EP2604143A2

EP2604143A2 - Barbershop/Hair salon cut fabric

Info

Publication number: EP2604143A2
Application number: EP12161824.3A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Kyung-In Lee
Original assignee: Plustium
Current assignee: Plustium
Priority date: 2011-12-12
Filing date: 2012-03-28
Publication date: 2013-06-19
Also published as: CN103156377A; EP2604143A3; JP2013121484A; US20130145515A1; KR101188336B1

Abstract

Disclosed is a barbershop/hair salon cut fabric (100), including: a panel member (103) formed of a fabric or synthetic resin, and defining a wearing hole (103a) in a rear end thereof in which a head of a patron is received; and a transparent window member (110) detachably coupled by means of a frame member to the panel member such that a portable terminal (101) is viewable at a front of the wearing hole (103a) of the panel member at a center.

According to this structure, the transparent window (110) detachably provided on the barbershop/hair salon cut fabric (100) may be used in order to use the portable terminal (101) during a hair dressing process, the portable terminal may be installed on a mount of the transparent window detachably provided on the barbershop/hair salon cut fabric in order to dispose the screen of the portable terminal at an anatomically comfortable position for a barbershop/hair salon patron so that the terminal may be used without impeding a hair dressing process, and the transparent window provided detachably on the barbershop/hair salon cut fabric may be used, so that the transparent window may be separated and washing may be performed, regardless of the material of the transparent window, in order for washing to be easy and so that a barbershop/hair salon cut fabric that is clean may always be provided.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

(a) Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a barbershop/hair salon cut fabric, and more particularly, to a barbershop/hair salon cut fabric, which enables portable terminals such as smart phones, electronic pads, electronic tablets, and electronic notebooks to be used freely while one receives a haircut, perm, or other time consuming head grooming work done in a barbershop or hair salon.

