ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,340, issued on April 15, was assigned to SEB S.A. (France).
"Hair treatment apparatus with steam containment" was invented by Regis Fereyre (Charly, France), Johan Sabattier (Tassin la Demi Lune, France) and Mathias Ganem (Lyons, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention concerns a hair treatment apparatus, comprising: -two arms that are movable relative to each other and capable of assuming a spaced-apart configuration in which a lock of hair can be inserted between them, and a closed configuration for treating the lock of hair, the arms being capable of being moved along the lock in this closed configuration, -two contact ...