Method and apparatus for forming hair bows

An apparatus for forming a decorative hair bow comprising:

• a longitudinally extended generally resilient hair bow frame having top and bottom surfaces and a barrette clip removably mounted on said bottom surface of said frame;
• a plurality of openings formed in said frame extending between said top and bottom surfaces of said frame;
• means for detachably fastening said barrette clip to said longitudinally extended resilient frame whereby said barrette clip may be detached from said frame to avoid interference with training a strip of decorative material through said openings;
• said means for detachably fastening said barrette clip to said longitudinally extended frame comprising a pair of attachment posts protruding from one of the said frame and said barrette clip and a pair of spaced apart openings in the other of said frame and said barrette clip for receiving said post and means for releasably securing said post in said holes such that said plate and said barrette clip may be releasably secured to one another;
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• said longitudinally extended resilient frame being generally longitudinally bowed, said pair of attachment posts mounted on said plate being longitudinally spaced slightly less than the longitudinal spacing of said pair of spaced apart openings on said barrette clip such that upon said bowed plate being flattened, said pair of attachment posts and said pair of spaced apart openings are generally aligned such that said posts fit into and are received by said spaced apart openings.

An apparatus for forming a decorative hair bow comprising:

• a longitudinally extended hair bow frame having top and bottom surfaces;
• a barrette clip for securing said hair bow frame on a section of hair, said barrette clip mounted on said bottom surface of said frame;
• a plurality of openings formed in said frame extending between said top and bottom surfaces of said frame;
• an elongated strip of decorative material having opposite ends;
• said elongated strip of decorative material extended through a plurality of said openings from said bottom surface of said frame upwards to said top surface of said frame and above said top surface of said frame, such that a plurality of loops of decorative material are formed above said top surface of said frame;
• each of said loops including top portions, said top portions of each of said loops being substantially spaced from said top surface of said frame;
• means for detachably fastening said barrette clip to said longitudinally extended frame whereby said barrette clip may be detached from said frame to avoid interference with training said strip of decorative material through said openings.