Squeeze-open Clip Patents (Class 132/277)
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Publication number: 20100326460Abstract: The present invention provides a plastic hairclip features in enabling to open and close by plastic resilience intrinsically. The plastic hairclip comprises a mount retainer, a lever retainer with a pair of releasing tabs, a hinged pivotal root and a pair of open-able jaws, which functions to accommodate, hold and release a hair bundle by intrinsic plastic resilience thereof. The plastic hairclip is made of a polymerized plastic mixture by 55% of 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol (CHDM), 30% of ethylene glycol (EG), 10% of phosphotungstic acid (PTA), 1% of optical brightener and 4% of polypropylene (PP) or K-resin with 5% tolerance for each individual component respectively. Thereby, the plastic hairclip product features in good malleability, re-plasticization ability and tenacity as well as good artistic effect in shining brightness and eco-friendly effect.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Inventor: Shih-Ling Hsu
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Patent number: 7827999Abstract: A bobby pin includes a clamping ribs unit and a hair fork. The clamping rib unit consists of a left and a right clamping rib member interspaced, and the left and the right clamping rib member have a press grip with a shaft hole and a guiding groove. The hair fork has two rods extending from a base member. A shaft stands on the base member, extending in the shaft hole of the press grips with a spring fitted around the shaft. In using, a user presses the two press grips to open the left and the right clamping rib member, with the rods of the hair fork shifted and located in the center of the bobby pin. Then the user inserts the left and the right clamping rib member in hair, with the press grips released to permit the left and the right clamping rib member closed up for clamping hair together with the hair fork.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2007Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: Tsorng Ta Enterprise Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jui-Ming Tu
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Patent number: 7823594Abstract: This invention provides a flexible seamless hair clamp. More specifically, the flexible seamless hair clamp has a contiguous body portion. The contiguous body portion has a first leg member having a unitary first distal end and opposite thereto a first lever region, and a second leg member having a unitary second distal end and opposite thereto a second lever region. A curved bridging portion is disposed between and formed integrally with the first and second leg members proximate to the first and second lever regions. The bridging portion connects the first and second leg members in a manner such that each is oppositely juxtaposed with respect to each other and arranged to bias the distal ends into proximate contact with one another. Collectively, the first leg member, curved bridging portion and second leg member define a continuous concave surface within the contiguous body.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2007Date of Patent: November 2, 2010Assignee: Goody Products, IncInventors: Michael Defenbaugh, Regina Hopper, Allison Hardin
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Publication number: 20100242987Abstract: A bottle cap hair clip with a first hair dip member, a second hair dip member, a first top half panel, a second top half panel, a torsion spring and a set of first and second decorative top over panels. The first and second dip members are pivotably attached to each other by a common shaft and employ a torsion spring in a standard way. The first and second dip members each terminate at their upper edge in a hinge member. The first and second top half panels each terminate at their distal edges in a hinge portion that engages with the upper hinge members of the first and second clips. The top half panels are hingedly attached to each other at their central abutting edges. The first and second decorative top over panels are attached to the top surface of the first and second top half panels.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2009Publication date: September 30, 2010Inventor: Donna Washington
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Patent number: 7753058Abstract: A hair retaining clip including a first clip member, a second clip member, a hinge, an elastic member is disclosed. The first and second clip members each include a handle portion and a claw portion. The hinge is disposed between and pivotally connects the first and second clip members. An elastic member is disposed between and connects to the first and second clip members thereby biasing the claw portions of the respective first and second clip members together.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2005Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: Goody Products, Inc.Inventors: Stan Chudzik, Michael Defenbaugh, Sarah Kraft, Ping Chiu Lau
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Publication number: 20100154818Abstract: Novel hair holding devices having first and second pivotally connected body members including hair gripping portions, and methods for improving existing such hair holding devices, in which the improvement involves providing the first and second body members with at least one elastomeric member for biasing the first and second body members into a closed position and for conforming to gathered strands of a user's hair when the hair gripping portions come into contact with gathered strands of a user's hair.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2010Publication date: June 24, 2010Inventor: Bruce A. Rogers
