ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,012, issued on May 20, was assigned to Tung Hing Plastic Manufactory Ltd. (Hong Kong, Hong Kong).
"Hair fasteners" was invented by Ka Chuen Sze (Hong Kong, Hong Kong).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is concerned with a hair fastener. The hair fastener has a first hair claw member and a second hair claw member for accommodating and securing a log of hair therebetween, a first hinge positioned between and pivotably connecting respective rear ends of the first and second claw members together for controlling relative movement thereof, a first handle connected to a rear end of the first claw member, and a second handl...