Hair clip and method for using said hair clip
AssigneeWella Aktiengesellschaft
InventorBodo Hildebrandt
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Abstract
The hairclip (1) has two legs (4, 5) and a hinge (6) with a spring (7) connecting the legs. The legs (4, 5) each have a tine base (10, 11) and a number of curved tines (8, 9) arranged in rows on one side of it. Each tine base (10, 11) is adjoined by an actuating section (12, 13) on the opposite side. The two actuating-sections (12, 13) are disposed asymmetrically relative to a length of the tine bases (10, 11) and opposite each other. For the sake of tight spacing and easy manipulation, these hairclips (1) are placed on the curlers (2) in such a way that the actuating leg sections (12, 13) of one hairclip (1) are not disposed in the immediate vicinity of the actuating leg sections (12, 13) of an adjacent hairclip (1).
Claims9
A hair clip for securing a lock of hair wound on a curler, said hair clip comprising two legs (4,5), a hinge (6) connecting the two legs and a spring (7) connecting the two legs;
- wherein said legs (4,5) comprise respective tine bases (10, 11), actuating sections (12,13) adjoining the tine bases (10,11) on one side thereof and corresponding tines (8, 9) extending from an opposite side of the tine bases, said corresponding tines being arranged in rows along the tine bases and curved toward each other;
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- wherein said actuating sections of said legs (4,5) are arranged diametrically opposite each other and disposed asymmetrically in relation to a length along the tine bases (10,11).
A method for securing a number of curlers by means of hairclips, in which a lock of hair is wound onto each curler and the hairclip has two legs, which are connected by means of a hinge with a spring, and the legs (4,5) comprise respective tine bases (10, 11), actuating sections (12,13) adjoining the tine bases (10,11) on one side thereof and corresponding tines extending from an opposite side of the tine bases, said corresponding tines (8, 9) being arranged in rows along the tine bases and curved toward each other, characterized in that for the sake of a dense arrangement and easy hand manipulation of the hairclips (1), hairclips (1) are provided with asymmetrically or laterally situated actuating leg sections (12, 13), and the hairclips (1) placed on the curlers (2) are oriented in such a way that the actuating leg sections (12, 13) of one hairclip (1) are not disposed in the immediate vicinity of the actuating leg sections (12, 13) of an adjacent hairclip (1).
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