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Patent number: 7735497Abstract: A hair clip is provided. The hair clip has a lower clip piece and an upper clip piece connected through a pivot connection with a hinge pin and coil spring. The upper clip piece has a bottom portion that defines a concavity portion for defining a hair holding space to hold hair in a bundled state. A finger is connected to the upper clip piece through a pivot connection and for holding hair in a bundled state. A guide loop is connected to a rear end portion of the finger through a pivot connection. The guide loop prevents hair from entering a joint portion defined by the finger and the upper clip piece.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2007Date of Patent: June 15, 2010Inventor: Chan Soo Kim
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Publication number: 20100139687Abstract: A hair clip includes two jaws each having a hand grip extended from one end and a connector disposed on a middle portion, and a coupling device having a spring member engaged with the connectors of the jaws for coupling the jaws and the coupling device together and for applying a spring biasing force to bias and force the lugs and one ends of the jaws toward each other, and for allowing the jaws to be forced away from each other and to engage with a hair of a user when the hand grips are forced and depressed toward each other by the user. The jaws each include an opening for anchoring the spring member to the jaws. An elastic member may resiliently couple the lugs of the spring member together.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2008Publication date: June 10, 2010Inventor: Shih Ling Hsu
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Publication number: 20100108090Abstract: Hair grip comprising two jaws (1, 3) articulated about a joint (61, 62; 81, 82; 54; 29) for relative displacement into an open or closed position and a connection (11, 12) joining each jaw to exert a return force by a deformation in elongation against the displacement of the two jaws from the closed position to the open position in order to return the two jaws to the closed position. According to the invention the joint is provided with a passage to permit the connection (11, 12) to cross the joint once the two jaws are displaced from the closed position to the open position to exert a return force for returning the two jaws to the open position. Preferably the connection (12) is housed in two joint supports (131, 151) fixed to the jaws by two feet (133, 153) and joined together by two heads (135, 155) extending in a joint direction (A), above the feet (133, 153) to mask the connection (12) in the closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2009Publication date: May 6, 2010Inventors: Hilaire Coral, Jean-Pierre Veiniere
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Patent number: 7690388Abstract: Novel hair holding devices having first and second pivotally connected body members including hair gripping portions, and methods for improving existing such hair holding devices, in which the improvement involves providing the first and second body members with at least one elastomeric member for biasing the first and second body members into a closed position and for conforming to gathered strands of a user's hair when the hair gripping portions come into contact with gathered strands of a user's hair.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2004Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Inventor: Richard A. Rogers
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Patent number: 7631648Abstract: A hair extension clip having an upper jaw and a lower jaw connected by a hinged member to move between an open and a closed position to grip hair of the customer. Teeth disposed on an inner surface of the upper jaw engage through slots in the lower jaw and in the process separate hair into strands for hair extension treatments. A platform integrally formed with the lower jaw provides a working area to lift hair strands away from the customer's scalp allowing use of multiple modalities of treatment to lessen risk. The upper jaw, the lower jaw and the platform are arcuately shaped to conform to the customer's head.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2007Date of Patent: December 15, 2009Inventor: Adrian Kirby
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Patent number: 7631649Abstract: Hair grip comprising two jaws (1, 3) articulated about a joint (61, 62; 81, 82; 54; 29) for relative displacement into an open or closed position and a connection (11) joining each jaw to exert a return force by a deformation in elongation against the displacement of the two jaws from the closed position to the open position in order to return the two jaws to the closed position. According to the invention, the connection is produced in an elastomer material having a Shore A hardness of between 60 and 90 and the two jaws (1, 3) are provided with perforations (22, 24) through which the connection (11) is introduced at one free end to be fixed to the two jaws by fixing means. Preferably the fixing means consist of an attached part engaging the free end of the connection (11), more preferably a U-shaped clip.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2006Date of Patent: December 15, 2009Assignee: Hilaire CoralInventors: Hilaire Coral, Jean-Pierre Veiniere
