CA2056380A1 - Hairpiece - Google Patents

Abstract

ABSTRACT

A hair-piece In the hair-piece of the invention, the support member (100) is designed as a basket of freely ending rods (31, 32, 33) that start from a knot piece (30) and pairs of which define a space that extends, continuous-ly to the free ends of the rods (31, 32, 33). The rods (31, 32, 33) are set with hairs either directly or by means of a holder. It is an advantage of such a sup-port member (100) that it allows the user's own hair to be easily pulled through between the rods (31, 32, 33) and provides a naturally looking hairdo of the mixed hair, including the hairline.

(Fig. 7)

Description

SENT BY:ROGE~ BERE'3KIN ~PARR~ 2(i-91 : l2:UI : IL) UING 1l' #lU~O'-! ~319 953 953~:# 3/31 Z(~5i380 The invention relates to a hair-piece havin~ a support mernber for hair consi~ting of ~urved webs.

A s~pport member o~ wigs ~onsi~ts of a close-fitting textile ~ubstrate adap-ted to the 6hape o~ the head, into which the artificial or the natural "falYe" hair is knotted. Such a support mer~er sits on the head like a cap and entirely cover6 the real hair of the person wearing the ~ig, so that the wearer' 4 own hair i~ no longer ef~ective. In order to obtain a secure fixation of the wig on the head, it has to be tightly stretched over the head. This cau6e6 ~ome inconveni-ence for the user without rellably avoiding a displa~
cement of ~he wig. Moreover, the skin of the head is preventing fro~ breathing. In order to overcome the disadv~rl-tages of wig~ wi~h a cap-like support mer~er, hairpieces have been provided ~that supplement the us~r'~ own hair, which allow a con~ination of one~
own hair and ~rtificial or natural supplementary hair.

~ENT BY:~O~ERS. RERESKIN ~PA~R II~ 91 . I'~l : IllKIN(,~I' #~IIJ~ 19 953 953~ #~I/31 - 2 - ~ ~ ~S380 A }snown hair-pie~e (German Patent l ~60 165) ha~ a support rneI~er 6haped like a heacl calotte and having c~rved weh6 provided with hair and extending acro~s the he~d transver~all~. ~o-th en~s o-f each ~eb are fas-~ene~ to a closed ~r~e of a cap-like contour. ~he webs anc~ the frame form a grid haviny opening~ tran~~
versally extending acIos~ the head and being closed all around th~ough which a person's own hair ~ay be drawn in order to mix the user's own hair and supple-mentary hair. Adjacent web~ are provided for leducing the size of the openin~s. P~lling hair throucJh the grid openings is trou~lesome and requlres great c~re and a lot of time in order -to hide the ~rame and the webs lyin~ on -the hea~ like a cap under the wearer'~
own hair. At the hairline, the frame is tongue-~haped and predeter~i.nes a ~hape o-f the hairline that doe~
not correspond to the natural course of the hairline and cannot be adapted by the user. Hair-pieces marlu-factured in rnass pr~ductioll are practically unusable, since webs and ~rarne~ of plastic material have to ~e adapted to the individual form of a head, prior to their drying ancl curin~, in order to obtain a certain fitting of the hair-piece.

