Quick release hair tie
View Patent ↗A quick-release hair tie comprising a length of elastic with a spring-loaded cord-lock integrally attached to one end of the elastic. The elastic has a nub at the other free end. The nub is removably attached to the cord-lock, creating a loop, by pressing the button of the cord-lock, placing the nub in the cord-lock opening and releasing the cord-lock button to secure the nub within the cord-lock chamber, creating a looped hair tie. The tie can be secured around and around a ponytail as one would do with a traditional looped ponytail hair tie. However, when the user is ready to release the tie from the hair, they simply press the button and the knot or nub automatically releases from the cord-lock, which releases the hair tie without having to pull or tug it out of the hair.
1 . A quick-release cord-lock hair tie, the hair tie consisting of:
a length of an elastic cord having a distal end opposite to a proximal end, with a spring-loaded cord-lock integrally attached to the proximal end of the elastic cord and a nub is attached to the distal end of the cord;
said nub is removably attached to the spring-loaded cord-lock;
the spring-loaded cord-lock consisting of three parts: a bead with a hole therethrough and an opening at its top, a toggle with a hole therethrough, and a spring;
wherein the spring-loaded cord lock is made of plastic material;
the toggle is attached into the bead opening along with the spring;
wherein all the holes are aligned when the toggle is pressed, and to secure the hair tie the nub is housed completely inside the aligned holes of the bead;
the distal end of the elastic cord holds in place inside the bead when the toggle is released trapping the nub inside the bead;
wherein the hair tie is secured to a ponytail, and
Wherein the hair tie is released from the ponytail by pressing a button to release the nub from the spring-loaded cord-lock.