JP2007502919A - Easy-to-wear long cap to protect and dry hair - Google Patents

Abstract

The protective cap, made e.g. from a non-woven material containing thermoplastic fibres or from cotton towelling, has two long sides of parallelpiped shape and two short ends, welded or sewn together to create an elongated shape with two end pouches (4, 5). The cap is long enough to receive the hair (6), e.g. after washing or prior to dressing, and its open edge is gathered and preferably elasticated. It has end fasteners (9a, 9b) such as press studs or Velcro (RTM) patches that allow it to be twisted and fastened behind the wearer's head in the form of a turban.

Description

  The present invention relates to a long cap that is simply worn to protect and dry the hair.

  Usually, women with long hair must protect and dry their hair when they get out of the shower or bath. To this end, a woman uses a large towel and wraps a bundle of hair by wrapping the towel around her hair along its long axis. Next, the free end of the towel is folded back around the head and, in some cases, held in place using a safety pin or the like.

  Exactly the same and the same method is used in hair salons as well as beauty salons. In a beauty salon, in particular, the product often needs to be applied to the face, but it must not come into contact with the hair. Thus, in such a case, the towel wrapped around the hair also serves as a protective material.

  This method is difficult and has unforeseen consequences and requires some practice before a person can almost certainly wrap all the hair that is wrapped around the towel without removing the towel. And

  In order to solve such a problem, the smallest side edge obtained in this way is folded along one of the diagonals of the towel and partially sewn over two of the side edges of this shape. Including towels have been proposed. Such towels described in patent application GB2248391A have a number of major drawbacks that cause the hair to be accurately retained in the central fold due to the indicated shape. It includes the possibility of not being able to. In addition, in order to be able to desire to attach the free end of the towel to the end forming the cap for the head, the towel is removed as shown in FIG. 3 of this patent application. It is necessary to wrap the hair multiple times, which is particularly difficult.

  Thus, the main object of the present invention is to be economically manufactured, allowing a person's long hair to be held in place by grouping together in a cap as easily as possible and to close to itself It is to provide a simple cap having an integral means.

  Hair that is held in place is wet when a person has just washed the hair and can be dried when the hair is grouped together for protection.

  The object of the present invention is achieved by a long, elongated cap for protecting the hair. The cap is in the form of a parallelepiped that is attached to one another along one of the long side edges and one of the two short side edges to form a first pocket and a second pocket. It is formed by two side walls. The first pocket forms a cap and is located at the proximal end of the long cap, and the second pocket is located at the distal end of the long cap and accommodates a free bundle of hair Forming part. This long cap is characterized by the fact that complementary fixing means are provided at both ends of it which can be positioned in contact with each other. The securing means is configured by twisting the distal end 180 ° about the long axis of the long cap and then folding the distal end to cover the proximal end after the hair is positioned in the long cap. The long cap is designed to close around the head.

  The shape of the parallelepiped on the side wall of this long cap makes it possible to form two pockets: a proximal pocket and a distal pocket. The pockets are connected together by an intermediate part located in these extensions. The intermediate portion also plays a role of holding the hair in a predetermined position. In spite of this, the free hair bundle will be held mainly by the pockets at the tip, especially when the hair is longer than the full length of the long cap.

  The securing means may comprise a snap-on button, or a loop-button system, or instead using a loop-and-hook cloth means such as known as Velcro®. It may be configured by a system.

  The long cap preferably has a substantially trapezoidal shape. That is, this long cap has two large side edges that converge to each other, thus providing a general orientation that defines a variable depth for the cap, and the first pocket is the deepest Located on one side edge.

  In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the two side walls are attached to each other by stitching. In spite of this, the possibility of other fixing means can be envisaged, in particular as a function of the material used to manufacture the side walls. Thus, in the case of a side wall formed of a material that can be at least partially melted (eg, a nonwoven fabric including thermoplastic fibers), it would be possible to combine the two side walls by thermal welding.

  In one embodiment of the invention, the side walls are made of non-woven fabric, so that long caps are intended for disposable use. Despite this, the long cap is sufficiently possible to be formed of a toweling type absorbent fabric that more effectively provides the drying function of the long cap.

  Preferably, gathers are provided on at least a portion of the non-sewn edge of the side wall located near at least one of the ends of the long cap. This gather is preferably elastic.

