Patent Application
20250134229
The present disclosure relates generally the field of hair foils.
During the process of lightening the color of hair, bleach solution may be added onto strands of hair and then wrapped in foil. As the bleach processes under the heat from a person's scalp, the bleach may expand. Known foils do not prevent expanding bleach from escaping the boundaries of the hair foils during processing. When bleach expands outside of a hair foil, hair strands not intended to be lightened may come in contact with the bleach. This may result in unwanted bleeding, banding, and lightening of hair strands. Additionally, due to the weight of the hair and hair color, foils may slip down hair strands, allowing the hair color to migrate onto hair that is not meant to be colored.
There is a need for a bleed-resistant hair foil to more precisely bleach and color strands of hair.
A first aspect of the present disclosure provides a hair foil system configured to be applied to hair. The hair foil system includes a foil, a tube, an absorbent material, and a textured material. The foil further includes a top portion defined along a first lateral edge of the foil and extending a first longitudinal length from the first lateral edge; a bottom portion defined along a second lateral edge of the foil and extending a second longitudinal length from the second lateral edge; a first surface extending between the first lateral edge and the second lateral edge; and a second surface extending between the first lateral edge and the second lateral edge opposite the first surface. The tube is coupled to the top portion of the foil. The absorbent material is coupled to an outer surface of the tube. The textured material is coupled to the second surface of the foil.
In another embodiment, the textured material is coupled to the foil along a lateral length of the top portion so that the textured material extends from the top portion toward the bottom portion. In a further embodiment, the textured material is adhered to the foil. According to another embodiment, a first portion of the textured material is coupled to the foil and a second portion of the textured material is not coupled to the foil. In another embodiment the foil is textured. In another embodiment, the foil is rectangular. In a further embodiment, the textured material is a mesh material. In an additional embodiment, the absorbent material is a cotton material. In a further embodiment, the textured material extends from the top portion of the foil to a middle point of the foil between the top portion and the bottom portion. In another embodiment, a length of the tube extends along at least a majority of a lateral length of the top portion of the foil. In one embodiment, the absorbent material extends along the length of the tube. In yet another embodiment, the tube is coupled to the top portion of the foil so that the foil surrounds a circumference of tube.
In a second aspect of the present disclosure, a method of making a hair foil system is provided. The method of making the hair foil system includes, coupling a tube to a top portion of a hair foil; coupling a textured material to a planar surface of the hair foil such that the textured material extends a length from the top portion of the hair foil toward a bottom portion of the hair foil; and coupling an absorbent material to the top portion of the foil such that the absorbent material covers at least a portion of an outer surface of the tube and a portion of the top portion of the hair foil. In one embodiment, the method further comprises applying heat to bond the absorbent material, tube, and hair foil together. In another embodiment, coupling the tube to the top portion of the hair foil further comprises wrapping the foil around an outer surface of the tube.
In a third aspect of the present disclosure, a method of applying a hair product to hair is provided. The method of applying a hair product to hair includes laying hair on a surface of a foil; and applying the hair product to the hair, wherein excess hair product is absorbed into an absorbent material coupled to an outer surface of a tube coupled to a top portion of the foil. The hair is laid on the surface of the foil such that a first portion of the hair is adjacent to a top portion of the foil, the top portion having a lateral length, a second portion of the hair contacts a textured material coupled to the surface of the foil, and a third portion of the hair extends toward a bottom portion of the foil.
In one embodiment, the method of applying a hair product to hair further comprises inserting a tool into the tube before laying hair on the surface of the foil. In another embodiment, the method of applying a hair product to hair further comprises folding the foil such that the hair is encapsulated in the foil after applying the hair product to the hair. In yet another embodiment, the hair product is bleach. In one embodiment, the tube defines a gap between a scalp and the hair product.
The above-mentioned and other features and advantages of this disclosure, and the manner of obtaining them, will become more apparent, and will be better understood by reference to the following description of the exemplary embodiments taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:
Corresponding reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views. Although the drawings represent embodiments of various features and components according to the present disclosure, the drawings are not necessarily to scale and certain features may be exaggerated in order to better illustrate and explain the present disclosure. The exemplification set out herein illustrates an embodiment of the invention, and such an exemplification is not to be construed as limiting the scope of the invention in any manner.
For the purposes of promoting an understanding of the principles of the present disclosure, reference is now made to the embodiments illustrated in the drawings, which are described below. The exemplary embodiments disclosed herein are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the disclosure to the precise form disclosed in the following detailed description. Rather, these exemplary embodiments were chosen and described so that others skilled in the art may utilize their teachings.
