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Ponytail tool
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1993-01-29
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Granted: 1994-03-01
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Expires: 2013-01-29
Abstract
Abstract A tool for facilitating threading of a ponytail type of hair style within itself to achieve an attractive in appearance hair style. The tool includes a loop through which the ponytail is conducted with this loop to then be tightened on the ponytail prior to being pulled through the inner portion of the ponytail.
Inventors
- 👤 Lloyd D. Lawrence
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 20:24
CPC Classifications
A; A45; A45D; A45D8/00; A45D8/34; A44; A44C; A44C5/00; A44C5/14; A44C5/142; A45D2/00; A45D2002/003; A45D2002/008
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
270 words
A ponytail tool comprising: an elongated body having a through interior open-ended opening, said body adapted to be manually grasped by the user, said body terminating at an upper end and a lower end; a cord being conducted through said opening, said cord extending exteriorly of said upper end and said lower end, said cord being formed into a loop at said upper end; and a lever attached to a lower end of said cord, said lever being located adjacent said lower end of said body, said lever having a generally pointed tip to facilitate insertion into the hair and said lever being manually movable between an inner position and an outer position, said inner position being when said lever is located directly adjacent said body, said lever and said body combining at said inner position to form a smoothly contoured continuous structure, said outer position being when said lever is spaced from said body, with said lever in said inner position said loop enclosing the largest area, with said lever in said outer position said loop enclosing an area smaller than said largest area, said lever and said body are to be conducted through a hair ponytail with enlargement between the hair and said cord being prevented by said lever and said body assuming said smoothly contoured configuration and then the ponytail can be threaded through itself by locating the outer portion of the ponytail through said loop within said largest area and said lever then being moved to said outer position tightening said loop on said ponytail which is then pulled through the inner portion of the ponytail.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
270 words
A ponytail tool comprising: an elongated body having a through interior open-ended opening, said body adapted to be manually grasped by the user, said body terminating at an upper end and a lower end; a cord being conducted through said opening, said cord extending exteriorly of said upper end and said lower end, said cord being formed into a loop at said upper end; and a lever attached to a lower end of said cord, said lever being located adjacent said lower end of said body, said lever having a generally pointed tip to facilitate insertion into the hair and said lever being manually movable between an inner position and an outer position, said inner position being when said lever is located directly adjacent said body, said lever and said body combining at said inner position to form a smoothly contoured continuous structure, said outer position being when said lever is spaced from said body, with said lever in said inner position said loop enclosing the largest area, with said lever in said outer position said loop enclosing an area smaller than said largest area, said lever and said body are to be conducted through a hair ponytail with enlargement between the hair and said cord being prevented by said lever and said body assuming said smoothly contoured configuration and then the ponytail can be threaded through itself by locating the outer portion of the ponytail through said loop within said largest area and said lever then being moved to said outer position tightening said loop on said ponytail which is then pulled through the inner portion of the ponytail.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
The ponytail tool as defined in claim 1 wherein: said body being substantially longer than said lever.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
The ponytail tool as defined in claim 2 wherein: said lever being of the same cross-sectional size as said body.
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