CN110430772B - Wig device comprising variably positioned separation areas - Google Patents

Abstract

A wig apparatus including variably positioned split areas is provided. The wig device includes: a net cap including a front area corresponding to a front portion of a user's head when the wig apparatus is worn by the user, a rear area corresponding to a rear portion of the user's head, and a peripheral area corresponding to a position near a hairline of the user; a first portion of artificial hair comprising strands of individual artificial hair connected to an outer surface of the front region and an outer surface of the back region; and a separation region disposed in the front region and configured to provide a natural looking hair portion.

Description

Wig device comprising variably positioned separation areas

Cross reference to related patent

Application of reference priority

Priority of the U.S. provisional patent application US62/436601 filed on 20.12.2016, this application, is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

Background of the invention

1. Field of the invention

The present invention relates generally to the field of artificial hair hairpieces and, more particularly, to a hairpiece apparatus including variably positioned discrete areas.

2. Description of the related Art

Wigs are used by people to improve their appearance and hide their natural hair. Wigs typically include strands of hair attached to a cap to form a unit that can be secured to the scalp of a user. People also use hair curtains and hair extensions to hide or supplement their natural hair. In some cases, people use wigs when they experience baldness or natural thinning. For those experiencing baldness or natural thinning, the use of wigs provides an alternative to the use of potentially dangerous hair growth drugs or chemicals, or uncomfortable hair grafts. In other cases, wigs are used for temporary purposes when one is undergoing medical treatments that cause hair loss, such as chemotherapy.

Hairpieces are also used to provide users with selectable hair colors to improve their appearance. In addition, people use wigs to present their own hair with another hair quality, such as changing the hair from straight to curly. Just as many people like decorating their wardrobe, wig wearers like changing and improving their appearance.

Conventional wigs include separate areas provided at one or more of the left, right and center positions of the wig. That is, the location of the separation region is predetermined and cannot be changed by, for example, adjusting the position of a wig on the user's head. For example, the conventional wig includes a separate area in the center of the wig, and the user cannot displace the wig on top of their head so that the separate area moves to the left or right portion. Therefore, it is inconvenient for users to have a wig with only one split position because they must purchase additional wigs with different split positions to meet the need.

Some multi-split wigs attempt to overcome this drawback by including multiple split areas on one wig. For example, the wig may include three separate regions on the wig, each separate region corresponding to a left portion, a center portion, and a right portion on the user's head. These multiple split wigs provide the user with multiple split options, however, multiple split wigs also result in an unnatural appearance when worn by the user. For example, when the user designs a hairpiece design pattern on the center portion and then makes an arbitrary adjustment to the artificial hair or a puff is blown to the artificial hair, the left or right side portion may be displayed. Therefore, each of the plurality of separated areas makes artificial styling more difficult, since artificial hair tends to separate along each separated area.

Disclosure of Invention

Accordingly, embodiments of the present invention provide a wig apparatus. The hairpiece device includes: a net cap including a front area corresponding to a front portion of a user's head when the wig apparatus is worn by the user, a rear area corresponding to a rear portion of the user's head, and a peripheral area corresponding to a position near a hairline of the user; a first portion of artificial hair comprising strands of individual artificial hair connected to an outer surface of the front region and an outer surface of the back region; and a separation region disposed in the front region and configured to provide a natural-looking hair portion.

According to a further embodiment: a first portion of artificial hair not connected to the separation region; the peripheral edge margin includes a second portion of artificial hair attached to an inner surface thereof; a second portion of artificial hair connected to the peripheral region such that the second portion of artificial hair is biased toward the rear region; the inner surface of the peripheral edge margin is arranged to face opposite sides of the outer surface of the front margin and the outer surface of the rear margin; the peripheral region being adjacent to at least a portion of each of the anterior and posterior regions; the peripheral edge margin includes an elastic band attached to an inner surface thereof; an elastic band connected to the peripheral region at a position corresponding to the rear region; when the wig apparatus is worn by a user, the elastic band is connected to a peripheral area of about two-thirds of its length, and the elastic band is arranged to extend from the user's left temple around the back of the user's neck to the user's right temple; the second portion of the artificial hair is not attached to the peripheral edge region at a position overlapping the elastic band; the second portion of artificial hair comprises a plurality of individual hair strand members; the hair bundle members are distributed along the peripheral region in a series of individual artificial hair bundles; the hair bundle member is connected to the peripheral region so that the artificial hair is deflected toward the rear region; when the hairpiece apparatus is moved from side to change the position of the separation region when worn by the user, the hair bundle member is configured to hide the natural hair of the user at one side and to be gathered behind the ear of the user at the other side; a hair bundle member connected to a peripheral area on each of left and right sides of the wig device and approximately corresponding to a position from a temple of the user to behind an ear of the user when the user wears the wig device; the separation region is disposed substantially at the center of the front region and extends longitudinally through the front region; at least a portion of the separation region is curved; the front comb is connected to at least one of the inner surface of the front region and the inner surface of the back region at a location adjacent to the second portion of the artificial hair.

