Hair-setting roller device with load distributing combs

Claim 1

A HAIR SETTING APPLIANCE COMPRISING: A DEVICE INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF ROLLERS FOR ROLLING A STRIP OF HAIR OF THE USER OF SAID APPLIANCE INTO A COIL POSITIONABLE CLOSELY ADJACENT THE HEAD OF SAID USER, AT LEAST TWO OF SAID ROLLERS BEING ARRANGED IN SIDE-BYSIDE RELATIONSHIP ON SAID HEAD WITH THE MAJOR AXIS OF ONE ROLLER LYING ADJACENT AND SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE MAJOR AXIS OF ANOTHER ROLLER; AND MEANS ENGAGEABLE WITH EACH OF SAID ROLLERS TO DISTRIBUTE THE LOAD EXERTED ON SAID HEAD BY SAID ROLLERS AND TO MAINTAIN SAID COILS IN CONTACT WITH SAID ROLLERS INCLUDING AN INDIVIDUAL HOLLOW, SEMI-CYLINDRICAL CLAMP MEMBER SNAPPED OVER AN ASSOCIATED ROLLER IN SUBSTANTIAL ENCOMPASSING RELATIONSHIP AND AN INDIVIDUAL COMB EXTENDING FROM EACH CLAMP MEMBER, SAID COMBS BEING POSITIONABLE BETWEEN AN ASSOCIATED ROLLER AND SAID HEAD WHEN AN ASSOCIATED CLAMP MEMBER IS IN POSITION ON SAID ASSOCIATED ROLLER, EACH OF SAID COMBS BEING ARCUATE ALONG BOTH ITS MAJOR AXIS AND ITS MINOR AXIS FOR CONFORMING SAID COMBS TO THE SHAPE OF SAID HEAD.