ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,005, issued on March 18, was assigned to KAN Holding AS (Oslo, Norway).

"Hairdressing apparatus" was invented by Kare A. Nilsen (Hosle, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Hairdressing device (1) for shaping hair, comprising a holder (2) arranged with an air distribution chamber (3) and arranged with a plurality of teeth projecting from the holder (2), the plurality of teeth comprises combing teeth (20) and hollow teeth (50, 5) wherein each hollow tooth (50) comprises a channel (51) with at least one outlet opening (52, 52a, 52b) for the air to flow from the air distribution chamber (3) and exit through the at least one outlet ope...