Patent ID: 7644717

Claim:
A hair clip and hairpin combination comprising: a pin member for engaging into a user's hair, said pin member including two ears extended from a root portion thereof for forming a space between said ears, a rod secured to said ears and straddled between said ears, a plate including two flaps extended from one end portion thereof for forming a compartment between said flaps and for rotatably receiving said ears of said pin member, said ears of said pin member being pivotally coupled to said flaps of said plate with a pivot axle for allowing said plate to be rotated relative to said pin member between an open working position and a folded clamping position, a pole secured to said flaps and straddled between said flaps, and a spring member coupled to said rod and said pole and coupled between said rod and said pole, said rod and said pin member being movable away from said pole and said plate and said spring member being movable over said pivot axle and retained on one side of said pivot axle for maintaining said plate and said pin member at the open working position and for being used as a hairpin, and said rod and said pin member being biased toward said pole and said plate and, said spring member being movable over said pivot axle and retained on an opposite side of said pivot axle for maintaining said plate and said pin member at the folded clamping position and for being used as a hair clip.