Patent ID: 7823594

Claim:
A flexible seamless hair clamp, comprising: a seamless continuous one-piece body having a curved seamless continuous first leg member, a curved seamless continuous second leg member, and a curved seamless continuous bridging portion and an elongate spring element disposed entirely within the curved bridge portion; the curved seamless continuous first leg member having a curved seamless continuous first clip portion and extending seamlessly therefrom and opposite thereto a seamless continuous first lever region, the first clip portion defining an inner surface and including a unitary first distal end; the curved seamless continuous second leg member having a curved seamless continuous second clip portion and extending seamlessly therefrom and opposite thereto a seamless continuous second lever region, the second clip portion defining an inner surface and including a unitary second distal end; and the curved seamless continuous bridging portion seamlessly connecting the first leg member to the second leg member in facing opposition, the curved bridging portion disposed between the first and second leg members proximate to the first and second lever regions, the bridging portion having an inner surface and opposite thereto an outer surface, the inner surface of the bridging portion facing the inner surface of the first leg member and the inner surface of the second leg member, the inner surfaces of the bridging portion and the first and second leg members collectively defining a seamless continuous hair-friendly concave surface from the first distal end to the second distal end without any claws or teeth formed by the clip portions and without any portions of the leg members folded back onto themselves to form the lever regions such that the first and second leg members are of a single-wall construction, the curved bridging portion biasing the first distal end and the second distal end into close proximity, wherein the hair clamp is operable to move from an initial closed state to an open state when opposing compression force is applied to the first lever region and the second lever region by two fingers of the same hand in a one-handed operation, the force imparting a torsional rotation of the first leg member and the second leg member about an imaginary point proximate to the center of the curved bridging portion, the rotation of the first leg member and the second leg member separating the first distal end and the second distal end from their initial proximity, wherein the body is made of a resilient flexible material and the bridging portion is elongate such that it biases the distal ends of the leg members toward each other and flexes to a less concave shape when the opposing compression force is applied to the lever regions.