Patent Application
20060032514
1. Field of Invention
This invention relates to hair fastening devices, and more particularly to devices which are wrapped in the hair and then secured.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Hair combs and related hair fastening devices, such as hair pins and hair clips with toothed leaf-spring elements. Devices with separate pins or prongs can be concealed while securing hair but fail to maintain the integrity of the style during use and the accuracy of the style in repeated use. Other devices that fasten by clips or other hinged elements are difficult to conceal and as a result are often decorative rather than unseen. Therefore it has been the practice of merchants to use a combination of devices to achieve a desired style or to conceal the fastener.
Therefore it would be desirable to provide a single device that can be concealed within the hair and securely attach to the hair. The present invention provides such a single device that is concealed within the hair and provides secure attachment.
The invention is a hair fastening device comprised of a support member which has and a slidable securing member allowing the device to be wrapped in hair and then secured by sliding the securing member into place.
The details of the preferred embodiment of the present invention are set forth in the accompanying drawings and the description below. Once the details of the invention are known, numerous additional innovations an changes will become obvious to one skilled in the art.
Throughout this description the preferred embodiment and examples shown should be considered as exemplars, rather than limitations on the structure of the present invention.
At the receiving end of the support member, a securing member 4 can be attached to the center-tube 3 by a complimentary center-pin 7 that slides into the center-tube at the opening 15 on the receiving end of the center-tube. The center-pin and a multitude of prongs 13 are attached to the securing member at the cross-bar 11. The securing member is 4 held in the closed position inside the center-tube by means of a locking member 12 on the cross-bar. A corresponding locking member 12 is located on the support member. An elastic means 9 may be used at the attached end of the center-pin of the securing member to apply force to the center-pin causing it to slide out of the center-tube when a locking member 12 is released. A retaining member 10 may be attached to the center-pin inside the center-tube which is larger than the opening 15 at the receiving end of the center-tube to prevent the center pin from separating from the center-tube. A guiding member 6 is attached to the receiving end of the support member having apertures corresponding to the multitude of prongs and the center-pin.
An second securing member 5 can be attached to the support member by the same means. The center-pin of the first securing member may be hollow and the center-pin 8 of the second securing member can then be attached by sliding the center-pin of the second securing member into the hollow opening of the center-pin of the first securing member. A multitude of prongs 14 are attached to the second securing member so that when the second securing member is attached to the support member the hair is more firmly held to the support member. The center-pin 8 and the multitude of prongs 14 are attached to a cross bar 17. It is understood that the invention is not limited to the embodiments set forth herein for purposes of example, but is to be limited only by the scope of the attached claim or claims.
Accordingly,
