Toilet – Hair device – Hair fastener
Reexamination Certificate
2000-07-14
2001-11-13
Manahan, Todd E. (Department: 3732)
Toilet
Hair device
Hair fastener
Reexamination Certificate
active
06314969
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to decorating devices for hair and more particularly pertains to a new hair decorating device for decorating and restraining a portion of hair.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of decorating devices for hair is known in the prior art. More specifically, decorating devices for hair heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,404,892; 5,465,741; 5,388,598; 4,993,988; U.S. Pat. Nos. 378,903; and 254,273.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new hair decorating device. The inventive device includes a flexible member. The flexible member is elongate and has a first end and a second end. A coupling assembly removably couples the flexible member to the hair of a user. The coupling assembly includes a securing member. The securing member is adapted for is removably securable to the hair of the user. A fastening means fastens the securing member to the first end of the elongate member. The fastening means is coupled to the securing member. A filament, which is elongate, is tightly wrapped about the fastening means and the elongate member such that fastening means is coupled to the elongate member. The second end of the elongate member generally is bulbous.
In these respects, the hair decorating device according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of decorating and restraining a portion of hair.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of decorating devices for hair now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new hair decorating device construction wherein the same can be utilized for decorating and restraining a portion of hair.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new hair decorating device apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the decorating devices for hair mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new hair decorating device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art decorating devices for hair, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a flexible member. The flexible member is elongate and has a first end and a second end. A coupling assembly removably couples the flexible member to the hair of a user. The coupling assembly includes a securing member. The securing member is adapted for is removably securable to the hair of the user. A fastening means fastens the securing member to the first end of the elongate member. The fastening means is coupled to the securing member. A filament, which is elongate, is tightly wrapped about the fastening means and the elongate member such that fastening means is coupled to the elongate member. The second end of the elongate member generally is bulbous.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new hair decorating device apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the decorating devices for hair mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new hair decorating device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art decorating devices for hair, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new hair decorating device which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new hair decorating device which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new hair decorating device which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such hair decorating device economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new hair decorating device which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new hair decorating device for decorating and restraining a portion of hair.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new hair decorating device which includes a flexible member. The flexible member is elongate and has a first end and a second end. A coupling assembly removably couples the flexible member to the hair of a user. The coupling assembly includes a securing member. The securing member is adapted for is removably securable to the hair of the user. A fastening means fastens the securing member to the first end of the elongate member. The fastening means is coupled to the securing member. A filament, which is elongate, is tightly wrapped about the fastening means and the elongate member such that fastening means is coupled to the elongate member. The second end of the elongate member generally is bulbous.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new hair decorating device that has interchangeable beads and colored threads such that the device will match the apparel of the user.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new hair decorating device that has attachments which may be added thereto.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of
Comstock David C.
Manahan Todd #E.
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