Hair accessory and binding device

• US 6,386,208 B1
• Filed: 09/27/2001
• Issued: 05/14/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Alice M. Reid
• Original Assignee: Alice M. Reid
• Inventors: Reid, Alice M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Wilson, John J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Doan, Robyn Kieu
• Application Number:
  US09/965,730
• Time in Patent Office: 229 Days
• Field of Search: 132/275, 132/246, 132/278, 132/280, 132/245, 132/248, 132/249, 132/251, 132/254, 132/257, 132/259, 132/260, 132/273
• US Class Current: 132/275
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 8/14 Hair grips, i.e. elastic single-piece two-limbed grips
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 8/34 Hair-braid holders; Hair-plait holders

Abstract

A hair accessory and binding device for holding hair in a bound manner includes a first panel having a first end edge, a second end edge, a top surface and a bottom surface. A second panel is elongated and has a first end and a second end. The first end of the second panel is integrally attached to the bottom surface adjacent to the first end edge. The second panel generally extends toward the second end edge. A tab angled toward the first end edge is attached to the second end edge. The tab has an aperture therein. A catch is attached to the first panel adjacent to the first end edge. A pin is extendable through the tab and through the catch. An elongate flexible member has a first end attached to the first end edge and a second end attached to an end of the pin.

Claims

1. A hair accessory device comprising:

a first panel being elongated and having a first end edge, a second end edge, a first side edge, a second side edge a top surface and a bottom surface;

a second panel being elongated and having a first end and a second end, said first end of said second panel being integrally attached to said bottom surface of said first panel and being positioned adjacent to said first end edge, said second panel generally extending toward said second end edge of said first panel, each of said first and second panels being resiliently elastic such that said second panel may be brought in abutment with said first panel;

a tab being attached to said second end edge of said first panel and being angled toward said first end of said first panel such that said tab extends downward with respect to said top surface, said tab having an aperture therein, wherein said second end of said second panel is placed between said tab and the first panel such that the second panel is biased against the tab and the hair of the user is bound in between the first and second panels;

a catch being attached to said first panel and being positioned generally adjacent to said first end edge;

a pin;

an elongate flexible member having a first end attached to said first end edge and a second end attached to an end of said pin; and

wherein the hair is wrapped about the hair between the panels toward the scalp and defining a French roll and said pin may be extended through said aperture in said tab and through said catch such that said elongate flexible member extending around the French roll for securing the French roll taut.

2. The hair accessory device as in claim 1, wherein said first panel has an elongate opening therein generally extending from said first end edge to said second end edge.

3. The hair accessory device as in claim 1, wherein said first end edge has a greater width from said first side edge to said second side edge than the width of said second side edge such that said first panel narrows from said first end edge to said second end edge.

4. The hair accessory device as in claim 2, wherein said second panel is attached to an edge of said opening in said first panel.

5. The hair accessory device as in claim 1, wherein said catch has a first end attached to said first side edge and a second end attached to said second side edge such that said catch extends across said bottom surface.

6. The hair accessory device as in claim 1, further including a plurality of beads being positioned on said elongate flexible member.

7. A hair accessory device comprising:

a first panel being elongated and having a first end edge, a second end edge, a first side edge, a second side edge a top surface and a bottom surface, said first panel having an elongate opening therein generally extending from said first end edge to said second end edge, said first end edge having a greater width from said first side edge to said second side edge than the width of said second side edge such that said first panel narrows from said first end edge to said second end edge;

a second panel being elongated and having a first end and a second end, said first end of said second panel being integrally attached to said bottom surface of said first panel and being positioned adjacent to said first end edge such that said second panel is attached to an edge of said opening in said first panel, said second panel generally extending toward said second end edge of said first panel, each of said first and second panels being resiliently elastic such that said second panel may be brought in abutment with said first panel;

a tab being attached to said second end edge of said first panel and being oriented generally perpendicular to said first panel such that said tab extends downward with respect to said top surface, said tab having an aperture therein;

a catch having a first end attached to said first side edge and a second end attached to said second side edge such that said catch extends across said bottom surface, said catch being positioned generally adjacent to said first end edge;

a pin; and

a an elongate flexible member having a first end attached to said first end edge and a second end attached to an end of said pin, a plurality of beads being positioned on said elongate flexible member; and

wherein the hair is wrapped about the hair between the panels toward the scalp and defining a French roll and said pin may be extended through said aperture in said tab and through said catch such that said elongate flexible member extending around the French roll for securing the French roll taut.