The present disclosure provides a hair foil system that comprises a foil, a tube, absorbent material, and textured material. Each of the foil, tube, absorbent material, and textured material may be individually manufactured and assembled to form one unit, as described below, or integrally manufactured such that the foil, tube, absorbent material, and textured material form a single, unitary piece.
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Foil 20 may be configured such that strands of hair may be laid onto at least one of first surface 21a and second surface 21b of foil 20. In one embodiment, as seen in
Second lateral edge 26b, first longitudinal edge 28a, and second longitudinal edge 28b may be configured to fold inward towards a center point on first surface 21a. Each edge 26b, 28a, 28b may be folded such that strands of hair laid onto first surface 21a of foil 20 may be largely enclosed within foil 20. First surface 21a and/or second surface 21b may each comprise a texture such as a coarse, glossy, or matte texture. First surface 21a and/or second surface 21b may comprise one of a pattern including an image, logo, colored coating, and ornamental layer.
A thickness of the foil may be defined between first surface 21a and second surface 21b. The thickness of the foil as illustrated in
For example, the thickness of the foil may be less than the thickness of the foil as illustrated. In some embodiments, the foil may have a thickness that is approximately 10 microns to approximately 25 microns. In other embodiments, the foil may have a thickness that is approximately 12 microns to approximately 25 microns. In yet other embodiments, the foil may have a thickness that is approximately 15 microns to approximately 18 microns. In other embodiments, the thickness of the foil may be greater or lesser.
The foil may have a length defined by a length of the first and second longitudinal edge 28a, 28b. Each of the length of the first longitudinal edge 28a and the length of the second longitudinal edge 28b may be greater than 1 inch, greater than 2 inches, greater than 4 inches, greater than 6 inches, greater than 8 inches, greater than 10 inches, or greater than 12 inches, greater than 15 inches, or greater than 24 inches, or any range using any two of the foregoing as endpoints, such as 1 inch to 24 inches, 2 inches to 15 inches, 4 inches to 12 inches, 6 inches to 12 inches, or 8 inches to 10 inches. In some embodiments, the length of the first longitudinal edge 28a and the length of the second longitudinal edge 28b are equal.
In another embodiment, foil 20 may include a fold 80, as shown in
Foil 20 system may further comprise a tube 30 configured to stabilize the hair foil. As seen in
Tube 30 may be coupled to top portion 22 of foil 20 by an adhesive such as glue, tape, epoxy, cement, or other suitable adhesives. The adhesive may be heat activated. Tube 30 may be adhered to foil 20 at adhesion point 36. Adhesion point 36 may extend along an entirety of a lateral length of tube 30 along first lateral edge 26a. In other embodiments, adhesion point 36 may extend a portion of the lateral length of tube 30 along first lateral edge 26a. In yet other embodiments, adhesion point 36 may be at least one point of adhesion along first lateral edge 26a.
Tube 30 may be coupled to top portion 22 of foil 20 such that foil 20 surrounds at least a portion of circumference 32 of tube 30. In some embodiments, foil 20 may surround the entirety of circumference 32 of tube 30. Tube 30 may be sized and shaped and/or otherwise configured to receive a tool into the hollow portion for stabilization of foil 20 as a user maneuvers foil 20. Insertion of the tool into tube 30 may allow for easy manipulation of the hair foil. Suitable tools may include at least a portion of a rat-tail comb, a bleaching comb, a hair color applicator, or other hair tool.
In another embodiment shown in
Tube 30′ may be used in conjunction with any of the embodiments of foil 20 as shown in
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In yet another embodiment, shown in
Referring again to
To mitigate migration of hair product beyond lateral edge 26b, absorbent material 40 may be coupled to the portion of foil 20 that surrounds the outer circumference 32 of tube 30 such that the absorbent material surrounds the circumference 32 of tube 30 and the foil surrounding the outer circumference 32 of tube 30. In other embodiments, absorbent material 40 may be folded over first lateral edge 26a such that absorbent material 40 extends onto top portion 22 of both first surface 21a and second surface 21b. Referring to
In yet another embodiment, absorbent material 40 may be coupled to foil 20 that surrounds the outer circumference 32 of conduit 30″, as shown in
In the embodiment of foil system 10 that does not include a conduit or tube (
To adhere the absorbent material 40 to top portion 22, absorbent material 40 may be coupled to foils system 10 at adhesion point 36. Absorbent material 40 may extend a lateral length along first lateral edge 26a. The lateral length of absorbent material 40 may be at least a portion of a lateral length of tube 30.
