Hair retaining comb and method of making the same

Claim 1

A DIE FOR CONVERTING A GENERALLY FLAT ANNULAR BLANK HAVING AN INTERNAL ANNULAR RING-LIKE MEMBER WHICH IS SOLID AND INCLUDES AN INNER RIB, AN OUTER RIB, ND AN INTERVENING GROOVE, WITH TEETH ON THE OUTER RING, INTO A GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL OR CROWN-LIKE OBJECT, IN WHICH THE GENERAL PLANE OF THE BOTTOM OF THE GROOVE IS AT AN INCLINE WITH RESPECT TO THE GENERAL PLANE OF THE TEETH, SAID MOLD COMPRISING A BASE MEMBER HAVING AN UPSTANDING ANNULAR RIDGE AND A VERTICAL INNER SURFACE IN THE UPPER PORTION AND A DOWNWARDLY AND INWARDLY DIRECTED INCLINED SURFACE IN THE LOWE PORTION THEREOF, SAID SURFACE ALSO BEING ANNULAR, AN UPPER CYLINDRICAL DIE MEMBER ADAPTED TO FIT INTO THE RIDGE ON THE BASE MEMBER, SAID UPPER DIE MEMBER HAVING A CIRCUMFERENTIAL INWARDLY DIRECTED SLANTED SURFACE CONFORMING IN GENERAL TO THE AFOREMENTIONED INCLINED SURFACE, AND HAVING MEANS TO ENGAGE THE FLAT BLANK AT THE INNER PORTION THEREOF AND CARRY THE SAME DOWN TO A POINT NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE LOWER MEMBER, THE RIDGE BENDING THE TEETH RELATIVELY UPWARDLY WITH RESPECT TO SAID BACK MEMBER, SAID MEANS INCLUDING AN ANNULAR SHOULDER ADJACENT THE LOWER PORTION OF THE INWARDLY DIRECTED SLANTED SURFACE AREA ON THE CYLINDRICAL MEMBER, SAID SHOULDER BEING ADAPTED TO ENGAGE THE INNERMOST PORTION OF SAID FLAT BLANK IN ORDER TO CATCH IT AND FORCE IT DOWNWARDLY.