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Publication number: 20090277469Abstract: A hairclip comprises a first clip body and a second clip body; an elastic buckling ring installed to an upper side of each clip body; the upper side of the first clip body being extended with a first force applying end and the upper side of the second clip body having a second force applying end; the first force applying end and second force applying end being connected by a connecting unit to form as a first acting end and a second acting end; the first clip body being formed with a first recess and the second clip body being formed with a second recess; the elastic buckling ring being secured to the first recess and the second recess. When the first acting end and second acting end are released, the first clip body will engage with the second clip body by resilient force of the elastic buckling ring.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2008Publication date: November 12, 2009Inventor: Wei-Cheng HSU
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Publication number: 20090272398Abstract: A hair clip has two body members pivotally coupled together by a spring-biased hinge mechanism. Each body member has a handle section and a hair-gripping section (e.g., with teeth), with the hinge mounted between them. A first example flexing comfort feature is provided by at least one handle-deflecting opening in each handle section to form at least handle-flexing region where the handle sections can deflect outwardly into a low-profile flexed position. A mechanical stop may be provided to limit inward deflection. A second example flexing comfort feature is provided by at least one teeth-deflecting opening in each hair-gripping section to form at least one teeth-flexing region where the hair-gripping sections can deflect into a low-profile flexed position. In this way, when a wearer rests her head back against a hard surface, the hair clip deflects at the handle-flexing and teeth-flexing regions to reduce wearer discomfort.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2009Publication date: November 5, 2009Inventors: Stan Chudzik, Michael Defenbaugh
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Publication number: 20090272397Abstract: A hair clip having two body members pivotally coupled together by a concealed-spring hinge mechanism. The hinge mechanism includes a housing and a spring concealed within the housing in normal use of the hair clip. In typical commercial embodiments, the housing is integrally formed with a first one of the body members in a one-step process. The housing defines an inner-end access opening through which the spring is inserted during the manufacturing process. The access opening is closed off by a second one of the body members when the hair clip is assembled for use. The hair clip may be manufactured with the housing initially fabricated on the first body member in a one-piece construction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2009Publication date: November 5, 2009Inventors: Michael Defenbaugh, Justin Recchion
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Publication number: 20090260652Abstract: A hair accessory device with a cover is provided. Through the use of this novel device one can facilitate hair styling while shielding from view the hardware that is used to style the hair. The device provides a cover that shields most if not all of any spring, hinge or other mechanical system that is used to style one's hair.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2008Publication date: October 22, 2009Inventor: Debra Downing
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Publication number: 20090255553Abstract: A hair clip includes a blade member having an intermediate portion and two end pawls for forming a chamber within the blade member and for receiving a hair of a user, and having two adjacent portions formed between the intermediate portion and the end pawls of the blade member, and two hand grips formed integral with the blade member and extended from the adjacent portions of the blade member for being depressed toward each other to force the end pawls of the blade member away from each other and to allow the hair of the user to be easily and quickly engaged into the chamber of the blade member and for preventing the hair of the user from being entangled by the end pawls.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2008Publication date: October 15, 2009Inventor: Wei-Cheng Hsu
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Publication number: 20090255552Abstract: A hair clip includes two jaws each having a hand grip extended from one end, and a coupling device having a spring member engaged with the hand grips of the jaws for coupling the jaws and the coupling device together and for allowing the jaws to be forced away from each other and to engage with a hair of a user when the hand grips are forced and depressed toward each other by the user. The spring member is preferably a curved spring member, and the coupling device includes two brackets formed on the ends of the spring member and each having a channel for receiving and engaging with the hand grips. A block is formed in each jaw for reinforcing the jaws and the hand grips.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2008Publication date: October 15, 2009Inventor: Wei-Cheng Hsu
