Device to hold the hair
OwnerMichel Droininventor
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Abstract
A device for holding the hair comprising a comb-like element having a base and a plurality of teeth projecting from the base. The base is flexible to allow it to flex between a first orientation in which the ends of the teeth are spaced apart from each other to a second orientation in which the ends of the teeth are brought towards each other to grip the hair. A substantially rigid, curved member is preferably connected to the base, the rotation of the curved member between alternative positions drives the base between the first and second orientation and selectively maintains the base in a chosen one of the orientations.
Claims20
A device for holding the hair, comprising
- a comb-like element having a base supporting a plurality of teeth lying in a flat plane, the base having two mutually-exclusive orientations and being transformable between the first orientation in the plane in which the distal ends of adjacent teeth are spaced apart from each other and the second orientation in the plane in which the distal ends of adjacent teeth are brought towards each other;
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- means for alternatively retaining the base in alternative ones of said first and second orientations.
A device for holding the hair, comprising
- a comb-like element having a flexible base supporting a plurality of hair-engaging teeth lying in a flat plane having free ends along a side thereof;
- a curved rod having first and second ends;
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- bearing means for supporting at least the ends of the rod upon said base for rotation of the rod about the bearing means and for maintaining the base to conform to the curved shape of the rod, whereby the rod can rotate between opposed final orientations in the flat plane to alternatively place the teeth side of the base into convex and concave curved orientations within the flat plane.
A hair accessory, comprising:
- a flexible comb having a base strip from which teeth project in a flat plane, the base strip having a center portion and outer ends;
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- a separate curved, substantially rigid, elongated member pivotally connected to the center portion and the outer ends for rotation between alternative first and second final positions in the flat plane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.