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US 12,757,955 B2Granted
Hair extension attachment tool
AssigneeZip Loxx, LLC
InventorPriel Maman
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Abstract
A tool for integrating a hair extension with a person's head of hair is described in this disclosure. The hair extension attachment tool illustratively includes a clamp body and a parting needle that provides means for assisting in removeably coupling the hair extension to natural hairs included in the person's head of hair.
Claims6
A hair extension attachment tool for integrating a hair extension into a person's head of hair, the tool comprising
- a parting needle with a free end, and
- a clamp body coupled to the parting needle at an end opposite the free end, the clamp body including an engagement panel fixed to the parting needle and a connector panel coupled to the engagement panel to pivot relative to the engagement panel from an opened position arranged adjacent to the engagement panel to a closed position arranged over the engagement panel,
- wherein the clamp body includes a hair extension mount means for temporarily holding a connector strip included in the hair extension during fixation of the connector strip to the person's head of hair, easing installation by allowing a stylist to interact with additional surface area available along the clamp body of the hair extension attachment tool rather than just the connector strip of the hair extension,
- wherein the hair extension mount means includes at least one projection assembly coupled to the connector panel and configured to slidingly engage the connector strip to retain the connector strip to the hair extension attachment tool during fixation of the connector strip to the person's head of hair and to disengage the connector strip after fixation of the connector strip to the person's head of hair, and
- wherein the clamp body includes a plurality of ridges spaced along the connector panel and the engagement panel and a plurality of depressions formed between the plurality of ridges, and wherein the at least one projection assembly is coupled to the connector panel to extend over one of the plurality of ridges.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.