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Publication number: 20090229626Abstract: A hair clip comprises an upper clip body and a lower clip body each having a respective operating end; the operating ends of the upper clip body and lower clip body being combined by using a pivotal shaft; each of the upper clip body and the lower clip body having a respective clamping end at an side opposite the operating end; the pivotal shaft having a tension spring for closing the clamping ends; an auxiliary device installed between the upper clip body and lower clip body; the actuating rod having a clamping unit and an actuating rod; the clamping unit being swingable and is connected to the upper clip body; the clamping unit having a front end and a rear end; the actuating rod having a first end pivoted to the rear end of the clamping unit and a second end connected to the upper clip body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2008Publication date: September 17, 2009Inventor: Wei-Cheng HSU
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Publication number: 20090223533Abstract: A heated hairstyling clip, optionally with heat-transfer accessories, is provided for rapid informal (“scrunch”-type) hair styling. (To “scrunch” is to crumple, crush or squeeze something tightly together; for example, a handful of hair.) In one embodiment the clip is a pair of concave jaws, optionally with interlocking fingers, held together by a spring mechanism. The hair is set and secured within the heated hairstyling clip, optionally with accessories supplying additional heat, and the clip is then allowed to cool before being removed. The clip is heated by a device, which may be a microwave oven, a conventional oven, a heated bath, or a resistive heating element. Heating of the clip may be supplemented or replaced by a heatable clip liner, held between the clip and the hair being treated, or a heatable clip pad supplying heat to the clip and the hair, or a reservoir within the clip, or a styling element in contact with the hair.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2009Publication date: September 10, 2009Inventor: Tina Daley
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Publication number: 20090194131Abstract: A hair clip for beauty shop, designed to clip hair to be cared and to maintain its shape. The hair clip comprises a finger installed to be able to rotate with the elasticity from an upper clip piece and so to support a pressing member toward a lower clip piece, and a soft pressing member installed to be connected to the upper clip piece and the finger. The hair clip can clip firmly hair positioned on the upper part of the lower clip piece and so prevent the hair from falling away from the hair clip in process of hair care.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2007Publication date: August 6, 2009Inventor: Chan-Soo Kim
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Patent number: 7540290Abstract: A barrette includes an arched base member, an upper clamping member, which has one end pivoted to one end of the base member and a longitudinal rail at one side, and a lower clamping member, which has a first end pivoted to the base member adjacent to the pivot joint between the base member and the upper clamping member, a second end slidably coupled to the longitudinal rail of the upper clamping member, a longitudinal sliding slot, and an arched clamping strip that has one end fixedly connected to one end of the longitudinal sliding slot and the other end inserted through and movable along the longitudinal sliding slot.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2007Date of Patent: June 2, 2009Assignee: Kuo-Hua ChouInventor: Wei-Cheng Chou
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Publication number: 20090114241Abstract: A bobby pin includes a clamping ribs unit and a hair fork. The clamping rib unit consists of a left and a right clamping rib member interspaced, and the left and the right clamping rib member have a press grip with a shaft hole and a guiding groove. The hair fork has two rods extending from a base member. A shaft stands on the base member, extending in the shaft hole of the press grips with a spring fitted around the shaft. In using, a user presses the two press grips to open the left and the right clamping rib member, with the rods of the hair fork shifted and located in the center of the bobby pin. Then the user inserts the left and the right clamping rib member in hair, with the press grips released to permit the left and the right clamping rib member closed up for clamping hair together with the hair fork.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2007Publication date: May 7, 2009Inventor: JUI-MING TU
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Publication number: 20090090379Abstract: A hair clip has a first jaw and a second jaw, mutually pivotable about a hinge having a longitudinal axis, to pivot between an open position and a closed position. Each jaw respectively includes a jaw body provided with a series of teeth, and further includes resilient return means continuously returning both jaws into the open position, and releasable locking means for selectively locking the jaws in the closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2007Publication date: April 9, 2009Inventor: Jean-Francois Potut