Hair foil system 10 may comprise a textured material 50 on second surface 21b. Textured material 50 may be a mesh, gritty, rubber, or other anti-slip material. Textured material 50 may be configured to prevent hair foil system 10 from slipping down hair strands by increasing the friction between hair strands in contact with second surface 21b and foil 20.
Textured material 50 may comprise a top portion 52, a bottom portion 54, a first lateral edge 56a, and a second lateral edge 56b. Top portion 52 of textured material 50 may be coupled to top portion 22 of foil 20 along adhesion point 36. Bottom portion 54 may be couple or uncoupled from second surface 21b. In some embodiments, top portion 52 of textured material 50 is coupled to top portion 22 of foil 20 and second portion 54 is not coupled to foil 20.
Textured material 50 may extend a longitudinal length 57 from top portion 22 toward bottom portion 24. In one example, textured material 50 extends from first lateral edge 26a of top portion 22 to a middle point 59 of foil 20 between top portion 22 and bottom portion 24. Middle point 59 may be at a length equal to, half, less than half, or less than a third of a length of longitudinal edge 28.
Textured material 50 may extend along a portion of lateral edge 26a of foil 20. In one embodiment, textured material 50 extends along lateral edge 26a such that a length of lateral edge 26a and a length of lateral edge 56a of textured material 50 are equal.
The present disclosure provides a method 70 of making hair foil system 10. Optionally, method 70 comprises coupling a tube 30, 30′ to a top portion 22 of a foil 20 or otherwise making conduit 30″ out of the top portion 22 of foil 20 by folding foil 20 in on itself, as seen in step 72 in
Further, in step 74, a textured material 50 may be coupled to a planar surface 21b of the foil 20 such the textured material extends a length 57 from the top portion 22 of the foil 20 toward a bottom portion 24 of the foil 20. Coupling the textured material 50 may comprise adhering the textured material 50 to an adhesion point 36 such that the top portion 52 of the textured material 50 is adhered to the adhesion point 36 and a bottom portion 54 of the textured material 50 is free from adhesion.
Method 70 may further comprise step 76 of coupling an absorbent material 40 to the top portion 22 of the foil 20 such that the absorbent material 40 covers at least a portion of an outer surface 32 of the tube 30 and a portion of the top portion 22 of the foil 20. The absorbent material 40 may be coupled to the top portion 22 of the foil 20 at the adhesion point 36.
Additionally, method 70 may comprise applying heat to the foil 20 to bond the absorbent material 40, textured material 50, tube 30, 30′, and foil 20 together, as seen in step 78. The application of heat may activate the adhesion at the adhesion point 36 or melt at least one of the tube 30, 30′, absorbent material 40, and textured material 50 to couple them together.
The present disclosure further provides a method of using hair foil system 10.
To mitigate or prevent product leakage, swelling, bleeding, or otherwise touching portions of hair that are not intended to receive product, hair foil system may be applied to strands of hair, as seen in
A tool may be inserted into at least one of tube 30, tube 30′, or fold 80 before laying a first portion of strands of hair 60 on first surface 21a of foil 20. A user may manipulate foil 20 with the inserted tool to push first lateral edge 26a up close to roots 62 of strands of hair 60 such that the strands of hair are on top of first surface 21a and second surface 21b faces away from strands of hair 60.
The strands of hair may be laid onto first surface 21a such that the strands of hair lay down the longitudinal length of first surface 21a between longitudinal edge 28a and 28b. A second portion of stands of hair may be in contact with second surface 21b such that textured material 50 may be in contact with the second portion of strands of hair.
Once first portion of strands of hair 60 are laid onto first surface 21a, a product may be applied to the strands of hair 60. The product covered strands of hair 60 may be partially enclosed in foil 20 by folding at least one of a first side, a second side, and a bottom edge toward a center portion of first surface 21a. Alternatively, foil 20 may remain unfolded.
The hair foil system 10 may be applied to strands of hair 60 such that excess product is absorbed into absorbent material 40. Excess product may swell or otherwise nearly extend past the boundaries of the foil. However, absorbent material 40 may absorb the excess material, mitigating or preventing bleeding of the product onto other strands of hair.
Multiple hair foil systems 10 may be used to partially enclose strands of hair on a scalp such that either a portion or a majority of a total number of strands of hair on the scalp are laid out onto a foil 20 and covered in product.
While this invention has been described as having an exemplary design, the present invention may be further modified within the spirit and scope of this disclosure. This application is therefore intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the invention using its general principles. Further, this application is intended to cover such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practices in the art to which this invention pertains.
| Number | Date | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 63595092 | Nov 2023 | US |
