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US 7,984,720 B2Granted
Bobby pin
AssigneeTsorng Ta Enterprise Co., Ltd.
InventorJui-Ming Tu
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Abstract
A bobby pin includes a left body and a right body respectively having plural ribs that are formed with plural teeth for engaging with each other to keep hair firmly clamped. The left and the right body have an opening device that is provided with a root member respectively, with a pivotal pin mounted with a compression spring and a torsion spring. In using, press inward the two bodies to keep the teeth engaged with each other for clamping hair. And, as long as the opening device is pressed, the two bodies can be immediately separated from each other for releasing hair.
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A bobby pin comprising:
- a left body and a right body respectively provided with plural ribs that have plural teeth to correspond to each other, wherein for each of the left body and the right body, said teeth are arranged on free ends of the ribs and extend laterally;
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- an opening device installed in a root member provided in said left body and said right body respectively, said root member of said left body provided with two extending portions that are respectively bored with a through hole, said root member of said right body provided with plural extending portions, two of said extending portions of said right body respectively bored with a through hole, said opening device further comprising a torsion spring and a compression spring, one of said extending portions of said right body having a groove for fitting said torsion spring, another one of said extending portions of said right body having a groove for fitting said compression spring, a pivotal pin inserted through said torsion spring, said compression spring and said through holes of said extending portions of said left body and said right body,
- wherein when the bobby pin is in a closed position, the teeth on the left body and the teeth on the right body are engaged by directly contact with each other, thereby locking the ribs of the left body and the right body with each other and said torsion spring is configured in a manner such that when the teeth are disengaged, a force by said torsion spring separates the ribs of the left body from the ribs of the right body.
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A bobby pin comprising:
- a left body and a right body respectively provided with ribs that have plural teeth to correspond to each other wherein for each of the left body and the right body, said teeth are arranged on free ends of the ribs and extend laterally;
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- an opening device installed in a root member provided in said left body and said right body respectively, said root member of said left body provided with plural extending portions, said root member of said right body provided with plural extending portions, one of said extending portions of said right body installed with a torsion spring, another of said extending portions of said right body installed with a compression spring, a pivotal pin inserted through said root member of said left body, said root portion of said right body, said torsion spring and said compression spring, said left body and said right body just being pressed inward to keep their teeth engaged and in direct contact with each other in case of clamping hair thereby locking the ribs of the left body and the right body with each other, said opening device being pressed in case of releasing said bobby pin from hair by disengaging said teeth,
- and said torsion spring is configured in a manner such that when the teeth are disengaged, a force by said torsion spring separates the ribs of the left body from the ribs of the right body.
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A bobby pin comprising:
- a left body and a right body, said left and said right body provided with a plurality of ribs respectively;
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- an opening device composed of a root member formed on said left and said right body, said root member of said left body having plural extensions, said root member of said right body having plural extensions, one of said extensions of said right body provided with a torque spring, another of said extensions of said right body provided with a compressive spring;
- said left and said right body pressed inward with teeth formed in said left ribs and right ribs engaging and being in direct contact with each other in case of clamping hair thereby locking the ribs of the left body and the right body with each other, wherein for each of the left body and the right body, said teeth are arranged on free ends of the ribs and extend laterally, said opening device pressed to force said left and said right body open in case of releasing said bobby pin off hair by disengaging said teeth, wherein said teeth protrude in a direction parallel to a rotational axis of the left and right bodies, and said torque spring is configured in a manner such that when the teeth are disengaged, a force by said torque spring separates the ribs of the left body from the ribs of the right body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.