Patent ID: 7735497

Claim:
A hair clip comprising: a lower clip piece; an upper clip piece connected to said lower clip piece through a pivot connection, said upper clip piece having a bottom portion that defines a concavity portion for use in defining a hair holding space to hold the hair of a user in a bundled state, wherein said lower clip piece has a top surface that faces towards said upper clip piece, and wherein said lower clip piece has a bottom surface that faces away from said upper clip piece; a finger connected to said upper clip piece through a pivot connection, said finger used for holding the hair of the user in a bundled state; and a guide loop connected to a rear end portion of said finger, said guide loop used for preventing hair from entering a joint portion defined by said finger and said upper clip piece, said guide loop having a rear end portion that is at least partially disposed between said lower clip piece and said upper clip piece, wherein the entire said guide loop is located above said bottom surface of said lower clip piece when said lower clip piece and said upper clip piece are in an unbundled state and not holding the hair of the user.