Patent ID: 7011097
Filing Date: 2006-03-14
Classification: A45D

Abstract:
1. A method for braiding hair with a hair braiding device, the braiding device including: a body provided with a plurality of looped and spaced apart braiding regions, each of the plurality of looped braiding regions being provided with a mouth open outwardly, and a cavity located adjacent to and inwardly from the mouth, said method comprising the steps of: (a) parting hair to be braided into a plurality of braiding strands; (b) selectively stressing the mouths of the plurality of braiding regions, thereby sequentially inserting each of the plurality of hair strands into a respective one of the cavities of the plurality of hair braiding regions through the stressed mouth; (c) displacing the inserted hair strands within each of the cavities of the plurality of hair braiding regions upon releasing a respective one of the mouths, thereby forming a plurality of hair sub-segments within the each hair braiding region; and (d) selectively stressing and releasing the mouths of the plurality of hair braiding regions, thereby repeatedly removing and inserting the plurality of hair sub-segments from and into the cavities of the plurality of hair braiding regions so as to create a hair style.