Quotables
"Fooling around with alternating current is just a waste of time. Nobody will use it, ever."
Thomas Edison ; 1889
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5839452 | Hair ornament A hair ornament which is made entirely of natural materials.... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5803096 | Hair clip A hair clip includes two bristle members pivotally connected by a pin. Each bristle member includes a grasp section and a bristle section, and an elastic member is mounted around the pin to bias the bristle sections of the two bristle members toward each ... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5797408 | Hair accessory with pierceable ornament holder A hair accessory is adapted for being retained in the hair of a wearer to support an ornament therefrom. The hair accessory includes a body and an elongate leg. The leg extends outwardly from the body, and includes a foot defining an insertion site for su... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5787905 | Hair clip A hair clip includes a pair of hair retaining members pivoted by a hinge portion and urged toward their closed position by a coil spring wound around a shaft. Each of the hair retaining members includes a comb-like hair retaining portion extending in one ... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5758672 | Hair clip A hair clip including an upper clip portion and a lower clip portion pivotally connected at a their ends at a suitable position. These clip portions are elongate and curved structures. The upper clip portion is provided with a tongue-like recess at an upp... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5735296 | Hair holder A hair holder includes a pair of bodies each including a mediate portion pivotally coupled together by a pivot shaft. Each body includes a number of teeth formed on a lower portion thereof. Each body further includes an extension plate extending from the ... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5706839 | Direct application An applicator of liquid products, such as dyes, to hair in exact quantities and locations. The applicator is composed of a traditional alligator-style hair clip with two mutually opposed members connected by a spring mechanism. Mounted on one end of the u... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5699815 | Hair clip A fastener part 6 on one end of a base plate 1 includes clip arms 7 having enough length to deform flexibly to release a clip plate 2 from the base plate 1, and extending from the base plate 1 toward an axis part 3 on the other end of the base plate 1, so... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699814 | Curved toothed hairclip A curved toothed hairclip comprises two elongate branches hinged together at their first ends about a transverse hinge axis and separably fastenable together at their second ends. Each branch has curved teeth extending laterally from the first lateral edg... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5697387 | Interchangeable decorative article The invention consists of a removable flexible material cover for an article of fashion such as, hair barrettes, jewelry, and belt buckles. The cover comprises one or more pieces of said flexible material, with at least one piece of material being a shape... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5697388 | Hair clip improvement A hair clip is provided which comprises a pair of clipping elements combined together by pins received within pin holes respectively formed in connecting protrusions. Furthermore, snap holders are provided on the outward side of the clipping elements to r... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5694956 | Hair slide assembly The invention relates to a hair slide assembly for holding together and decorating hair. The assembly is provided with a carrier to which is attached a decorative part, which carrier and decorative part within the assembly, when in use, are positioned at ... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5666982 | Barrette mount A barrette mount includes a clamping member articulated to a main body and an attachment device for locking the clamping member to the main body. The attachment device includes a pair of lateral operating lugs projecting from the main body and each includ... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5664591 | Hair clip with annular springs A hair clip includes a first jaw operable by a first opening lever and hinged to a second jaw operable by a second opening lever. The hinge is provided by perforated lugs respectively projecting beyond inside surfaces of intermediate connecting areas betw... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5642740 | Hair holder A hair holder includes a pair of members having a middle portion pivotally coupled together and having a number of teeth formed in the lower portion and each having a handle formed in the upper portion. A spring may bias the handles away from each other s... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5605166 | Hair clip A hair clip which includes a base plate, which has a center opening, two retaining notches at two opposite ends of the center opening, a plurality of downward teeth around the center opening, a pair of first downward lugs, a pair of second downward lugs, ... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5596998 | Hair clip A hair clip includes a base plate having at one end portion a pair of hooking arms, and a hair retainer having one end portion rotatably connected to the other end portion of said base plate. The hair retainer further has at the other end portion thereof ... