US1586800A

US1586800A - Hair-retaining device

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Publication number: US1586800A
Application number: US75373A
Authority: US
Inventors: Kenneth L Heath
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1925-12-14
Filing date: 1925-12-14
Publication date: 1926-06-01
Anticipated expiration: 1943-06-01

Description

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Filed Dec. 1925 ATTORNEY Patented June 1, 1925.

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KENNETH L. HEATH, OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON.

HAIR-RETAINING DEVICE.

Application filed December 14., 1925.

This invention relates to an improved derice for retaining in properly adjusted position small bunches or strands or locks of ladies hair and more particularly hair that is fairly short or bobbed after the prevailing fashion. The device is of that type that is formed from a narrow strip or band of resilient material so bent uponitself as to form an elongated loop, between the opposite bars of which that portion of the wearers hair that is to be held is placed, the clasping of such hair being effected by forcing the end portionof one of'said bars into a position to allow of its engagement beneath a turned or hook-shaped end of the other bar. Where such engagement of the two ends is effected by giving to the bars a lateral relative movement so as to carry the end that is-to engage under the hook-shaped part to one side and'then back under that hook there is very apt to be an objectionable disturbance of the hair, and where a plurality of the devices are used on different portions of the head, as will generally be the case, the combined result of these disturbed areas will be a head of hair lacking that finished and dressy appearance so much desired. To obviate this objection it has been proposed to force the straight. end of one bar past the other or hook end without any lateral motion of either bar, and while it is feasible to snap the bars into locking engagement in that manner yet there is the liability, as indeed there is in the first-mentioned construction also, that while the device is in use there may occur a relative lateral slipping of the two bars sutficient to allow the ends to become disengaged so that the hair held by the device becomes loosened and the device itself drops off and is lost.

To overcomethese objections is the leading object of the present invention. Briefly stated I accomplish it by providing the faces of the end portions that are in contact, when the device is in use, with means for interlocking one with the other, line enabling one bar to be snapped past the ii ed end of the other, as is the desirable method when securing hair plate,

Serial No. 75,373.

and thereafter when the pressure of the Operatofs fingers is released permitting the two end portions to be automatically so interengaged as to prevent them from becoming accidentally separated. I accomplish as this object by means of the construction shown in the drawing and more particular- 1y described hereinafter. That which I believe to be new will be set forth in the claims.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the device in opened position.

Fig. 2 is a similar view of thedevice in its closed position.

Fig. 8 is a detail showing the inner notched face of the hook-shaped end of one of the bars; and

Fig. at is a detail showing the outer face of the end portion of the bar that is adapted to engage with the hook-shaped end portion of the other bar.

All of the figures are considerably enlarged in order to more clearly show the novel structural features. 5

My improved device is formed from a. narrow strip of thin resilient sheet metal bent upon itself, as at 9, at a point adjacent to the middle of the length of the strip whereby there are produced two bar memso bers indicated, respectively, by 10 and'll, the free end portion of the member 11 being bent "in a manner to correspond to the bend 9, thereby providing a hook 12. The two bends thus given to the strip are of such character that, as shown, the adjacent portions ofthe barsFlO and 11 that are connected by the bend 9 are comparatively widely separated and the same degree of separation of the parts at the other end of the device .will be present when the device is in operative position due to the curvature of the hook portion being the same as that of the bend 9. As shown, the two bars are directly opposite each other and each is so bowed or curved longitudinally that at approximately their mid length they are in contact with each other, or nearly so, when the two bars are held. together as hereinafter described.