Curved web~, e~tending transversally acros6 the head, are al~o provided in another know~ hair-piece (German Patent 14 60 l68~. Both ends of the webs, formecl as arched me~bers, are f~stened to a later~l holdin~ or clamping piece to b~ arran~ed behind the temple above and/or i.n front of the user~s ear. ~his re6ult6 in lunulate openings for the user'~ own hair that are very narrow in the vici~ity of the ears. Pullin~ the wearer~s own hair through the openings closed around i5 not ea~y ~o be done. If ~he distances be-SENT BY:~OGERS~ BERESKIN .~P.~RR~ 91 : P~:~.) : IU KIN~ ~'. JYI~ 19 953 953~:# 5/31 2(: S~380 ~ween -the we~s are widened ln or~er to facilita~e the pnlling through of the hair, -the thin own hair of the ufier would eollapse too much, so that the hair~piece would he di~-tinct from the user's own hair and no 6eemingly natural mixture of hair could be obtained.
Dxes6ing the hair at the front hairline is diff.icu].t, since the frontmost ~e~ ~pan~ the head above the fore-head in a hoop-like manner and define~ a limit line of -the hair that doe~ not corre~pond -to a n~tural hair~
line and does not ~llow an adaptation to individua:L
need~. ~he latter i~ ~ particularly seriou~ probl~m if a person'~ own hair i~ not ~ufficient ~o cover that ~ web. If they hold the hair-piece 6u~ficiently tight, the two holding or clamping piece~ can be painful to the uqer. When the hair-piece is made in ma~ produc-tion, a secure hold and a good fit-tiny cannot be achieved fox- every head, ~ince the di~tance be-tween the crown and the ear~, ~s well a~ the diameter of the head, which are decisive for a close fitting of the support member on the head and the clamping effect of the clamping piece~, are dif~erent with every indivi-dual. The known hair-piece does not allow a modifica-tion in order to a~pt it to the individual sh~pe ot the head and the hairdo o~ the u~er.

It is the object of the inven-tion to improve a hair-piece haviny a support m~mber ~or hair COnBiBting of curved web~ ~uch that i~ facilitate6 pulling the wear-er~ hair through the openings between the web~ and provide~ a natural look o~ the mixed hair, including ~he hairline.

Thi6 objec-t i9 solved acco~ding to the invention by providing the 6upport member a~ a b~sket of freely ending rods startin~ from a crown area ~nd defining in SENT ~y~ )cERs~ BEI~ESKIN ~P.~ 91 ~ L~ lO KING ~V. t~lUU~ 319 953 953l:~:1Y ~/31 - ~ - 2C`55~80 pairs an intermedia~e space con~inuou~ly ex-t:ending to -the free ends of the rod n this manner a spider-like structure is obtained, ~he rods of which, extending radially and being curved to form a baske-t, a~e pushed on the head from behlnd, sliding on the skin of the head with the free ends until the crown portion that practically i~ the bottom of ~he basket ~its clo6e on -the he~d. The inherent-ly stab~e resilient rods are submerged under the Llser ~ 6 own hair already during this procedure. In order to draw all of a person~s own hair out between the rods, ~ a pointed object, e.~. a hair pin or a comb with a handle, is drawn trom the hairline toward~ the crown area of the hair-piece, -the hair in the respective sp~ce between to rod6 being lifted easily. This pro-cedure can be done quickly and easily and the uniform rnixture of the ~Iser s own hair and the supplemen-tary hair is sub~equently co~be~ over the support m~mber which result~ in natural looking -full hair. Since ~he rods also end freely in the area of the hairline, thi~
critical area is open to the front and ~he rods extend to the natural hairline without delimiting it tran~-versally. The support memher accordin~ to the inven-tion even allows to run through one's finger~ through the hair. Since the rod~ are elastic~lly resilient in the dire~tion of their curva-tu~e, ~ uniform Bi~e of the support member will fit on many ~ifferent head6 and ~pan them wi~h an even holdlng force, so that the hair-piece may be manufactured as a cheap ma~s pro-duct.

Should the ~hape o~ the head, the kind of hairline or the desired hairdo require ~o, the rods, preferably SENT BY:ROGERS. BE~EXKIN ~P.~ 2t~,-.~)1 : 1'':~3 : 1(~ KINC ~V. #1~ 19 9-.3 953~:# 7/31 - 5 ~ 5S38~) made of plasti~ matericll, rnay ~ op-tionally shortened by simply cuttin~ thern of~. To this avail, they are preferably flat or of a ~rn~ll circular diame-ter. Ge-nerally, the desired effec-t of the hair-piece is de~
ci~ive for the length o~ the rods. Starting from -the crown area, they may extend over -the entire upper hea~
or may be di~tributed and dimensioned suoh t}lat they are only presen-t on part6 of the upper hea~. Th~ c~own area may be arranged excentrically, so that it 16 sl-tuated in the upper re~ion oi the back o~ the head and that the rod~ extending to the front ~re longer thnn the res t of the rods. This resul-t5 in a very good clo~e -fitting of the 6upport me~ber. Moreover, it is advantageous to have a strony hair con~entra-tion occur at ~he back of the head where i~ is of ten particularly desired. Should the ~hape of ~he h~ad and the hairdo of the wearer o~ the hair-piece require so, the crown area may be arranged sub~-tantially c~ntr~lly with re~
spect to the rods.