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5595199 | Hair container A hair container utilizing a sheath for enclosing strands of hair which extend into the sheath. The sheath includes a flexible wall portion which forms a chamber having an opening to the same in order to permit the strands of hair to extend into the sheat... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5590670 | Braid tip A device for covering the end of a hair braid, having a hollow sleeve, open at its upper end and closed at its lower end, and having a W-shaped insert, which may be used to secure the end of the hair braid by wrapping the braid end around the lower middle... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5549127 | Spring fixing structure for a hairgrip A spring fixing structure for a hairgrip includes a pin having an oval head and a plurality of annular projections in an intermediate portion engaging a wound coiled portion of a spring forcibly interposed between two ears of two hairgrip bodies after the... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5533533 | Foldable hair clip with a comb A foldable hair clip with a comb is disclosed which comprises: (a) a clip plate, which has an inner surface provided with a pair of comb pivot seats, a pair of clip strip seats near one end thereof, and a stud button near another end; (b) a clip strip, wh... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5526830 | Multisensory decorative hair bow A multisensory decorative hair bow, or bow (10), for providing an audible message such as music, spoken words, or sound effects upon the activation of an acoustic element (22). The bow (10) is designed to adorn a wearer by placement in the person's hair. ... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5520201 | Pony-tail hair clasp A pony-tail hair clasp comprising a lower component having a tip end, a base end, an intermediate location therebetween, a U-shaped lower jaw extended between the tip end and the intermediate location, a pair of spaced lower teeth projected upwards from t... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5494060 | Hair clip with annular springs A hair clip includes a first jaw operable by a first opening lever and hinged to a second jaw operable by a second opening lever. The hinge is provided by perforated lugs respectively projecting beyond inside surfaces of intermediate connecting areas betw... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5441061 | Interchangeable decorative ornament and method A decorative ornament (10) for displaying a decorative element (12) is provided. Decorative ornament (10) comprises a coupling member (14) for coupling the decorative ornament (10) for display. Decorative ornament (10) further comprises a plurality of hol... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5101842 | Method for curling hair using spring clip A method for curling hair on the scalp of a user is described. The steps include winding a plurality of strands of hair around a finger or pin to form a coil, and retaining the hair in its wound state with a spring action clip. the clip has two bars arran... | 04/07/1992 |
| 4635654 | Method for evaluating efficacy of a hair styling product The ability of a hair styling material to enhance the holding power of a curl is determined by a comparison with the holding power of hair set only with water. A tress of hair is wetted and wrapped around a cylinder and held in place until dried. A simila... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4508124 | Hair curling spool holder A hair curling spool holder including two mating arcuate half sections pivotally joined with spring biasd finger grips urging the two half sections closed along a longitudinal line; each section comprising a body portion of a plurality of spaced curved co... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4424822 | Roller clip structure This invention is a roller clip structure constructed of a biased flexible material operable to position and hold a heat roller member against a person's head. More particularly, the roller clip structure includes an actuator head member integral with a m... | 01/10/1984 |
| 3991774 | Hair clip with leaf spring hinge A hair clip assembled from two pronged members with rearward out-turned handle portions, one member having struck from it along each of its two edges, front and rear arms converging upwardly toward one another and terminating in ends defining respective s... | 11/16/1976 |
| 3983887 | Clip A hair clip or the like is provided of the type having two metal jaws hinged together at a pivot point and having finger extensions beyond the pivot point with a spring tending to keep the jaws closed. The clip of the present invention utilizes a novel pi... | 10/05/1976 |
| 3968806 | Hair clip A hair clip is disclosed for use with hollow, thin-walled, tubular hair curlers. The hair clip has a clamping jaw portion at one end disposed at an obtuse angle to the body of the hair clip. At the other end from the clamping jaws, a pivot point permits t... | 07/13/1976 |
| 3949766 | Hair curl clip This disclosure relates to a clip for setting a preformed hair curl including a pair of jaws pivotally united for motion toward and away from each other with means for biasing the jaws toward each other, a heat-storing element carried by only one of the j... | 04/13/1976 |