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Publication number: 20090056738Abstract: A hair holder includes a tube formed of a sheet in such a design as to allow a hair bundle to be inserted from a one-end opening at one end of the tube toward an other-end opening at the other end thereof. The tube includes an integration mechanism in the vicinity of the one-end opening. The integration mechanism is for a clip-type fixing member having a pair of pinchers. The one-end opening is openable and closable by operating the clip-type fixing member having been integrated with the tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2007Publication date: March 5, 2009Applicant: Kao CorporationInventors: Takehiko Tojo, Koji Saito, Hideo Kobayashi, Toshio Watanabe, Haruomi Enomoto
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Patent number: 7493903Abstract: A hair holding device including hingedly connected first and second body members each including hair gripping portions adapted to be squeezed by a user whereby the hair gripping portions come into contact with gathered strands of a user's hair. The device further includes a friction-type adjustment mechanism coaxially arranged with respect to the hinge for causing the hair gripping portions to remain at a point at which the hair gripping portions are squeezed together by a user. Optionally, the device may include squeezable release handles or other release mechanism, as well as a torsion spring for biasing the hair gripping portions into either an open or a closed position.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2004Date of Patent: February 24, 2009Inventors: Bruce A. Rogers, David Livingston
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Publication number: 20090032051Abstract: This invention provides a flexible seamless hair clamp. More specifically, the flexible seamless hair clamp has a contiguous body portion. The contiguous body portion has a first leg member having a unitary first distal end and opposite thereto a first lever region, and a second leg member having a unitary second distal end and opposite thereto a second lever region. A curved bridging portion is disposed between and formed integrally with the first and second leg members proximate to the first and second lever regions. The bridging portion connects the first and second leg members in a manner such that each is oppositely juxtaposed with respect to each other and arranged to bias the distal ends into proximate contact with one another. Collectively, the first leg member, curved bridging portion and second leg member define a continuous concave surface within the contiguous body.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2007Publication date: February 5, 2009Inventors: Michael Defenbaugh, Regina Hopper, Allison Hardin
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Publication number: 20090032045Abstract: A hair volumizing device for creating the appearance of added volume to the user's hair that is worn under the hair so it cannot be seen by others. The hair volumizing device comprises a plurality of elongated members, each having a first proximal end and a second distal end, and a flexing mechanism generally at the first ends of the elongated members. In a preferred embodiment, the elongated members are formed in pairs of members each having a first and second elongated member that cooperatively engage each other. The flexing mechanism biases the elongated members together in a closed position and is operated by the user to separate the elongated members to the open position. A textured material or other hair engaging mechanism can help keep the hair in place over the device and a hair extension component can be attached to the device for increased hair length.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2007Publication date: February 5, 2009Inventor: Kelly Fitzpatrick
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Patent number: 7461662Abstract: A hair clip is provided. The hair clip has a lower clip piece and an upper clip piece connected through a pivot connection with a hinge pin and coil spring. The upper clip piece has a bottom portion that defines a concavity portion for defining a hair holding space to hold hair in a bundled state. A finger is connected to the upper clip piece through a pivot connection and for holding hair in a bundled state. A guide loop is connected to a rear end portion of the finger through a pivot connection. The guide loop prevents hair from entering a joint portion defined by the finger and the upper clip piece.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2006Date of Patent: December 9, 2008Inventor: Chan Soo Kim
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Publication number: 20080257375Abstract: A bobby pin includes a left body and a right body respectively having plural ribs that are formed with plural teeth for engaging with each other to keep hair firmly clamped. The left and the right body have an opening device that is provided with a root member respectively, with a pivotal pin mounted with a compression spring and a torsion spring. In using, press inward the two bodies to keep the teeth engaged with each other for clamping hair. And, as long as the opening device is pressed, the two bodies can be immediately separated from each other for releasing hair.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2007Publication date: October 23, 2008Inventor: JUI-MING TU
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Publication number: 20080257371Abstract: A method and tool for quickly drying and styling hair into a waved formation comprising an absorbent fabric covered hair clip that is secured about a plurality of scrunched sections of wet or damp hair. The absorbent material dries the hair more quickly by absorbing some of the moisture from the hair, the jaws help squeeze the moisture from the hair into the absorbent material covering, the softness of the absorbent material covering keeps the more rigid jaws from crimping the hair while drying, resulting in smooth continuous waves or curl.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2008Publication date: October 23, 2008Inventor: David Alan Silva
