ADJUSTABLE HAIR BOW FOR PRESENTING EXPRESSIONS
Devices, systems, and methods are provided for adjustable hair bows. A wearable device such as an adjustable hair bow may include a base portion and a cover portion to connect to the base portion, the cover portion displaying one or more of an image or text. The wearable device may include a connection mechanism connected to the base portion, and may include a hair clip connected to the connection mechanism.
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/810,560, filed Feb. 26, 2019, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference as if set forth in full.
TECHINCAL FIELDThis disclosure relates to methods, systems, and devices for adjustable hair bows.
BACKGROUNDPeople increasingly use clothing and wearable accessories to express themselves. A variety of hair accessories exist for fashion and function, such as keeping hair out of a person's face or eyes. The position of hair accessories designed to hold a person's hair in place may depend on the hair style and type of hair that a person has, so some hair products may not be ideal for display when worn by some people because of the required orientation of a hair accessory to perform its intended function.
Certain implementations will now be described more fully below with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which various implementations and/or aspects are shown. However, various aspects may be implemented in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the implementations set forth herein; rather, these implementations are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the disclosure to those skilled in the art. Like numbers in the figures refer to like elements throughout. Hence, if a feature is used across several drawings, the number used to identify the feature in the drawing where the feature first appeared will be used in later drawings.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OverviewExample embodiments described herein provide certain systems, methods, and devices for adjustable hair bows.
Some people may wear hair bows, hair clips, and other accessories to hold their hair in place. For example, a hair clip may be positioned on a person's head to hold a portion of hair in a particular location. However, to hold a person's hair in a particular location may require the person to position the hair clip at an angle.
When a hair bow is worn, similar orientation needs of a person may require the hair bow to be positioned at a particular location and/or orientation of a person's head. The hair bow may be used as a fashion statement, such as to display a color or design, or even to display text and/or images.
Because any given person wearing a hair bow may need to use the hair bow to hold hair in place, the display of text and/or images using the hair bow may be undesirable unless the hair bow may be positioned such that the hair bow performs the function of holding hair and also allows the text and/or image to be seen.
Therefore, people may benefit from the ability to wear hair bows and other attachable clothing accessories having adjustable positions relative to the locations at which a person needs to position them to hold hair.
Because some hair bows and other accessories may only display one design (e.g., text and/or images printed or otherwise non-removable from the hair bow), a person may need multiple hair bows for multiple occasions, such as to match clothing or to present different designs or text. In addition, anytime that a person wishes to change hair bows, the person may need to remove a hair bow from the person's hair and replace the hair bow with another hair bow. This process may require a person to reposition the new hair bow when changing the desired content to display.
Therefore, people may benefit from being able to change content displayed by hair bows and other hair accessories without needing to replace an existing hair bow or other hair accessory that a person already may be wearing.
In one or more embodiments, a hair bow or other accessory may attach to a hair clip, pin, or other mechanism that may hold a person's hair in place. The hair bow or other accessory may rotate with respect to the mechanism that holds the person's hair in place, allowing the person to position the mechanism optimally for holding hair in a particular location, while also allowing the person to orient the hair bow or other accessory optimally for displaying content regardless of (e.g., independent of) the location and orientation of the mechanism that holds the person's hair. The ability to adjust the hair bow or other accessory relative to the mechanism that holds the person's hair may be facilitated by a rotatable connection between the hair bow or other accessory an the mechanism, such as the use of a screw or pin to connect the hair bow or other accessory to the mechanism (e.g., an alligator clip or barrette). The mechanism may clip or clamp a person's hair, and the hair bow or other accessory may rotate about the pin or screw, for example, to allow for the hair bow or other accessory to be positioned however the person desires regardless of the placement of the mechanism in the person's hair.
In one or more embodiments, the hair bow or other accessory may have multiple components, such as a base and one or more covers. The base may operatively connect to the mechanism using the screw or pin, for example, and the one or more covers may attach to and detach from the base to allow for the replacement of covers without having to remove and replace the base. Because the one or more covers may display different content, the person wearing the base and mechanism may be able to change content displayed by a hair bow or other accessory by changing covers for the hair bow or other accessory, thereby avoiding the need to remove the base and mechanism and repeat the positioning process with another hair clip. The base may rotate relative to a connection mechanism and a hair clip independent of the orientation of the connection mechanism and hair clip.
The above descriptions are for purposes of illustration and are not meant to be limiting. Numerous other examples, configurations, processes, etc., may exist, some of which are described in greater detail below. Example embodiments will now be described with reference to the accompanying figures.
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In one or more embodiments, the hair clip 106 may be an alligator clip, a barrette, or other type of clip which may hold a person's hair while being operatively connected to and rotatable about the base 104.
In one or more embodiments, at least a portion of the cover 102 and/or the base 104 may be made of plastic or another solid material. Alternatively, the hair bow 100 may be made of more flexible material, such as ribbon (e.g., in which case the cover 102 and the base 104 may be one component, or in which case the cover 102 may adhere to the base 104 using any adhesive, or may be connected via other means such as pins—not shown).
In one or more embodiments, the hair bow 100 may be referred to as a wearable device, apparatus, or system having one or more components or portions, such as the cover 102, the base 104, the hair clip 106, and the connection mechanism 108. The connection mechanism 108 may be a means for attaching the base 104 to the hair clip 106, which may be a means for attaching the base 104 to a person's hair.
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In one or more embodiments, the distance 202 may refer to the length of the base 104. The distance 215 may refer to the height of the base 104. The center point 220 may have a diameter between 0.05 and 0.1 inches.
