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Class 132/277 - Squeeze-open clip


Subclass of Class 132 - Toilet
Definition: Device including two relatively movable cooperable arms
No. of patents: 111
Last issue date: 02/07/2012


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NumberTitleIssue Date
8109279Hair clip with flexing comfort features
A hair clip has two body members pivotally coupled together by a spring-biased hinge mechanism. Each body member has a handle section and a hair-gripping section with the hinge mounted between them. The hair clip can have at least one handle-deflecting opening in ea...
02/07/2012
8087416Hair clip with concealed hinge spring
A hair clip having two body members pivotally coupled together by a concealed-spring hinge mechanism. The hinge mechanism includes a housing and a spring concealed within the housing in normal use of the hair clip. In typical commercial embodiments, the housing is i...
01/03/2012
8082930Hair clip with tines extending parallel to the enveloped hair
A hair ornament includes a body having an enveloping section for enveloping a portion of hair of a user. The enveloping section includes upper and lower ends spaced in a direction. The portion of the hair of the user extends through the upper and lower ends of the e...
12/27/2011
8069864Hair retaining clip with deployable handles
A hair retaining clip includes a first claw portion, and a second claw portion pivotally connected to the first claw portion. A primary hinge may provide the pivotal connection between the first claw portion and the second claw portion, aligned along a primary hinge...
12/06/2011
8066018Hair clip without coil spring
A hair clip includes two jaws each having a hand grip extended from one end and a connector disposed on a middle portion, and a coupling device having a spring member engaged with the connectors of the jaws for coupling the jaws and the coupling device together and ...
11/29/2011
8061369Hair clip for beauty shop
A hair clip for beauty shop, designed to clip hair to be cared and to maintain its shape. The hair clip comprises a finger installed to be able to rotate with the elasticity from an upper clip piece and so to support a pressing member toward a lower clip piece, and ...
11/22/2011
7950401Adjustable hair holding device
A hair holding device including hingedly connected first and second body members each including hair gripping portions adapted to be squeezed by a user whereby the hair gripping portions come into contact with gathered strands of a user's hair. The device further in...
05/31/2011
7827999Bobby pin
A bobby pin includes a clamping ribs unit and a hair fork. The clamping rib unit consists of a left and a right clamping rib member interspaced, and the left and the right clamping rib member have a press grip with a shaft hole and a guiding groove. The hair fork ha...
11/09/2010
7753058Hair retaining clip with elastic biasing member
A hair retaining clip including a first clip member, a second clip member, a hinge, an elastic member is disclosed. The first and second clip members each include a handle portion and a claw portion. The hinge is disposed between and pivotally connects the first and...
07/13/2010
7690388Hair holding device with elastic closure operation
Novel hair holding devices having first and second pivotally connected body members including hair gripping portions, and methods for improving existing such hair holding devices, in which the improvement involves providing the first and second body members with at ...
04/06/2010
7631649Hair grip with a connection working in elongation
Hair grip comprising two jaws (1, 3) articulated about a joint (61, 62; 81, 82; 54; 29) for relative displacement into an open or closed position and a connection (11) joining each jaw to exert a return force by a deformation in elongation again...
12/15/2009
7493903Adjustable hair holding device
A hair holding device including hingedly connected first and second body members each including hair gripping portions adapted to be squeezed by a user whereby the hair gripping portions come into contact with gathered strands of a user's hair. The device further in...
02/24/2009
7461662Hair clip
A hair clip is provided. The hair clip has a lower clip piece and an upper clip piece connected through a pivot connection with a hinge pin and coil spring. The upper clip piece has a bottom portion that defines a concavity portion for defining a hair holding space ...
12/09/2008
7356889Child-safe fastening device
A child-safe fastening device comprises a clip, one or more than one padded layer covering one or more surfaces of the clip, and one or more than one cover layer secured to the padded layer. The clip, the padded layer, and the cover layer form a plush device. ...
04/15/2008
7316696Ligating clip with integral interlocking latch mechanism
A polymeric, surgical clip having first and second curved legs joined at their proximal ends by a flexible hinge section and movable from an open position to a closed position for clamping a vessel between curved opposing inner surfaces. The first leg terminates at ...
01/08/2008
7299808Cushion grip hair clip
An improved hair clip and method of making a hair clip is provided. More particularly, the engaging members of a hair clip are provided with a cushioned surface that does not need to be attached to the external surface of the engaging member. Rather, the engaging me...
11/27/2007
7258123Claw clip hair fastener
A multiple clip hair fastener that comprises three or more claw clips attached together by spacer bands. The spacer bands are substantially rigid and are attached to each clip in such a manner as to restrict the movement of each clip from moving out of alignment in ...
08/21/2007
7222631Claw clip hair fastener
A multiple clip hair fastener with a plurality of claw clips directly attached to the next. The clips are fastened to separate sections of hair while each clip remains directly attached. ...
05/29/2007
7207336Device for helping a baby latch onto a breast for use in breastfeeding
A compression device for use in helping a woman breastfeed an infant. The device has opposed fingers which are movable towards and apart from each other. Just prior to nursing, compression device is placed over the breast centered on the nipple. The compression devi...
