Patent Application
20220361643
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The disclosure relates to cap assemblies and more particularly pertains to a new cap assembly for inducing waves in hair. The present invention discloses a cap assembly comprising a stretchable cap comprised of polyester and one of either silk or nylon, wherein the cap has a set of protuberances positioned on an inner surface thereof for inducing a wave in hair of a head upon which the cap is positioned.
The prior art relates to cap assemblies. Prior art cap assemblies may comprise bands positionable around heads of users, such that flexible members attached to the bands extend laterally across the heads of the users, flexible caps having cords engaged to inner surfaces thereof, caps with means for engaging combs to hair, and dual capping devices configured for molding hair positioned therebetween. What is lacking in the prior art is a cap assembly comprising a stretchable cap comprised of polyester and one of either silk or nylon, wherein the cap has a set of protuberances positioned on an inner surface thereof for inducing a wave in hair of a head upon which the cap is positioned.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a cap, which is configured to be positioned on a head of a user so that the cap substantially covers a scalp of the user. The cap is resiliently stretchable and is sized smaller than the head of the user. The cap is configured to be stretched for insertion of the head of the user thereinto. The cap is configured to rebound so that the cap is removably engaged to the head of the user. A set of protuberances is engaged to an inner surface of the cap and extends therefrom. Each protuberance is configured to exert pressure upon hair positioned between the protuberance and the scalp of the user to induce a wave in the hair.
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
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The set of protuberances 14 and the cap 12 comprise one or more of polyester, nylon, and silk. The set of protuberances 14 and the cap 12 may comprise polyester and one or more of nylon and silk. The set of protuberances 14 comprises a protuberance 14, which extends spirally from proximate to a centerpoint 18 of an upper limit 20 of the cap 12 to proximate to a circumference 22 of a lower limit 24 of the cap 12, as shown in
A fastener 26 engaged to the cap 12 proximate to the lower limit 24 is configured to selectively engage the head of the user so that the cap 12 is fixedly positioned upon the head of the user. The fastener 26 may comprise a pair of straps 28, as shown in FIGS. 1-7, or other fastening means, such as, but not limited to, ear loops, elastic bands, and the like.
The pair of straps 28 may be positioned on the cap 12 so that the pair of straps 28 extends from a back 30 of the cap 12, as shown in
The pair of straps 28 also may be positioned on the cap 12 so that the straps 28 extend singly from opposed sides 32 of the cap 12, as shown in
In use, the hair waving cap 12 assembly 10 enables a method 34 of inducing a wave in hair. The method 34 comprises a first step 36 of providing a cap 12 described in the specification above. A second step 38 of the method 34 entails stretching the cap 12 over the head of the user so that the cap 12 substantially covers a scalp of the user. A third step 40 of the method 34 is allowing the cap 12 to rebound so that the cap 12 is removably engaged to the head of the user, with each protuberance 14 positioned to exert pressure upon hair positioned between the protuberance 14 and the scalp of the user. A fourth step 42 of the method 34 is allowing the cap 12 to remain upon the head of the user for a length of time sufficient to induce a wave in the hair. A fifth step 44 of the method 34 is removing the cap 12 from the head of the user.
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.