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The word “exemplary” is used herein to mean “serving as an example, instance, or illustration.” Any embodiment described herein as “exemplary” is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments.
As used herein, unless otherwise specified, the use of the ordinal adjectives “first,” “second,” “third,” etc., to describe a common object, merely indicates that different instances of like objects are being referred to and are not intended to imply that the objects so described must be in a given sequence, either temporally, spatially, in ranking, or in any other manner.
Embodiments according to the disclosure are in particular disclosed in the attached claims directed to a method, a storage medium, a device and a computer program product, wherein any feature mentioned in one claim category, e.g., method, can be claimed in another claim category, e.g., system, as well. The dependencies or references back in the attached claims are chosen for formal reasons only. However, any subject matter resulting from a deliberate reference back to any previous claims (in particular multiple dependencies) can be claimed as well, so that any combination of claims and the features thereof are disclosed and can be claimed regardless of the dependencies chosen in the attached claims. The subject-matter which can be claimed comprises not only the combinations of features as set out in the attached claims but also any other combination of features in the claims, wherein each feature mentioned in the claims can be combined with any other feature or combination of other features in the claims. Furthermore, any of the embodiments and features described or depicted herein can be claimed in a separate claim and/or in any combination with any embodiment or feature described or depicted herein or with any of the features of the attached claims.
The foregoing description of one or more implementations provides illustration and description, but is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the scope of embodiments to the precise form disclosed. Modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teachings or may be acquired from practice of various embodiments.
The processes described and shown above may be carried out or performed in any suitable order as desired in various implementations. Additionally, in certain implementations, at least a portion of the processes may be carried out in parallel, creating a co-existence use case. Furthermore, in certain implementations, less than or more than the processes described may be performed.
Certain aspects of the disclosure are described above with reference to flow diagrams of methods, apparatuses, or computer program products according to various implementations. It will be understood that one or more blocks of the flow diagrams, and combinations of blocks in the flow diagrams, can be implemented by computer-executable program instructions. Likewise, some blocks of the flow diagrams may not necessarily need to be performed in the order presented, or may not necessarily need to be performed at all, according to some implementations.
Many modifications and other implementations of the disclosure set forth herein will be apparent having the benefit of the teachings presented in the foregoing descriptions and the associated drawings. Therefore, it is to be understood that the disclosure is not to be limited to the specific implementations disclosed and that modifications and other implementations are intended to be included within the scope of the appended claims.
Claims
1. A wearable device comprising:
- a cover portion configured to connect to a base portion, the cover portion comprising one or more of an image or text, wherein the cover portion is removable from the base portion;
- a connection mechanism connected to the base portion and a hair clip;
- the hair clip connected to the connection mechanism and configured to hold hair, wherein orientation of the base portion is independent of an orientation of the hair clip; and
- the base portion is rotatable relative to the connection mechanism and the hair clip.
2. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the hair clip is rotatable around the connection mechanism.
3. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the hair clip is an alligator clip or a barrette.
4. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the connection mechanism is a screw or a pin.
5. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein a length of the base portion is larger than a length of the cover portion, and wherein the cover portion is configured to fit partially within the base portion.
6. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein a length of the base portion is smaller than a length of the cover portion, and wherein the base portion is configured to fit partially within the cover portion.
7. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein a thickness of the cover portion is between 0.1 and 0.2 inches.
8. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the cover portion is removable from the base portion independent of the orientation of the hair clip.
9. A wearable system comprising:
- a base portion; and
- a cover portion configured to connect to the base portion, the cover portion comprising one or more of an image or text, and wherein the cover portion is removable from the base portion;
- wherein the base portion is configured to connect to a hair clip using a connection mechanism, and wherein orientation of the base portion is independent of an orientation of the hair clip.
10. The wearable system of claim 9, wherein at least one of the base portion or the hair clip are rotatable around the connection mechanism.
11. The wearable system of claim 9, wherein the hair clip is an alligator clip or a barrette.
12. The wearable system of claim 9, wherein the connection mechanism is a screw or a pin.
13. The wearable system of claim 9, wherein a length of the base portion is larger than a length of the cover portion, and wherein the cover portion is configured to fit partially within the base portion.
14. The wearable system of claim 9, wherein a length of the base portion is smaller than a length of the cover portion, and wherein the base portion is configured to fit partially within the cover portion.
15. The wearable system of claim 9, wherein a thickness of the cover portion is between 0.1 and 0.2 inches.
16. A wearable apparatus comprising:
- a base portion;
- a cover portion configured to connect to the base portion, the cover portion displaying one or more of an image or text, and wherein the cover portion is removable from the base portion; and
- a means for attaching the base portion to a hair clip, wherein the base portion is rotatable around the means for attaching, and wherein orientation of the base portion is independent of an orientation of the hair clip.
17. The wearable apparatus of claim 16, wherein the hair clip is rotatable around the means for attaching.
18. The wearable apparatus of claim 16, wherein a length of the base portion is larger than a length of the cover portion, and wherein the cover portion is configured to fit partially within the base portion.
19. The wearable apparatus of claim 16, wherein a length of the base portion is smaller than a length of the cover portion, and wherein the base portion is configured to fit partially within the cover portion.
20. The wearable apparatus of claim 16, wherein a thickness of the cover portion is between 0.1 and 0.2 inches.
Type: Application
Filed: Feb 26, 2020
Publication Date: Aug 27, 2020
Inventor: Marilyn-Diana Carmena Webb-Davis (Zachary, LA)
Application Number: 16/802,187