Patent ID: 7461662

Claim:
A hair clip comprising: a lower clip piece, wherein said lower clip piece has a lower clip piece lower surface; an upper clip piece connected to said lower clip piece through a pivot connection that has a hinge pin and a coil spring, said upper clip piece having a bottom portion that defines a concavity portion for use in defining a hair holding space to hold the hair of a user in a bundled state, wherein said upper clip piece has an upper clip piece upper surface, and wherein said upper clip piece upper surface and said lower clip piece lower surface face away from one another; a finger connected to said upper clip piece through a pivot connection, said finger used for holding the hair of the user in a bundled state; and a guide loop connected to a rear end portion of said finger through a pivot connection, said guide loop used for preventing hair from entering a joint portion defined by said finger and said upper clip piece, wherein the entire length of said guide loop is located at a position below said upper clip piece upper surface and is located at a position above said lower clip piece lower surface in a bundled state and in an unbundled state of said hair clip.