Patent ID: 9125469
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: A45D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A hair retaining and decorating system comprising: a length of string having a first end and a second end, the first end at a first end segment, an interior segment contiguous with the first end segment, an exterior segment contiguous with and coiled around the interior segment, and a second end segment contiguous with the coiled exterior segment, the second end segment being contiguous with the second end wherein the first end and second end of the length of string are attached to close the length of string at the first end and the second end, wherein the coiled exterior segment has an upper coiled portion proximate the first and second ends and a lower coiled portion positioned between the upper coiled portion and the interior segment; the string having a wax or silicone adhesive coating thereon to improve rigidity and stickiness, where the thickness of said wax or silicone adhesive coating is about 0.05 mm or about 0.08 mm, and the coiled exterior segment is enabled to move from a compressed coiled position to an extended position where the upper portion of the coiled exterior segment extends downward to open the compressed coil and the lower portion of the exterior segment is pulled by the interior segment creating a crisscrossed pattern between the upper portion of the exterior segment and the lower portion of the coiled exterior segment and interior segment in use a lock or bundle of hair is passed through the interior of the string in the coiled compressed configuration such that the hair extends completely there through and the string is move to the extended portion by gripping the first and second ends and pulling the upper portion of the coiled exterior segment in a downward direction away from the first and second ends.