There is a need for a system wherein one or more hair extensions can be mounted on a stand such that the stylists can color or treat the mounted hair. Typically, a stylist needs two hands for any coloration process and does not have a third hand to hold the hair weft or extension. Further, there is a need to have an easy-to-clean base, bar or platform upon which is mounted the hair extension prior to coloration. Prior art systems do not provide sufficient functionality.
A prior art “Wig Hangers Hair Extension Carrier Storage Case Wig Stands Dust Proof Bag Black” is disclosed at <https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=xdm CXK6JFbLb5gLvgo7IBg&q=ebay+hair+exension+wig+storage+bag&btnK=Google+Search&oq=ebay+hair+exension+wig+storage+bag&gs_1=psy-ab.3..33i10i29912.981.11992..12257...0.0..0.259.2499.32j1j1....2..0....1..gws-wiz.....0..0i131j0j33i160j0i13j0i13i30j0i22i30j0i8i13i30j33i22i10i29i30j33i10j33i10i160.W9pcP2vcwNs> (captured Mar. 8, 2019). This Wig Hanger, when opened, presents a vertically oriented, generally rectangular flat surface with a semi-circular top edge and hanger extending slightly above the semi-circular top edge. A horizontal bar, which appears to be a two-piece bar which can swing open at one edge or pinch the hair extension between the two pieces, grasps the top weft edge of the hair extension. The extension hair extending vertically down from the pinch bar can be forced into a transparent pocket formed below the pinch bar. Apparently, the Wig Hanger can be folded onto itself along a central vertical crease running from the apex of the semi-circular top edge and hanger to the lower edge of the Wig Hanger. No comb is used to hold the hair extensions.
A “Hair Extension Holder—Satin Lined Storage Case With Handle Hanger Keeps Your” is disclosed at <https://www.ebay.com/p/Hair-Extension-Holder-Satin-Lined-Storage-Case-With-Handle-Hanger-Keeps-Your/11027611977?iid=153343144106&chn=ps> (captured Mar. 8, 2019). This Hair Extension Holder, when opened, presents a vertically oriented, rectangular flat surface with a hanger extending above the top edge of the rectangular flat surface. A series of horizontal bands near the top edge region supports mid-section portions of hair extensions. A lower portion of these “hanging” hair extensions is wrapped under a lower series of horizontal bands. When the hair extensions are captured around and beneath these upper and lower bands, the rectangular flat hanger is folded onto itself to cover the hair extensions. No comb is used to hold the hair extensions.
A “Hair Works 4-in-1 Hair Extension Style Caddy—Lightweight-Waterproof-Portable” is disclosed at <https:www.ebay.com/itm/Hair-Works-4-in-1-Hair-Extension-Style-Caddy-Lightweight-Waterproof-Portable/332730577679?epid=1072042274&hash=item4d7849b30f:g:aWkAAOSwOdpXyyNU&frcectupt=true> (captured Mar. 8, 2019). The Hair Works 4-in-1 Hair Extension Style Caddy includes a tooth comb with widely spaced apart teeth. The elongated tooth comb is mounted in an interior section of a clam shell container. The Hair Works 4-in-1 Caddy has a two-piece clam shell construction. The hair extension tooth comb extends from an interior surface of a first clam shell element, the hair extension is mounted on the elongated tooth comb, and then the second clam shell element is closed. The second clam shell element is pivotally attached to the first clam shell element. The extension hair extends outboard from the bottom of the closed clam shell structure. The stylist can then wash, color and dry the extension hair extending outboard from the bottom of the closed clam shell structure.
It is an object of the invention to provide a hair extension bar comb tool permitting the stylist to mount hair extensions thereon for further treatment, colorization, highlighting, washing and drying.
It is a further object to permit such hair extension bar comb to be mounted above a floor or table.
It is an additional object to provide a storage bag for hair extensions.
The hair extension bar comb retains a hair extension thereon and is adapted to be removably mounted to a floor or table stand. The hair extension bar comb has an elongated base having laterally spaced apart, generally parallel side regions. First and second comb teeth rows are respectively mounted on corresponding, laterally spaced apart, parallel side regions. Each comb teeth row has a multiplicity or a plurality of teeth. A portion of these teeth in at least one comb teeth row captures extension hair therein. In one embodiment, the hair extension bar comb includes a mounting coupler adapted to removably attach the base to a floor or table stand.
The comb teeth row defines a plurality aligned of teeth to enable a coloration process on captured extension hair in the lateral space between the first and the second comb teeth rows and between the laterally spaced apart first and second top side regions.