  For a precise understanding, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying schematic drawings, which illustrate, by way of non-limiting example, specific embodiments of long caps for protecting hair according to the present invention. Will be explained.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the long cap 1 according to the present invention has an elongated shape. This cap is attached to each other along one of the long side edges 2 and one of the two short side edges 3 so as to form a first pocket 4 and a second pocket 5. In addition, it is formed by two side walls having a general shape of a parallelepiped. The first pocket is located at the proximal end of the long cap forming the cap, and the second pocket is located at the distal end of the long cap, and the free bundle of hair 6 ( floating mass of hair).

  The pocket 5 at the distal end has a smaller volume than the pocket 4 at the proximal end forming the cap. Furthermore, in order to improve the comfort level, even when the outer shape of the long cap is regarded as the outer shape of a parallelepiped, in order to improve the comfort level, the predetermined end which is appropriately rounded, particularly at the base end portion forming the cap The angle portion 7 can be defined.

  The two pockets, that is, the pocket 4 at the base end and the pocket 5 at the distal end are connected together by an intermediate portion 8 located in the extending portion. The intermediate portion also plays a role of holding the hair in a predetermined position. In spite of this, especially when the hair is longer than the full length of the long cap, the bundle of free hair 6 and the tip of the hair will be held mainly by the pocket 5 at the tip.

  Complementary fixing means 9 are provided at the two ends of the long cap, which can be positioned in contact with each other. These securing means are arranged by twisting the tip 180 ° about the long axis of the long cap and then folding the tip so as to cover the proximal end after the hair is positioned in the long cap. The long cap is designed to close around the head.

  In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the fixing means comprises a system of snap studs 9a, 9b. The male snap button 9 a is positioned on the outer surface of the base end portion 4 (the rear portion of the cap), and the female portion 9 b is positioned on the inner surface of the distal end portion 5.

  The two side walls are attached together by stitching and are non-woven. For this reason, long caps are intended for disposable use.

  An elastic gather portion 10 is provided on a part of the non-sewn edge of the side wall located near the base end of the long cap.

  As shown in FIGS. 2-5, the positioning of the long cap according to the present invention is very simple.

  First, as shown in FIG. 2, the head must be tilted forward and the hair hung forward.

  Next, the long cap must be slid over the head so that the proximal end of the long cap is positioned over the head, like a hat. And the tip of the hair 6 must be located in a long cap. In particular, if the hair length exceeds the length of the long cap, the tip pocket 5 is sufficient to accommodate the excess length of hair, as shown in FIG. Is given a large volume.

  Next, the tip of the long cap must be twisted 180 ° about the long cap's long axis, as shown in FIG. This distal end is then bent backwards and thus must cover the proximal end as shown in FIG.

  Thus, it is easy to have the two snap-on buttons face each other and close the long cap completely around the head.

  Obviously, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above by way of example and, conversely, encompasses all modifications. Thus, the shape and dimensions of the long cap can be changed to be applicable to different hair lengths.

It is a schematic perspective view of this invention seen from the side. FIG. 3 is a schematic front view of the present invention showing the open structure before the long cap is positioned on the head. FIG. 6 is a schematic side view of the present invention showing the open structure after the long cap is positioned on the head. FIG. 3 is a schematic side view of the present invention showing a partially closed structure after the long cap is positioned on the head. FIG. 4 is a schematic side view of the present invention showing the fully closed configuration after the long cap is positioned on the head.

Claims (9)

  2 in the form of a parallelepiped attached to each other along one of the long side edges and one of the two short side edges to form a first pocket and a second pocket. A long cap having an elongated shape for protecting hair, formed by two side walls, wherein the first pocket forms a cap and is disposed at a proximal end of the long cap; The pockets of the long cap are located at the tip of the long cap and form a receiving part for the hair bundle in the free state, and at both ends, this long cap after the hair is positioned in the long cap The long caps are positioned in contact with each other so as to close around the head by twisting the distal end about the long axis and then folding the distal end to cover the proximal end. Complementary fixing means It is provided, long cap.   2. A long cap according to claim 1 wherein said securing means comprises a system of snap-on buttons.   2. A long cap according to claim 1 wherein said securing means comprises a loop and button system.   2. The long cap of claim 1 wherein said securing means comprises a loop and hook cloth mounting system, known as Velcro®.   Having two large side edges that have a trapezoidal shape, ie, one that converges into the other, thus providing a general orientation to define a variable depth for a long cap, The long cap according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the end pocket is located at one of the deepest side edges.   The long cap according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the two side walls are attached to each other by stitching.   The long cap according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the side wall is formed of a disposable non-woven fabric.   The long cap according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein a gather is provided on at least a part of the non-sewn edge of the side wall located near at least one of the both ends of the long cap.   The long cap according to claim 8, wherein the gather has elasticity.

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