Hair pin opener apparatus and system
AssigneeConair Corporation
InventorLai Sheung Chan
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Abstract
A method, apparatus and system for storing and distributing hairpins for application to the hair of a subject, includes a support having a support surface, a plurality of hairpins releasably coupled to the support and an opener mounted to the support. The opener includes a base segment defining a longitudinal axis and having opposed generally diverging side segments. The base segment at least partially extends beyond the support surface of the support to orient the diverging side segments in position whereby legs of each hairpin may be advanced along the diverging side segments to displace the legs to cause opening thereof.
Claims10
A hairpin storage and application system, which comprises:
- a support having a support surface;
- a plurality of hairpins releasably coupled to said support;
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- an opener mounted to said support, said opener including a base segment defining a longitudinal axis and having opposed generally diverging side segments, said base segment at least partially extending beyond said support surface of said support to orient said diverging side segments in position whereby legs of each hairpin may be advanced along said diverging side segments to displace said legs to cause opening thereof
A hairpin opener apparatus for opening a hairpin of the type having a pair of resilient legs interconnected by a hinge and being biased to a normally closed position, said opener apparatus comprising a base segment defining a longitudinal axis and having opposed generally diverging side segments diverging with respect to the longitudinal axis from a front end of said base segment to a rear end of said base segment, said diverging side segments arranged whereby the resilient legs of the hairpin may be advanced along respective diverging side segments to displace the legs relative to each other to cause at least partial opening thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.