Patent ID: 7222631

Claim:
A method of securing and styling hair comprising steps of: selecting a multiple hair clip fastener wherein the hair clip fastener comprising three claw clips, each of said claw clip having a pair of jaws including a mutual pivotal connection, each of said jaws having an edge portion spaced from said pivotal connection, each edge portion having gripping teeth that are mutually intertwined, said edge portion and said gripping teeth being bent in a concave sense in a direction away from said pivotal connection, wherein each of said claw clips further comprises spring means which urges said edge portion of said jaws together and said gripping teeth into mutually intertwined engagement; each of said clips also comprises a pair of handles disposed on the side of said spring means remote from said jaws, wherein each of said claw clips being permanently attached to each other thereby forming an intermediate clip and two outer clips, using said outer clips as open and close handles to open said intermediate clip, closing said intermediate clip about a first section of hair, opening one of said outer clips and securing one of said outer clips around a second section of hair and opening the other of said outer clips and securing the other of said outer clips around a third section of hair.