Handle free claw clip (US Patent 8186364)

Patent number: 8186364 Kind code: B2 Granted: 2012-05-29 Filed: 2007-03-08 Inventors: David Alan Silva (Reno, NV, US)

Abstract

A hair clip that opens and closes using an elastic band. The band holds the jaws in an open position (which eliminates the need for the levers) and the band also urges the jaws together to close the clip (eliminating the need for a metal spring). The clip has a length of material that is attached either across its top or around it. Because the jaws have no attached protruding levers for opening and closing them (like