AU761967B2 - A hair cutting method - Google Patents

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Regulation 3.2

AUSTRALIA

PATENTS ACT 1990 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION FOR A STANDARD PATENT

ORIGINAL

Name of Applicant: Wen-Ya Yeh Actual Inventor: Wen-Ya Yeh Address for Service: MADDERNS, 1st Floor, 64 Hindmarsh Square, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Invention title: A HAIR CUTTING METHOD 0: The following statement is a full description of this invention, including the best method of performing it known to me.

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A HAIR CUTTING METHOD Background of the Invention This invention relates to a hair cutting method, particularly to a method of using a right hand for holding a cutting tool (including scissors, razors, electric hair cutters, plural pairs of scissors, etc.), and of using a left hand for holding a cutting tool for handling at the same time or not at the same time, in order to improve completely both sides of the hair to have the same lower level facing in the same direction. In addition, this method permits hairdressers to easily cut the angle of hair, to comb hair, and to trim two sides in balanced condition, while not being disturbed by the head shape, the ears, the shoulders and the length of the hair of a customer.

This method enables hairdressers to cut and adjust the thickness to be cut with quickness, with the finished hair style looking natural, soft and beautiful.

oo oI S.At present, hairdressers generally hold a cutting tool in one hand only, in either the right or the left hand, while cutting the hair of a customer, combing and :cutting the hair at the same time for forming a predetermined hair style. This kind of a single hand cutting only by a right hand or a left hand may result only in a smooth right or left side of the hair. Also as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, when a hairdresser begins to cut the hair of a customer, the hairdresser has to stand behind the customer to cut the hair on the side not accustomed to cut with a tool, as shown in Fig. 3. The finished hair style may seem smooth at first but, later after a night or washing, the S. hair may look smooth on one side with the other side looking bent or curled forward, as shown in Fig. 4. Hairdressers have to work every day for a long period of time *oa. with their hands always raised at a certain height for holding a comb and scissors, so they may suffer from various professional diseases such as edema, stomach illness, a frozen shoulder, a stiff shoulder, a bent backbone, etc.

Summary of the Invention One objective of the invention is to offer a hair cutting method for hairdressers to apply in cutting or trimming a hair style for customers, to overcome the problem of differences of the lower levels of two sides after finished cutting, and to overcome the problem of easy operation on one side and of difficult operation on the other side of the hair according to personal working habit, with both hands holding a cutting tool but not cutting at the same time.

Another objective of the invention is to offer a hair cutting method with a right hand and a left hand, using scissors, razors, or electric scissors synchronously at the same time, especially for cutting a large quantity of hair. The lower levels of the right and left sides of hair may be cut or trimmed in a balanced condition and with fastness. Also, the finished hairstyle may have the same lower levels of the two sides.

The invention is therefore said to reside in a both hands hair-cutting method comprising holding a first hair-cutting tool in a right hand of a hairdresser, simultaneously holding a second hair-cutting tool in a left hand of the hairdresser while the first hair-cutting tool is held in the right hand, and finish cutting a customer's hair with the first and second hair-cutting tools simultaneously or non-simultaneously using both the right and left hands holding the hair-cutting tools in the right and left hands simultaneously.