The crown area ha~ a knot piece from which -the rodY
extend in 4tar-6hape. In this case, the knot piece i~
e.g. ~ round plate fro~ which the rod~ extend radial-ly. The resultin~ intermediate spaces are about tri-angul~r. Since in a narrow arrangement of -the rod~ the acu~e ar~gle might ~inder the drawing out of hair, lon-gitudinal knot pieces are preferred. Such a kno-t piece extends across the support member and the rod6 extend therefro~ in an almost parallel arrangernent with re-spect to each other, so that they define almo6t rec-tangular space~. The longitudinal knot piece is a bar member spannin~ the head almost on the connection line between the ends of the e~r conches. The knot piece6 may each have a p~s age for a ~astening element like a hair pin or a hair grip.

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The knot piece and the rods extending radially there-from may be integrally extruded from pla~tic material.
In order -to obtain ~ greater den~ity of 3upplement~ry hair, a great number of rods are provided; howevex, a rea~on~ble width of the space~ ha~ to be left open for drawing the wearer~s own hair through easily. The arlg-le of the triangular space6 or the distances of p~ral-lel rods rnay vary, thus al60 allow.i.ny adaptations to different densitie~ o~ the u.~er's own h~ir an~ hairdo.
A gap between rod~ may be provided at the back portion of the hair-piece, which ha~ the ef~ect that, when laying back the head, the hair piece is not pu~hed ~orward by a rod end hitting the neck. Thi~ i6 parti-cularly advan-tageo~ls with an excentricall~ arranged crown a~e~. It may al~o prove advan-tageou~ to ~horten the ~ods in ~he area of -th~ back of the head, forming a clippin~, or to bend ~ome rods apart.

The hair may be Eastened to the rods directly by glue-ing, clamping or weldin~. In this context, the knot pieGe i6 preferably designed as a separate member to which the rods may be ~etachably connected. ln this way, the user of the h~ir-piece can regulate the de-sired density and~or the insertion o~ colore~ ~trands of supplementary hair himsel~ by removing or addin~
rods. Moreov~r, the hair-piece may be used a~ ~ demon-stration model for e.g. differen-t colors of strand~
that, prior t~ the dying of his own hair, can give the u~er a good impression of the later effec-t an~ help him to choo6e the color. In order to arrive at the detachable connection, the knot piece may be provided a~ a plMte h~ving ra~ial pocket~ into which the rod~
may be detAchably inserted.

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A certain hold of the support mer~er i~ obtained due to the insertion of the freely ending rods of the ~up-port member into a person's own hair. An additional fastening is feasible, however. To this avail, a fa-s-tening pin may be put through the pas~age in the knot piece into a kno-t oE hair below -the knot piece. A fur-ther possibility o-f fa~-tening the support member i~
achieved b~ providing at leacit one longitudinal edge of at least some of the rod~ with barbs the openinys of which face -the crown are~. Since thes~ b~rb~ are orien-ted toward6 the crown area, -th~y do not hinder a drawiny out oE the wearer's own halr fr~Jn the hairllne towards -the crown area.

In a preferred embodiment of the inven-tion, the hair m~r be fastened to holder~ connectable to the rod~.
These holders may preferably consist of hoses that may be slipped onto the rods. ~astening the hair to the hoses ma~ be done by stitching, drawing, knotting, ~ewing, glueing or i~planting. If the hoses can be slipped onto the rod~ detachably, an assortment of hose ends provided with hair dyed in different colors may be associa-te~ with a ~upport member so that va-riou~ effects vf the s~pplemehtary hair Tnay be ob--tained, e.g. for demonstration purpose~ Moreover, fastening tlle hair to the hoses i.s expedient for rea-sons of production and for better transportability in the form of reeled up hoses. Pre~era~ly, the hoses ~re flattened and the hair is applied on their outer flat side. In this manner, -the hair i6 clo~er to the skin of the head and the support surface - seen in the transversal direction of the ho~e - i6 enlarged com-pared to a hose of circul~r cross section. Slipping -the hose onto the rods is facilitated by provi~ing the ~ENT BY R~GERS~ BE~ESK1N~&P,t~ e-91 1;)(J1 1lJ KINC ~ U~ 19 953 953~ /31 ;38~) inside o~ the hose~ and the outside o the rod~ with a l~ngitudinal ribbing. The rods ~ay be curved once vr ~everal timeY in the pla1le parallel to the skin of the hea~. The 61ipped-on ho~es follow th~t course resil-ie~tly.

