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US 5,690,128 AGranted
Decorative hair styling and retaining accessory
OwnerKristina M. Grimesinventor
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Abstract
A decorative hair styling and retaining accessory for holding the wearer's hair in place. The accessory includes at least one elastic member concealed within a decorative cover, and a comb attached at each end of the elastic member for attaching the accessory to the wearer's hair. The cover may be provided with a variety of decorative themes, and the combs are readily removable from the elastic member to enable the cover to be cleaned.
Claims5
A decorative hair styling and retaining accessory, comprising;
- a pair of elongate, spaced apart elastic bands having opposite ends;
- a decorative cover enclosing the elastic bands and capable of expanding and contracting with the elastic bands;
- a pair of combs each having opposite side edges removably attached to respective opposite ends of the elastic bands, whereby the hair of the wearer may be gathered in a desired style and the combs inserted into the wearer's hair in opposed relationship toward one another on opposite sides of the gathered hair, with the elastic bands and decorative cover extending across the gathered hair to hoist it in place and to provide a decorative accessory;
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- the opposite ends of the elastic bands formed into loops and an end-most tooth at each side edge of each comb received in the loops of the respective elastic bands to releasably hold the combs to the elastic bands.
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