Adjustable linear hair tie

Abstract

A hair tie includes a linear elastic body; a loop member disposed at one end of the elastic body, and having an inner space for receiving a hair bundle, wherein a size of the inner space is variable with a volume of the hair bundle; and an engaging member disposed at another end of the elastic body for engaging with an object after the linear elastic body is wound around the hair bundle inside the inner space of the loop member for one or more turns.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A hair tie, comprising:
 a linear elastic body;   a loop member disposed at one end of the elastic body, and having an inner space for receiving a hair bundle, wherein a size of the inner space is variable with a volume of the hair bundle; and   an engaging member disposed at another end of the elastic body for engaging with an object after the linear elastic body is wound around the hair bundle inside the inner space of the loop member for one or more turns.   
     
     
         2 . The hair tie according to  claim 1 , wherein the loop member is a deformable ring having a hole at a center thereof, and a size of the hole spontaneously changes with the volume of the hair bundle. 
     
     
         3 . The hair tie according to  claim 2 , wherein the deformable ring is made of rubber. 
     
     
         4 . The hair tie according to  claim 1 , wherein the loop member is a retractable loop, and integrally formed with the linear elastic body. 
     
     
         5 . The hair tie according to  claim 4 , wherein one end of the retractable loop is an extension of the linear elastic body, and another end of the linear elastic body has an adjusting mechanism, through which the inner space of the loop member is adjustable. 
     
     
         6 . The hair tie according to  claim 5 , wherein the adjusting mechanism is another loop, which the linear elastic body penetrates through, and is movable relative thereto to adjust the size of the inner space. 
     
     
         7 . The hair tie according to  claim 1 , wherein the engaging member is a hook. 
     
     
         8 . The hair tie according to  claim 7 , wherein the linear elastic body includes a main line and a plurality of side rings fixed onto the main line to be selectively engaged with the hook. 
     
     
         9 . The hair tie according to  claim 7 , wherein the object which the hook is to engage with is hair. 
     
     
         10 . The hair tie according to  claim 1 , wherein the engaging member is a hair clip. 
     
     
         11 . The hair tie according to  claim 1 , wherein the engaging member is a hair pin.