Patent ID: 9232841
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: A45D

Claim Text:
1. A hair clip comprising: two hinged clip bodies, with each of the two clip bodies including a press portion and a clamp portion extending from the press portion, with a through-hole formed in the press portion of each of the two clip bodies, with the clamp portion of each of the two clip bodies including a recess formed in an outer surface thereof; and an elastic fastener including two spaced end portions and a central portion between the two end portions, with the two end portions defined by a gap therebetween, with the elastic fastener having a roughly elliptic cross section, with the central portion having a roughly semi-elliptic cross section, with the two end portions of the elastic fastener penetrating the through-holes in the press portions of the two clip bodies and engaged in the recesses of the clamp portions of the two hinged clip bodies respectively, wherein the elastic fastener presents a C-shaped profile, with the central portion of the elastic fastener being greater than each of the two end portions of the elastic fastener in radial thickness.