US 5,181,530 AGranted

Hair clip

OwnerKuo-Hua Chouinventor

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Abstract

A barrette comprises an elongate, arched holder made from a plastic strip and an elongate, arched metal clip member. The holder has embossed end portions which are folded against the concave side of the holder and held in place by clamping tabs extending from the longitudinal edges thereon, with each folded end portion having a raised embossment defining a receiving cavity with an L shaped entrance slit around a periphery thereon. Opposing end portions of the clip member are inserted laterally into corresponding cavities on the holder and retained therein by cooperating snap appendages and engagement surfaces including a protruding catch on each end portion of the clip member which engages a rectangular aperture on a corresponding raised embossment. Further securement is provided by an inclined catch on the inner terminal edge of each folded end portion which snap engages a corresponding aperture on the clip member.

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Dependent claims

A barrette comprising an elongate arched plastic holder and an elongate arched metal clip member carrying a clamping assembly for clamping a tress of hair, wherein:

longitudinal end portions of said holder are folded into abutment with a concave side of said holder to define respective fold portions;
an embossed protrusion is formed on each said fold portion adjacent with a lateral periphery thereon, each said protrusion being spaced from said holder to define respective receiving cavities;
each said receiving cavity has an entrance slit formed along said lateral periphery of a corresponding said fold portion for intromitting a longitudinal end portion of said clip member into said receiving cavity in a substantially lateral direction with respect to said holder;
a snap engaging means is provided between each said end portion of said clip member and a corresponding said receiving cavity for securing said end portion of said clip member therein, each said snap engaging means including at least one elastic appendage which engages a cooperating surface to inhibit the retraction of a said end portion of said clip member from a corresponding said receiving cavity.

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