US Patent 9072355 Sharable hair accessory

A hair accessory that separates into a plurality of fully functional smaller hair accessories, the smaller accessories for sharing with another or rearranging hair into a different style. The hair accessory is a hair clip having a handle coupled to a clip portion with a spring. The hair clip has a plurality of members that separate into individual hair clips, each member fully functional as a hair clip. When the members connect, the hair accessory performs as a unified device. When the members selectively separate, each member performs separately in a manner indistinguishable from the unified accessory, each member having a smaller capacity for holding hair together but functioning in the same manner. The connectors can be, but not limited to, magnets, bead and socket, tongue and groove, and hook and post. The members align end to end or in an overlapping arrangement.