Hair retaining clip with resilient gripping member
AssigneeGoody Products, Inc.
InventorsStephen Chininis, Jose Longoria
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Abstract
A hair retaining clip includes clip members that are pivotally connected to one another and movable between a generally open configuration and a generally closed configuration. A hair gripping component is fixedly attached to one of the clip members and is made from a relatively soft material. The hair gripping component is generally shielded from contact with hair within the hair retaining clip when the clip members are in the generally open configuration, and the hair gripping component contacts hair within the hair retaining clip when the clip members are in the generally closed configuration.
Claims20
A hair retaining clip comprising:
- a first clip member;
- a second clip member pivotally connected to the first clip member, wherein the first and second clip members are movable between a generally open configuration and a generally closed configuration;
- a hair gripping component, fixedly attached to the first clip member, that is made from a relatively soft material;
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- a biasing member, fixedly attached to the first clip member and positioned between the first clip member and the second clip member when the hair retaining clip is in the generally open configuration,
- wherein the hair gripping component extends from the first clip member toward, but does not extend past, the biasing member such that the hair gripping component is shielded from contact with hair within the hair retaining clip by the interposed biasing member when the hair retaining clip is in the open configuration, and the interposed biasing member is compressed by the second clip member to a position where at least a portion of the hair gripping component extends beyond the biasing member and contacts the hair within the hair retaining clip when the hair retaining clip is in the closed configuration.
A hair retaining clip comprising:
- a base portion;
- a movable arm pivotally connected to the base portion that is movable between a generally open configuration and a generally closed configuration;
- a resilient gripping member, fixedly attached to the base portion, that is made from a relatively soft material;
- a leaf spring connected to the base portion, positioned between the base portion and the movable arm when the movable arm is in the generally open configuration, and including at least one opening,
- wherein the interposed leaf spring is bowed outward toward the movable arm to shield the resilient gripping member from contact with hair within the hair retaining clip, with the hair-gripping component not extending through the leaf spring opening, or otherwise extending past the leaf spring when the movable arm is in the generally open configuration, and wherein the interposed leaf spring is compressed inward by the movable arm and at least a portion of the resilient gripping member extends through the opening in the interposed leaf spring and contacts the hair within the hair retaining clip when the movable arm is in the generally closed configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.