Portable support for curling iron

Claim 1

An apparatus for storing a handheld beauty device having a heatable electrical element, comprising: a portable base body; means coupled to said base body for removably mounting and storing at least a portion of the heating element of the handheld device; said storing means defines a generally tubular holding member having a cavity with at least one open end portion thereof for the insertion and removal of the heating element of the handheld device; a plurality of spaced apart internally disposed heat resistant means in said holding member which are arranged in at least heatable zones to be contacted by portions of the heating element when received within said holding member; said holding member includes an end piece provided with openings allowing air passage relative to the heating element for cooling of the same wherein said holding member is made of a heat resistant material; one of said heatable zones of said heat resistant means is positioned adjacent said open end portion and another one of said heatable zones of said heat resistant means is positioned adjacent said end piece so that proximal and distal end portions of the heating element engage said heat resistant means; and, said holding member is constructed and mounted to said base body in such a manner as to provide stability for the apparatus especially when holding the curling element, said base body includes a baseplate and a pedestal oriented at an angle on said baseplate such that a center of gravity of said apparatus is near a rearward end of said baseplate so as to provide stability for said apparatus wherein said heat resistant means includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced internal ribs which are made of a heat resistant material and which extend along the length of said holding member.

Claim 2

An apparatus for storing a handheld beauty device having a heatable electrical element, comprising: a portable base body; means coupled to said base body for removably mounting and storing at least a portion of the heating element of the handheld device; said storing means defines a generally tubular holding member having a cavity with at least one open end portion thereof for the insertion and removal of the heating element of the handheld device; a plurality of spaced apart internally disposed heat resistant means in said holding member which are arranged in at least heatable zones to be contacted by portions of the heating element when received within said holding member; said holding member includes an end piece provided with openings allowing air passage relative to the heating element for cooling of the same wherein said holding member is made of a heat resistant material; one of said heatable zones of said heat resistant means is positioned adjacent said open end portion and another one of said heatable zones of said heat resistant means is positioned adjacent said end piece so that proximal and distal end portions of the heating element engage said heat resistant means; and, said holding member is constructed and mounted to said base body in such a manner as to provide stability for the apparatus especially when holding the curling element, said base body includes a baseplate and a pedestal oriented at an angle on said baseplate such that a center of gravity of said apparatus is near a rearward end of said baseplate so as to provide stability for said apparatus wherein said heat resistant means includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced internal ribs which are made of a heat resistant material and which extend along the length of said holding member.