US Patent Issued to Kiss Nail Products on Dec. 16 for "Hairstyling apparatuses and related methods" (South Korean, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,878, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Kiss Nail Products Inc. (Port Washington, N.Y.).

"Hairstyling apparatuses and related methods" was invented by SungLyul Park (Seoul, South Korea), Robert Kim (Tuxedo, N.Y.), Siyong Sung (Roslyn Heights, N.Y.), Taehoon Kim (Huntington Station, N.Y.) and GuangNam Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hairstyling apparatus is shown. The apparatus includes a heated barrel with a central axis. R also includes a heating element connected with the barrel and a hair styling tool extending along a longitudinal length of the hairstyling surface and configured to rotate around the centr...