Patent ID: 8622215

Claim:
A collection device for collecting hair samples with a follicle, the device comprising: (a) a top flap; (b) a bottom flap coupled to the top flap at a seam; and (c) an inner device disposed between the top flap and the bottom flap and coupled to both of the top flap and the bottom flap only at a region proximate to the seam, the top flap and the bottom flap each having a fold line proximate the seam to allow both flaps to be opened to expose the inner device, the inner device comprising a base and a top sheet, the top sheet being fixedly coupled to the base at a first region of the top sheet proximate to the seam and the top sheet being partially separably coupled to the base at a second region of the top sheet comprising substantially all of an area of overlap of the base by the top sheet and extending away from the seam and the first region, the first region and the second region being integral and non-separable; and wherein the base comprises a grip fixedly coupled to an end of the top sheet that is distal to the seam and the first region of the top sheet and that is defined by a touch cut that extends through the base and not through the top sheet.