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US 2025/0049192 A1Published application
Hair clip having a hidden hinge
AssigneeEACH Jewels LLC
InventorsAbigail L. Dubois, Lawrence H. Dubois
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Abstract
A hair clip having a hidden hinge includes two clip members each having a handle, an array of teeth for retaining hair, an engagement shoulder disposed between the handle and the array of teeth, and a resilient member disposed along the inner edges of the engagement shoulders and between the arrays of teeth of each clip member interconnecting and biasing the clip members toward a closed configuration, the engagement shoulders disposed in abutting engagement thereby forming an engagement seam, and the engagement shoulders disposed between the handles and the resilient member of the two clip members such that the resilient member is hidden behind the engagement seam when viewing the hair clip from an outer vantage point.
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A hair clip having a hidden hinge, the hair clip comprising:
- two or more clip members, one or more of the two or more clip members having a grabbable handle, an array of teeth extending away from the handle, and one or more inwardly extending engagement shoulders disposed between the handle and the array of teeth,
- at least one of said one or more engagement shoulders of each of the two or more clip members in abutting engagement with one of the one or more engagement shoulders of another of said two or more clip members, forming thereby one or more engagement seams extending along the array of teeth of at least one of the two or more clip members and disposed between two of said two or more two clip members enabling said clip members to pivot about the one or more engagement seams between open and closed configurations, and
- one or more resilient members coupling together the two or more clip members, at least one of the one or more engagement shoulders of at least two of the two or more clip members disposed between the handles and said one or more resilient members of said clip members, so that all or a portion of the one or more resilient members are hidden when viewing the hair clip from an outer vantage point,
- such that the one or more resilient members bias said at least two clip members from the open configuration toward the closed configuration and retain at least one of the one or more engagement shoulders of each of the at least two of the two or more clip members in continuous abutting engagement when pivoting said clip members between the open and closed configurations.
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A hair clip having a hidden hinge, the hair clip comprising:
- two clip members, each of the two clip members having a grabbable handle, an array of teeth extending away from the handle, and one or more inwardly extending engagement shoulders,
- at least one of the one or more engagement shoulders of each of the two clip members in abutting engagement with one of the one or more engagement shoulders of another of the two or more clip members forming thereby one or more engagement seams extending along the array of teeth of at least one of the two or more clip members and disposed between two of the two clip members and about which the two clip members pivot between open and closed configurations, and
- one or more resilient members coupling together the two clip members, each of the one or more resilient members having two ends, one or both of the two ends of at least one of the one or more resilient members including a coiled portion affixed to one of the clip members, each of the coiled portions more tightly wound when the clip members are in the open configuration than when in the closed configuration, at least one of the one or more engagement shoulders disposed between the handles of the two clip members and the one or more resilient members, so that all or a portion of the one of the one or more resilient members is hidden when viewing the hair clip from an outer vantage point,
- such that the one or more resilient members bias the two clip members from the open configuration to the closed configuration and retain the engagement shoulders of each clip member in continuous abutting engagement during pivoting motion of the handles between the open and closed configurations.
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A hair clip having a hidden hinge, the hair clip comprising:
- two clip members, each clip member having a grabbable handle, an array of teeth and two or more inwardly extending engagement shoulders, the array of teeth extending away from the handle, the two or more engagement shoulders disposed between the handle and the array of teeth and having an inner edge, the two clip members pivotable about said two or more engagement shoulders between open and closed configurations,
- at least two of the two or more engagement shoulders of each of the two clip members in abutting engagement with at least two of the two or more engagement shoulders of the other of the two clip members, forming thereby at least two spaced apart engagement seams between the two clip members, and
- one or more resilient members coupling together the two clip members, the one or more resilient members disposed across between the arrays of teeth and adjacent to the inner edges of at least one of the two or more engagement shoulders of each of the two clip members, at least one of the one or more resilient members having two ends, each of the two ends affixed to one of the two clip members, the two or more engagement shoulders disposed between the handles and the one or more resilient members of the two clip members so that all or a portion of the one or more resilient members is hidden behind the engagement shoulders of the two clip members when viewing the hair clip from an outer vantage point,
- wherein the one or more resilient members bias the two clip members from the open configuration to the closed configuration and retain the engagement shoulders of each clip member in continuous abutting engagement when pivoting the handles between the open and closed configurations.
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