ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,743, issued on Sept. 9.

"Hair clip devices" was invented by Anthony George Jenkins (Pyrmont, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is concerned with a hair clip device. The device has a first arm defining an inwardly facing surface and provided with a plurality of claw members, a second arm defining an inwardly facing surface and provided with a plurality of claw members, wherein at default the claw members of the first arm and the second arm are arranged alternately and complementarily, a first handle member connected to the first arm, and a second handle member connected to the second arm. The first and se...