Hair clip

Abstract

A hair clip comprises first and second clip pieces each having a medial portion with a clipping portion having a plurality of teeth. A first end of the first clip piece is pivoted to a first end of the second clip piece by a pin extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to an extending direction of the teeth. A second end of the first clip piece has a first clipping member formed thereon. A second end of the second clip piece has a second clipping member formed thereon for releasably engaging with the first clipping member. A torsion spring is mounted around the pin for urging the first clip piece and the second clip piece to move away from each other to an open state.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A hair clip comprising: 
 a first clip piece and a second clip piece that are complimentarily formed, each of the first clip piece and the second clip piece including a first end, a second end, and a medial portion with a clipping portion having a plurality of teeth, the first end of the first clip piece being pivoted to the first end of the second clip piece by a pin extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to an extending direction of the teeth of the first clip piece and the second clip piece, the second end of the first clip piece having a first clipping member formed thereon, the second end of the second clip piece having a second clipping member formed thereon, a torsion spring being mounted around the pin for urging the first clip piece and the second clip piece to move away from each other to an open state, the first clipping member and the second clipping member being secured together by applying a twisting force to the first clipping member and the second clipping member to urge the first clipping member and the second clipping member to move across each other, the torsion spring being twisted when the first clip piece and the second clip piece are in a clipping state, the first clipping member and the second clipping member being secured to each other by a returning force from the torsion spring, the first clipping member and the second clipping member being moved away from each other by the returning force from the torsion spring when another twisting force is applied in a reverse direction to disengage the first clipping member and the second clipping member from each other.