HAIR CLIP

Abstract

A hair clip has a first bow-like holding or clamping section, a second bow-like holding or clamping section extending parallel thereto, and a U-shaped connecting section which connects one of the ends of the clamping sections. The clamping sections connect to the ends of the “U”. The device is integrally made of plastic, in one piece.

Claims

1-12. (canceled)

13. A holding device for hair, comprising: a first holding section; a second holding section; and a connecting section for connecting the first holding section to the second holding section, wherein the first holding section, the second holding section, and the connecting section are integrally formed of plastic.

14. The holding device according to claim 13, wherein the plastic is elastic.

15. The holding device according to claim 13, wherein the holding device reversibly assumes a same shape without application of external force.

16. The holding device according to claim 13, wherein the plastic comprises a thermoplastic plastic.

17. The holding device according to claim 13, wherein the plastic is transparent.

18. The holding device according to claim 13, wherein the first holding section and the second holding section each have a free end.

19. The holding device according to claim 18, wherein at least one of the first holding section and the second holding section has a hook-like structure configured to interconnect the free ends of the holding sections.

20. The holding device according to claim 13, wherein the first holding section is arranged substantially parallel to the second holding section.

21. The holding device according to claim 13, wherein the connecting section is formed U-shaped, wherein the first and second holding sections are respectively connected to the ends of the U.

22. The holding device according to claim 13, wherein at least one of the first holding section and the second holding section has a curved shape.

23. The holding device according to claim 13, wherein at least one of the first holding section and the second holding section has a wave shape, a spiral shape, or a combined wave shape and spiral shape.

24. The holding device according to claim 13, wherein the first holding section extends on a first circular or helical path, and the second holding section extends on a second circular or helical path.

25. The holding device of claim 24, wherein the first holding section extends on a helical path that traces a surface of a virtual cone.

26. The holding device according to claim 13, wherein the connecting section is formed S-shaped, wherein the first and second holding sections each connect to the ends of the “S”.

25. The holding device of claim 24, wherein the first holding section extends on a helical path that traces a surface of a virtual cone.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0066] Preferred embodiments of the present disclosure are illustrated in the drawings and are described in more detail in the following description, wherein like reference numerals refer to the same or similar or functionally identical components.

[0067] The figures show:

[0068] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of a hair clip according to the present disclosure;

[0069] FIG. 2 is a side view of the hair clip according to FIG. 1;

[0070] FIG. 3 is a plan view of the upper side of the hair clip according to FIGS. 1 and 2;

[0071] FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of a hair clip according to the present disclosure;

[0072] FIG. 5 is a side view of the hair clip according to FIG. 4;

[0073] FIG. 6 is a plan view of the upper side of the hair clip according to FIGS. 4 and 5;

[0074] FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a third embodiment of a hair clip according to the present disclosure;

[0075] FIG. 8 is a plan view of the upper side of the hair clip according to FIG. 7; and

[0076] FIG. 9 is a side view of the hair clip according to FIGS. 7 and 8.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0077] Devices 1, 2 and 3 according to the present disclosure are described with reference to the attached figures.

[0078] A first embodiment of a hair clip 1 according to the present disclosure is shown in FIGS. 1 to 3. The hair clip 1 has a first bow-like holding or clamping section 11, a second bow-like holding or clamping section 12 extending parallel thereto and a U-shaped connecting section 13 which connects one of the ends of the clamping sections 11 and 12. The clamping sections 11 and 12 connect to the ends of the “U”.

[0079] The lower clamping section 11 near the head is slightly curved and adapts to the head surface. The upper clamping section 12 facing away from the head has a wave-shaped structure 120 having wave crests and troughs. As can be seen in FIGS. 2 and 3, the wave shape is two-dimensional, that is, the amplitudes (peaks and valleys, indicated by double arrow A by way of example) extend in a plane defined by the clamping sections 11 and 12.

[0080] FIGS. 4 to 6 show a second embodiment of the hair clip 2 according to the present disclosure having clamping sections 21, 22 and a connecting section 23 similar to the first embodiment. This embodiment 2 differs from the first embodiment 1 on the one hand in that the second clamping section 22 has a hook 221 formed at its free end. This serves as a closure of the clip 2. If the hook 221 is brought under the end section 210 of the first clamping section lying approximately at its height (for example, by a slight rotation of the second clamping section 22), the clamping sections 21, 22 are thus hooked to each other and the clamp 2 is securely closed. Opening is as easy as closing.

[0081] On the other hand, the wave shape 220 of the second clamping section 22 is three-dimensional, that is, the amplitudes A or B extend, as shown in the side view of FIG. 5, on the one hand in a plane defined by the clamping sections 21 and 22, on the other hand, as can be seen from the plan view of FIG. 6, in a plane perpendicular thereto. The superimposition of the amplitudes A and B produces a three-dimensional wave shape 220.

[0082] In principle, other two or three-dimensional curved profiles are conceivable.

[0083] FIGS. 7 to 9 show a further embodiment of the present disclosure in the form of a helical clip 3 having a first holding or clamping section 31, a second holding or clamping section 32 and a connecting section 33 arranged therebetween. The holding or clamping sections 31, 32 each have a free end 310, 320 which ends offset approximately parallel to each another (distance in the plan view: D).

[0084] The holding or clamping sections 31, 32 extend substantially on a skin surface of a (virtual) cone (stump). The device thus has a narrow, tapered end 32, 320 and a second end 31, 310 extending in a larger radius. The narrower end is usually first rotated into the hair bun. The profile is substantially or at least in sections helical or spiral (with radius increasing or decreasing along the height H).

[0085] As can be seen in particular from FIG. 8, the sections 31 and 32 extend approximately in each case on a circular or helical path, wherein the circular/helical path of the second clamping or holding section 32 is offset inwardly with respect to the first clamping or holding section (direction imaginary center point) (see top view according to FIG. 7), so that the second clamping section 32 extends within a circular path defined by the first clamping section 31. The radii can be about the same, but also different or vary along the path. The curvature of the sections 31 and 32 has the same sign, that is, the circular paths projected into the plane according to FIG. 8 extend approximately parallel in sections.

[0086] The connecting section 33 is formed S-shaped. The clamping sections 31, 32 each connect to the ends of the “S”.

[0087] The sections 31 and 32 are offset relative to each other along the height H of the device 3 (see FIG. 9) or the ends 310 and 320 have a distance H.

[0088] In general, in this embodiment, the hold is not caused by an elastic clamping, as in the other embodiments, but mainly or exclusively by the screwing in of the double spiral into the hair. The functionality is similar to that of a screw.

[0089] The devices 1, 2 and 3 are each integrally made of plastic in one piece. The plastic can be transparent, semi-transparent or non-transparent. The coloring is arbitrary. The surface can be profiled, for example, roughened, at least on the surfaces which hold/contact the hair.

[0090] The connecting sections 13, 23, 33 can exert a force or a torque on the clamping sections pressed apart from each other by an application of external force, which force or torque presses them together elastically and reversibly, so that hair between the clamping sections can be held.