ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,319, issued on July 22.
"Hairclip" was invented by Kuo-Yang Hsu (Tainan, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hairclip comprises two pivotably connected clip bodies each including a pressing portion having a through-hole with a pressing side. Each clip body includes an outer side having a coupling portion which includes a first coupling groove adjacent to the through-hole and a second coupling groove remote to the through-hole. An arcuate elastic element includes extends through the through-holes. Two ends of the elastic element are coupled with the first coupling grooves respectively. When the clip bodies are opened, the pressing...