Wig clip

Abstract

In a wig clip in which comb teeth are movable from a first condition in which they are spaced from an elongated clamping member to a second condition in which they are capable of clamping a user's natural hair against the clamping member, an intermediate portions of each of the comb teeth has opposite edges which are in oblique relationship to the direction of elongation of the clamping member. These opposite edges are spaced from each other by a distance greater than the width of each of the other portions of the same comb tooth.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A wig clip comprising:
 a clamping member elongated in a longitudinal direction and having a surface;   a comb comprising a frame and set of comb teeth extending from said frame past said clamping member, said comb teeth being movable from a first position in which they are spaced from said surface of the clamping member to a second position in which they are capable of clamping strands of a user's natural hair against said surface of the clamping member   wherein each of said comb teeth comprises a first section extending from said frame to a first intermediate location, a second section extending from said first intermediate location to a second intermediate location, and a third section extending from said second intermediate location to a tip;   wherein at least a part of said second section of each comb tooth of said comb teeth is positioned in opposed relationship to said surface of the clamping member so that strands of a user's natural hair can be clamped between said part of said second section and said clamping member; and   wherein said second section of each of said comb teeth has a greater width than the width of each of said first and second sections of the same comb tooth, whereby the second sections of said intermediate comb teeth, in cooperation with said surface of the clamping member, can grip greater quantities of a user's natural hair than could be gripped by a wig clip having conventional straight comb teeth.   
     
     
         2 . A wig clip comprising:
 a clamping member elongated in a longitudinal direction and having a surface; and   a comb comprising a U-shaped frame having first and second legs extending in substantially parallel relationship to each other from opposite ends of an intermediate portion of the U-shaped frame, and a set of comb teeth protruding from said intermediate portion and extending past said clamping member;   wherein each of said comb teeth comprises a first section extending from said frame to a first intermediate location, a second section extending from said first intermediate location to a second intermediate location, and a third section extending from said second intermediate location to a tip;   wherein said comb teeth are movable from a first position in which they are spaced from said surface of the clamping member to a second position in which they are capable of clamping strands of a user's natural hair between the second sections of said comb teeth and said surface of the clamping member;   wherein said second section of each of said comb teeth is defined by first and second opposite edges, each of said opposite edges being oblique relative to said longitudinal direction of said clamping member and extending from a first location to a second location, the second location being farther than said first location from said intermediate portion of the frame and closer than said first location to said second leg of the frame, said first and second opposite edges of said second section being spaced from each other by a distance greater than the width of each of said first and third sections of the same comb tooth measured in a direction parallel to said longitudinal direction of said clamping member;   whereby the second sections of said intermediate comb teeth, in cooperation with said surface of the clamping member, can grip greater quantities of a user's natural hair than could be gripped by a wig clip having conventional straight comb teeth.   
     
     
         3 . A wig clip comprising:
 a flexible, resilient, U-shaped frame having first and second legs extending in substantially parallel relationship to each other from opposite ends of an intermediate portion of the U-shaped frame, and a flexible clamping member extending in a longitudinal direction from one of said legs to the other and connected to said legs at locations spaced from said opposite ends of said intermediate portion;   a set of comb teeth extending from said intermediate portion past said flexible clamping member;   wherein the length of said flexible clamping member extending from one of said legs to the other of said legs is greater than the distance between said legs such that said flexible clamping member can be shifted by a toggling action from a first stable position in which it is spaced from said comb teeth and a second stable position in which strands of a user's natural hair can be gripped between said comb teeth and said flexible clamping member;   wherein said flexible clamping member has a surface positioned to overlie said comb teeth when said connecting member is in said second stable position;   wherein each of said comb teeth comprises a first section extending from said intermediate portion of the U-shaped frame to a first intermediate location, a second section extending from said first intermediate location to a second intermediate location, and a third section extending from said second intermediate location to a tip; and   wherein at least a part of the second section of each of said comb teeth is positioned to come into overlying relationship with said surface of the flexible clamping member when said flexible clamping member is in said second stable condition; and   wherein said part of the second section of each of said comb teeth is defined by first and second opposite edges, each of said opposite edges being oblique relative to said longitudinal direction of said clamping member and extending from a first location to a second location, the second location being farther than said first location from said intermediate portion of the frame and closer than said first location to said second leg of the frame, said first and second opposite edges of said part of the second section being spaced from each other by a distance greater than the width of each of said first and third sections of the same comb tooth measured in a direction parallel to said longitudinal direction of said flexible clamping member   whereby the second sections of said comb teeth, in cooperation with said surface of the flexible clamping member, can grip greater quantities of a user's natural hair than could be gripped by a wig clip having conventional straight comb teeth.   
     
     
         4 . The wig clip according to  claim 3 , in which the comb teeth of said plurality of comb teeth are disposed at regular intervals along said longitudinal direction.