Patents by Inventor Michael Kohanek

Michael Kohanek 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).

  • Method and apparatus for forming a hair fastener
    Patent number: 5730161
    Abstract: A hair fastening device and a method of holding hair in place employing a device for holding hair inside an elongated, cylindrically shaped, hair fastener made from a flexible material. The hair fastener is formed from a single rectangular piece of flexible material having mating connectors formed on opposite, parallel sides of the material. The material is used to hold hair in place by sliding the material around the hair to be fastened. The hair fastener has hooking mechanism by which the fastener is held in place by attaching to a conventional hair fastening device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1998
    Inventor: Michael Kohanek