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US 2026/0114570 A1Published application
Hair clip lined with teeth or bristles
AssigneeDurham Enterprises Corporation
InventorsRyan K. Allen, Benjamin Durham
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Abstract
A hair clip includes two halves, with each half including a side and tines extending downwardly and/or inwardly from the side. An array of teeth or bristles may also extend somewhat inwardly from an inner surface of each side. Methods for securing hair with such a clip are also disclosed.
Claims20
A hair clip, comprising:
- a first half including:
- a first handle;
- a first hinge member adjacent to the first handle;
- a first side extending from the first handle and including a first inner surface from which first teeth or bristles protrude in a first direction, with every first tooth or bristle of the first side oriented parallel to every other first tooth or bristle of the first side and protruding in the first direction and every first tooth or bristle of each row having the same length;
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- first tines extending from the first side, beyond the first inner surface;
- a second half including:
- a second handle;
- a second hinge member aligned with the first hinge member;
- a second side extending from the second handle and including a second inner surface from which second teeth or bristles protrude in a second direction, with every second tooth or bristle of the second side oriented parallel to every other second tooth or bristle of the second side and protruding in the second direction and every second tooth or bristle of each row having the same length;
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- second tines extending from the second side, beyond the second inner surface, the second tines laterally offset from the first tines;
- a hinge including the first hinge member and the second hinge member, the hinge coupling the first half and the second half in pivotable relation to one another, the first half and the second half having:
- an open arrangement in which the first handle and the second handle are pressed together and the first tines are spaced apart from the second tines;
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- a gripping arrangement in which the first handle and the second handle are spaced apart from each other and the first tines are interleaved with the second tines.
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A hair clip, comprising:
- a first half including first tines and a first inner surface from which a first array of first teeth or bristles protrudes, with every first tooth or bristle of the first half oriented parallel to every other first tooth or bristle of the first side and every first tooth or bristle of each row having the same length;
- a second half including second tines and a second inner surface from which a second array of second teeth or bristles protrudes, with every second tooth or bristle of the second half oriented parallel to every other second tooth or bristle of the second side and every first tooth or bristle of each row having the same length;
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- a hinge coupling the first half and the second half in pivotable relation to one another, the first half and the second half having:
- an open arrangement that enables hair to be inserted between the first half and the second half;
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- a gripping arrangement that enables the first array of teeth or bristles and the second array of teeth or bristles to grip hair placed between the first half and the second half.
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A method for clipping a group of hairs, comprising:
- opening a clip;
- introducing hair into the clip;
- closing the clip over the hair such that oppositely facing tines engage a portion of the hair to hold the hair in place and teeth or bristles on somewhat opposed sides of the clip engage hair between the somewhat opposed sides, with all of the teeth or bristles of each side of the clip oriented parallel to each other and every tooth or bristle of each row having the same length.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.