The hoses ~ay be as long as the rods onto which theyare ~lipped, or longer. In the lat~er case, -the ~hor-ter ~od~ projecting from the crowsl area are merq studY
on which to 81ip the h~e~ -that then ac~ a~ ba~ket-forming rods t1lemselves In another embodiment of the inven-tion, the support member has a plate body ~rom the edge o~ which rods extend that terminate freely on one ~ide and pairs of which define a gap extending contin~ou3ly to the fr~e end oE the rod~.

This embodiment of a hair-pieee i~ particularly ~ulted for a hair-piece for the hack of the head, and the plate ~ody i~ a longitudinal web, from -the one longi-tudinal edge o~ which the freely terminatin~ rods extend which are directly or indirectly set with hair~, as detailed above. Thus, a ~ort o-f dress comb is obtained that may be ~et into the user~ own hair in the area of the upper head, the rod~ being oriented downward and backward, so tha~ the hair connected to the rods fills up thin hair at the back of the head flnd makes it look fuller.

The rod~ ~re inherently stable, yet ~esiliently flex-i~le like ~eeth of a comb and, lilce the~e, they may extend from the we~ in parallel. Suita~ly, however, they are longer th~n teeth nf a com~ and may be about ' .
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100 nun long, the entlre length being eovered with hair.

Embodiments o~ ~he invention are sche~na~ically illu6-trated in the drawings in wh.ich Fig. 1 is a per6pective view of a support rnem~ with-out hair thereon, Fiy. 2 i~ a top plan vie~ of the ~upport member of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a lakeral view of the support me~er of Figs. 1 and ~, Fi~. 4 iY the knot piece wi-th a modified rod, Fi~s. 5 and 6 are cross sections of two rods being connected with natural or artificial hair in di~ferent manners, Fi~s. 7 10 are lateral, top plan, rear and front ~iews of a second embodiment of the support member without hair thereon, Fig. 11 is a rod wi-th a slipped-on hair-carrying hose, Fig. 12 is a pexspecti~e view of a hose with hairs knotted into the 6ame, and Fig 13 a top plan view of a hair~piece for the back of the hend.

A support me~bex 10, shaped like the calotte of a head, of a hair-piece qubstantially consists of a plu-, SENT BY:~GE~S. RERE~KIN ~PAR~ '?~-9I : l'?:U5 : 1~ KIN~ W. #1()~)0~ 9 953 953~ /31 Z~5~38~11 rality of resilient rods 12 and 13 of plastic materi-al, preferably a clear material, ourved to form a bas-ket, which extend radially from a ~ircular knot pi~ce ll and may be of different lengths. The plate-like fla-t lcnot piece 11 ~ay be in-tec3rally formed wi-th the rods 12, 1'~ by producing the support member 10 in an extru~ion process, the rods being of either a circular or a flattened cross ~ection and havin~ a s~ooth outer ~urface without projections. In the embodirnent of F:igs, 1 - 3, the knot piece i3 arranged excentrlcally with respect to the calotte of the he~d, so that it r~t~
on khe back of the head of a user. The front rod~ 12 are associated with the front part of the head and extend toward the hairline at which ~hey end freely.
Aecording to the respective course of the hairline and t:he desirecl hairdo, t~he rods ]2 m~y ~e ~hortened by cutting. Rod~ 13 are shorter than the front rod~ 12 and extend radially ~rom the knot piece 11 acros~ the ~ide~ and the back of the head. An optional ~hortening of these rods by cutting i6 pos~ible as well, 60 that certain effects and adap-tations to the head and the hairdo of the u~er may be obtained by une~ual leng-th~
of the rod3.

