Hair styling tools and methods for their use
AssigneeLee Innovations, LLC
InventorDorothy L. Wood
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Abstract
A hair styling tool 10 is described for creating a band of hair that can be incorporated into a variety of attractive hair styles. A preferred embodiment of hair styling tool 10 includes an internal shaft, that shaft terminating at one end in a knob and at the other end in a U-shaped hook, and an encasement that surrounds the central portion of the internal shaft while allowing limited movement of the internal shaft. A method for using the described hair styling tool is also disclosed.
Claims21
A hair styling tool, comprising:
- an internal shaft, said shaft having a central section, a first end and a second end, said central section connecting said first and second ends, said first end coupled to a knob and said second end including a U-shaped hook, said hook extending outwardly from said central section and terminating in a tip;
- an encasement defining an enclosure, said enclosure extending from a top end to a bottom end of said encasement and slidably containing said central section of said shaft, wherein said shaft can move in two directions within said enclosure, said movement limited in one direction by said knob and in a second direction by said hook.
A method for threading a predetermined amount of hair through a hair tying implement using a hair styling tool comprising an internal shaft and an encasement, the internal shaft having a first end terminating in a knob, and a second end including a U-shaped hook, the hook extending outward from the center section of the internal shaft and terminating in a tip, the encasement defining an enclosure extending from a top end of the encasement to a bottom end of the encasement, and adapted to slidably contain the internal shaft, the top end of the encasement including an opening adapted to receive the tip and the bottom end of the encasement adapted to exclude the knob, the method comprising the steps of:
- tying a hair tail with a hair tying implement;
- inserting said top end of said encasement through said hair tying implement;
- opening said U-shaped hook by pushing said knob toward said bottom end of said encasement;
- winding a fraction of said hair tail around said hair tying implement and said tool;
- threading an unwound portion of said fraction into said hook;
- pulling said knob away from said encasement until said hook holds said threaded fraction against said top end of said encasement;
- pulling said tool with said threaded fraction through said hair tying implement;
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- releasing said threaded fraction from said hook.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.