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Publication number: 20080236606Abstract: An improved hair styling device comprises heating elements and heat retaining clips inside the device's housing. The clips present concave inner faces, and form an enclosed space when in a closed position. A heat retaining means with an elevated heat capacity is incorporated into the clips adjacent the inner surface of the jaws of the clips; and also presents a concave surface to the inside of the clips when in a closed position. The heating elements comprise elongated heating rods with multiple heating locations along their length. Each heating location comprises an enlarged convex area on the surface of the heating rods. The heating locations are complimentary to the shape of the heat retaining means, and therefore heat the clips quickly and evenly.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Inventor: Linda Flowers
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Publication number: 20080216861Abstract: A hair styling device includes two clipping elements pivotally coupled together at one end, a spring member may bias the clipping elements toward each other, and two handles are pivotally coupled to the clipping elements and foldable relative to the clipping elements to an unfolding position where the clipping elements may be moved away from each other against the spring member by the handles, and the handles may be folded relative to the clipping elements to a folding position where the handles may not be contacted inadvertently and thus for preventing the hair styling device from being operated inadvertently.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2007Publication date: September 11, 2008Inventor: Shyh Ming Shyu
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Publication number: 20080216862Abstract: A hair clip that opens and closes using an elastic band. The band holds the jaws in an open position (which eliminates the need for the levers) and the band also urges the jaws together to close the clip (eliminating the need for a metal spring). The clip has a length of material that is attached either across its top or around it. Because the jaws have no attached protruding levers for opening and closing them (like the ones in a traditional ‘butterfly’ clip), the length of material lays relatively smooth across the top of the clip, which not only hides the hinge and elastic band (improving the aesthetic appearance of the clip), it makes it possible to decorated the material or add a companies logo thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2007Publication date: September 11, 2008Inventor: David Alan Silva
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Publication number: 20080156342Abstract: A hair retaining clip includes a first claw portion, and a second claw portion pivotally connected to the first claw portion. A primary hinge may provide the pivotal connection between the first claw portion and the second claw portion, aligned along a primary hinge axis. At least one deployable handle extends from one of the first claw portion and the second claw portion, and may be movable between a deployed configuration and a stowed configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2006Publication date: July 3, 2008Inventors: Stephen Chininis, Jose Longoria
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Publication number: 20080156341Abstract: A hair retaining clip including a first clip member, a second clip member, a hinge, and a latch mechanism is disclosed. The first and second clip members may each include a handle portion and a claw portion. The hinge is disposed between and pivotally connects the first and second clip members. The latch mechanism selectively retains the first and second clip members in a generally open configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2006Publication date: July 3, 2008Inventors: Jose Longoria, Melvin R. Kennedy, Stephen Chininis
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Publication number: 20080149128Abstract: The present invention discloses an improved hair clip structure that includes left and right clamping bases, a positioning pin, a spring and a decorating cover. A chamber and a guiding slot of the decorating cover are provided for containing the spring and its tip correspondingly, and the positioning pin is provided for fixing the decorating cover wrapped by the spring appropriately to an internal side of a force applying wing of the left and right clamping bases, such that the installation of the decorating cover can prevent the spring from being exposed directly to the air and rusted easily, and also can provide a safety effect. The invention enhances the overall artistic appearance of the hair clip and provides more diversified stylish designs of the hair clip.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2006Publication date: June 26, 2008Inventor: Che Hsi Yang
