Toilet – Hair device – Hair structures
Reexamination Certificate
1999-10-19
2001-10-09
Lucchesi, Nicholas D. (Department: 3732)
Toilet
Hair device
Hair structures
C132S055000, C132S056000, C132S201000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06298861
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a wig stopper for fitting a wig to the head of a wearer and a wig stopper-fitting sheet for fixing the wig stopper to the back of the wig base.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART
A conventional wig stopper having a structure that enables fitting a wig to the hair (natural hair) of a wig-wearing person, includes comb-tooth hair-fastening components (hereafter may be referred to as a stopper) that need to be bent to prevent both ends thereof from coming to the surface of the wig when it is fitted to the head. Further, for the purpose of facilitating wearing and removal of the hair-fastening components, extrusion pressure on an elastic sheet that constitutes the stopper prevents counter-bendable of the wig stopper, and hence the wig (official gazette of Japanese Utility Model Application No. 56-23294).
A conventional stopper (a) as shown in
FIG. 8
is manufactured, in order to impart a bent configuration and to prevent counter-bendable, by a method comprising blanking an elastic metal thin sheet into a U-shape, forcibly fixing the open ends with a circular metal fitting, an eyelet (b), to make an O-shape and bending it into a bow-like form.
However, the stopper (a) obtained according to such a method, is uncomfortable since two metal sheets are joined in a piled state at the spot of the eyelet (b).
Moreover, the following problems may occur when fitting a conventional wig stopper to the back of a wig base. When the stopper is adhered and fitted by means of a plastic sheet-like stopper-fitting component (c), eyelets (b) and (d) (b is used also for joining the above metal sheets together), used for fitting the metal sheets to component (c), considerably increases the thickness, which decreases comfort. On the other hand, when the stopper (a) is fabricated so as to be sewn onto a wig base, a process of providing sewing holes on the stopper is required. Further if the stopper (a) is fabricated so as to be sewn onto a wig base, the wig base itself may be damaged.
Further, the hair of a wig-wearing person may tangle with the eyelets (b) and (d) and washers (b
1
) and (d
1
), which may cause pain to the wig-wearing person while wearing and removing a wig having such a stopper.
In addition, a tubular frictional component f is provided on the leg piece (a
1
) of the stopper, pressure from comb teeth (e) prevent the stopper from coming off from the held hair. However, the thickness of such a frictional component has become one factor in deteriorating comfort.
The present invention provides solutions to the above problems. It is an object of the present invention to provide a thin stopper with no eyelet. It is another object thereof to provide a stopper-fitting component in which a conventional stopper-fitting component and a frictional component are integrated for the purpose of decreasing overall thickness while at the same time, improving comfort while wearing and facilitating removal from a wig base.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In short, the wig stopper of the present invention is a wig stopper comprising a bent, counter-bendable, component obtainable by processing a single elastic thin sheet to crook and imparting contrarotation performance thereto, and a number of hair-fastening components (
2
) in which the base end part (
21
) is provided on the longer direction (
11
) of the upper end of the bent, counter-bendable, component (
1
) and the tip end part (
22
) is extended to the longer direction (
12
) of the lower end of the bent, counter-bendable, component (
1
) and which are arranged in a comb-tooth-like state.
The above wig stopper is characterized in that a hollow part (
13
) is provided at the center of the bent, counter-bendable, component (
1
).
The above wig stopper is a wig stopper comprising a sheet-like flexible component (
3
) fitted thereto, which is characterized in that hair-fastening components (
2
) arranged in a comb-tooth-like state are exposed onto the sheet-like flexible component (
3
).
Furthermore, the above wig stopper is characterized in that a pressure-sensitive adhesive is adhered to one side of the sheet-like flexible component (
3
).
Besides, the wig stopper-fitting sheet of the present invention is a wig stopper-fitting sheet which is a sheet-like flexible component for fitting a wig stopper consisting of a bent, counter-bendable, component comprising an elastic thin sheet, being bent and having contrarotation performance imparted thereto, and a number of hair-fastening components arranged in one longer direction of the bent, counter-bendable, component in a comb-tooth-like state to the back of a wig base so that it can be removed freely, characterized in that a pressure-sensitive adhesive is adhered to one side thereof, and notches are provided on the sheet-like flexible component so that the hair-fastening components should be exposed onto the sheet-like flexible component when the sheet-like flexible component is put on the wig stopper.
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Itoh Masataka
Kageyama Masanori
Aderans Co., Ltd.
Doan Robyn Kieu
Lucchesi Nicholas D.
Wenderoth , Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.
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