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US 4,315,362 AGranted
Method and tool for placing beads on a braid of hair
OwnerJames W. Pigford, Carolyn J. Greeninventors
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Abstract
A method and tool is disclosed for placing a series of beads on a braid of hair in which the braid is received through a loop formed of a cord on which the beads have been strung, the beads then being pushed onto the braid which is then removed from the loop.
Claims5
A method for placing a bead on a braid of hair, comprising the steps of:
- folding a stranded metal flexible wire cord so as to form a pair of resilient cord halves connected by an acute angle permanently bent elbow;
- passing the elbow through the opening of a bead;
- passing the braid through the two halves of the wire cord between the elbow and the bead;
- pushing the bead onto the braid;
- and
- removing the braid from between the two wire cord halves.
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A beader device, comprising:
- an elongated metal wire cord comprising strands of wire twisted together such that the cord is laterally uniformly resilient along its full length;
- a plastic coating disposed the full length of the wire cord;
- the cord being bent in half to form a permanent acute angle elbow such that the ends of the cord are adjacent one another;
- and
- a handle connected to the adjacent ends of the cord.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.