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Publication number: 20080149129Abstract: A hair clip including a left clamping portion, a right clamping portion, a positioning pin, and a ring spring. The internal side of the left and right clamping portions is provided with a pair of projecting ears near the center of the upper portion for a pivotal connection. The projecting ears include pin holes for the insertion of the positioning pin. A groove is formed slightly above the projecting ears of the left and right clamping portions, respectively, such that the ring spring is positioned against the external side of the grooves when the ring spring is forced in an open position. In this way, a resilient force created by the ring spring may act upon both of the left and right clamping portions, thereby forming a proper inward clamping force.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2006Publication date: June 26, 2008Inventor: Che Hsi Yang
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Publication number: 20080072923Abstract: A hair-clip device for installation into a person's hair for styling said hair that includes a clip element which is attached to a flexible wire element. The clip element comprises two halves which are pivotally attached and spring loaded. The distal end of the two halves of the clip have finger-like prong projections. Attached to the proximal end of the spring-loaded clip is a flexible, bendable wire member. The wire member is covered with at least one decorative element such as a plurality of beads or fabric.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2007Publication date: March 27, 2008Inventor: Martha Tropeano
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Publication number: 20080060670Abstract: A hair clip is provided. The hair clip has a lower clip piece and an upper clip piece connected through a pivot connection with a hinge pin and coil spring. The upper clip piece has a bottom portion that defines a concavity portion for defining a hair holding space to hold hair in a bundled state. A finger is connected to the upper clip piece through a pivot connection and for holding hair in a bundled state. A guide loop is connected to a rear end portion of the finger through a pivot connection. The guide loop prevents hair from entering a joint portion defined by the finger and the upper clip piece.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2006Publication date: March 13, 2008Inventor: Chan Soo Kim
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Publication number: 20080017216Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a hair retaining clip that may include an upper clip member including an upper arm and a grip portion, and a lower clip member including a lower arm and a grip portion. The upper and lower clip members may be pivotally connected such that the first and second clip members are rotatable between a normal closed position and an open position, and the upper and lower clip members may be biased toward the normal closed position. The upper and low clip members may be fabricated from a material having a thermal conductivity in the range of 0.20-0.35 W/m K so that the material does not retain excessive heat and the temperature of the clip does not rise to an uncomfortable level when the clip is subjected to heat from a hair dryer. The material may also have a static coefficient of friction between opposing surface of the material in the range of 0.15-0.25, and a Rockwell R-scale hardness in the range of 76-118.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2007Publication date: January 24, 2008Applicant: GOODY PRODUCTS, INC.Inventor: Kimberly Nieves
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Patent number: 7316696Abstract: A polymeric, surgical clip having first and second curved legs joined at their proximal ends by a flexible hinge section and movable from an open position to a closed position for clamping a vessel between curved opposing inner surfaces. The first leg terminates at its distal end in a female locking member comprising a resilient inwardly turned hook having a recess in the mouth of the hook, and the second leg member terminates in a male locking member complimentary to the female locking member and comprising a detent such that when the first and second leg members are moved from an open position to a closed position about the hinge section the hook member will deflect about the distal end of the second leg member thereby engulfing the male locking member in the mouth of the hook and matingly engaging the detent in the recess thereof, thus securely locking the clip in the closed position. The locking feature provides greater closure security to the clip when clamping large diameter or uncompressible tissue.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2004Date of Patent: January 8, 2008Assignee: Teleflex Medical IncorporatedInventors: Donald F. Wilson, Jr., David N. Fowler, Steven J Owens
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Patent number: 7299808Abstract: An improved hair clip and method of making a hair clip is provided. More particularly, the engaging members of a hair clip are provided with a cushioned surface that does not need to be attached to the external surface of the engaging member. Rather, the engaging members of the hair clip may be formed with holes and the outer cushion surface may be formed by material that protrudes through the holes in the engaging member. In one embodiment, the cushion material may be injection molded into the hair clip in a manner that results in the cushion material being forced through the holes in the engaging member in order to form a surface that may contact the hair.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2005Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: Helen of Troy LimitedInventor: Ping Chiu Lau