Rods 12 and 13 enclose almost trian~ular space~ 14 in pair~, the points of whioh lie at the knot pi~ce 11 and which are open and free of transversal web~ over their entire extension. The angles between rods 12, 13 ~ay be coincident or different for groups of rod~ in order to vary the number of rod~ 12, 13 in dependence from the densi~y of ~he user's own hair. A larger ang-le between two roda 13a, 13b i~ provided in the plane of the nose in the region of the back of the head of the supp~rt member 10, which re~ult~ in a gap 15 in SEN'r BY~ GEI~S. E'iEl~E~KIN ~P.~ 2~i-91: 1'~ 5 ~ KINC ~ tIlJL)L)~ ~I.') 95~) 953~ 1'J/31 38~) the circle of rods 12, 13. It i~ the effect of thi~
gap 14 that the wearer of the hair-piece may lay b~ck his head without being hindered by the rods (Fi.g.2).

Each rod 12, 13 and the knot pi~ce ll bear hair on the surface facing away ~rom user's head, which hair may be optionally dyed andJor wav~d (Fig. lA). ~he hair-piece is pushed on the heacl of the ~ISer ~rom behind, ~uch that the free dull end~ of rod~ 12, 13 slide over the slcin of -the he~d until kilot piec~ 11 abu~ or- the back of ~he head. Then, a pointed object i.s applied a~
~he ha.irline, i.e. in the region of -the free ~nds of all rods 12,1~, which object is drawrl over the skin of the head through each triangular space 14 ~ow~rds knot piece 11. In doing so, the user~3 own hair 21 (Fig.
lA) is drawn out easlly and may be uni~ormly mixed with -the s~lpplementary hair 20, such that the user ' 8 thin own hair 21 i~ filled up by the hair-piece 120, thus obtainin~ a voluminou~ hairdo in which also the hairline look~ natur~l due to the freely ending rodQ
12.

Hair pins may be inserted into t~e area of knot piece ll between the c~lindrical even rods 12, 13 in order to fix the hair~piece 120 on the head. Alternatively, each rod 112,113 (Fig.4) may be lined with harbs 16 the openin~ of which far~e ~he knot piece 111, 50 that, upon drawing out the u~er~ hair in the direc-tion of ~he arrow A with the help of an object moved over the skin o~ -the head, the barb~ 16 are not hin-dering~ T~ the embodiment of Fig. 4, the knot pie~e 111 i5 formed as a circular plate 17 having a central hole 19 open at the top and the bottom, throu~h which a so-csllsd rider pin mFIy be inserted in-o a knot of I

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hair at the back of the head by turning. Rider pins are coiled ancl provide ~or a good hold of t:he hair-pie~e 120 on the head. Radially oriented pooket~
open to the out~ide, are di~tributed over the circurn-ference of the plate 17. Each pocket 18 serves for the clamping recepti.on of an adapted end of a rod 12, 13 or ll2, 113 that may be optionally pulled ou-t of th~
pockets 1~. In this way, it i~, pos5ible to chanye rod.~
having different hair and the h~ir-piece 120 may be used as a demonstration object.

The way the hair 20 is fa~tened to -the rods 1~, 13 or 112, 113 is illustrated in Figllre~ 5 and 6. In order to enlarge -th~ surface of each rod 12, 13, 112, 113 on which to fa6ten hair, -the rod is preferahly formed with a semi-circul~r cross section, the round portion facing outward, as Rhown in Figures 5 and 6 with re-spect to rod 12. According to ~ig. S, longer and~or shorter hair 20 is glued or ~elded onto the se~i-cir-cular outer surfa~e along the entire length of rod 12.

ln Fig. 6, the rod 12 iq lon~itudinally parted with hair 20 being clamped into the clamping gap 12a. Bo-th longitudinal halves of rod 12 are subsequently adhe-rently connected.