The bar 10 is of pressed toward the such length that when other bar its free end will come in contact with the end portion of the hook 12. and as it is intended that such end of the bar 10 shall be forced past and lie. under the end of the hook the outer surface of the hook is beveled, as shown at- 13, to facilitate the forcing of the bar 10 past it. Ateach side of its longitudinal center the extreme end portion of the bar 10 is notched or cut away on its upper surface so as to leave between those notches a slight rib or projection 14, and in the under surface of the hook is a centrally-located notch 15 that is adapted to receive such rib or projection. The inherent resiliency and shape of the bar 10 tend to force such bar away from the other bar and into close engagement with the hook 12 of such other bar, and the interlocking engagement of the bar 10 ith the hook member by means of the rib 1% and notch 15 holds such bars from becoming accidentally disconnected by relative lateral movement. li'hen a strand or lock of hair is held between the two bars in the usual manner the pressure of the bar 10 against the hook will, naturally, be increased, with the result of more securely effecting the interlocking engagement referred to. In addition to the beveling of the outer surface of the hook facilitating the movement of the arm 10 past that hook such beveling has the additional advantage of bringing the outer surfaces of the hook and the arm 10 substantially flush and thus obviating almost wholly any liability of any hair being caught and pulled upon as the device is being adjusted into position.

By my improved construct-ion I provide a device that can be very readily clamped or clasped upon a lock or strand of hair, and by reason of it not being necessary to spring either bar laterally after the hair has been placed in position between the bars the user is assured that such hair cannot be massed or disturbed by the act of fastening the bars together. Furthermore, pressing the bar 10 toward the bar 11 so as to snap it into place by forcing it past the end of the hook is not only a more easy and natural operation than forcing it toward such bar 11 and at the same time swinging it laterally to get it under the hook but it is less of a strain on the device itself. The only occasion when the bar 10 needs to be moved laterally is when it is being removed from operative position. that being done after the bars have been forced toward each other Sutiiciently to draw the rib or projection M out of the notch 15.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A hair-retaining device formed of a strip of resilient material bent upon itself to form two bars arranged one above the other,

the free end portion of one bar terminating in a hook-shaped member and the other bar being of a length to cause its free cud por tion to come in contzr... with such member when said bars are .isscd toward each other, and means on he under surface of the hook-shaped member and the outer sur face of the second-nuniml bar for removably interlocking the two bars together when said second-named bar has been forced past the end of said hook-shaped member, the inner and outer surfaces of said second-named bar being approximately in alignment with the corresponding surfaces of the free end portion of the hook-shaped member when the )arts are in said interlocked relation.

2. A hair-retaining devi e formed of "r strip resilient material bent upon itself to form two bars arranged one above the other, said bars being curved from end to end to bring their longitudinal central portions in proximity to each other when the device is in operative position. the free end portion of one bar terminating in a hookshaped member and the other bar being of a length tocanse its free end portion to come in contact with such member when said bars are pressed toward each other, and means on the under surface of the hook-shaped member and the outer srrface of the second named bar for reniovably intcrlocl-zing the two bars together when said second-named bar has been forced past the end of said hook-shaped member, the inner and outer surfaces of said second-named bar being approximately in alignment with the corresponding surfaces of the free end portion of the hook-shaped member when the parts are in said interlocked relation.

3. A hair-retaining devi e formed of a strip of re-W ient material bent upon itself to form two bars arranged one above the other, the free end portion of one bar terminating in a l1ookshapcd member provided with a notch in its under surface and the other bar being of a length to cause its free end portion to come in contact with such member when said bars are pressed toward each other, said second-nanuwl bar having the outer surface of its free end portion notched .t eacn side of the longitudinal ccnter of the bar to form a rib or projection that will fit in the said notch in the hook-shaped member for rcmovabl interlocking the two bars together when said second-named bar has been forced past the end of said hookshaped member.

4:. A hair-retaining device formed of a strip of resilient n'mterial bent upon itself to form two bars arranged one above the other, the free end portion of one of said bars terminating in a hook-shaped member the outer surface of the end portion of which is beveled and the under surface of which is provided with a part of the means for reluovably interlocking the two bars together, the other bar being of a length to cause its free end portion to come in contact With the said beveled surface of the hook-shaped member, and said free end portion of said last-named bar being provided on its outer surface with means co-operating with the said means on the under surface of the hook-shaped member for interlocking the two bars together when said last-named bar 10 has been forced past the end of said hookshaped member.

KENNETH L. HEATH.