US20060249172A1

US20060249172A1 - Decorative head band system with interchangeable components and associated business method for selling decorative head band systems with interchangeable components

Info

Publication number: US20060249172A1
Application number: US11/121,755
Authority: US
Inventors: Patricia Ballew
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2005-05-03
Filing date: 2005-05-03
Publication date: 2006-11-09

Abstract

A system or “kit” through which is provided a single head band (or hair ribbon) and an assortment of bows or other accessories (jewelry-type items, flowers, or even small, stuffed animals, etc.), for selective and/or alternative combinations. Each accessory is reversibly attachable to each head band (or hair ribbon), either by forming a knot from the band/ribbon, by which the bow or accessory is captured, or through some alternative attachment means, such as VELCRO or a snap-type arrangement. And, a business method of presenting to prospective consumers combinations of head bands (or hair ribbons) and reversibly attachable accessories of varying appearance, either in combinations selected by the business method practitioner, or in consumer-selected combinations.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of The Invention
The present invention relates to decorative accessories for the human body, and in particular to hair-related accessories.
2. Background Information
Particularly with children, teens, young adults, and parents of young children, a sense of style, “making a personal statement,” or standing out in the crowd becomes an end unto itself. In addition to choices in clothing or jewelry, accessorizing hair is one way of adorning one's self (or one's child) in a relatively unique manner.
Coupled with the desire on the part of all to enjoy variety in all aspects of dressing and personal adornment, one realizes that flexibility in hair accessorizing, along with beneficial budget considerations are objects to be met in many respect in the fashion industry.
In that regard, the present invention, as will be discussed hereafter, pertains to providing considerable variety in hair accessorizing, with certain favorable budgetary factors being inherent in the proposed system.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In view of the foregoing, it is an object of the present invention to provide a system or “kit” from which one may assemble many permutations of head band (or hair ribbon) and decorative bow combinations.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a system or “kit” from which one may assemble many permutations of head band (or hair ribbon) and decorative bow combinations in such a manner as to provide initial and subsequent flexibility in adornment selections.
In satisfaction of these and other related objectives, Applicant's present invention provides a system or “kit” from which one may assemble many permutations of head band (or hair ribbon) and decorative bow combinations.
The preferred version of the present invention is of a system or “kit” through which is provided a single head band (or hair ribbon) and an assortment of bows or other accessories (jewelry-type items, flowers, or even small; stuffed animals, etc.), for selective and/or alternative combinations. It its simplest form, the head band (or hair ribbon) is a simple elongate structure which is either tied at its distal ends to secure it to the wearer's head, or may include fasteners of some conventional design (hook and loop parings, snap-type assemblies, VELCRO, etc.). On the other hand, the bows or other reversibly attachable accessories are attachable to the head band (or hair ribbon), either by simply forming a knot from the band/ribbon, by which the bow or accessory is captured, or through some alternative attachment means, such as VELCRO or a snap-type arrangement. In any event, the attachment between band/ribbon and bow/accessory should be truly reversible and easily so.
While a system or “kit” which includes, as described above, one head band or hair ribbon, combined with a plurality of bows and/or accessories, the system may, in the alternative, be one which is purchased “al a carte”, or in some other combination (multiple bands/ribbons with one or more bows and/or accessories).
The present invention also includes a business method of presenting to prospective consumers combinations of head bands (or hair ribbons) and reversibly attachable accessories of varying appearance, either in combinations selected by the business method practitioner, or in consumer-selected combinations.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a sub-set of a system or “kit” of the present invention—that is, one head band with one accessory bow attached, and two alternatively (or simultaneously) attachable accessories (one bow and one decorative flower).

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

With reference to FIG. 1, the head band which is included in the present invention is identified by the reference number 10. Head band 10 is shown with the first of three reversibly attachable accessories—a bow 12. Second and third reversibly attachable accessories are identified, respectively as 14 (a bow) and 16 (a decorative flower). Other variations such as described above for the accessories are not shown, but would be apparent to one skilled in the art, once familiarized with this disclosure.
Head band 10, as shown, includes attachment hardware consisting of a hook 18 and an eye structure 20. Furthermore, the particular assembly shown involves the simple tying of the first bow 12 (and/or other accessories) within a knot formed in head band 10. As discussed above, however, variations of attachment for both the ends of head band 10 and that between head band 10 and accessories 12, 14 and/or 16 can vary according to conventional choices.
Also included in within the scope of the present invention is a business method for providing variations of hair accessorizing combinations in a system or kit-based approach. The business method involves the simultaneous presentation to prospective purchasers of combinations of head bands and/or hair ribbons and reversibly attachable accessories.
A preferred mode of practicing the business method invention is by presenting to prospective purchasers display stands, mall kiosks or the like display of head bands (or hair ribbons) of varying designs which are packaged with, or at least presented along side a wide variety of reversibly attachable accessories. Purchasers are presented the opportunity to either “mix and match” bands/ribbons with various accessories, and/or purchasing pre-assembled combinations of accessory building blocks.
It is believed that the presently proposed hair accessory system or kit, as well as the business method presented provides never before available flexibility for fashion-based expression and variety through hair accessorizing, together with certain benefits of economy by virtue of achieving a variety of different “looks” without necessitating the purchase of numerous fully-constructed hair bands of static design or appearance.
Although the invention has been described with reference to specific embodiments, this description is not meant to be construed in a limited sense. Various modifications of the disclosed embodiments, as well as alternative embodiments of the inventions will become apparent to persons skilled in the art upon reference to the description of the invention. It is, therefore, contemplated that the appended claims will cover such modifications that fall within the scope of the invention.

Claims

1. A kit for decoratively adorning one's hair with a variably appearing head band comprising:

an elongate head band member; and

a plurality of accessory members which are reversibly attachable to said elongate head band member.

2. The kit of claim 1 wherein said accessory members comprise a decorative bow configured for reversible attachment to said elongate head band member.

3. The kit of claim 1 wherein said accessory members comprise a plurality of decorative bows, each configured for reversible attachment to said elongate head band member.

4. The kit of claim 3 wherein each constituent accessory member of said plurality of accessory members is visually distinctive from each respective other said accessory member of said plurality of accessory members.

5. The kit of claim 1 wherein said accessory members comprise at least one decorative bow and at least one decorative accessory other than a decorative bow, each configured for reversible attachment to said elongate head band member.

6. A business method comprising the steps of:

selecting a plurality of head bands including head bands of substantially, respectively distinctive visual appearance;

selecting a plurality of decorative accessories, including decorative accessories of respectively, substantially distinctive visual appearances, each configured for reversible attachment to substantially any of said plurality of head bands;

selecting product display means and displaying and offering for sale combinations of selections from each of said plurality of head bands and said plurality of said decorative accessories.

7. The business method of claim 6 wherein said combinations of selections from each of said plurality of head bands and said plurality of said decorative accessories are offered for sale as consumer-selected combinations.

8. The business method of claim 6 wherein said decorative accessories of respectively, substantially distinctive visual appearances include decorative bows constructed substantially of visually distinctive fabrics.

9. The business method of claim 8 wherein said decorative accessories of respectively, substantially distinctive visual appearances further include decorative flowers.

10. The business method of claim 8 wherein said decorative accessories of respectively, substantially distinctive visual appearances further include stuffed animals.

11. The business method of claim 9 wherein said decorative accessories of respectively, substantially distinctive visual appearances further include stuffed animals.