US 12,408,743 B2Granted

Hair clip devices

OwnerAnthony George Jenkinsinventor

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Abstract

The present invention is concerned with a hair clip device. The device has a first arm defining an inwardly facing surface and provided with a plurality of claw members, a second arm defining an inwardly facing surface and provided with a plurality of claw members, wherein at default the claw members of the first arm and the second arm are arranged alternately and complementarily, a first handle member connected to the first arm, and a second handle member connected to the second arm. The first and second handle members are pivotably connected together and, cooperatively, are configured for controlling relative pivotable movement of the first and second arms. First and second spikes members extend from the inwardly facing surface of the first and second arms. The claw members, the first spike members and the second spike members are of different length.

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Dependent claims

A hair clip device comprising:

a first arm defining an inwardly facing surface and provided with a plurality of claw members,
a second arm defining an inwardly facing surface and provided with a plurality of claw members, wherein at default the claw members of the first arm and the second arm are arranged alternately and complementarily, and
a first handle member connected to an outwardly facing surface of the first arm, and a second handle member connected to an outward facing surface the second arm, the first and second handle members pivotably connected together and cooperatively configured for controlling relative movement of the first and second arms, and
first and second spikes members extending from the inwardly facing surface of the first and second arms,
wherein:
the claw members of the first arm are substantially longer than the first and second spike members, and the first and second spike members are of different length,
the first handle member, the second handle member, the first arm and the second arm made of separate discrete components,
the first and second arms are made of a first material, and the first and second handle members are made of a second material stiffer than the first material whereby the stiffer second material provides sturdiness to the first and second handles while the less stiff first material provides better contact comfort to hair, and
the first spike members of the first arm become progressively shorter towards a rear end of the first arm, the second spike members of the first arm become progressively shorter towards the rear end of the first arm, the first spike members of the second arm become progressively shorter towards a rear end of the second arm, and the second spike members of the second arm become progressively shorter towards the rear end of the second arm, for improving tightness in hair securing by the hair clip device.

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A hair clip device comprising:

a first arm defining an inwardly facing surface and provided with a plurality of claw members,
a second arm defining an inwardly facing surface and provided with a plurality of claw members, wherein at default the claw members of the first arm and the second arm are arranged alternately and complementarily, and
a first handle member connected to the first arm, and a second handle member connected to the second arm, the first and second handle members pivotably connected together and cooperatively configured for controlling relative movement of the first and second arms,
first and second spikes members extending from the inwardly facing surface of the first arm, wherein:
the first handle member, the second handle member, the first arm and the second arm made of separate discrete components,
the first and second arms are made of a first material, and the first and second handle members are made of a second material stiffer than the first material, wherein the first material is selected from the group consisting of polypropylene (PP), general purpose polystyrene polymer (GPPS), high impact polystyrene (HIPS), acrylic, polycarbonate (PC), acrylonitrile butadiene (ABS), nylon, polyoxymethylene (POM) and acetate, and the second material is selected from the group consisting of polypropylene (PP), general purpose polystyrene polymer (GPPS), high impact polystyrene (HIPS), acrylic, polycarbonate (PC), acrylonitrile butadiene (ABS), nylon, polyoxymethylene (POM) and acetate,
distal ends of the first spike members of the first arm extending from the inwardly facing surface of the first arm define a plane where the first spike members thereof end, distal ends of the second spike members of the first arm extending from the inwardly facing surface of the first arm define a plane where the second spike members thereof end,
distal ends of the first spike members of the second arm extending from the inwardly facing surface of the second arm define a plane where the first spike members thereof end,
distal ends of the second spike members of the second arm extending from the inwardly facing surface of the second arm define a plane where the second spike members thereof end,
a clearance is provided between the spike members from the first arm and the spike members from the second arm, and
the first spike members of the first arm become progressively shorter towards a rear end of the first arm, the second spike members of the first arm become progressively shorter towards the rear end of the first arm, the first spike members of the second arm become progressively shorter towards a rear end of the second arm, and
the second spike members of the second arm become progressively shorter towards the rear end of the second arm, for improving tightness in hair securing by the hair clip device.

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A hair clip device comprising:

a first arm defining an inwardly facing surface and provided with a plurality of first claw members,
a second arm defining an inwardly facing surface and provided with a plurality of first claw members, wherein at default the claw members of the first arm and the second arm are arranged alternately and complementarily, and
a first handle member connected to the first arm, and a second handle member connected to the second arm, the first and second handle members pivotably connected together cooperatively configured for controlling relative movement of the first and second arms,
first and second spikes members extending from the inwardly facing surface of the first arm,
first and second spikes members extending from the inwardly facing surface of the second arm,
wherein for improving tightness in hair securing by the hair clip:
the first spike members of the first arm become progressively shorter towards the rear end of the first arm,
the second spike members of the first arm become progressively shorter towards a rear end of the first arm,
the first spike members of the second arm are become progressively shorter towards a rear end of the second arm,
the second spike members of the second arm become progressively shorter towards the rear end of the second arm, and
the first handle is provided with further first claw members, and the second handle is provided with further second claw members.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.