an elongated member positioned in a vertical spaced apart relationship with said tab, said cradle being configured to retain therewithin said body if said applicator handle. 
     
     
         25 . The applicator handle of  claim 17 , further comprising a support disposed on said exterior surface of said body adjacent said one end thereof, said support configured to rest said body thereon. 
     
     
         26 . An applicator handle for hair styling implement(s) with a receptacle having a bore defining spaced-apart wall portions and apertures formed through the spaced apart wall portions of the receptacle or grooves in said wall portions, said applicator handle comprising:
 a body comprising a hollow interior and a pair of members disposed in a spaced apart relationship with each other on an exterior surface of an end of said body and being sized and shaped to fit into the bore of the receptacle;   a U-shaped resilient member disposed within said hollow interior;   a pair of pins upstanding on ends of said U-shaped resilient member between said pair of spaced apart members and being sized to be received within the apertures when said pair of spaced apart members are inserted into said bore; and   a pair of button members engageable with said U-shaped resilient member and mounted for linear movement in a direction transverse to a length of said body of said applicator handle, said pair of button members are manually operable to move said ends of said U-shaped resilient member toward each other for a selective engagement or disengagement of said one end with the bore and for a selective engagement or disengagement of said pair of pins with the apertures or the grooves.   
     
     
         27 . The applicator handle of  claim 26 , wherein each of said pair of button members has an interior surface thereof abutting an exterior surface of said U-shaped resilient member and has an exterior portion thereof extending, through an aperture in a wall thickness of said body, past an exterior surface of said body. 
     
     
         28 . The applicator handle of  claim 26 , wherein each of said pair of pins extends outwardly from a respective end of said U-shaped resilient member and in a direction generally perpendicular to said length of said body.