US2397100A - Hairpin - Google Patents

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"R K. GAYLORD ET AL 2,397,100v

HAIRPIN Filed O Gi'.. 2l, 1944 March 26, 1946.

Patented Mar. 26, 1946 HAIRPIN Ruth K. Gaylord and Irving Richard Green, Chicago, Ill., assignors to Gaylord Products, Incorporated, Chicago, Ill., a corporation of Delaware Application October 21, 1944, Serial No. 559,678

1 Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in hairpins and has for an object the provision of a hairpin having means provided thereon for preventing its accidental displacement from the hair.

Another object of this invention is to provide a, hairpin in which the legs thereof are formed to provide a plurality of relatively large hair receiving pockets, and in which abutment shoulders are provided at the outer ends of each hair receiving pocket for preventing retrograde movement of the hairpin from the hair.

A further object of this invention is to provide a hairpin which is relatively inexpensive to manufacture. This invention embodies other novel features which are hereinafter set forth in the specication and claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view showing a hairpin embodying features of this invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of same.

Referring now to the drawing for a better understanding of this invention, a hairpin is shown as comprising a loop II having a pair of depending legs I2 which are formed with outwardly diverging portions I3, I4, and I6 and with converging portions I1, I8, and I9 to provide three relatively large hair receiving pockets 2|, 22, and 23. The free end portions 24 of the legs I2 are preferably disposed in spaced parallel alignment, the distance therebetween being substantially greater than distance across the` hair receiving pocket 23.

The converging portions II, I8, and I9 are disposed at an angle of from 35 to 90 from the longitudinal axis of the hairpin to provide abutment shoulders and also to form restricted openings 26, 21, and 28 at the outer ends of the pockets 2I, 22, and 23 respectively. It will be observed that the converging portions I8 are of greater length than the converging portions I1 and I9 in order to provide longer abutment surfaces and a more restricted opening 21 for the hair receiving pocket 22 than is provided for the pockets 2| and 23.

The hairpin is preferably formed of resilient material such as spring wire to provide a substantially non-resilient loop I I and resilient legs. Due to the relatively large size of the hair receiving pockets 2 I, 22, and 23, the formation and disposition of the abutment shoulders II, I8, and I9, and the yieldable resistance oifered by the legs I2, the hairpins are adapted to firmly engage the hair and are not readily displaced therefrom.

While this invention has been shown in but one form, it is obvious to those skilled in the art that it is not so limited but is susceptible of various changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the claimed invention.

We claim as our invention:

A hairpin formed of.resilient material, comprising a loop, a pair of legs depending from said loop, each of said legs having relatively long outwardly diverging portions and relatively short outwardly converging portions, the inner ends of one pair of outwardly diverging portions terminating at said loop, said outwardly converging portions being disposed at an angle of from 35 to from the longitudinal axis of the hairpin to serve as abutment shoulders for resisting displacement of the hairpin from the hair, said outwardly diverging portions and outwardly converging portions forming three hair receiving pockets, the opposing portions of said legs between the abutment shoulders and the free ends thereof being substantially parallel, the abutment shoulders of the intermediate hair receiving pocket being relatively longer than the abutment shoulders provided for the other pockets to provide a more restricted passage for hair therebetween.

RUTH K. GAYLORD. lRVING RICHARD GREEN.

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