Expanding hair band
AssigneeConair Corporation
InventorBabara Carey Stachowski
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Abstract
A hair band comprises a stretchable body and a center hole. The center hole increases in diameter when the hair band is moved from a rest position to a stretched position. A distance between an outer edge of the body and an outer edge of the center hole is greater than the center hole diameter when the hair band is in a rest position. The distance between the outer edge of the center hole and the outer edge of the body decreases and the inner diameter increases as the hair band is stretched. In some embodiments, the body is hollow and filled with one or more of a gel substance, a granular solid, and a viscous liquid. In some embodiments, the hair band is manufactured by one or more of an extrusion molding process and an injection molding process.
Claims27
A hair band with a stretchable body comprising:
- a. an inner edge;
- b. an outer edge;
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- c. a center hole, wherein a distance between the inner edge and the outer edge is greater than a center hole diameter at a rest position, and the distance between the inner edge and the outer edge decreases when the hair band is at a stretched position.
The hair band of claim 14, wherein the stretchable body is solid.
A hair band comprising:
- a. a stretchable body;
- and
- b. a center hole, wherein a distance between an outer edge of the of the body and the center hole is greater than a first center hole diameter when the hair band is in a rest position, and wherein the distance between the outer edge of the body and the center hole is less than a second center hole diameter when the hair band is in a stretched position.
The hair band of claim 14, wherein the stretchable body is hollow and filled with one or more of a gel substance, a granular solid, and a viscous liquid.
A method of utilizing a hair band with a body and a center hole comprising:
- a. moving the hair band from a first rest position with a first center hole diameter and a first distance between an outer edge and the center hole to a stretched position with a second center hole diameter and a second distance between the outer edge and the center hole;
- b. placing a portion of hair within the center hole;
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- c. releasing the hair band from the stretched position to a second rest position to securely hold the portion of hair, wherein when the hair band is in the second rest position, the center hole diameter is greater than the first center hole diameter and the distance between an outer edge and the center hole is greater than the first distance between an outer edge and the center hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.