Hair tie and fastener
OwnerDorvin Paul Ericksinventor
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Abstract
A hair tie and fastener device has a cord formed into a loop, with one end of the cord stopping at the loop and the other end extending outward. The short end is formed into or connected to a restraining mechanism which controls reversible movement of the longer portion of the cord. The restraining feature may be a noose or slipknot formed into the cord, a keeper plate for use with a compressible cord or a spring-biased pawl mechanism. Movement from a hair-grasping position to a hair-releasing position is thus enabled.
Claims6
A hair tie and fastener device comprising a cord having a first end portion and a second end portion, a segment of said cord adjacent to said first end portion being formed into a loop and
- a restraining means fixedly connected to said first end portion and having defined therein an enclosed, side-inaccessible, open-ended channel receiving said second end portion threaded therethrough and further including means releasably engaging said cord whereby said loop may be tightened or loosened upon pulling the cord through said restraining means.
The method of tying a tuft of hair in a desired position which comprises providing a hair tie device having a cord formed into a loop with a pair of terminal ends, a short terminal end portion fixedly connected to a restraining means and a longer end portion extending outward from said loop and passing through said restraining means enabling releasable engagement of the hair tuft;
- pulling said cord inward to provide an extended loop position and threading said tuft of hair into said expanded loop;
- and pulling said long terminal end outward with one hand while holding said hair tuft or restraint means with the other hand until said loop engages said tuft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.