US20120048293A1

US20120048293A1 - Barrette without spring member

Info

Publication number: US20120048293A1
Application number: US12/807,029
Authority: US
Inventors: Shih Ling Hsu
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2010-08-26
Filing date: 2010-08-26
Publication date: 2012-03-01

Abstract

A hair barrette includes a barrette element having a number of comb teeth for engaging with a head of a user, and having a hook member formed on each of the free ends or outer ends for allowing the hook members of the barrette element to be engaged with each other and for attaching the barrette element onto the hair of the user without spring biasing members, the barrette element includes a base member and two barrette members each having an inner coupling end pivotally coupled to the base member with a hinge line, the barrette element includes a pattern applied onto the outer peripheral portion for decorative purposes.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a hair barrette, and more particularly to a hair barrette including a structure having no spring members provided or engaged therein for easily and readily attached onto the head or hair of the user and for suitably styling the hair of the user.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Typical hair clips comprise two elongated clip members or comb members biased together with a spring biasing member for biasing or forcing the comb members to clasp or to clip the hair of the user.
For example, U.S. Pat. No. 7,644,717 to Hsu discloses one of the typical hair clips comprising an elongated clip member and a pin member pivotally or rotatably coupled together, and a spring biasing member engaged between the clip members or pin members for biasing the clip members or pin members together and for clasping or clipping the hair of the user.
However, the hair of the user may be tightly clamped or clasped between the clip members or pin members by the spring biasing member and the hair of the user may have a good chance to be entangled or interfered by the spring biasing member and the user may feel uncomfortable.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,318,054 to Neilson et al. discloses another typical spiral spring hair barrette assembly comprising a comb and a flat spiral spring to which the comb is attached, the spiral spring has an inside and outside surface, and the inside surface coils around the ponytail when the barrette spring is coiled.
However, the typical hair barrettes may not be solidly or stably engaged with the hair of the user and may have a good chance to be disengaged from the hair of the user.
The present invention has arisen to mitigate and/or obviate the afore-described disadvantages of the conventional hair barrettes and the hair clips.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The primary objective of the present invention is to provide a hair barrette including a structure having no spring members for easily and readily attached onto the head or hair of the user and for suitably styling the hair of the user.
In accordance with one aspect of the invention, there is provided a hair barrette comprising a barrette body element including a number of comb teeth extended therefrom for engaging with a head of a user, and including two free ends each having a hook member provided thereon, and the hook members of the barrette body element being engageable with each other for stably or suitably attaching the barrette body element onto the hair of the user.
The barrette body element includes a base member and two barrette members pivotally coupled to the base member. The barrette members each include an inner coupling end pivotally coupled to the base member with a hinge line. The barrette body element may include a pattern provided thereon for marking or decorative purposes.
Further objectives and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from a careful reading of the detailed description provided hereinbelow, with appropriate reference to the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a hair barrette in accordance with the present invention, at an open or non-working position;

FIG. 2 is a front plan schematic view of the hair barrette as shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is another perspective view of the hair barrette, at a folded or working position;

FIG. 4 is a front plan schematic view of the hair barrette as shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the hair barrette, illustrating the operation or the attachment of the hair barrette onto a head of the user;

FIG. 6 is a further perspective view illustrating the other arrangement of the hair barrette;

FIG. 7 is a front plan schematic view of the hair barrette as shown in FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a still further perspective view illustrating the operation of the hair barrette as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, at a folded or working position;

FIG. 9 is a front plan schematic view of the hair barrette as shown in FIG. 8; and

FIG. 10 is a perspective view, illustrating the operation or the attachment of the hair barrette onto a head of the user.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

Referring to the drawings, and initially to FIGS. 1-4, a hair barrette in accordance with the present invention comprises a barrette body element 1 including an intermediate or base member 10, and two elongated and/or arched or curved barrette members 11, 12 each having an inner end or coupling end 13 pivotally or rotatably coupled to the base member 10 with a pivot or coupling or hinge line 14 for allowing the barrette members 11, 12 to be pivoted or rotated relative to the base member 10 between an open or unfolded or non-working position as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 and a folded or closed or working position as shown in FIGS. 3-5, and each having a number of comb teeth 15 for engaging with the hair 80 of the user 8, and for styling the hair 80 of the user 8.
The barrette members 11, 12 each further include a free end or outer end 17 having an ear or anchor or stop or curved hook member 16 formed or provided thereon, and arranged for allowing the hook members 16 of the barrette members 11, 12 to be engaged with each other and thus for allowing the barrette members 11, 12 to be suitably and comfortably engaged with the hair 80 of the user 8 and to be solidly or stably attached onto the hair 80 of the user 8 for suitably styling the hair 80 of the user 8. The barrette members 11, 12 each may further include one or more decorative words, patterns 18, or the like attached or applied onto the outer peripheral portion thereof for decorative purposes.
Alternatively, as shown in FIGS. 6-10, the base member and the barrette members 101 of the barrette body element 1 may be formed integral as a one-piece and curved structure and may also include a number of comb teeth 15 for engaging with the hair 80 of the user 8, and for styling the hair 80 of the user 8, and may include two free ends or outer ends 17 each having an ear or anchor or stop or curved hook member 16 formed or provided thereon, and arranged for allowing the hook members 16 of the barrette members 101 to be engaged with each other and thus for allowing the barrette members 101 to be suitably and comfortably engaged with the hair 80 of the user 8 and to be solidly or stably attached onto the hair 80 of the user 8 for suitably styling the hair 80 of the user 8.
In operation, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 10, the hair 80 of the user 8 may be suitably and comfortably engaged or clamped or clasped or retained between the clip members 11, 12 and/or the base member 10, and the comb teeth 15 may further engage with the hair 80 of the user 8 for styling the hair 80 of the user 8 and for solidly or stably attaching or anchoring onto the hair 80 of the user 8, without spring biasing members.
Accordingly, the hair barrette in accordance with the present invention includes a structure having no spring members for easily and readily attached onto the head or hair of the user and for suitably styling the hair of the user.
Although this invention has been described with a certain degree of particularity, it is to be understood that the present disclosure has been made by way of example only and that numerous changes in the detailed construction and the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed.

Claims

I claim:

1. A hair barrette comprising:

a barrette body element including a plurality of comb teeth extended therefrom for engaging with a head of a user, and including two free ends each having a hook member provided thereon, and said hook members of said barrette body element being engageable with each other for attaching said barrette body element onto the hair of the user.

2. The hair barrette as claimed in claim 1, wherein said barrette body element includes a base member and two barrette members pivotally coupled to said base member.

3. The hair barrette as claimed in claim 2, wherein said barrette members each include an inner coupling end pivotally coupled to said base member with a hinge line.

4. The hair barrette as claimed in claim 1, wherein said barrette body element includes a pattern provided thereon.