Brief description of the drawings

The above and other aspects, features and advantages of certain embodiments will become more apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 shows a front view of an adjustable hairpiece apparatus worn by a mannequin;

fig. 2 shows a top view of the hairpiece device;

fig. 3 shows a rear view of the hairpiece apparatus;

FIG. 4 shows a side view of the hairpiece apparatus; and

fig. 5 shows a front view of the hairpiece apparatus including a front lace net area.

Detailed description of the invention

Certain embodiments are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the detailed description, descriptions of related functions and configurations known in the art are omitted for clarity of understanding of the concept of the present invention, so as not to obscure the present invention with unnecessary detail.

The conventional single split type wig has a limitation in that the split position is preset to one of the left, right, or center. The multi-split hairpiece provides a left side portion, a center portion, and a right side portion, but causes an unnatural appearance style and is difficult to style artificial hair. For example, when a user styles the artificial hair along the center portion, the artificial hair still tends to separate along the left and right side portions, resulting in an unnatural appearance and frustration for the user.

Embodiments of the present invention described herein provide a hairpiece apparatus configured to include a split region that may be variably positioned. The hairpiece apparatus includes several advantages that enable the separation region to be changed in terms of the separated position (e.g., left, right, and center portions) according to the preference of the user. The wig apparatus also includes several advantages that enable the trajectory of the separation region to be varied according to the user's preference. According to embodiments described herein, there is provided a hairpiece apparatus that includes a single, variably positionable split area that eliminates the need for a user to have multiple separate hairpieces for similar purposes.

In some embodiments, the hairpiece device includes a plurality of hair strands attached to an inner surface thereof. The hair strands are connected to each side of the hairpiece device, i.e., the left and right sides. For example, when the position of the separation area is moved to the right side of the user's head, the hair bundle at the left side of the hairpiece apparatus is enough to cover the natural hair at the left side of the user. Also, the right side hair bundle of the hairpiece apparatus can be gathered behind the user's ear. With the split area in the right position, the hairpiece device has moved towards the user's right ear. Conventional wigs typically include an ear cup or other structure to align with the contour of the user's natural hair line. Such a configuration does not allow the separation area to move from side to side and thus the hairpiece to move from side to side, because one of the ear cups will overlap the ear of the user, appearing unnatural and unattractive. The embodiments of the invention described herein include hair strands disposed along the inner surface of the hairpiece device to eliminate the need for earmuffs or other elements that need to be aligned with the contour of the user's natural hairline.

The term "artificial hair" as used herein refers to synthetic hair products as well as human or animal hair and combinations thereof. Artificial hair may be presented in a variety of conventional hair colors such as black, brown, gold and red, and non-conventional hair colors such as blue, green and purple, and combinations thereof, including single locks of hair in two or more colors.

The term "user" as used herein refers to any purchaser of wigs configured according to any of the embodiments disclosed herein, including, but not limited to, personal members of the public, wholesalers, retailers, manufacturers, importers and exporters of wigs and related parts of wigs.

References to various embodiments, whether by number of embodiments or by relative features of embodiments, are made for convenience in describing the embodiments. Moreover, references to various embodiments do not indicate that any such embodiment is advantageous over any other embodiment. Moreover, each separate embodiment may be combined with any other separate embodiment, whether or not explicitly stated.

Fig. 1 illustrates a front view of a hairpiece apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Hairpiece device 100 includes artificial hair 105 and separation area 110. As a further description of the present invention, the hairpiece apparatus 100 is provided such that the position of the separation region 110 can be adjusted from one side to the other side. The hairpiece apparatus 100 may also be provided such that the trajectory of the split area 110 may be adjusted. This structure of the hairpiece apparatus 100 provides several advantages over the conventional hairpiece because the conventional hairpiece including the split area cannot be generally adjusted so that the position of the split area can be moved from one side to the other side or the trajectory of the split area can be adjusted.

