Spool type hair winding mandrel with telescoping cover clamp

Claim 1

A HAIR CURLING DEVICE HAVING A BASE MEMBER, AN ELONGATED TUBULAR MEMBER EXTENDING THEREFROM UPON WHICH HAIR IS ADAPTED TO BE WOUND, SAID ELONGATED TUBULAR MEMBER HAVING A PAIR OF OPPOSITELY DISPOSED SLOTS EXTENDING FROM AN END THEREOF REMOTE FROM SAID BASE MEMBER TOWARDS SAID BASE MEMBER, A COOPERATING CUP-SHAPED COVER MEMBER SLIDABLY DISPOSED ON SAID ELONGATED TUBULAR MEMBER, SAID COVER MEMBER HAVING AN APERTURE THROUGH WHICH SAID TUBULAR MEMBER EXTENDS, SAID COVER MEMBER HAVING AN INTEGRAL ELEMENT EXTENDING ACROSS SAID APERTURE AND INTO SAID SLOTS WHEN SAID COVER PLATE MEMBER IS IN HAIR ENGAGING RELATIONSHIP, AND ELASTIC MEANS CONNECTING SAID BASE MEMBER AND SAID INTEGRAL ELEMENT BIASING SAID COVER MEMBER TOWARDS SAID BASE MEMBER TO RETAIN WOUND HAIR IN PLACE, SAID SLOTS HAVING A DEPTH SUFFICIENT FOR SAID COVER MEMBER TO RECEIVE SAID BASE MEMBER, SAID TUBULAR MEMBER DIVERGING OUTWARDLY FROM ITS JUNCTION WITH SAID BASE MEMBER TOWARDS SAID REMOTE END, AND SAID TUBULAR MEMBER BEING CORRUGATED LONGITUDINALLY THEREOF.