Ear Protective Coverings During Hair Treatments

Abstract

An ear protective covering fits snugly, includes a pliant body, an interior cavity, and an ear receiving opening providing access to the interior cavity. The ear receiving opening has a peripheral elastic, whereby the ear receiving opening engages an ear of a person wearing the protective covering. The ear protective covering protects one's ear from contact with chemicals from hair treatment products.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to protective ear coverings for use by persons when applying hair treatments.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Dying, relaxing, and perming one's hair are time-sensitive processes, with the outcomes of these processes predicted more precisely as the processes become more efficient.

Hair treatment products used in these processes contain chemicals that can irritate and discolor the skin on contact. These risks increase the longer the products remain in contact with skin, which further necessitates the need for speedy treatment. Therefore, when applying hair treatment products, one must take care to ensure that exposed skin is protected from contact with these products, and effective methods of protection must be applied as efficiently as possible.

Ears are one part of the body particularly susceptible to contact with hair treatment chemicals, and the current methods for protecting the ears is to take care to avoid contact when applying hair treatment products or to apply petroleum jelly to the outer edges of the ears in order to create a barrier between the skin and any contact with the product. Furthermore, petroleum jelly leaves a greasy residue that may be difficult to remove.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

What is required is a method of protection that covers the entire ear to prevent contact with any potentially harmful hair treatment products. This method of protection must be easy to apply and easy to remove after treatment application.

The present invention quickly and easily provides coverage with an easily-removable, protective material that covers the entire ear but does not impede precise application of treatment products to the hairline close to the ears.

The current method of using petroleum jelly as a protective barrier for the ears leaves a greasy residue that can be difficult to remove. The present invention eliminates the problem of any residue remaining after the protective covering is removed.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

These features and other features of the invention will become further apparent from the following description in which reference is made to the appended drawings. The drawings are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended in any way to limit the scope of the invention to the particular embodiment or embodiments shown, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the present invention, a protective covering placed on the ear and used by a person applying hair treatment.

FIG. 2 shows a person prior to engaging the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the ear protective coverings illustrated in FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the ear protective covering engaged on the ear of the person illustrated in FIG. 2.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

The preferred embodiment, an ear protective covering generally identified by reference numeral 10, will now be described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 4.

Structure and Relationship of Parts

Referring to FIG. 3, there is provided an ear protective covering 10 that includes a pliant body 9 and a receiving opening 8 for the ear. The body 9 is a pliant material that protects the ear from contact with any hair treatment products. Referring to FIG. 3, ear receiving opening 8 has a peripheral elastic 7. Referring to FIGS. 2, 3, and 4, ear receiving opening 8 engages an ear 6 of a person 5 wearing the ear protective covering 10.

Operation

The use of ear protective covering 10 will now be described with references to FIGS. 1 through 4. Referring to FIG. 1, ear protective covering 10 is intended for use by a person 5 applying a hair treatment product 12 from a treatment product applicator bottle 11 to hair 14 in order to have treatment applied to hair 13. Referring to FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, prior to using a hair treatment product 12, person 5 places ear protective covering 10 over their ears 6 by inserting their ears 6 through ear receiving opening 8. Peripheral elastic 7 will secure ear protective covering 10 in place on ear 6. Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, once ear protective covering 10 is securely in place, person 5 can apply hair treatment product 12 without the risk of hair treatment product 12 coming in contact with ear 6. Ear protective covering 10 completely covers ear 6. Pliant body 9 shields ear 6 from contact with hair treatment product 12.

Claims

1. An ear protective covering for use during hair treatment applications.

2. An ear protective covering, as defined in claim 1, comprising a pliant body having an ear receiving opening which provides access to the interior cavity, envelopes the entire ear, and holds snugly to the ear.

3. An ear protective covering as defined in claim 2, wherein the ear receiving opening has a peripheral elastic, whereby the ear receiving opening engages an ear of a person wearing the protective covering.