•Brief Description of the Drawings This invention will be better understood by referring to the accompanying drawings, wherein: Figure 1 is an upper view of cutting hair with one hand in a conventional cutting method; Figure 2 is a side view of cutting hair with one hand in a conventional cutting method; S.Figure 3 is an upper view of cutting hair with one hand in a conventional cutting 30 method with a hairdresser standing behind a customer for easily and smoothly haircut; Figure 4 is a front view of a finished cutting hair having one side with a lower level S• smooth and the other side with a lower level being smooth and being different from the one side in a conventional cutting method; Figure 5 is a perspective view of cutting hair with a left hand and holding hair with a right hand in the method in the present invention, while cutting is not performed at the same 1 time with both hands; 2 Figure 6 is another perspective view of cutting hair with a right hand and holding hair 3 with a left hand in the method in the present invention, while cutting is not performed at the 4 same time with both hands; Figure 7 is a front view of cutting hair in a zigzag way with a left hand and holding 6 hair with a right hand in the method in the present invention, while cutting is not performed 7 at the same time with both hands; 8 Figure 8 is anther front view of cutting hair in a zigzag way with a right hand and 9 holding hair with a left hand in the method in the present invention, while cutting is not performed at the same time with both hands; 11 Figure 9 is a side view of cutting hair slidingly with a right hand and holding hair 12 with a left hand in the method in the present invention, while cutting is not performed at the 1 ""13 same time with both hands; 14 Figure 10 is another side view of cutting- hair slidingly with a left hand and holding hair with a left hand and in present invention, while cutting is not performed at the same 16 time with both hands; 7 Figure 11 is a front view of cutting hair temporarily with a right hand holding hair 18 with a left hand in the method in the present invention, while cutting is not performed at the same time with both hands; Figure 12 is anther front view of cutting hair temporarily with a left hand and holding 21 hair with left hand in the method in the present invention, while cutting is not performed at 22 the same time with both hands; 23 Figure 13 is a front view of cutting hair with a right hand and bent with a left hand 24 in the method in the present invention, while cutting is not performed at the same with both hands; 26 Figure 14 is another front view of cutting hair with a left hand and bent with a right 1 hand with the method in the present invention, while cutting is not performed at the same 2 time with both hands; 3 Figure 15 is a front view of cutting hair with a left hand and pushing hair with a right 4 hand at the same time with the method in the present invention, while cutting is not performed at the same time with both hands; 6 Figure 16 is a front view of cutting hair a right hand and scooping with a right hand in 7 the method in the present invention, while cutting is not performed at the same time with 8 both hands; 9 Figure 17 is a side view of cutting hair with a left hand with a fast movement and with a right hand holding hair in the method in the present invention, while cutting is not 11 performed at the same time with both hands; 12 Figure 18 is another side view of cutting hair with a right hand with a fast movement and with a left hand holding hair in the method in the present invention, while cutting is not "1:4 performed at the same time with bothhands; Figure 19 is a side view of cutting hair with plural scissors with a right hand and 16 holding hair with a left hand in the same method in the present invention, while cutting is aoooo.

not performed at the same time with both hands; 18 Figure 20 is another side view of cutting hair with plural scissors with a left hand and 9 sliding hair with a right hand in the method in the present invention, while cutting is not performed at the same time with both hands; I:'1 Figure 21 is a side view of cutting hair with both hands at the same time in the 22 method in the present invention; 23 Figure 22 is a front view of cutting hair with both hands at the same time in the 24 method in the present invention; Figure 23 is a front view of cutting hair with razors in both hands at the same time in 26 the method in the present invention; 1 Figure 24 is a front view of cutting hair with razors in both hands at the same time in 2 the method in the present invention; 3 Figure 25 is a side view of cutting hair with electric cutters in both hands at the same 4 time in the method in the present invention; and, Figure 26 is a front view of cutting hair with a common scissors combined with a 6 teeth or zigzag shaped scissors in the method in the present invention, while cutting is not 7 preformed at the same time both hands.

8 Detailed Description of the Preferred Embodiment 9 A preferred embodiment of a both hand hair cutting method in the present invention, as shown in Fig 5-22, includes two systems of holding various tools and cutting modes 11 respectively in a right hand and a left hand.

12 1. The first system 13 The first system is holding tools in hands but performing cutting not at the same 14 time. As shown in Figs. 5 and 6, a common method of cutting hair in a lateral direction.

e e 0 ,5 During cutting hair, scissors are expanded to let the front ends of two blades open wider 16 than the lower portions near the shaft, so hair will not be completely cut off at the lower ooooo 7 level until the front ends of the blades are closed. So cutting the left side of the hair with a 18 left hand and cutting hair of the right side with a right hand can trim the lower levels of the S::'19 left and the right sides to be the same, avoiding the disadvantage of different lower levels of the right and the left sides of the hair as in the case of cutting with only one hand in the ••21 conventional method.

22 Other cutting methods, such as teeth (or zigzag) shape cutting shown in Figs. 7 23 and 8, cutting with a slide movement shown in Figs. 9 and 10, cutting temporarily shown in 24 Figs. 11, 12, cutting with hair bent or curled up shown in Figs. 13 and 14, cutting with a push movement shown in Fig. 15 and cutting with a scoop movement shown in Fig. 16, are 26 respectively used to make various hair styles. As different hair styles need different cutting 1 angles of hair, different combing directions, and different lower levels of hair, the right side 2 of hair should be treated by a right hand and the left side of hair should be treated by a left 3 hand for obtaining a balanced condition of the right and the left sides of hair. Hairdressers 4 may not feel disturbed by the shape of the head, the ears, the shoulders, etc. of a customer.

Thus, difficulty in cutting both sides of hair with only one hand can be overcome.

6 Next, cutting with both hands with fast movement shown in Figs. 17 and 18 is 7 used to trim hair into elegant condition and with excellent effect. Especially this cutting 8 method applies to cut hair at different height (or length), and to form the lower end of hair 9 with speedy movement, letting the hair style look soft, pretty, streamlined, and stabilized not to deform. Thus, difficulty in obtaining symmetry in the style, the angle, and the lower 11 level of hair by only one hand cutting method can be overcome by the method in the present 12 invention.

