Ambulatory hairdryer

Abstract

A portable self-contained hair drying helmet is taught that has thermal storage, desiccants, and thin lithium ion polymer batteries to allow one to dry their hair while walking around and performing personal and household duties.

1 . A method of drying hair including the steps of: 
 a. placing a self-contained unit on the head,    b. turning the unit on,    c. powering a self-contained fan from an internal battery weighing less than 1 kilogram and communicatively connected to control circuitry, and    d. forcing airflow around the head and thereby drying the hair of the operator.    
   
   
       2 . The method of drying hair of  claim 1  including the additional step of varying the electrical drive to internal heating elements depending on desired temperature.  
   
   
       3 . The method of drying hair of  claim 1  including the additional step of removing moisture from the air with a desiccant.  
   
   
       4 . The method of drying hair of  claim 1  including the additional step of a communicating by wireless telephone via a microphone communicatively connected to the battery and control circuitry.  
   
   
       5 . The method of drying hair of  claim 1  with fan speed switches communicatively connected to the battery, the control circuitry, and the fan to allow the increase or decrease of fan speed.  
   
   
       6 . The method of drying hair of  claim 1  including the additional step of listening to music or the telephone during the drying operation via a speaker communicatively connected to the battery and control circuitry.  
   
   
       7 . The method of drying hair of  claim 1  in which the self-contained unit for the head contains nylon 6.  
   
   
       8 . The method of drying hair of  claim 1  in which the self-contained battery is a lithium ion battery.  
   
   
       9 . The method of drying hair of  claim 1  including the additional step of adding a desiccant to the inside region of the self-contained unit for the head.  
   
   
       10 . The method of drying hair of  claim 1  including the additional step of recharging the self-contained battery with an external recharging unit through contacts on the self-contained unit for the head.  
   
   
       11 . The method of drying hair of  claim 1  including the additional step of regenerating the self-contained unit for the head by using a mating base unit to dry out the desiccant of the self-contained unit for the head.  
   
   
       12 . The method of drying hair of  claim 1  including the additional step of regenerating the self-contained unit for the head by using a mating base unit to heat the self-contained unit for the head.  
   
   
       13 . A method of drying hair including the steps of: 
 a. placing a self-contained approximately head fitting unit on the head,    b. turning the unit on,    c. powering a self-contained fan from an internal battery,    d. and regenerating the self-contained approximately head fitting unit with a mating regeneration base,    e. where the regeneration base regenerates the self-contained approximately head fitting unit by a step chosen from the list of: recharging the internal battery, drying the head fitting unit, or warming the head-fitting unit.    
   
   
       14 . The method of drying hair of  claim 13  with the additional step of waiting until a programmed operator wake-up time before the regeneration process is performed.  
   
   
       15 . The method of drying hair of  claim 13  including the additional step of varying the electrical drive to internal heating elements depending on desired temperature.  
   
   
       16 . The method of drying hair of  claim 13  including the additional step of removing moisture from the air with a desiccant.  
   
   
       17 . The method of drying hair of  claim 13  including the additional step of a communicating by wireless telephone via a microphone communicatively connected to the battery and control circuitry.  
   
   
       18 . The method of drying hair of  claim 13  with fan speed switches communicatively connected to the battery, the control circuitry, and the fan to allow the increase or decrease of fan speed.  
   
   
       19 . The method of drying hair of  claim 13  including the additional step of listening to music or the telephone during the drying operation via a speaker communicatively connected to the battery and control circuitry.  
   
   
       20 . The method of drying hair of  claim 13  including the additional step of sensing the humidity inside the helmet and either alerting the operator or ceasing the drying operation when a preset level of humidity is achieved.