Claims
- 1. A hair curling spool holder for releasable attachment about a heatable elongated cylindrical spool onto which hair is wrapped therearound with upstanding hair engaging nibs on its outer surface and an outwardly extending flange at each end, the improvement comprising a pair of mating half sections having a respective finger grip, each said section including an elongated narrow portion generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of an elongated spool and a centrally located narrow transverse portion joining said elongated narrow portion to its said finger grip, said half sections being pivotally joined together adjacent said finger grips adapted to open and close said narrow portions along a longitudinal line to be respectively removed from or closely encircle an elongated spool, said half sections having spaced open ends to substantially expose therethrough the ends of an elongated spool clamped therebetween, said holder having pairs of internally projecting opposing prongs spaced along said longitudinal line, said opposed pairs of prongs being connected internally of said elongated narrow portions of said sections for providing lateral locking engagement with each other to close said holder around an elongated spool and to engage the hair of a user without damage thereto.
- 2. The holder of claim 1 further comprising a pivot pin pivotally connecting said half sections together and a coiled spring about said pivot pin biased to force said finger grips apart and to force said half sections to a closed position.
- 3. The holder of claim 1 wherein each of said prongs is tapered from a generally pointed end projecting outwardly from said holder section to a wide base at the juncture of said prong with said holder section.
- 4. The holder of claim 1 wherein each of said half sections includes a groove adjacent each end of said elongated narrow portion adapted to receive such flanges of such spool to laterally cage such spool within said holder.
- 5. The holder of claim 3 wherein opposed tapered prongs are positioned to bear against each other with greater frictional engagement as said half sections close upon each other.
- 6. A hair curling spool holder for releasable attachment about a heatable elongated cylindrical spool onto which hair is wrapped therearound with upstanding hair engaging nibs on its outer surface and an outwardly extending end flange at each end, the improvement comprising a pair of mating curved half sections having a respective finger grip and each section including an elongated narrow portion generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of an elongated spool and a centrally located narrow transverse portion joining said elongated portion to its said finger grip, said half sections being pivotally joined together adjacent said finger grips adapted to open and close said narrow portions along a longitudinal line to be respectively removed from or closely encircle an elongated spool, said holder half sections having spaced open ends and further including an elongated depression in the inner face thereof adjacent each end of said elongated portion with said depressions adjacent each pair of ends being in substantially longitudinal alignment with each other and forming an elongated groove for receiving a respective end flange of an elongated spool to cage same against lateral movement within said holder.
- 7. The spool holder of claim 6 wherein said holder has pairs of internally projecting opposing prongs spaced along said longitudinal line, said opposed pairs of prongs adapted to provide lateral locking engagement with each other to close said holder around said spool and to engage the hair of a user without damage thereto.
- 8. The spool holder of claim 6 wherein each said mating half section is a mirror image of the other half section.
- 9. The spool holder of claim 6 wherein said spool includes a cylindrical flange outwardly extending from each end of the spool, and said groove engages said flange to inhibit longitudinal movement of said spool.
- 10. The spool holder of claim 6 wherein said mating half sections are joined to each other through a pivot pin adjacent said fingergrips, and a coiled spring about said pivot pin is adapted to bias said fingergrips apart and to close said half sections upon each other.
- 11. A hair curling spool holder for releasable attachment about a heatable cylindrical spool having a longitudinal axis and onto which hair is wrapped therearound with upstanding hair engaging nibs on its outer surface and an outwardly extending end flange at each end, the improvement comprising a pair of identical mating half sections each having opposite end portions, a finger grip adjacent one said end portion, each section including a body portion for encircling approximately one-half of a spool and a centrally located portion joining said body portion to its said finger grip, said half sections being pivotal along a pivotal axis adjacent said finger grips to open and close said body portions along a longitudinal line parallel to a spool longitudinal axis to be respectively removed from or closely encircle a spool, said longitudinal line being closely adjacent an outer surface of a spool, said pivotal axis being parallel to said longitudinal line and a longitudinal axis of a spool and being spaced remote from an outer surface of a spool, each said section having a plurality of spaced and projecting prongs spaced apart and along said longitudinal line, said sections when mated having said spaced prongs in interlocking relationship to provide lateral engagement therebetween to close said holder around a spool and to engage hair of a user without damage thereto whereby a spool with hair wrapped thereon is engaged by said holder and maintained in position on a head of a user, said holder when said half sections are engaged having generally round spaced open ends along longitudinal axis of a spool to substantially expose therethrough the ends of a spool clamped therebetween.
- 12. The holder of claim 11 further comprising spring means associated with said sections adjacent said pivotal axis for biasing said sections toward the closed positions about a spool.
- 13. The holder of claim 11 wherein said half section body portions extend substantially the same length as a length of a spool.
- 14. The holder of claim 11 wherein said holder is useable on various diameters of cylindrical spools.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of Ser. No. 06/504,446, filed June 15, 1983, now abandoned, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 06/352,851, filed Feb. 26, 1982, now abandoned.
US Referenced Citations (5)
Continuations (2)
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504446 |
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352851 |
Feb 1982 |
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