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Patent number: 7258123Abstract: A multiple clip hair fastener that comprises three or more claw clips attached together by spacer bands. The spacer bands are substantially rigid and are attached to each clip in such a manner as to restrict the movement of each clip from moving out of alignment in at least one direction. The clips can move in an up and down direction and not a side by side direction; this allows each clip to be attached one at a time to the hair, while the other clips are kept up and out of the way, while continuing to stay in alignment.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2004Date of Patent: August 21, 2007Inventor: David Alan Silva
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Patent number: 7222631Abstract: A multiple clip hair fastener with a plurality of claw clips directly attached to the next. The clips are fastened to separate sections of hair while each clip remains directly attached.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2004Date of Patent: May 29, 2007Inventor: David Alan Silva
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Patent number: 7174902Abstract: Hair ornament with a resilient attaching clip comprising a pair of complementary transversally elongated limbs (12, 14) having handle portions (30, 32) and which are connected by hinge and spring means (16) and having suitably shaped prongs (18) extending from each elongated limbs (12, 14) and forming a pair of clipping portions wherein each elongated limb comprises a socket (20, 22) having a hollow cylindrical recess and which forms at the inner opposite end abutting sliding planes (23, 25), as well as a bushing (24) which is received in a recess provided in the respective socket of each limb, whereby the limbs are pivoted to each other and a spring (26) inserted in the bushing extending into the sockets and being attached at both ends by suitable means at the outer end of the sockets in order to bias the limbs in the closed position.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2001Date of Patent: February 13, 2007Assignee: Conair CorporationInventor: Leandro P. Rizzuto
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Patent number: 7150282Abstract: A hair accessory is described which includes an elongated clip having at least two members, each having at least a user grasping portion, a hair engaging portion, and a transition portion therebetween. The hair engaging portions are configured to be adjacent one another along a longitudinal axis for substantially their entire length. The hair accessory further includes a plurality of hair segments attached to the elongated clip between the user grasping portion and the hair engaging portion. A method for fabricating the hair accessory is also described.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2004Date of Patent: December 19, 2006Assignee: Celebrity Signatures International, Inc.Inventor: Teresa Lane
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Patent number: 7066185Abstract: The hairclip (1) has two legs (4, 5) and a hinge (6) with a spring (7) connecting the legs. The legs (4, 5) each have a tine base (10, 11) and a number of curved tines (8, 9) arranged in rows on one side of it. Each tine base (10, 11) is adjoined by an actuating section (12, 13) on the opposite side. The two actuating-sections (12, 13) are disposed asymmetrically relative to a length of the tine bases (10, 11) and opposite each other. For the sake of tight spacing and easy manipulation, these hairclips (1) are placed on the curlers (2) in such a way that the actuating leg sections (12, 13) of one hairclip (1) are not disposed in the immediate vicinity of the actuating leg sections (12, 13) of an adjacent hairclip (1).Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2001Date of Patent: June 27, 2006Assignee: Wella AGInventor: Bodo Hildebrandt
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Patent number: 7044141Abstract: A hair clip includes a pair of hair retainers for retains hair therebetween. The first hair retainer is provided with a hinge ledge cover connecting inner side edge portions of the outside hinge ledges of the first hair retainer located at the second end portion side thereof and covering inner side edge portions of the inside hinge ledges of the second hair retainer, the inner side edge portions being portions located at the second end portion side of the second hair retainer. Each of the inside hinge ledges is provided with a hinge ledge cover introducing slot corresponding to the hinge ledge cover at each basal end portion thereof, so that the pair of hair retainers takes a closed position with the hinge ledge cover fitted in the hinge ledge cover introducing slots, whereby the hinge ledge cover covers the inner side edge portions of the inside hinge ledges and a space between the inside hinge ledges irrespective of an opening angle of the hair retainers.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2004Date of Patent: May 16, 2006Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yasuda CorporationInventor: Masahiro Yasuda
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Publication number: 20040255968Abstract: A multiple clip hair fastener with a plurality of claw clips directly attached to the next. The clips are fastened to separate sections of hair while each clip remains directly attached.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2004Publication date: December 23, 2004Inventor: David Alan Silva