The storage bag for hair extensions includes an elongated bag having an upper edge lip and an upper closure system substantially along the upper edge lip. The elongated bag defines an elongated vertical bag cavity beneath the upper edge lip. A horizontal bar is mounted near the upper bag edge lip. A substantially horizontal comb teeth row is mounted on the horizontal bar. The comb teeth row includes a plurality aligned of teeth either horizontally extending from the horizontal bar or extending at an acute angle with respect to the bar. At least a portion of the comb teeth capture the extension hair such that the extension hair falls down into the vertical bag cavity for storage therein.
Further objects and advantages of the present inventions are discussed in the connection with the detailed description of the embodiments when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
In general, the comb teeth extend the length of bar/platform 11. In
One embodiment of the comb tool invention has a hair extension bar/platform 11 about 18-24 inches long. The bar or platform has a top planar surface of about 2 inches and a bottom or lower planar surface of about 3 inches. Comb teeth 20, 22 extend substantially vertically above top surface 26 about 1 inch.
The hair extension bar comb 10 is a hair extension tool that allows the stylist to organize placement, color and cut and style the hair extensions while detached and before re-attachment to the client's head. The hair extension bar comb is a stylist's assistant without hands. There are many times that the hair extensions need to have a refresh tone applied or need to be re-colored or glossed or treated and then blow dried after removal and before reinstallation on the client's head. This refresh/re-color and blow dry has become challenging for the stylist and often requires two hands for the hair extension and a third hand for the touch-up or colorization brush and/or the blow drier. The hair extension bar comb cuts refresh/re-colorization application time in half and produces an organized, clean system to keep the hair in prime condition, that is, a de-tangled condition and gives the stylist the freedom of creativity with color without a mess to clean up.
The hair extension bar comb acts as a hair extension assistant without hands. There are six challenges in the hair extension industry and this hair extension bar comb system provides a unique, inventive solution. Function: (a) color, (b) rinse, (c) blow dry, (d) style, (e) organize the hair extension for re-placement and re-installation on the client's head; and (f) storage of the hair extension for future use and for compact organization of the finished hair extension product for the consumer or the stylist.
The hair extension bar comb is an extension system with five unique attachments that attach to a customized base that allows the stylist to organize placement, color, cut and style while the hair extension is detached from the client's head.
As a hair extension artist, there are many times the challenge has presented itself where the client's extension hair will need a refresh or tone not to mention recolor or a treatment. This is typically done during removal of the hair extension because the extension hair requires different treatment than the client's natural hair and usually requires two hands on stylist to complete. Many times, with tape-in and keratin bond applications, there is left over hair and that hair will go unused due to color matching for other clients. This left over hair represents wasted money for the stylist and the client. With the hair extension bar comb and the hair extension storage bag, this is no longer be an issue. The stylist will be able to use unused hair on a variety of people because they will now have the freedom to color the leftover hair to match their next client.
The hair extension bar comb components are generally classified as follows: a customized base attachment that fits onto a mannequin head stand. One 22-inch double sided comb-like bar (bar 11 with comb teeth rows 20, 22, (
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The flat working region 27 is needed to color (or re-color) or otherwise treat the extension hair near the hair extension weft. A “hair extension weft” is generally defined as: “Machine wefted or machine weft hair extensions refer to products which have been sewn or ‘wefted’ to create the bundle of extensions. Loose or ‘bulk’ hair is fed through a triple-head sewing machine to add a reinforced stitch near the top (root) of the individual strands.” See “Hair Extension Types—Indique Hair” at <https://www.indiquehair.com/hair-extensions-types.html> (captured Mar. 11, 2019); see also “WHAT ARE WEFT HAIR EXTENSIONS? Weft hair extensions are traditionally known as ‘machine weft’ which is one long piece of hair extensions which is sewn together.” at <https://www.humanhairextensiononline.com.au/blog/what-are-weft-hair-extensions> (captured Mar. 11, 2019). A “weft” in the fabric industry is defined “(in weaving) [as] the crosswise threads on a loom over and under the warp threads to make cloth. [As in] ‘weft threads’. Oxford online dictionary at <https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/deflnition/weft> (captured Mar. 11, 2019).
Stylists may or may not distinguish machine-made hair extension wefts with skin injection hair wefts. However, all these hair extension wefts need to be color-matched to the client's desired hair style. Hence, the need for coloring or re-coloring close to the hair extension carrier, whether that carrier is polyurethane or keratin or a weft woven carrier.
