Hand held appliance

Abstract

A hand held appliance includes a handle and a user interface comprising at least one user operated button wherein the handle has an elliptical cross section having a major axis and a minor axis wherein the user interface is provided on a first vertex of the major axis and the handle additionally comprises a further user operated button and the further user operated button is provided on a second vertex of the major axis. The appliance may further include an attachment for connection to the handle wherein the further user operated button operates a mechanism for removing the attachment from the handle. The user interface may include three user operated buttons which may be arranged in a triangular configuration, each of the three user operated buttons may be disposed at a vertex of the triangle.

1 . A haircare appliance comprising a handle and a user interface comprising at least one user operated button, wherein the handle has an elliptical cross section having a major axis and a minor axis, the user interface is provided on a first vertex of the major axis, and the handle comprises a user operated button that is provided on a second vertex of the major axis. 
     
     
         2 . The appliance of  claim 1 , further comprising an attachment for connection to the handle wherein the user operated button of the handle operates a mechanism for removing the attachment from the handle. 
     
     
         3 . The appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the user interface comprises three user operated buttons. 
     
     
         4 . The appliance of  claim 3 , wherein the three user operated buttons are arranged in a triangular configuration. 
     
     
         5 . The appliance of  claim 4 , wherein each of the three user operated buttons is disposed at a vertex of a triangle. 
     
     
         6 . The appliance of  claim 3 , wherein a second user operated button of the three user operated buttons of the user interface comprises and on/off switch. 
     
     
         7 . The appliance of  claim 5 , wherein a second user operated button of the three user operated buttons of the user interface is disposed at an apex of the triangle. 
     
     
         8 . The appliance of  claim 7 , wherein the second user operated button of the user interface is on a vertex of the user interface distal to the user operated button of the handle. 
     
     
         9 . The appliance of  claim 6 , wherein a first and a third of the three user operated buttons are radially spaced around the handle. 
     
     
         10 . The appliance of  claim 9 , wherein the first and the third buttons form a base of a triangle. 
     
     
         11 . The appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the handle has a first end and a second end. 
     
     
         12 . The appliance of  claim 11 , further comprising an attachment for connection to the handle wherein the attachment attaches to the first end of the handle. 
     
     
         13 . The appliance of  claim 12 , wherein the user operated button of the handle is adjacent the first end. 
     
     
         14 . The appliance of  claim 12 , wherein the user interface is longitudinally spaced from the first end of the handle. 
     
     
         15 . The appliance of  claim 14 , wherein the second user operated button of the user interface is distal to the first end of the handle. 
     
     
         16 . The appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the hair care appliance is a hot styling appliance.