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US 7,770,586 · App. 10/542,357 · Granted Aug 10, 2010

Hair inserting tool

Assignee: Kao Corporation
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Patent No.
US 7,770,586
App. No.
10/542,357
Granted
Aug 10, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hair inserter for inserting a hair bundle into a flat tubular hair holder made of a sheet in such a design that the hair bundle can be inserted therein from an upper opening at one end thereof toward a lower opening at the other end thereof. The hair inserter has a long main body having, at one end portion thereof, a hair catching part capable of catching a hair bundle and is configured to be smoothly inserted with a hair bundle caught on the hair catching part through the inside of the tubular hair holder from the opening toward the opening.

Claims (10)

1. A hair device, comprising:

a hair holder comprising a flat tube made of a sheet in such a design that a hair bundle can be inserted from an opening at one end of the tube toward an opening at an other end of the tube; and

a hair inserter to insert the hair bundle into the hair holder, the hair inserter comprising a long main body having, at one end portion thereof, a hair catching part including a plurality of teeth on an inner circumferential face of one of the sides of the hair catching part to catch the hair bundle, and the long main body is smoothly inserted with a hair bundle caught on the hair catching part thereof into the tube from the opening at the one end toward the opening at the other end and a space forming member, slidably coupled with the long main body, that slides from a first position below the hair catching part to a second position extending above an outer circumferential face of the one of the sides of the hair catching part that includes the plurality of teeth to cover the plurality of teeth to hold the hair bundle around the teeth.

2. The hair device according to claim 1 , wherein the hair inserter is stiffer than the hair holder.

3. The hair device according to claim 1 , wherein

the space-forming member is thicker and wider than the hair catching part, and

the space-forming member is slidable in a longitudinal direction of the hair inserter.

4. The hair device according to claim 1 , wherein

the hair catching part includes an upper stopper positioned adjacent to the plurality of teeth, and

in the second position, the space forming member is fixed in place by the upper stopper to completely cover the plurality of teeth to lock the hair bundle around the teeth.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 11, 2005
From: TOJO, TAKEHIKO; KOBAYASHI, HIDEO; MISUMI, HISASHI
To: KAO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 017075/0729 →
Priority Claims (6)
JP 2003-006510 · Jan 15, 2003 · national
JP 2003-006511 · Jan 15, 2003 · national
JP 2003-006512 · Jan 15, 2003 · national
JP 2003-430952 · Dec 25, 2003 · national
JP 2003-430953 · Dec 25, 2003 · national
JP 2004-006627 · Jan 14, 2004 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20060124148A1 · Jun 15, 2006