Fig. 2 illustrates a top view of the hairpiece apparatus 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 3 illustrates a rear view of the hairpiece apparatus 200. It should be noted that, as shown in fig. 2 to 3, the hairpiece apparatus 200 is folded from the inside to the outside for the convenience of explanation. Wig assembly 200 includes a mesh cap 205, a front comb 210, and a separation area 215. The mesh cap 205 includes a front region 220, a rear region 225, and a peripheral region 230. The front area 220 corresponds to the front of the user's head, i.e., near the user's forehead, when the user wears the hairpiece apparatus 200. The rear region 225 corresponds to the rear of the user's head, i.e., near the user's spine, when the user wears the hairpiece apparatus 200. The peripheral edge region 230 corresponds to a position near the hairline of the user when the user wears the hairpiece apparatus 200. In certain embodiments, the mesh cap 205 is a flexible and resilient material, a mesh constructed of cotton, nylon, lace, or other suitable materials, and combinations thereof.

A front comb 210 is attached to the inner surface of the mesh cap 205. In some embodiments, the front comb 210 is connected to the front region 220. In some embodiments, the front comb 210 is attached to at least a portion of each of the front region 220 and the back region 225. The front comb 210 may be constructed of metal, plastic, or other suitable material. The front comb 210 includes sharp teeth inserted into the user's natural hair so that the hairpiece apparatus 200 is fixed to the user's head.

The separation region 215 is disposed substantially in the center of the front region 220. The separation region 215 extends longitudinally through the front region 220. The separation region 215 extends along a substantially straight line through the front region 220. In some embodiments, the separation region 215 includes one or more bending regions (not shown in the figures) where the separation region 215 bends toward the left and/or right side of the user's head. The separation region 215 is constructed of hand-knitted nylon, silk, or cotton bud silk, or other suitable materials and mixtures thereof. In some embodiments, separation region 215 includes artificial hair sewn to its outer surface. In some embodiments, separation region 215 does not include artificial hair sewn to its outer surface. The separation region 215 is provided such that the separation region 215 provides a natural-shaped hair part when artificial hair provided on the outer surface of the remaining part of the hairpiece device 200 is separated along the separation region 215.

The peripheral edge region 230 extends around the entire circumference of the hairpiece device 200. The peripheral region 230 is adjacent to at least a portion of each of the front region 220 and the back region 225. The peripheral edge margin 230 is constructed of a material that is cotton, nylon, an elastic or suitable material, and combinations thereof. The peripheral edge margin 230 includes an elastic band attached to its inner surface. It is noted that the inner surface of the peripheral edge margin 230 is disposed to face in the opposite direction to the outer surface of the front margin 220 and the outer surface of the rear margin 225. The elastic band has a width of about 10 to 40mm, or about 25 mm. The elastic band is connected to the peripheral edge region 230 at a position corresponding to the rear region 225. In some embodiments, the elastic band is connected to the peripheral region 230 about two-thirds of its length when the wig apparatus is worn by a user and is configured to extend from the user's left temple around the back of the user's neck to the user's right temple.

In some embodiments, the peripheral edge margin 230 includes a wire support member (not shown) disposed on an inner surface thereof. The wire support member extends from about the temple of the user to about behind the ear of the user. The wire support member molds the temple area of the peripheral edge area 230 to the user's head, providing safe and comfortable wear for the wig device 200.

The front region 220 includes a plurality of front region filaments 235 connected to the outer surface of the mesh cap 205. Artificial hair is attached to the front region filaments 235. Artificial hair is attached to the front region filaments 235 using stitching, glue, staples, or other suitable attachment means. The front region filaments 235 are arranged in a semi-circular configuration around the separation region 215. The front region filaments 235 include a first end 240, a second end 245, and an apex region 250. The first end 240 is connected to the mesh cap 205 on or near the peripheral edge margin 230. The second end 245 is connected to the mesh cap 205 on or near the peripheral edge margin 230 opposite the first end 240. That is, the first ends 240 and the second ends 245 of the front region filaments 235 are disposed on opposite sides of the separation region 215. Apex region 250 of each front region filament 235 is disposed at a location corresponding to the top of the user's head between separation region 215 and back region 225.

Fig. 3 shows a rear view of the hairpiece device 200. The rear region 225 includes a plurality of rear region filaments 255 attached to the outer surface of the mesh cap 205. Artificial hair is attached to the rear zone filaments 255. The artificial hair is attached to the rear region filaments 255 using stitching, glue, staples, or other suitable attachment means. The rear zone filament 255 includes a first end 260 and a second end 265. The first end 260 is connected to the mesh cap 205 on or near the peripheral edge margin 230. The second end 265 is connected to the mesh cap 205 on or near the peripheral edge margin 230. The rear zone filaments 255 are disposed on the mesh cap 205 in a transversely oriented manner, i.e., extending from ear to ear, with the first end 260 and the second end 265 disposed on opposite sides of the mesh cap 205.