(b) Description of the Related Art

Regardless of their gender and age, when people go to barbershops and hair salons to have their hair cut, get a perm, dye their hair, or be otherwise groomed, a barbershop/hair salon cut fabric is used to cover the body to prevent hair from getting into clothing, or hair coloring, perming agents, and other chemical products from getting on the body or clothing.
However, not only does it take a minimum of 20 minutes or so to get a haircut, a longer time is needed for other forms of head grooming, during which a cut fabric must be worn.
Particularly, a barbershop/hair salon cut fabric is easily prone to being sullied or stained, and thus is mostly made of an opaque synthetic resin or fabric, and even if a portable terminal or the like is held in the hand of a patron, the problem arises that an arm must be extended outside the cut fabric in order to use the device.
To solve this problem, a barbershop/hair salon cut fabric provided with a transparent window has recently been proposed, but the transparent window of such a barbershop/hair salon cut fabric is not only not available at a predetermined position for a subject to be able to use a portable terminal while sitting and receiving a haircut, etc., but the transparent window is formed on a flexible material of a barbershop/hair salon cut fabric and thus cannot retain a predetermined shape, so that after the barbershop/hair salon fabric is wrapped around the body, there is the problem that the patron must search for the transparent window.
Further, a barbershop/hair salon cut fabric requires frequent washing to meet public health requirements, but when a transparent window is attached thereto, the transparent window can damage a washing machine, which presents the problem of washing not being easy, as the transparent window must be hand washed.
In addition, because a hair dressing subject cannot use a portable terminal or the like while receiving hair dressing, there is particularly the problem that the subject must use the portable terminal when receiving an urgent phone call, etc.
Moreover, in order to use a portable terminal during time waiting alone during the course of receiving hair dressing, such as during dyeing time, neutralization time, etc., if a patron excessively leans the head, hair coloring or other chemical products may drip down, and there is the problem that the portable terminal cannot always be supported at a height at which the screen is anatomically comfortable to use.
The above information disclosed in this Background section is only for enhancement of understanding of the background of the invention and therefore it may contain information that does not form the prior art that is already known in this country to a person of ordinary skill in the art.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention has been made in an effort to provide a barbershop/hair salon cut fabric having advantages of being able to receive a transparent window attachable and detachable on a portion of the front thereof, where the transparent window may be supported at a predetermined height so that a portable terminal may be used in an anatomically convenient posture without impeding a hair dressing process, and of being easy to wash, regardless of the material of the transparent window because the transparent window is detachable. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a barbershop/hair salon cut fabric, including: a panel member formed of a fabric or synthetic resin, and defining a wearing hole in a rear end thereof in which a head of a patron is received; and a transparent window member detachably coupled by means of a frame member to the panel member such that a portable terminal is viewable at a front of the wearing hole of the panel member at a center. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a transparent window detachably provided on the barbershop/hair salon cut fabric may be used in order to use the portable terminal during a hair dressing process.
According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the portable terminal may be installed on a mount of the transparent window detachably provided on the barbershop/hair salon cut fabric in order to dispose the screen of the portable terminal at an anatomically comfortable position for a barbershop/hair salon patron so that the portable terminal may be used without impeding a hair dressing process.
According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the transparent window provided detachably on the barbershop/hair salon cut fabric may be used, so that the transparent window may be separated and washing may be performed, regardless of the material of the transparent window, in order for washing to be easy and so that a barbershop/hair salon cut fabric that is clean may always be provided.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a view illustrating a barbershop/hair salon cut fabric being used according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a developed diagram of a barbershop/hair salon cut fabric according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of section A in FIG. 2.
FIGS. 4A to 4C are partially enlarged views of a barbershop/hair salon cut fabric according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a modified example of a barbershop/hair salon cut fabric according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6A and FIG. 6B are a partially enlarged view of a barbershop/hair salon cut fabric according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and a schematic view of a modified example thereof.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. First, it should be noted that in assigning reference numerals for the constituent elements in each drawing, like reference numerals are assigned wherever possible for like constituent elements even when depicted in different drawings. Also, in the description of the present invention, detailed descriptions of related publically known structures or functions will not be provided if it is determined that the provision thereof will obscure the purport of the present invention.
Hereinafter, referring to FIGS. 1 to 3, a barbershop/hair salon cut fabric according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.
FIG. 1 is a view illustrating a barbershop/hair salon cut fabric being used according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a developed diagram of a barbershop/hair salon cut fabric according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of section A in FIG. 2.
A barbershop/hair salon cut fabric 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is formed of fabric or synthetic resin, and even when the body is wrapped by a panel member 103 defining a wearing hole 103a in a rear end thereof in which a head of a patron is received, a transparent window member 110 is detachable coupled by means of a frame member 130 such that a portable terminal 101 is viewable at a front of the wearing hole 103a at a center.
Referring to FIGS. 4A to 4C, the barbershop/hair salon cut fabric 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail.
FIGS. 4A to 4C are partially enlarged views of the barbershop/hair salon cut fabric according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
In the barbershop/hair salon cut fabric 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 4A, the transparent window member 110 includes a window 111 formed of a transparent material, and a first detachable coupling portion 113 integrally formed around the window 111, and the frame member 130 includes a second detachable coupling portion 133 extending from the edge of an opening 103b of the panel member 103, and a frame 131 disposed on the second detachable coupling portion 133.
Here, the frame 131 is formed of a steel or plastic material having a predetermined strength and is configured to enable the window 111 to retain a predetermined shape.
As shown in FIG. 4A, the first detachable coupling portion 113 and the second detachable coupling portion 133 may be formed of non-woven fabric or woven fabric in the form of Velcro having female loops 113a and hooks 133a, and provided as an integrated type or as a separated type with one side having adhering surfaces.
Meanwhile, as shown in FIG. 4B, the first detachable coupling portion 113 and the second detachable coupling portion 133 may be disposed at a predetermined distance apart, and may be formed with female and male fasteners 113a and 133a formed of plastic that are spaced apart and coupled to the window 111 when the window 111 is formed of a transparent resin, a transparent film, a transparent synthetic resin, a transparent synthetic glass, or the like. The female and male sides may be disposed in mutual opposition, and the linear frame 131 may be received and coupled between the female and male fasteners 113a and 133a.
Further, as shown in FIG. 4C, the first detachable coupling portion 113 and the second detachable coupling portion 133 may be disposed at a predetermined distance apart, and may be formed with female and male buttons 113c and 133c that are spaced apart and coupled to the window 111 when the window 111 is formed of a transparent resin, a transparent film, a transparent synthetic resin, a transparent synthetic glass, or the like. The female and male sides may be disposed in mutual opposition, and the linear frame 131 may be received and coupled between the female and male buttons 113c and 133c.
Now, referring to FIG. 5, in the barbershop/hair salon cut fabric 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a description will be provided on whether the transparent window member 110 may be disposed at a predetermined angle so that the screen of the portable terminal 101 may be viewed at an anatomically comfortable position without having to excessively tilt the head.
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a modified example of a barbershop/hair salon cut fabric according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
In the barbershop/hair salon cut fabric 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a supporting member 135 is coupled to the frame 131 (disposed around the transparent window member 110), with a hinge coupling portion 134 therebetween, and when the supporting member 135 is spread and supported at a predetermined angle about the hinge coupling portion 134, a space may be secured in which the portable terminal 101 may be disposed at a predetermined angle above the lap.
Of course, a mounting portion 136 of the portable terminal 101 may be formed further protruding from the supporting member 135.
Now, referring to FIGS. 6A and 6B, a description will be provided on a partially enlarged view of a barbershop/hair salon cut fabric according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and on a modified example thereof.
FIG. 6A and FIG. 6B are a partially enlarged view of a barbershop/hair salon cut fabric according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and a schematic view of a modified example thereof.
As shown in FIG. 6A, a frame 141 may be formed as a trapezoidal plate-shaped frame instead of a linear frame and may include a window receiving slot 141 a therein, the trapezoidal plate-shaped frame 141 may be formed of a material having elastic restoring force, a plate-shaped coupling portion 143 may extend from the plate-shaped frame 141, auxiliary frames 142a, 142b, 142c... of metal material or plastic material for providing durability may be disposed on the plate-shaped coupling portion 143 at predetermined distances apart, the plate-shaped coupling portion 143 may be folded together about the auxiliary frames 142a, 142b, 142c... by means of having folding piece portions 143a, 143b, and 143c and may dispose the transparent window member 110 at a predetermined angle, the angle may be varied according to the extent to which the folding piece portions 143a, 143b, and 143c are folded, and the folding piece portions 143a, 143b, and 143c may be used to set up the portable terminal 101. Therefore, the transparent window detachably provided on the barbershop/hair salon cut fabric may be used in order to use the portable terminal during a hair dressing process, the portable terminal may be installed on a mount of the transparent window detachably provided on the barbershop/hair salon cut fabric in order to dispose the screen of the portable terminal at an anatomically comfortable position for a barbershop/hair salon patron so that the portable terminal may be used without impeding a hair dressing process, and the transparent window provided detachably on the barbershop/hair salon cut fabric may be used, so that the transparent window may be separated and washing may be performed, regardless of the material of the transparent window, in order for washing to be easy and so that a barbershop/hair salon cut fabric that is clean may always be provided.
While this invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be practical exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

