Hair clip

{
  "publication_number": "US5775345A",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "A",
  "title": "Hair clip",
  "abstract": "A hair clip has two curved arms connected in parallel and a clamping strip extending from a connecting area between the curved arms. Each curved arm has a pair of horizontally outwardly arched sections, a horizontally inwardly curved section connected between the horizontally outwardly arched sections, and a coupling tip at a free end. The clamping strip has a retainer portion at its free end for securing the coupling tips of the curved arms together. The clamping strip also has a plurality of downwardly curved sections and upwardly curved sections alternatively connected in a line between the clamping strip fixed end and free end. The width of the clamping strip is broader than the gap between the horizontally inwardly arched sections of the curved arms.",
  "claims": [
    "1. A hair clip comprising two curved arms each; having a respective fixed end connected to each other and a respective free end releasably secured to each other, each of said curved arms comprising a pair of horizontally outwardly arched sections connected between its free end the horizontally inwardly curved sections of said arms forming a gap therebetween; and its fixed end, a horizontally inwardly curved section connected between said horizontally outwardly arched sections, and a coupling tip at its free end, and a clamping strip suspended between said curved arms, said clamping strip comprising a fixed end extending from the connected fixed ends of said curved arms, a free end terminating in a retainer portion releasably securing the coupling tips of said curved arms together, and a plurality of downwardly curved sections and upwardly curved sections alternatively connected in a line between its fixed end and its free end, said clamping strip having a width broader than the gap between the horizontally inwardly arched sections of said curved arms.",
    "2. The hair clip of claim 1, wherein said clamping strip has a longitudinal row of raised portions raised from a top side thereof.",
    "3. The hair clip of claim 1, wherein said curved arms have a respective longitudinal row of raised portions raised from a respective top side for holding down the hair.",
    "4. The hair clip of claim 1 further comprising a coil spring mounted around said clamping strip for acting with said curved arms to fasten the hair."
  ],
  "cpc": [
    "A45D 8/14",
    "Y10T 24/44855",
    "Y10T 24/44863",
    "Y10T 24/44923"
  ],
  "filing_date": "1997-06-23",
  "publication_date": "1998-07-07",
  "grant_date": "1998-07-07",
  "priority_date": "1997-06-23",
  "application_number": "US-88065097-A",
  "family_id": "25376769",
  "citations": [
    "GB686785A",
    "US1135672A",
    "US1280281A",
    "US1375504A",
    "US2795233A",
    "US3076465A",
    "US3837350A",
    "US4011639A",
    "US5566690A",
    "US562690A"
  ]
}