*sees: '13 Cutting with one hand holding plural scissors shown in Figs. 19 and 20 is used for i4 making 3D hair styles, forming expected notches of many layers of different height of hair ooo "5 so that when the hair is loosened and expanded, the hair may look naturally beautiful and J6 soft. This method can be applied to both long and short hair to be trimmed in many layers, and adjusting the quantity of hair to be cut, and can be applied with fastness, overcoming 18 drawbacks of the conventional one hand cutting method.

1 i 19 Adjusting the quantity of hair to be cut and cutting hair shown in Fig. 26 is performed by using common scissors combined with a teeth (or zigzag) shaped scissors 2"i' synchronously so as to cut the hair length needed and at the same time thinning and 22 adjusting the volume of hair cut.

23 As described above, hairdressers can hold different tools in the right hand and the left 24 hand in cutting and trimming hair of customers, forming the lower levels of the right and the left sides of hair facing in the same direction, and speeding operation faster than the 26 conventional one hand method.

1 2. The second system 2 The second system is cutting hair with both hands at the same time. Synchronous 3 cutting operation with both hands holding scissors, razors, or electric cutters shown in Figs.

4 21-25 can be applied to cut a large quantity of hair or to adjust the quantity of hair to be cut.

This synchronous cutting operation can secure the lower levels of the right side and the left 6 side of hair in the same direction, can provide symmetry of both sides of hair, and enables 7 the finished hair style to look beautiful, natural ant soft.

8 While the preferred embodiment of the invention has been described above, it will be 9 recognized and understood that various modifications may be made therein and the appended claims are intended to cover all such spirit and scope of the invention.

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Claims (13)

1. A both hands hair-cutting method comprising holding a first hair-cutting tool in a right hand of a hairdresser, simultaneously holding a second hair-cutting tool in a left hand of the hairdresser while the first hair-cutting tool is held in the right hand, and finish cutting a customer's hair with the first and second hair-cutting tools simultaneously or non-simultaneously using both the right and left hands holding the hair-cutting tools in the right and left hands simultaneously.

2. A both hands hair-cutting method as claimed in claim 1, in which at least one of the first and second hair-cutting tools is a pair of scissors.

3. A both hands hair-cutting method as claimed in claim 1, in which each of the first and second hair-cutting tools is a pair of scissors.

4. A both hands hair-cutting method as claimed in claim 1, in which at least one of the first and second hair-cutting tools is a hair-cutting razor. ooooo A both hands hair-cutting method as claimed in claim 1, in which each of the first and second hair-cutting tools is a hair-cutting razor.

6. A both hands hair-cutting method as claimed in claim 1, in which at least one of the first and second hair-cutting tools is an electric hair cutter. 25 7. A both hands hair-cutting method as claimed in claim 1, in which each of the first and second hair-cutting tools is an electric hair cutter.

8. A both hands hair-cutting method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 7, which includes holding a comb in one of the right and left hands.

9. A both hands hair-cutting method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 7, in which finish cutting comprises cutting the right side of the hair of the customer with i I'r the first hair-cutting tool held by the right hand, and cutting the left side of the hair of the customer with the second hair-cutting tool held by the left hand when the hairdresser stands in front of the customer.

10. A both hands hair-cutting method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 2, in which finish cutting comprises cutting the right side of the hair of the customer with the first hair-cutting tool held by the right hand, and cutting the left side of the hair of the customer with the second hair-cutting tool held by the left hand when the hairdresser stands behind the customer.

11. A both hands hair-cutting method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 7, in which finish cutting comprises cutting the right side of the hair of the customer with the second hair-cutting tool held by the left hand, and cutting the left side of the hair of the customer with the first hair-cutting tool held by the right hand when the hairdresser stands behind the customer.

12. A both hand hair-cutting method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 7, in which finish cutting comprises cutting the hair of the customer with the first hair- ooooo S. cutting tool held by the right hand, and simultaneously with the second hair-cutting tool held by the left hand. o•

13. A both hands hair-cutting method as claimed in claim 1, in which at least one of the first and second hair-cutting tools is a plural pair of scissors. 25 14. A both hand hair-cutting method as claimed in claim 1, in which at least one of a first and second hair-cutting tools is a toothed pair of scissors.

15. A both hands hair-cutting method as claimed in claim 1, in which the first and :i second hair-cutting tools are different. o o• 1 4 4

16. A two-handed method of cutting hair as claimed in Claim 1 and substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to Figures 5 to 26 of the accompanying drawings. Dated this 22nd day of April, 2003. WEN-YA YEH By his Patent Attorneys MADDERNS