Whereas in the embodimen~ o~ Figure~ 1 to 3 and 4 the knot piece 11 or 111 was a circular plate, the kno~
piece 30 of the ~uppor~ member 100 according to Fi-gures 7 to 10 i~ provided as a longitudinal bar, the longitudinal axis ex~ending in the plane o~ the ear~
of the wearer of -the h~ir-piece. The longitudinal knot piece 30 Eorms -the crown area situated in the upper portion of the back of the head, from which rodq 31, SENT BY:~OGER~. BERE~KIN ~P~RR 11-'~-91 : 1'0tJ: liJKlNG~ llJU()- UlC1.~)53 95~3:#15/31 ~ 13 - 2~ 38 ~

32, 33 exterld perlpherally that ~re b~nt such tha-t the suppor~ me~ber lOO form6 a basket-like .structure re-ceiving the head fittlngly. Since ~.he rods 31, 32, 33 are resilient, a support met~er lOO will fit on vari-ous form6 and siz~ of heads. The longitudinal shape of the kn~t piece 30 allows to let the front rod~ 31 and the rear rods 33 extend from the knot piece 30 ~uch that they extend in para:llel for the gre~-ter part a~d that the intermediate space.s 34 are of almo~t thc same wiAth ~ -the upper and at khe lower e~d~. Avoid--ing acut~ angle~ facilitates dra~ing out the wearer~ 6 own hair between the rods. In addi-tion to -their cur vature, the front rods 31a, associated wlth both end6 of the knot piece 30, are bent at least once i~ the plane of the head su~ace for adapt~cion to -th~ shape of the head, -thereby achieving a na-tural a~ap-tation of the course of the hair of the hair-piece to a hairdo.
The lateral rods 32 and the en~ rods 33 may al~o be bent in the plan~ of the head. A clippin~ 35 a~ the lower edge of the rear rods 33 p~events any inconve~
nience to the wearer of the hair-piece ~hen l~ying bac~ his head.

Kno-t piece 30 that may be in-tegrally formed a~ an extruded part with rods 31, 32, 33 has a central lon-gitudinal slot 36 ~erving as a pass~ge for h~ir pin~
or the like which ~re in6erted into a braided knot of hair beneath knot piece 30 and which secure su~port member lOO again6~ displacement.

In the embodiment illustrated, rods 31, 32, ~3 ~re of circul~r cro~ ~ection. Contrary to Fig6. ~ and 6, the hair is not provided directly on the rods bu-t on flex-ible hoses 40, prefer~bly of clear plastics m~terial, that may be slipped onto rod6 31, 32, 33 in frictional .

, SENT BY:ROGEI~ BEI~E~;KIN ~P.~R:11-'2.~-91: 1'?:O(~;: IU KINC ~1'. t~ )UlJ- ~19 953 ~)53~:~YI~/31 2~`5~38~) eng~gernen~ and which, due to their flexibillty, ~dap-t -to the form of the rod~. The length of each hose 4() correspond~ ~o the length of the ~od 31, 32, 33 for which i-t is deGtined. For a secure connection oE rods 31, 32, 33 wi-th hoses 40, one end of the hoses is pro-vided with a ho:le on the side bearing th~ hair, which, when ho~e 40 is slipped onto a rod, ~eceives a pin 41 protruding from rods 31, 32, 33 i.n the vicinity o:~ the knot piecs (Fig. 1l). If it i~ intended to use the support ~en~er 100 and the hose~ 40 to demon6trate hair tints, securing mean~ may be omitted in order to facilitate pulling the ho6es off the rods 31, 32, 33.

In order to maximize the hair-hearirly 6urface on hoses 40, they ~re fl~ttened, a~ 6hown in -the final ~iew of the arrangement according to Fig ll, so ~h~t they may receive rod 31, 32, 33 having a circular oross sec-tion, but extend be~ond the rod Oll two par~llel sides.
Moreover, this form i~ advantageou~, ~ince it pro~ides a close fi-tting to the skin o~ the head and the hair sits closer to the skin of the head.

