Toilet – Hair device – Hair fastener
Reexamination Certificate
2000-10-30
2001-12-04
Philogene, Pedro (Department: 3732)
Toilet
Hair device
Hair fastener
C132S273000, C132S277000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06325073
ABSTRACT:
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention relates to a support means usable for the most varied purposes (for example to support decorations and various applications), which can be applied to hair, to clothes or more generally to a sheet material, or can be incorporated in or fixed to other objects.
BACKGROUND ART
Various support or retention means are known (for example of comb, fork, gripper or clip form) for applying decorations to the hair of the head or for forming special hair-styles. These known support means are however ineffective if the hair is of short length, and in any event can only be applied to determined areas of hair (in particular to the hair of the head) and to hair tufts of a certain volume.
These known support means are also rather voluminous and cumbersome.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
An object of this invention is to provide a support means applicable to hair (including the hair of the head) which does not present the aforesaid drawbacks of known support means of the aforespecified type.
A further object is to provide a support means of the aforespecified type which can be applied to a material in sheet form and in particular to clothes and accessories such as gloves, hats, handbags, belts and shoes, which comprise sheet material.
It is also known that precious, semi-precious or simply ornamental stones, whether natural or synthetic, are normally mounted in so-called settings which support them, the settings being able in their turn to be fixed to other objects, in particular to jewellery (such as rings, brooches, clips, bracelets). These settings are not easy to manufacture and the mounting operation, i.e. fixing the stones to them, is also not simple. In this respect, such an operation requires clinching the edge of the setting or claws projecting from said edge, preparing soldered cages or gluing the stone (in the case of stones of low value). All these operations have to be carried out by specialized personnel and involve the use of special instruments and equipment. Moreover, in mounting the stone or in replacing it, it is exposed to the risk of damage, notwithstanding the skill of the operator. Again, certain mounting methods do not provide high security against loss of the stone resulting from a fall or an accidental blow.
A further object of the invention is to provide a support means for stones which can be applied to hair or to a sheet material, or be fixed to or be incorporated in jewellery and the like.
The said objects are attained by the support means of this invention, characterised by comprising a helical tension spring.
In this respect such a spring can also be easily applied to very short hair (even of a few millimetres in length) by simply stretching the spring or just a part of it so as to widen all or part of its turns respectively, then positioning the hair within these turns. On now releasing the spring, the hair remains trapped between the turns, so that the spring remains fixed to the hair. It has been found that, for this purpose, the spring can even be of very small dimensions (a spring of a few millimetres diameter is sufficient).
As has been ascertained, said support means of helical spring form does not cause any annoyance or sensation of heaviness to the person to whose hair of the head (or hair in general) it has been applied, neither does it cause any painful sensation, even with prolonged use.
Furthermore as such a spring is constructed of fairly fine wire, one end of this wire can be easily inserted through the cloth of clothes by simply resting said end against the cloth and rotating the spring about its axis (in the manner of a screw) so as to cause one or more of its turns to penetrate into the cloth, with the result that the cloth rests trapped between two adjacent turns, which press against it to prevent the spring being able to escape.
In the same manner as hair or cloth, between the turns there can also be interposed an appropriate projection forming part of a decoration or the like, this latter hence being supported by the spring. The decoration can however instead be fixed directly to one end of the spring.
Finally, it has been surprisingly found that the spring is able to reliably retain a stone directly between its turns, so that the spring can basically act as a setting.
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Di Maria Sandro
Di Maria Sergio
Di Maria Poole Sonia
Hairdiamond Inc.
Oblon & Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt P.C.
Philogene Pedro
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