Title:
ADJUSTABLE HAIR HOLDING DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2004066777
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A hair holding device including hingedly connected first and second body members (212,214) each including hair gripping portions (222,224) adapted to be squeezed by a user whereby the hair gripping portions (222,224) come into contact with gathered strands of a user's hair. The device further includes a friction-type adjustment mechanism (238) coaxially arranged with respect to the hinge for causing the hair gripping portions (222,224) to remain at a point at which the hair gripping portions (222,224) are squeezed together by a user. Optionally, the device may include squeezable release handles (230,232) or other release mechanism, as well as a torsion spring (248) for biasing the hair gripping portions into either an open or a closed position.
Inventors:
ROGERS BRUCE A (US)
LIVINGSTON DAVID (US)
LIVINGSTON DAVID (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2004/001761
Publication Date:
March 09, 2006
Filing Date:
January 23, 2004
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ROGERS BRUCE A (US)
LIVINGSTON DAVID (US)
LIVINGSTON DAVID (US)
International Classes:
A45D8/20; A45D8/22; (IPC1-7): A45D8/20; A47L7/00
Foreign References:
| US5842482A | 1998-12-01 | |||
| US5873377A | 1999-02-23 | |||
| US6357452B2 | 2002-03-19 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 1605792A4
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