Patents by Inventor Donald E. Allred

Donald E. Allred has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5590670
    Abstract: A device for covering the end of a hair braid, having a hollow sleeve, open at its upper end and closed at its lower end, and having a W-shaped insert, which may be used to secure the end of the hair braid by wrapping the braid end around the lower middle portion of the W, and having rounded projections at the upper sides of the W, which spring into longitudinally oriented retaining slots in the upper sides of the sleeve, when the insert is inserted sufficiently into the sleeve. The insert is slightly oversized in comparison to the interior width of the sleeve, and is made of a material having sufficient elasticity to be insertable within the sleeve, and to cause the projections to snap into the retaining slots of the sleeve, when the insert is sufficiently inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1997
    Inventor: Donald E. Allred