US 12,226,003 B1
System, apparatus and method for threading a beader tool with hair beads
Kia-Shun Voltz, Cedar Hill, TX (US); and Carolyn Manson, Bradenton, FL (US)
Filed by Kia-Shun Voltz, Cedar Hill, TX (US); and Carolyn Manson, Bradenton, FL (US)
Filed on Feb. 27, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/589,017.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/620,547, filed on Jan. 12, 2024.
Int. Cl. A45D 8/00 (2006.01); D04D 1/04 (2006.01); A45D 2/00 (2006.01); A45D 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC A45D 8/008 (2021.01) [D04D 1/04 (2013.01); A45D 2002/008 (2013.01); A45D 2007/004 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A kit for threading a beader tool with hair beads, the kit comprising:
a beader tool and an apparatus for threading the beader tool with hear beads, the apparatus comprising:
a silo having an upper end and a lower end, the upper end being open and sized to permit the passage of a hair bead into an interior of the silo, the lower end being closed save for an opening therethrough, the opening being sized to permit the beader tool therethrough while preventing passage of a hair bead, the interior of the silo accommodating a plurality of stacked hair beads;
the silo having a height to accommodate at least a shaft of the beader tool; and
a support structure secured to the lower end of the silo such that the upper end is oriented upwardly, the support structure having a chamber inferior to the opening, the chamber having a height of at least a loop of the beader tool;
the beader tool including a threading end opposite a terminal end with a flexible loop and shaft positioned therebetween, the flexible loop being proximate to the threading end and the shaft being proximate the terminal end;
the shaft of beader tool further comprises a magnetic treatment applied to the shaft of the beader tool, the magnetic treatment facilitating the secure and efficient alignment of the hair beads on the beader tool during threading; and
the plurality of stacked hair beads each having a perforation therethrough for threading onto the beader tool, each of the perforations including, with respect to the magnetic treatment of the shaft, a complementary magnetic treatment thereon.