Patent Application
20220346480
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The disclosure relates to hairpiece assemblies and more particularly pertains to a new hairpiece assembly for simulating a hairline. The present invention discloses a hairpiece assembly comprising a plurality a nets, with each net being attachable by a first face to a scalp of a user and having a plurality of filaments extending from a second face. The plurality of nets is configured to extend from proximate to a lower back of one ear, across a forehead, and to proximate to a lower back of the other ear of the user.
The prior art relates to hairpiece assemblies. Prior art hairpiece assemblies comprises wigs and hairpieces which cover all or a portion of a scalp of a user. Some prior art hairpiece assemblies simulate a front hairline along a forehead of the user. What is lacking in the prior art is a hairpiece assembly comprising a plurality a nets, with each net being attachable by a first face to a scalp of a user and having a plurality of filaments extending from a second face. The plurality of nets is configured to extend from proximate to a lower back of one ear, across a forehead, and to proximate to a lower back of the other ear of the user, thus providing a new hairline extending between the lower back edges of the ears.
(H) BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a net, which has a first face that is configured to selectively engage a scalp of a user so that the net is removably engaged to the scalp. A plurality of filaments is engaged to the net and extends from a second face of the net. The filaments are configured to mimic hair of the user or a wig positioned on a head of the user. The net is one of a plurality of nets, with each net having a respective shape so that the plurality of nets comprises nets having a variety of shapes. Each net is shaped substantially complementarily to an associated target area on the scalp of the user so that the plurality of nets is configured to cover a plurality of target areas. The filaments blend the target areas with the hair of the user or the wig.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
The plurality of nets 12 may comprise a pair of first nettings 18 and a second netting 20. Each first netting 18 is shaped complementarily to a respective target area positioned proximate to an associated ear of the user. The second netting 20 is shaped complementarily to a respective target area extending along a front hairline of the user or a forward edge of the wig.
The second netting 20 may be sized to extend substantially between the first nettings 18 when the plurality of nets 12 is engaged to the scalp of the user, as is shown in
The present invention anticipates nets 12 having other shapes 16 to cover a variety of target areas, such as, but not limited to, target areas associated with male pattern baldness, alopecia, and traction hair loss. The present invention also anticipates each net 12 being sized larger than its associated target area so that the net 12 can be trimmed with a pair of scissors to match an outline of the associated target area.
A plurality of filaments 32 is engaged to the net 12 and extends from a second face 34 of the net 12. The filaments 32 are configured to mimic hair of the user or a wig positioned on a head of the user. The filaments 32 blend the target areas with the hair of the user or the wig and can simulate a new hairline. The filaments 32 comprise mammalian hair or synthetic fiber. The filaments 32 may comprise human hair, such as, but not limited to, hair of the user. The present invention anticipates the filaments 32 comprising human hair of a length allowing for trimming and styling.
The assembly 10 also comprises an adhesive 36, which is selectively applicable to the first face 14 of the net 12 so that the adhesive 36 substantially covers the first face 14. The adhesive 36 is configured to reversibly engage skin and thus is configured to selectively engage the scalp of the user to removably engage the net 12 to the scalp. The adhesive 36 comprises one or more of spirit gum, liquid latex, silicone, benzoin, contact cement, and collodion.
In use, the hair replacement assembly 10 enables a method 38 for simulating a hairline. The method 38 comprises a first step 40 of providing a hair replacement assembly 10 according to the specification above. A second step 42 of the method 38 is providing an adhesive 36. A third step 44 of the method 38 is applying the adhesive 36 to the first face 14 of each first netting 18 and the first face 14 of the second netting 20. A fourth step 46 of the method 38 is positioning each net 12 over an associated target area. A fifth step 48 of the method 38 entails pressing the nets 12 onto the associated target areas to removably engage the nets 12 to the scalp so that the nets 12 simulate a new hairline.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
