Patent ID: 8528573

Claim:
A hair retaining clip comprising: a body of a resilient material and having a dome shape, an outer perimeter, an inner surface, an outer surface, a body plane defined generally by the perimeter, and a body axis generally central to the body and oriented generally perpendicular to the body plane; and first and second claws coupled to and extending from the body in a generally axial direction, the first and second claws spaced from and generally opposite one another across the body, the first and second claws each including a plurality of fingers, each of the plurality of fingers having a base attached to the inner surface of the body near the perimeter, a stalk extending away from the respective base, and a free end, wherein a thickness of the base is greater than a thickness of the free end; wherein the hair retaining clip is movable between an open position, in which the body protrudes from the body plane in an inward axial direction and the first and second claws are separated from one another, and a closed position in which the body protrudes from the body plane in an outward axial direction and portions of the fingers of the first and second claws overlap one another.