Hair ornament

• US 8,161,982 B2
• Filed: 06/03/2010
• Issued: 04/24/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Man-Q Corp.
• Original Assignee: Shih Ling Hsu
• Inventors: Hsu, Shih Ling
• Primary Examiner(s): STEITZ, RACHEL RUNNING
• Application Number:
  US12/793,053
• Publication Number:
  US 20110297178A1
• Time in Patent Office: 691 Days
• Field of Search: 132/273, 132/277, 132/278
• US Class Current: 132/277
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 24/06 the combs being foldable A45D24/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 24/18 the additional devices being only operable when the comb-part is in a non-operable position
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 8/20 Hair clamps, i.e. elastic multi-part clamps, the parts of which are pivotally connected between their ends
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 8/22 with additional fastener
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 24/22 Jaw structures, teeth
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/44291 including pivoted gripping member
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/44376 Spring or resiliently biased about pivot

Abstract

A hair ornament includes a body having an engagement section to be in contact with hair of a user. The engagement section includes a row of plates arranged along a length direction of the body. Two of the row of plates adjacent to each other are connected by a connecting member having first and second ends. The first end of each connecting member is pivotably connected to one of two adjacent plates. The second end of each connecting member is pivotably connected to the other of the two adjacent plates. A spacing between two adjacent plates is adjustable by pivoting the two adjacent plates to adjust an overall length of the body in the length direction of the body.

Claims

1. A hair ornament comprising a body including an engagement section adapted to be in contact with hair of a user, with the engagement section including a row of plates arranged along a length direction of the body, with two of the row of plates adjacent to each other being connected by a connecting member having first and second ends, with the first end of each of the connecting members pivotably connected to one of two adjacent plates, with the second end of each of the connecting members pivotably connected to another of the two adjacent plates, with a spacing between two adjacent plates being adjustable by pivoting the two adjacent plates to adjust an overall length of the body in the length direction of the body, with the body including first and second clamping portions that are pivoted together, with an elastic element mounted between the first and second clamping portions, with each of the first and second clamping portions including a pressing portion on an end thereof, with each of the first and second clamping portions including the engagement section, with each of the plates including first and second pivotal portions, with the first and second ends of each of the connecting members including third and fourth pivotal portions, with the first and second pivotal portions being one of a pin and a hole, with the third and fourth pivotal portions being another of the pin and the hole, with the third pivotal portion of each of the connecting members pivotably engaged with the first pivotal portion of one of two adjacent plates, with the fourth pivotal portion of each of the connecting members pivotably engaged with the second pivotal portion of the other of the two adjacent plates.

2. The hair ornament as claimed in claim 1, with the pressing portions provided at centers of the first and second clamping portions, with an extension extending from each of two opposite sides of each of the first and second pressing portions, with each of the extensions including a guide slot extending in the length direction and slideably receiving one of the first and second pivotal portions of at least one of the plates.

3. The hair ornament as claimed in claim 1, with the body including first and second clamping portions pivoted together at first ends thereof, with each of the first and second clamping portions including an engaging portion on a second end thereof, with each of the first and second clamping portions further including the engagement section intermediate the first and second ends, with the first and second clamping portions being openable to receive the hair of the user, with the engaging portions releasably engaged with each other such that the engagement section of each of the first and second clamping portions clamps the hair of the user, with each of the plates including first and second pivotal portions, with the first and second ends of each of the connecting members including third and fourth pivotal portions, with the first and second pivotal portions being one of a pin and a hole, with the third and fourth pivotal portions being another of the pin and the hole, with the third pivotal portion of each of the connecting members pivotably engaged with the first pivotal portion of one of two adjacent plates, with the fourth pivotal portion of each of the connecting members pivotably engaged with the second pivotal portion of the other of the two adjacent plates, with the first end of each of the first and second clamping portions including first and second extensions spaced in a direction perpendicular to the length direction, with each of the engaging portions including third and fourth extensions spaced in the direction perpendicular to the length direction, with the engagement section of the first clamping portion mounted between the first and third extensions, with the engagement section of the second clamping portion mounted between the second and fourth extensions, with each of the first, second, third, and fourth extensions including a guide slot extending in the length direction, with the guide slot of each of the first, second, third, and fourth extensions slideably receiving one of the first and second pivotal portions of at least one of the plates.

4. The hair ornament as claimed in claim 1, with the body including first and second gripping portions, with the engagement section intermediate the first and second gripping portions, with each of the plates including first and second pivotal portions, with the first and second ends of each of the connecting members including third and fourth pivotal portions, with the first and second pivotal portions being one of a pin and a hole, with the third and fourth pivotal portions being another of the pin and the hole, with the third pivotal portion of each of the connecting members pivotably engaged with the first pivotal portion of one of two adjacent plates, with the fourth pivotal portion of each of the connecting members pivotably engaged with the second pivotal portion of the other of the two adjacent plates.

5. The hair ornament as claimed in claim 4, with each of the first and second gripping portions including first and second extensions spaced in a direction perpendicular to the length direction, with each of the first and second extensions including a guide slot extending in the length direction and slideably receiving one of the first and second pivotal portions of at least one of the plates.

6. The hair ornament as claimed in claim 1, with the body including first and second two clamping plates pivotably connected to each other, with the first and second clamping plates being openable to receive the hair of the user, with the hair of the user being clamped by the first and second clamping plates when the first and second clamping portions are pivoted to a clamping position, with the second clamping plate including the engagement section, with each of the plates including first and second pivotal portions, with the first and second ends of each of the connecting members including third and fourth pivotal portions, with the first and second pivotal portions being one of a pin and a hole, with the third and fourth pivotal portions being another of the pin and the hole, with the third pivotal portion of each of the connecting members pivotably engaged with the first pivotal portion of one of two adjacent plates, with the fourth pivotal portion of each of the connecting members pivotably engaged with the second pivotal portion of the other of the two adjacent plates, with the second clamping plate including first and second ends, with the first end of the second clamping plate pivotably connected to the first clamping plate, with each of the first and second ends of the second clamping plate including an extension having a guide slot, with each of the guide slots extending in the length direction and slideably receiving one of the first and second pivotal portions of at least one of the plates.