US 2026/0256257 A1Published application

Hair clip with flexible strap

AssigneeDyson Operations PTE. LTD.

InventorAhmad Muammar BIN MD YASIN

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Abstract

A hair clip includes first and second jaw members connected by a hinge. The second jaw member has a first and second region opposite each other from the hinge. The first region extends along the second jaw member from the hinge, defining a pocket extending away from the first jaw member. The second region extends along the second jaw member adjacent corresponding region of the first jaw member when the hair clip is in a closed position. A flexible strap extends across an open side of the pocket. The clip can clip a tress of hair where a first portion of the tress is captured between the flexible strap and the first jaw member and the flexible strap is pushed into the pocket by the captured hair; a second portion of the tress is clamped between the second region and the corresponding region of the first jaw member.

Claims12

Dependent claims

A hair clip comprising:

a first jaw member;
a second jaw member connected to the first jaw member by a hinge, the second jaw member comprising:
a first region extending along the second jaw member from the hinge, the first region defining a pocket extending away from the first jaw member;
and
a second region disposed on an opposite side of the first region from the hinge, the second region extending along the second jaw member adjacent a corresponding region of the first jaw member at least when the hair clip is in a closed position;
and
a flexible strap extending across an open side of the pocket;
wherein, in use, the clip can be used to clip a tress of hair such that:
a first portion of the tress of hair is captured between the flexible strap and the first jaw member such that the flexible strap is pushed into the pocket by the captured hair;
and
a second portion of the tress of hair is clamped between the second region and the corresponding region of the first jaw member.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.