<Description of symbols>

111:: Window
113. 133 :: Detachable coupling portion
131 :: Frame
135 :: Mounting member
134 :: Hinge coupling portion
143 :: Plate-shaped coupling member

Claims

A barbershop/hair salon cut fabric, comprising:
a panel member formed of a fabric or synthetic resin and defining a wearing hole in a rear end thereof in which a head of a patron is received; and

a transparent window member detachably coupled by means of a frame member to the panel member such that a portable terminal is viewable at a front of the wearing hole of the panel member at a center.
The barbershop/hair salon cut fabric of claim 1, wherein:
the transparent window member comprises a window formed of a transparent material, and a first detachable coupling portion integrally formed around the window; and the frame member comprises a second detachable coupling portion extending around an opening of the panel member, and a frame disposed on the second detachable coupling portion.
The barbershop/hair salon cut fabric of claim 2, wherein:
the first detachable coupling portion and the second detachable coupling portion are formed as Velcro.
The barbershop/hair salon cut fabric of claim 2, wherein:
the first detachable coupling portion and the second detachable coupling portion are formed as a plurality of female and male fasteners formed of plastic and disposed apart.
The barbershop/hair salon cut fabric of claim 2, wherein:
the first detachable coupling portion and the second detachable coupling portion are formed as a plurality of snap buttons disposed apart.
The barbershop/hair salon cut fabric of claim 2, wherein:
the frame comprises a supporting member coupled thereto, and a hinge coupling portion interposed between the frame and the supporting member, and the supporting member comprises a mounting portion formed protruding thereon.
The barbershop/hair salon cut fabric of claim 2, wherein:
the frame is a trapezoidal plate-shaped frame and comprises a window receiving slot therein, the trapezoidal plate-shaped frame has elastic restoring force, the frame comprises a plate-shaped coupling portion extending thereon, the plate-shaped coupling portion comprises auxiliary frames disposed thereon at predetermined distances, and the plate-shaped coupling portion is foldable about the auxiliary frames.
The barbershop/hair salon cut fabric of claim 2, wherein:
the frame is formed of plastic or steel.