ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,069, issued on July 15, was assigned to Cali-Curl LLC (Dallas).

"Hair curling system" was invented by Steven D. Davis (Dallas) and Kevin Hoye (Dallas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of hair styling instruments and methods for styling hair into waves and curls have been provided herein. In one embodiment, a system for styling hair includes one or more cases for receiving hair therein, the one or more cases including a base having at least a bottom, a center, and an outer annular wall; and a lid coupleable with the base; wherein the lid and the base form a volume for receiving the hair and wherein at least the bottom of the base...