Patent ID: 6189543
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: A45D

Abstract:
A hair styling device for styling a person's hair through engagement therewith, the hair styling device comprising:a hair holder comprising:a flexible relatively long body portion extending between two ends thereof having a pair of side members over part of its length because of a separation opening extending through the body portion over that part of the length, anda first end clasp portion and a second end clasp portion each extending from a corresponding one of the opposing ends of the body portion, a selected one of the first and second end clasp portions having an insert stub with a radially asymmetric cross section and the other clasp portion having at least one resilient wall extending substantially along an insert direction that defines at least a portion of an opening therein with a cross section similar to the cross section of the insert stub but large enough to receive the insert stub therein, the wall and the insert stub each having at a side thereof a corresponding member of a detent pair comprising a projection member and a recess member that are against one another when the insert stub is sufficiently inserted along the corresponding extent directions into the other clasp portion through the opening; andan attachment accessory with a selected one of this attachment accessory and the hair holder having at least one hole therein through which the other passes at least in part, and further having a support therein suitable for supporting a hair styling enhancement.