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(43) Date of publication: 25.09.2024 Bulletin 2024/39 (21) Application number: 21830722.1 (22) Date of filing: 17.11.2021

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A45D 1/06(2006.01) A45D 4/00(2006.01) A45D 2/10(2006.01) A45D 1/04(2006.01) A45D 7/02(2006.01) A45D 2/14(2006.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): A45D 1/06; A45D 1/04; A45D 4/00; A45D 7/02; A45D 2/10; A45D 2/148 (86) International application number: PCT/GB2021/052980 (87) International publication number: WO 2023/089291 (25.05.2023 Gazette 2023/21)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA ME Designated Validation States: KH MA MD TN (71) Applicant: The House of Curls Ltd Wakefield, Yorkshire WF2 0AH (GB)	(72) Inventor: SUNDERLAND, Gary Wakefield, Yorkshire WF2 9EA (GB) (74) Representative: Hartley, Lucinda Jane  Hargreaves Elsworth 26 Northumberland Square North Shields, Tyne and Wear NE30 1PW North Shields, Tyne and Wear NE30 1PW (GB)