The peripheral region 230 includes a back comb member 270, an adjustment member 275, and a plurality of clasps 280. The rear comb member 270 is disposed substantially in the center of the rear region 225 corresponding to the location of the spine of the user. The rear comb member 270 is connected to the inner surface of the peripheral edge margin 230. The back comb member 270 may be constructed of metal, plastic, or other suitable material. The rear comb member 270 includes sharp teeth inserted into the user's natural hair so that the hairpiece apparatus 200 is fixed to the user's head.

The adjustment member 275 includes a hook member 276 and an elastic band 277. The elastic band 277 includes a first end 278 and a second end 279. The hook member 276 is connected to a first end 278 of an elastic band 277. The second end 279 of the elastic band 277 is attached to the inner surface of the peripheral region 230 at a location generally corresponding to the user's ear. An elastic band 277 extends around the inner surface of the peripheral margin 230. The hook member 276 is configured to be insertable into one of the plurality of loops 280. Using the hook member 276, a user can fasten or unfasten the hairpiece apparatus to their head by pulling the hook member 276 onto an appropriate one of a plurality of clasps 280. Thus, the adjustment member 275 fixes the hairpiece device to the head of the user.

Fig. 4 shows a side view of the hairpiece device 200. Peripheral edge margin 230 includes artificial hair attached to its inner surface. In some embodiments, the artificial hair attached to the inner surface includes a plurality of individual hair strand members 285. The hair bundle member 285 comprises a bundle of artificial hair, each individual strand of artificial hair in the bundle being connected to other artificial hair by means of, for example, stitching and glue. The hair bundle members 285 are distributed along the peripheral edge margin 230 in a series of individual artificial hair bundles. In some embodiments, hair strand member 285 is disposed between second end 279 of elastic band 277 and front region 220. In some embodiments, the hair strand members 285 are disposed between the second ends 279 of the elastic bands 277 and the front region 220 such that the positions where the hair strand members 285 are connected to the peripheral region 230 do not overlap the elastic bands 277 and the front region 220. In some embodiments, the artificial hair attached to the peripheral edge margin 230 is adjacent to the front comb 210.

The hair bundle member 285 is connected to the peripheral edge region 230 such that the artificial hair is biased towards the rear region 225, i.e. towards the back of the user rather than towards the chest of the user. By deflecting the artificial hair toward the rear region 225, the user can obtain a desired style. In some embodiments, hair strand member 285 may be connected to the peripheral area such that the artificial hair is biased toward the front area 220, which would allow the user to obtain different styling. When the hairpiece apparatus 200 is moved from side to change the position of the separation region 215, the hair bundle member 285 serves to hide the natural hair of the user at one side and to be gathered behind the user's ear at the other side. For example, when the hairpiece apparatus 200 is moved to the left side of the user's head, the right side of the hairpiece apparatus 200 is raised on the user's head. Thus, the hair strand member 285 on the right side serves to hide the natural hair of the user, while the hair strand member 285 on the left side is convenient to gather behind the user's ears. When the hairpiece apparatus 200 is moved to the right side such that the separated region 215 corresponds to the right portion, the hair bundle member 285 on the left side serves to hide the natural hair of the user.

In some embodiments, there are at least two hair strand members 285, 2 to 10 hair strand members 285, or 4 to 7 hair strand members 285. In some embodiments, each of the hair strand members is spaced apart from about 1-10 centimeters. The hair bundle member 285 is connected to the peripheral area 230 on each of the left and right sides of the hairpiece apparatus 200, the peripheral area 230 approximately corresponding to a position from the temple of the user to the back of the ear of the user.

Fig. 5 shows a front view of wig apparatus 200 including a front lace mesh region 290. The front lace mesh region 290 is constructed of hand-knitted nylon, silk, cotton bud or other suitable material and mixtures thereof. The front lace mesh area 290 is constructed of a material that can be altered to correspond to the contour of the user's hairline. That is, the user may trim the front lace mesh region 290 with scissors to correspond to their hairline. The user may also manually sew artificial hair to the front lace mesh area 290 according to their preference. The front lace mesh region 290 may also be adhered to the forehead of the user so that the hairpiece apparatus 200 is secured to the head of the user. Thus, the front lace mesh region 290 provides a naturally appearing and customizable boundary between hairpiece apparatus 200 and the user's head.