Therefore, the hair extension bar comb provides a flat surface at work region 27 such that the stylist can carefully apply color or other treatment to the extension hair near and adjacent the weft or extension carrier. Further, if the weft or carrier is not pinned down to surface 26, the stylist can pull the weft or carrier to closer one comb row compared to the other comb row. In this manner the color application is uniformly applied over the length of the extension hair by simple “pulling left” action by the stylist or “pulling right” actions by the stylist. In
Sloped working region 14 and, to some extent, flat lateral side region 25, permits the stylist to better and more easily apply color or treatment to the remaining length of extension hair falling from the hair extension bar comb. The obtuse angle 16a (
It should be noted that the hair extension weft need not be passed through both comb rows 20, 22. Instead, all the extension hairs from the hair weft can be placed through a single comb row 20 for color or other treatment.
In addition to color treatments, the hair extension bar comb is used to wash the mounted hair extension hair in a sink or tub. The stylist de-couples the hair extension bar comb from the stand (see stand in
Some hair colorization uses portions of the hair place atop wax paper. With the hair extension bar comb, the wax paper is placed on slope 12, 14, a small segment or strand of hair is drawn over the paper and the stylist colors the segmented hair thereon.
As an alternative to the floor or table stand 51, 51, 53, 54, 55 and 56, stem 51 may include a clamp which permits the stylist to mount the hair extension bar comb on a table or shelf. See, for example, clamps in the U.S. Pat. Nos. 286,662; and 6,585,207.
The lower surface 24 of hair extension bar comb 10 need not be parallel to upper surface 26. Although there is a benefit associated with a flat lower surface 24 when the stylist washes the hair extension mounts on bar/platform 11 and when the stylist carries the bar 11, the surface 24 could be shaped in any form or manner.
The hair extension bar comb can be made out of any durable material. The double set of comb teeth are generally perpendicular to the upper flat surface 26 of the bar 11. The sloped side surfaces 12, 14 depend from the upper flat surface 26 of the bar 11 and are angled to permit the stylist or user to color the hair or blow dry the hair. The bar tool has at its midpoint on the lower parallel flat surface a coupling joint 50 which cooperates with the downward extending stem 51.
As indicated above, the hair extension bar comb has an elongated base 11, of various cross-sectional shapes (quadrilateral, a trapezoidal, isosceles trapezoidal, circular, hemispherical elliptical and hemispherical elliptic; see
In addition, extending above the upper closure system 160 (discussed later) is a tab or a flap 140 which includes an aperture 141 such that user can hang the storage bag vertically and not adversely affect the hair extensions 137 hanging from the interior hanger bar 132 into the lower regions of cavity 134.
The storage bag is about 24-28 inches long and enables the user to encase the hanging hair extensions in a depending generally flat condition within the bag.
The interior comb bar 132 carries a single set of comb teeth and the teeth are mounted at an acute angle with respect to the outboard facing surface of the interior bar 132. The outboard facing surface of the interior bar faces inboard into cavity 134 of the hair extension bag 130. The comb teeth extend away from the bar's outboard facing surface.
The storage bag 130 can be utilized by stylists and consumers. The stylist can keep the left over extension hair organized and tangle free and customized by color or client and not just thrown in a bag or bin. The consumer can store their extension hair when un-used and choose to hang in closet for future use. This is ideal for the clip in hair extensions or the special occasion extension wearer. In today's market the hair has become better quality and lasts longer from application to application. This increases the need to store the hair instead of throw away extension hair. Hence the consumer saves money and gives stylists the organization he or she needs when storing left over extension hair for future use.
Storage bags 130 will be sold as a stylist pack which would consist of levels 1-12 and can be purchased separately. For example, the bags may include 12 to-be-labeled bags with custom tabs for levels 2-12 on a large lockable ring-and-hook to hang the bags that organizes and stores unused extension hair for a future client. The labels can bear the name of the client. The hair designer will have the option to purchase more bags if needed. The bags can be sold separately for consumer to store clip ins etc. for future use. All attachments and parts of the system will consist of the comb like teeth for convenience and organization.
This is a regular patent application claiming the benefit of Ser. No. 62/702,565 filed Jul. 24, 2018, now pending, the contents of which is incorporated herein by reference thereto. The present invention relates to a hair extension bar comb tool and a storage bag for hair extensions with an interior comb hanger.
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62702565 | Jul 2018 | US |