Toilet – Methods – Artifcial hair structure making or attaching
Reexamination Certificate
1999-01-14
2001-01-09
Philogene, Pedro (Department: 3732)
Toilet
Methods
Artifcial hair structure making or attaching
C132S054000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06170491
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a wig-fitting component for use in fixing a wig to the head of a wearer or user, a method of fixing the wig-fitting component to a wig base, and a method of fixing a wig to the head of the wearer.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART
Conventionally, the following techniques have been employed as methods of fixing a wig to the head of a wearer.
Conventional method (1): fitting a wig by holding the natural hair (the hair of a wig-wearing user) by a hair pin or a wig stopper with the teeth of a comb.
Conventional method (2): fixing a wig by sticking a double-sided tape with an adhesive adhered thereto to a rim part of the back of a wig base and fixing the wig to the natural hair or directly to the head skin by adhesion thereof.
Conventional method (3): Fixing a wig by applying a hair adhesive onto the rim part of the back of a wig base and fixing the wig to the natural hair.
However, all of the above methods have problems. That is, with the method of fixing a wig to the natural hair by a hair pin and the like (the above method (1)), the wig can be put on and taken off easily, but since a hair pin and a stopper have some thickness, bulkiness occurs at the wig-fitting area, and a sense of incongruity has been felt at times during the wear thereof over a long period of time. With the method of fixing a wig to the natural hair employing a double-sided tape (the above method (2)), the wig can be put on and taken off easily and no bulkiness at the wig-fitting area occurs. However, adhesion is poor, the wig can be released by sweat and fat from the hair skin, and it has been difficult to wear over a long period of time. In addition, since the adhesion of an adhesive onto the back of a wig base is not very strong with this method, the wig may be become released from the wig base at times. Moreover, in the method of applying an adhesive (the above method (3)), the applied adhesive is pressed onto the wig and thereby spreads in a wider range than necessary, which may have an adverse influence on the head skin and roots of the hair. In addition, the adhesive may cause deformation and discoloration of the wig base. Also, when the wig is fitted again, previously solidified adhesive matter adhered thereto must be released and removed from the wig base, and at this time the wig base may be damaged.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention has been accomplished for the purpose of avoiding various problems in the above conventional methods of fixing a wig.
One object of the invention is to provide a wig-fitting component that is free from bulkiness at the area of fixing to the natural hair, that avoids a sense of incongruity during wear over a long period of time, that is capable of being fitted securely over a long period of time, and that is free from adverse influence on the hair skin and roots of the hair, and a method of fitting a wig.
Another object of the invention is to provide a wig-fitting component wherein a wig may be fitted more securely than with a conventional fixing component, removal of the wig can be performed easily and in a short time, the area of removal is small, and the wig can be fixed without causing any damage, deformation and discoloration to the wig base.
A wig-fitting component according to the present invention includes a net-type or a net-like component or member at one side of a flexible planar component or member, with an adhesive adhered to opposite sides or surfaces of the planar component. A thread-like or thread-shaped member or members, for inserting and fastening natural hair of a wig-wearing person, may be provided on the net-type component.
A method of fixing a wig-fitting component to a wig base according to the present invention, wherein the wig-fitting component includes a net-type component struck to one side of a flexible planar component having adhesive adhered to opposite sides thereof, adhering the other adhesive to the wig base.
A method of fixing a wig according to the present invention, wherein a wig-fitting component includes a net-type component stuck on one side of a flexible planar component having adhesive adhered to opposite sides thereof includes adhering, the other adhesive side to the wig base, placing the wig on the head of a wig-wearing person, with the adhesive applied to the net-type component being in a non-solidified state to bind to natural hair, and subsequently solidifying the adhesive to fix the wig to the natural hair.
Furthermore, the wig-fitting component may include, on the net-type component, thread-shaped members for inserting and fastening the natural hair of a wig-wearing person. When the wig is placed on the head of the wig-wearing person, then the natural hair around the surrounding rim part of the wig base is inserted between the thread-shaped members and the net-type component, fastened to the thread-shaped members, folded and drawn to the outside of the surrounding rim part of the wig base, and subsequently an adhesive is applied onto the area where the natural hair inserted and fastened and solidified to fix the wig to the natural hair.
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Aderans Co., Ltd.
Philogene Pedro
Wenderoth , Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.
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