The front lace mesh region 290 is connected to the peripheral region 230 at a position corresponding to the forehead of the user. The front lace network region 290 extends along the length of the front region 220. In some embodiments, front lace mesh region 290 extends to each front comb 210. In some embodiments, front lace mesh region 290 extends across each front comb 210. In some embodiments, the front lace mesh region 290 extends to at least a first one of the hair strand members 285 on each side of the hairpiece apparatus 200. In some embodiments, the front lace mesh region 290 extends over the first of the hair strand members 285 on each side of the hairpiece apparatus 200. In some embodiments, the front lace mesh area 290 extends to a location corresponding to the user's ear on each side of the wig apparatus 200.

The embodiments of the present invention described herein provide advantages over conventional wigs in that the location of the single split area can be changed from the left portion to the right portion and the center portion. Further, the trajectory of the separation region may also be changed. The plurality of hair strands provided along the inner surface of the peripheral region of the hairpiece apparatus allows the separation region to be changed from position to position by covering the natural hair of the user on one side and easily gathering behind the user's ear on the other side. The user no longer needs to purchase multiple individual hairpieces for each hairstyle structure they prefer because the hairpiece apparatus described herein provides a hairpiece having a single separate area for similar purposes. Thus, the embodiments of the invention described herein provide a user with a more versatile wig that includes variably positioned discrete areas.

While embodiments of the invention have been shown and described with reference to certain embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention and its equivalents.

Claims (13)

1. A wig apparatus, comprising:

a net cap including a front area corresponding to a front portion of the user's head when the hairpiece device is worn by a user, a rear area corresponding to a rear portion of the user's head, and a peripheral area corresponding to a position near the hairline of the user;

a first portion of artificial hair comprising strands of individual artificial hair connected to an outer surface of the front region and an outer surface of the back region; and

a separation region disposed in the front region and configured to provide a natural-looking hair portion;

wherein the peripheral edge margin comprises a second portion of artificial hair attached to an inner surface thereof; a second portion of the artificial hair connected to the peripheral region such that the second portion of the artificial hair is biased toward the rear region;

and, the peripheral edge region extends around the entire circumference of the hairpiece device and is composed of a material of cotton, nylon, elastic material or a combination thereof;

said second portion of artificial hair comprising a plurality of individual hair strand members, each of said hair strand members being spaced apart from each other by 1-10 cm;

the hair bundle member is connected to the peripheral region on each of left and right sides of the wig device and approximately corresponding to a position from the temple of the user to behind the ear of the user when the user wears the wig device;

the hair strand member is configured to hide natural hair of the user on one side and to gather behind ears of the user on the other side when the hairpiece apparatus is moved from side to change the position of the separation region when worn by the user.

2. The hairpiece device of claim 1, wherein the first portion of the artificial hair is not connected to the split area.

3. The hairpiece apparatus of claim 1, wherein the inner surface of the peripheral region is disposed to face opposite sides of the outer surface of the front region and the outer surface of the rear region.

4. The hairpiece apparatus of claim 1, wherein the peripheral area is adjacent to at least a portion of each of the front and rear areas.

5. The hairpiece apparatus of claim 1, wherein the peripheral edge region comprises an elastic band attached to an inner surface thereof.

6. The hairpiece apparatus of claim 5, wherein the elastic band is connected to the peripheral region at a position corresponding to the rear region.

7. The hairpiece apparatus of claim 5, wherein the elastic band is connected to two-thirds of the length of the peripheral region when the hairpiece apparatus is worn by a user, and the elastic band is configured to extend from a left temple of the user around a rear of the user's neck to a right temple of the user.

8. The hairpiece apparatus of claim 5, wherein the second portion of the artificial hair is not connected to the peripheral edge region at a position overlapping the elastic band.

9. The hairpiece device of claim 1, wherein the hair bundle members are distributed in a series of individual artificial hair bundles along the peripheral edge region.

10. The hairpiece device of claim 1, wherein the hair bundle member is connected to the peripheral area such that the artificial hair is biased toward the rear area.

11. The hairpiece apparatus of claim 1, wherein the split region is disposed substantially at a center of the front region and extends longitudinally through the front region.

12. The hairpiece apparatus of claim 11, wherein at least a portion of the separation region is curved.

13. The hairpiece apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a front comb coupled to at least one of the inner surface of the front region and the inner surface of the rear region at a location adjacent to the second portion of the artificial hair.

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