Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120048293 | Barrette without spring member A hair barrette includes a barrette element having a number of comb teeth for engaging with a head of a user, and having a hook member formed on each of the free ends or outer ends for allowing the hook members of the barrette element to be engaged with each other and f... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120012132 | HAIR FASTENING DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE A hair fastening device including a spring arm and pressuring curve for maintaining the fastening device in a desired location in a user's hair.... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20110209722 | HAIR CLIP A hair clip, comprising: a lower clip body and an upper clip body pivotally connected together at one end of each; corresponding locking and fixing devices formed at the other ends of said lower clip body and upper clip body; wherein a plastic slice is formed at an end ... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110120490 | DAISY CHAIN HAIR CLASPS FOR CREATING RINGLETS AND WAVES Three or more hairstyling clasps can be used to create a hairstyle effect on a person's hair. Each clasp has first and second generally strip-like portions. A lock of the hair is twisted and positioned between the first and second portions of a first clasp, and the clas... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110030720 | Barrette changeable to hair clip A hair barrette includes two barrette members each having an outer head engaging end and an ear extended from an inner coupling end, and a coupling device includes two coupling members disposed above and below the ears and having two pivot axles for pivotally coupling t... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110005548 | HAIR-CLIPPER ‘HAIR-CLIPPER’, the proposal of such Inventive Disposition Introduced in Hair-clipper is a Patent of Utility Model being composed by variations of style that will be able to give professionals easiness and options on hair holding, the hair-clipper now referred innov... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20100175710 | HAIR CLIP A hair clip includes first and second coupling members. An engaging member and a guide member are provided on an inner face of the second clamping member. A spacing between the guide member and the first section of the engaging member is equal to a width of a coupling p... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100108091 | ADJUSTABLE BARRETTE A base member and a retainer member adjustably coupled to the base. The retainer and base define a receptacle for holding a bundle of hair. The retainer has at least one freeable end that can be moved between an open position separated from the base and a series of clos... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100018544 | CONVERTIBLE HAIRCLIP A convertible hairclip includes first and second parts each having an arcuate main section that has a pivotal portion on an end thereof and a coupling section on the other end thereof. The main section of each of the first and second parts further includes a clipping se... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20100012144 | ADJUSTABLE AUTO-CLASP BARRETTE An adjustable auto-clasp barrette includes a base, a hinged and clasped locking arm, and a resilient leaf spring positioned between the base and the locking arm. The locking arm and the leaf spring cooperate to engage the hair to secure the barrette in the user's hair. ... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20080223396 | Hair clip and hairpin combination A hair clip and hairpin combining device includes a pin member pivotally coupled to a plate with a pivot axle and for allowing the plate to be rotated relative to the pin member between an open working position and a folded clamping position, and a spring member coupled... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080149130 | Bowman Hair clasps for men and boys having an etched design thereon. Clasps, having equal semicircle portions, a first semicircle and a second semicircle connected by a hinge with a pin or screw. Hair clasp is circular or tubular in shape when in a closed position. A boy or ma... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080142035 | Hair barrette A hair barrette includes a decorative outer member, a basic member secured onto the outer member and having a recess formed in one side and defined by an inner peripheral shoulder, an anti-slip member made of a resilient material having a high coefficient of friction an... | 06/19/2008 |
| 20080023021 | Hair Clip with Friction Member A hair retaining clip includes a base, a locking arm, a hinge, and a locking mechanism. The base includes a first end, a second end and a first elongate section that is resiliently movable relative to the base. The locking arm includes a first end, a second end, and a s... | 01/31/2008 |
| 20080023022 | Hair Clip with Friction Member A hair retaining clip includes a base, a locking arm, a hinge, and a locking mechanism. The base includes a first end, a second end and a first elongate section that is resiliently movable relative to the base. The locking arm includes a first end, a second end, and a s... | 01/31/2008 |
| 20070251540 | Apparatus and Method for Use in the Treatment of Hair A hair clip comprises first and second elongate members moveable between open and closed configurations. One of the first and second elongate members mounts a plurality of notches, and the other of the elongate members mounts a plate, the plate and the plurality of notc... | 11/01/2007 |