04/24/2007
7185402Knit clips
An apparatus for eliminating misaligned rows when securing edges of knitted panels together by securing edges of a pair of panels being darned. The apparatus comprises a first member and a second member each having a handle portion on a first end and a jaw portion o...
03/06/2007
7174902Hair ornament with a resilient attaching clip
Hair ornament with a resilient attaching clip comprising a pair of complementary transversally elongated limbs (12, 14) having handle portions (30, 32) and which are connected by hinge and spring means (16) and having suitably shaped prongs (...
02/13/2007
7150282Clothespin clip hair accessory
A hair accessory is described which includes an elongated clip having at least two members, each having at least a user grasping portion, a hair engaging portion, and a transition portion therebetween. The hair engaging portions are configured to be adjacent one ano...
12/19/2006
7131743Customizable, illuminated hair beads
A hair decoration such as a kit comprises a series of beads connectable to one another and a set of appliqués. At least a portion of the beads contains one or more lights inside which are in electrical communication with one another to permit power to be commonly s...
11/07/2006
7066185Hair clip and method for using said hair clip
The hairclip (1) has two legs (4, 5) and a hinge (6) with a spring (7) connecting the legs. The legs (4, 5) each have a tine base (10, 11) and a number of curved tines (8, 9) arranged in rows on one side of it. Each t...
06/27/2006
7044141Hair clip
A hair clip includes a pair of hair retainers for retains hair therebetween. The first hair retainer is provided with a hinge ledge cover connecting inner side edge portions of the outside hinge ledges of the first hair retainer located at the second end portion sid...
05/16/2006
7021317Hair clip assembly
A hair clip assembly for protecting pretreated hair from damaging effects of a treatment chemical applied to new hair growth. The hair clip assembly comprises two spring-biased jaw members, each having a substantially flat, rectangular hair shield extending therefro...
04/04/2006
6945255Hair roller with a ceramic coating
A hair care appliance has a body with an outer layer, and a first end and a second end connected to the body. The first end and the second end are for grasping the hair care appliance. The hair care appliance also has an adhesive layer on the outer layer of the body...
09/20/2005
6691717Clip end hair fastener
A clip end hair fastening band for fastening and styling hair comprising an elastic band with claw-toothed clips integrally attached to each end and additional claw clips attached to its underside. The band can be any material including a swatch of hair....
02/17/2004
6681778Hair clip
A hair clip comprises a body, jaws mounted on the body and a jaw opening arrangement to allow the jaws to be opened single handed. The jaws have tines and are mounted at spaced positions on the body so as to be pivotable at the positions to resiliently gr...
01/27/2004
6647991Multiple clip hair fastener
A multiple clip fastener for securing sections of hair of a human being in rows and for aligning hair clips. The apparatus is a semicircle headband, retaining comb, or barrette that has a plurality of hair clips integrally attached and aligned longitudina...
11/18/2003
6622734Hair styling device
A simple hair styling device is described which allows a person to style and dry his or her hair to be easily either naturally or with a hair dryer. Opposing sides of the device capture the hair and maintain the hair in a set shape while the hair dries. T...
09/23/2003
6619296Hair grip with lighter jaws
A hair article according to the invention comprises two jaws which are elongate in a direction of extension and each include a rigid body having a principal part which is elongate in the direction of extension and parallel transverse excrescences to which...
09/16/2003
6591843Hair clip for hairstyling
The present invention is directed to a hair clip for hairdressing. The hair clip comprises at least three prongs each formed by a squeezing part or blade, and an end part, which acts as a lever mechanism for spacing the corresponding blades in pairs....
07/15/2003
6581611Hair fashion accessory
A fashion hair accessory comprises a claw-type hair clip formed of hinged-together clip elements with interleaved tines, combined in a novel manner with purely decorative article of elongated, flexible character. To particular advantage, the claw clip is ...
06/24/2003
6536446Hair clip
A hair clip comprises a first clip body with one end thereof formed as a first handling portion and the other end formed as a first hair clipping portion, a second clip body with one end thereof formed as a second handling portion and the other end formed...
03/25/2003
6446639Hair clip combination having a comb device
A hair clip device includes a base having a handle extended from one end and a number of longitudinal comb teeth extended from the other end for hair styling purposes. A clamping member is pivotally secured to the base and has a handle extended from one e...
09/10/2002
6439242Hair clip
A hair clip includes a pair of semi-annular band portions and a living hinge that extends between, and is integrally formed with proximal ends of the band portions to thereby join the band portions together for pivotal movement between open and closed pos...
08/27/2002
6408859Device for styling hair
A hair styling device includes a clasp plate having two ears, and another clasp plate having a block engaged between the ears. A coil spring is received in the block and has two legs extended between the block and the ears and engaged with the clasp plate...
06/25/2002
6378531Method of providing body in hair using bent hair clip
A method comprising gathering and holding a portion of wet hair adjacent to roots thereof in a clip adjacent to a scalp and maintaining the portion of hair substantially upright with respect to the scalp while the hair dries. The clip for hair comprises a...
04/30/2002
6378532Hair clip structure
The present invention relates to an improved hair clip structure, mainly comprising a base plate which has an elastic middle bracket and an upper clipping plate at one end, and a elastic middle bracket and an upper clipping plate being coupled together th...
04/30/2002
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