Patent Application
20110041867
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a hair styling device, and more particularly to a hair styling device including a number of ratchet comb teeth for engaging with the hair of the user and for stably attaching the hair styling device onto the hair of the user and for allowing the hair styling device to be suitably shielded or covered within the hair of the user.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Typical hair styling devices, such as hair clasps, hair clips, hair barrettes comprise two pivotal members pivotally coupled together with a pivot axle or hinge, and a number of comb teeth extended outwardly from one of the pivotal members for engaging with the hair of the user and for attaching the hair styling device onto the hair of the user.
For example, U.S. Pat. No. 3,412,739 to Thatcher discloses one of the typical hair barrettes comprising a single elongated piece of plastic material forming two integrally connected halves defined by a base member and a clamping member and an integral medial member, and a plurality of rows of teeth formed integral with one of the half members.
However, the comb teeth include a triangular or pyramid shape having a sharp tip such that the hair of the user may slip relative to the comb teeth and may not be stably retained to the typical hair barrettes with the triangular or pyramid comb teeth.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,595,249 to Solomon discloses another typical hair clasp comprising a one-piece flexible hair clasp having an arm hingedly attached at one end with a detent clasp at the other end for releasably holding the arm about a tress of hair.
However, the yieldingly forced past projections that are extended from an ornamental body include a cone shape having a sharp tip such that the hair of the user may slip relative to the comb teeth and may not be stably retained to the typical hair clasp with the cone shaped teeth.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,323,793 to Lorenzi discloses a further typical hair styling device comprising a clasp frame, a brush assembly, a clasp bar, a hinge mechanism, and a releasable clamp locking mechanism, and a number of bristle elements extended from a bristle support structure.
However, the bristle elements also include a smooth outer shape such that the hair of the user may slip relative to the smooth bristle elements and may not be stably retained to the typical hair styling device with the smooth bristle elements.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,533,533 to Shing discloses a still further typical hair clip comprising a number of teeth extended from a clip strip, and a comb pivotally attached to a clip plate.
However, the teeth of the clip strip and the comb teeth of the comb also include a smooth outer shape such that the hair of the user may slip relative to the smooth comb teeth and may not be stably retained to the typical hair clip with the smooth comb teeth or bristle elements.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,597,000 to Gerber discloses a still further typical hair styling device comprising a number of teeth extended from an upper and a lower elongated members for engaging with the hair of the user.
However, the teeth of the elongated members also include a smooth outer shape such that the hair of the user may slip relative to the smooth comb teeth and may not be stably retained to the typical hair styling device with the smooth comb teeth.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,267,119 to Silva discloses a still further typical hair styling or guiding comb comprising a number of comb teeth extended from a clamping portion.
However, the teeth of the clamping portion also include a smooth outer shape such that the hair of the user may slip relative to the smooth comb teeth and may not be stably retained to the typical hair styling device with the smooth comb teeth.
The present invention has arisen to mitigate and/or obviate the afore-described disadvantages of the conventional hair styling devices.
The primary objective of the present invention is to provide a hair styling device including a number of ratchet comb teeth for engaging with the hair of the user and for stably attaching the hair styling device onto the hair of the user and for allowing the hair styling device to be suitably shielded or covered within the hair of the user.
In accordance with one aspect of the invention, there is provided a hair styling device comprising a first elongated member including a number of extensions extended outwardly therefrom, and including at least one ratchet tooth provided on each of the extensions for engaging with user's hair and for stably anchoring and attaching the first elongated member onto the hair of the user and for allowing the hair styling device to be suitably shielded or covered within the hair of the user.
The first elongated-member includes a number of comb teeth provided thereon and perpendicular to the ratchet tooth of the first elongated member. The first and the second elongated members each include a hook provided on the engaging end thereof for allowing the hooks to be engaged with each other.
The first elongated member includes a coupling end and an engaging end, and a second elongated member includes a coupling end pivotally coupled to the coupling end of the first elongated member and includes an engaging end for engaging with the engaging end of the elongated member and for latching the engaging ends of the first and the second elongated members together and for detachably anchoring the first and the second elongated members onto the hair of the user.
The second elongated member includes a number of extensions extended outwardly therefrom, and including at least one ratchet tooth provided on each of the extensions for engaging with user's hair and for anchoring the second elongated member onto the hair of the user.
The second elongated member includes at least one ear extended from the coupling end thereof, and the first elongated member includes a projection extended from the coupling end thereof for engaging with the ear of the second elongated member and for pivotally coupling the coupling ends of the first and the second elongated members together with a pivot pin.
Further objectives and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from a careful reading of the detailed description provided hereinbelow, with appropriate reference to the accompanying drawings.
Referring to the drawings, and initially to
One of the elongated members 10 includes a pair of ears 13 extended from one end or coupling end 14 thereof, and includes a catch or hook 15 extended or formed or provided on the other end or hooking or engaging end 16 thereof, the other elongated member 20 includes a projection 23 extended from one end or coupling end 24 thereof for engaging with the ears 13 of the elongated member 10 and for pivotally coupling the coupling ends 14, 24 of the elongated members 10, 20 together with a pivot pin 25, and includes a catch or hook 26 extended or formed or provided on the other end or hooking or engaging end 27 thereof for engaging with the hook 15 of the elongated member 10 and for latching or anchoring or locking the engaging ends 16, 27 of the elongated members 10, 20 together and for detachably anchoring or locking the hair styling device 1 onto the hair 8 of the user.
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Accordingly, the hair styling device in accordance with the present invention includes a number of ratchet comb teeth for engaging with the hair of the user and for stably attaching the hair styling device onto the hair of the user and for allowing the hair styling device to be suitably shielded or covered within the hair of the user.
Although this invention has been described with a certain degree of particularity, it is to be understood that the present disclosure has been made by way of example only and that numerous changes in the detailed construction and the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed.
