Patent ID: 7174902

Claim:
Hair ornament with a resilient attaching clip comprising a pair of complementary transversally elongated limbs ( 12 & 14 ) having handle portions and which are connected by a hinge and spring assembly ( 16 ) and having prongs ( 18 ) extending from each elongated limb ( 12 & 14 ) and forming a pair of clipping portions wherein each elongated limb comprises a socket having a hollow cylindrical recess and which forms at the inner opposite end abutting sliding planes ( 23 & 25 ), as well as a bushing which is received in a recess provided in the respective socket of each limb, whereby the limbs are pivoted with respect to each other, and a spring inserted in the bushing, extending into the sockets and being attached at both ends at the outer end of the sockets in order to bias the limbs in a closed position.