A flexible hose 40 with a flattened cros~ section or a flexible hose 40a ~Fig. 12~ with a circular cro~s se~-tion has i-t~ wall ~7 provided wi~h a ~tr~ight line of 6mall holes 4~. Using A knottin~ needle, tufts of hair 22 or drawn through the holes 46 and are ~espeetively fixed by Isnottin~ a-t the intermediate ridges 45. The density of the hair applied depends on the wid~h of the ridges 45, i.e~ the mutu~l distance of the holes 46. This manner oE fa tening is durable. Fur-ther, it facili.tates repair by allowing to simply replace tuft~
of hair. A rubber-elastic ho~e may be knotted even with a closed wall when using pointed knotting need-SENT BY:~OGER~. RERE~KIN ~P.~RR~ -91 : 1':~7 : ID KINC W. #~U~0- ~19 953 95~:#17~31 - 15 ~ 3~

les. Moreover, hairs ~0 may also be fixed oy stitch-ing, drawing, sewing, gl~eing or implantlng.

Fig. 13 illustrates a hair-piece 140 for the back o~
the head in top pl~n view. It. cosi~-ts o~ a ~liyhtly curved elongate flat web 141 o~ rigid material, one longitudinal edge 142 of whi~h bears parallel rod~ 143 made of the same ~aterial as the web 141 and ~eincJ
rigid, yet ~o~e~hat flexible. A~ ~ith a dre~s eomb;
the rods 143 are sli~htl~ curved relative to the plane of the drawing flnd their free ends 43a may be sli~htly pointed. Each rod 143 is provided with hair~ 1~5 over its entire len~th, whi~h, in the em'oodiment shown, are .~astened ta a rubber-resilient hose 146 slipped onto the respective rods 143. The hose 146 is clo~ed on all side3 and du~ to a mut~l adaptation o:t the dimen-sions, the hose 14~ sits firmly on the rod 143. The parallel rods 143 are set into the user's own hair at the 'oack of the he~d and the hair 145 set thereon adds to -the user's own hair and make~ the hair at the back o the head look fuller.

The for.ming of the hoses 146 and the fa6-tening of the hair 145 i5 done a~ de~cribed for the other embodi-e~r~

Claims (13)

Claims

1. A hair-piece having a support member for hair con-sisting of curved webs, characterized in that said support member (10) is provided as a basket of freely ending rods (12, 13) starting from a crown area and defining in pairs an intermediate space (14) con-tinuously extending to the free ends of said rods (12, 13).

2. A hair-piece having a support member for hair con-sisting of curved webs, characterized in that said support member (140) is provided with a plate body (141), from the edge of which rods (143) extend that end freely on one side, defining in pairs an intermediate space continuously extending to the free ends of said rods (143).

3. The hair-piece according to claim 1, characterized in that said crown area is provided with a knot piece (11) from which said rods (12, 13) radiate.

4. The hair-piece according to claim 1, characterized in that said crown area is provided with a knot piece (30) extending transversally across said support mem-ber (100) and from which said rods (31, 32, 33) start almost parallel to each other.

5. The hair-piece according to claim 3 or 4, charac-terized in that at least some of said rods (112, 113) are detachably connectable with the knot piece (111).

6. The hair-piece according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the outer surfaces of said rods (12, 13; 143) are directly covered with hair.

7. The hair-piece according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that at least some of said rods (112, 113) are provided with barbs (16) at at least one lon-gitudinal edge, the openings of which face away from the free ends of each rod (112, 113).

8. The hair-piece according to one of claim 1 to 5, characterized in that the hair is fastened to holders connectable to said rods (31, 32, 33; 143).

9. The hair-piece according to claim 8, characterized in that said holders consist of flexible hoses (40;
40a; 146) adapted to be slipped onto said rods (31, 32, 33; 143).

10. The hair-piece according to claim 9, characterized in that said hoses (40; 40a; 146) are circular in cross section or flattened and that the hair (20) extends from their outer flat side.

11. The hair-piece of claim 9 or 10, characterized in that each hose (40a) is provided with holes (46) through which tufts of hair (22) are fastened by knot-ting.

12. The hair-piece according to claim 9 or 10, charac-terized in that each hose (146) has a closed wall to which the hairs (145) are fastened by stitching, draw-ing, knotting, sewing, glueing or implanting.

13. The hair-piece according to one of claims 9 to 12, characterized in that each hose (40; 40a; 146) is of the same length as the rods (31, 32, 33, 143) onto which they are slipped, or longer than said rods.