US1481778A - Hair band - Google Patents

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H. SALOMONS HAIR BAND JFiled Oct. 22, 1925 INVENTOR Patented Jan. 22, 1924-.

UNITED HENRY SALOMONS, OF NEW YO K, n. 71., assrenoa' TO rvnr'rn ea, or NEW roan,

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HAIR BAND.

Application filed October 22, 1923. Serial No. 669,992.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENnrSALoMoNs, a. citizen of the United States, residing at New York cit borough of Manhatt-am in 6 the county of ew York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hair Bands, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to toilet appliances and has particular reference to hair dress ing devices.

Among the objects of the invention isto provide a band to be worn by girls or women around their foreheads for confining the hair within desired or suitable bounds and consisting of a device composed of human hair together with certain fastening and holding means.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hair band, the main or body portion of which is composed of human hair of a texture and color matching the hair of the head being dressed or trimmed by the band.

More specifically stated, the invention comprises a'band consisting essentially of a narrow strand of human hair, mechanical means for securing the ends of the band at proper tension-preferably at the back of the head, and mechanical keeper means applied or movable along the intermediate portion of the band for retaining the band in narrow width or form, said keeper means serving also as ornaments for decorative purposes.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed and while the invention is not restricted to the exact details of construction disclosed or suggested herein, still for the purpose of illustrating a practical embodiment thereof reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters designate the same parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a front view illustrating one embodiment and mode of application of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing a variation in adaptation of the invention.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspectiveview of the hair band in substantially the form shown in Fig. 1.

ltoferring now more specifically to the drawings, the band is composed of a nar row strand 10 of human. hair of suitable length to encompass the head asshown in Figs. 1 and 2 and with sufiicient overlap of the loose end portion 11 to be employed as a'fastening means in connection with other means attached to the remote end of the strand. As indicated I prefer to employ a ring 12 as a permanent attachment as by stitching or the like at 18 to the anchor end 14 of the strand and through which the loose end 11' of the strand is adapted to be passed behind the head and beneath the-hair at the back of the head, and after being so passed the loose end is passed around or beneath the body of the strand adjacent to the ring and held by such means or in connection with other convenient fastening means such as a hair pin or the like.

Being composed of natural hair in unwoven form, the strand 10 is such that the intermediate portion thereof between the ends. or the porti'onadjacent to the wearers forehead, in order to be maintained in straight narrow form andone that is of the neatest and most pleasing nature, requires to be re tained by keeper means of a rigid nature. To this end I show at 15 a pair of slides or keepers each comprising a plate-like body having two spaced parallel slots 16 of a length and width adapted for the free passage therethrough of the ring 12 and the anchor end of the strand. By passing the ring thus outward through one slot and then in ward through the other slot the keeper may he slipped lengthwise along the strand to any desired position and immediately two results are accomplished thereby,-the anchor end of the strand to which all the hairs are attached being thus slipped first through the keeper, all the hairs of the strand are drawn substantially straight and with even tension, presenting thus the band in neat. straight form, and secondly, the keeper from its nature serves to hold the band in narrow straight form at all times.

As many of the keepers as desired may be employed, but I prefer the arrangements shown in the drawings in that either two of the keepers are in use as shown in Fig. 1 and lying adjacent to the temples, or one of the keepers may be employed at the center of the forehead. The selection of number and location of the keepers is a factor determinable by-each individual as to her personal desire, and dictated b the mass or quality of her hair, the character of the ornamentation to be derived from the keeper, and other individual conditions. In any event that portion of the strand that passes across the forehead is retained in a smooth straight, neat, and narrow form, and in no case does it cover the entire forehead. The hair employed may be of a quality and color to match exactly the wearers hair, or it may in some cases if preferred be of any other color or shade that will be pleasing and harcolor and quality to match the wearers hair and adapted to be applied across and to cover a; portion of her forehead. means to fasten the ends of the band at the back of the wearers head and keeper means slidable along the intermediate portion of the strand for holding the same in narrow form adjacent to her forehead.

3. A hair band consisting of a narrow strand of human hair, a ring attached to one end of the strand and through which the remote end is adapted to be passed for fastening the band at the back of the wearers head, and a slidable keeper having a pair of slots through which the ring and end of the strand attached thereto are adapted topass. the keeper being slidable thence along the intermediate portion of the strand and serving to hold the portion adjacent thereto in narrow smooth form.

In testimony whereof I afiimemy signature.

HENRY SALOMONS;

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