Patent ID: 6981507

Claim:
A barrette for holding in place sparse fine, short, curly or kinky child's hair, comprising: a. a flat strip of flexible polymeric material having a length ranging from about one inch to about six inches and a width ranging from one-fourth inch to about one inch, said strip having an upper surface, a lower surface, a left end, a center region, a right end, a top edge and a bottom edge; b. complementary, opposable, releasable fastening means comprising hook and loop portions of fastener material separately and fixedly attached to said lower surface c. said left end of the lower surface of said strip being separately and fixedly attached to the hook portion of the fastening means; d. said right end of the lower surface being separately and fixedly attached to the loop portion of the fastening means; e. said center region, constituting more than about 5% and less than about 33% of said lower surface, being devoid of fastener material; f. said barrette having a weight ranging from 0.05 to 0.2 oz; and g. each of said top and bottom edges being substantially linear.