Adjustable keeper device
AssigneeMichael Lei
InventorsMichael LEI, Lisa LEI
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Abstract
Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide an adjustable keeper device for securing strands, such as strands of hair, for example. The keeper device includes one or more flexible guides for conducting a cord in a desired path. The flexible guides act as a conduit to route the cord and prevent strands from snagging with cord movement. The flexible guides and the cord are operable to secure the strands in a desired position. In some implementations, the keeper device includes an interchangeable vanity cover, removeably attached to the keeper device.
Claims20
An adjustable keeper, comprising:
- a keeper body having one or more chambers, at least one of the chambers arranged to fix a position of a cord within the chamber in a first mode and to allow movement of the cord within the chamber in a second mode;
- a cap portion arranged to close the keeper body and to form the one or more chambers in conjunction with the keeper body;
- an actuator component located at least partly within the keeper body and arranged to determine whether the adjustable keeper is in the first mode or in the second mode, based on a position of the actuator component;
- one or more flexible guides protruding through apertures of the keeper body, the one or more flexible guides arranged to conduct the cord in a desired path from within the keeper body to outside the keeper body and to prevent hair strands from entering the keeper body with movement of the cord;
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- a cord passing at least partly through the one or more flexible guides, the cord and the flexible guides forming a loop arranged to secure a group of hair strands in a desired position while the adjustable keeper is in the first mode, a diameter of the loop being adjustable while the adjustable keeper is in the second mode.
A device, comprising:
- a keeper body having a quantity of apertures;
- a plunger component located at least partly within the keeper body and operable to maintain a position of a cord relative to the keeper body while the plunger is in a first position and to allow the cord to change position relative to the keeper body while the plunger is in a second position;
- one or more flexible guides protruding through apertures of the keeper body, the one or more flexible guides arranged to conduct the cord in a desired path from within the keeper body to outside the keeper body and to prevent strands from entering the keeper body with movement of the cord;
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- a cord passing at least partly through the one or more flexible guides, the cord and the flexible guides forming a loop arranged to secure a group of strands in a desired position while the plunger is in the first position.
A method, comprising:
- arranging one or more flexible guides through a quantity of apertures of a keeper body;
- positioning a cord through the one or more flexible guides, such that the cord and at least a portion of a flexible guide forms a loop;
- locating a plunger component through an aperture of the keeper body such that the plunger component is operational to maintain a position of the cord relative to the keeper body while the plunger is in a first position and is operational to allow the cord to change position relative to the keeper body while the plunger is in a second position;
- inserting a set of strands through the loop;
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- adjusting a diameter of the loop to a diameter less than or equal to a diameter of the set of strands to secure the strands.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.