US20080000012A1

US20080000012A1 - Daily Wave No Pressure Durag

Info

Publication number: US20080000012A1
Application number: US11/423,452
Authority: US
Inventors: Oladele Levi Adejare
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2006-06-12
Filing date: 2006-06-12
Publication date: 2008-01-03

Abstract

This non-provisional Utility application is for the same invention that was filed by Oladele Adejare in December 2005 with a non-provisional Utility application Ser. No. 11/325,686. Oladele Adejare is the sole inventor of Daily Wave No Pressure Durag. This invention is a hair styling product. It can also be used as a head covering. This invention is made of textile material. This invention is a new type of durag or head wrap that does not use strings. Therefore eliminating string/rope impression lines on the User's forehead or back of the head.

Description

This application is for the same invention that was filed in December 2005 with a non-provisional application Ser. No. 11/325,686.
Oladele Adejare is the sole inventor of Daily Wave No Pressure Durag. Oladele Adejare is a United State Citizen. This invention's title is “Daily Wave No Pressure Durag”, but can be called “Daily wave Durag” or “No Pressure Durag”.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

This invention is meant to be a hair styling product. This invention is a head wrap or head covering that styles or keep the style of the Wearer's hair. When one wears this Durag almost every day, it causes the hair to want to grow flat and wavy parallel to the scalp of the Wearer. The problems with the durags out on the market are 1. It leaves string or rope impressions in the wearer's forehead and back of the head, 2. The strings used to tie those durags to ones head require tying a knot, 3. Those other durag strings or rope causes irritation in the back of the Wearer's head. This invention was created to 1. Eliminate depressions or grooves in the forehead & back of head caused by ropes or strings used to tie the durag to one's head. 2. This invention “Daily Wave No Pressure Durag” is easy to put on (it uses Velcro as the fastening method), 3. This invention does not cause irritation in the back of head of the Wearer. Daily Wave No Pressure Durag can also be used to keep ones hair in the desired style while sleeping or up and about. Daily Wave No Pressure Durag can be worn by anyone.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

This invention “Daily Wave No Pressure Durag” is easy to wear and alleviates pressure at the forehead and back of the head when fastened by its straps via Velcro. This invention leaves no rope impression or grooves in the forehead or back of the head when worn for short or long periods of time. Daily Wave No Pressure Durag allows the users to fasten it tighter so as to not come off while sleeping. The degree of tightness of fastening is where all other durags create string or rope impressions. All durags need to be tied tight in order for it not to fall off while sleeping. Daily Wave No Pressure Durag can be worn as tight as possible, and it still will not leave string or rope impression or grooves.
Daily Wave No Pressure Durag is a one size fits all head wrap, and it's made up of 4 different materials. The method of fastening the durag to ones head is by Velcro (Velcro at the ends of two straps. The straps are on each side of the head). One strap is longer than the other, so that it can be pull from one side of the head to the other and mate with the short strap.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING

FIG. 1 is an example of what the invention looks like.

FIG. 2 shows an un-shaded view of the complete assembly of the daily wave durag.

FIG. 3 shows how the straps are attached.

FIG. 4 gives dimensions of the straps.

FIG. 5 shows dimensions & sewing direction of the main body of the durag.

FIG. 6 shows the assembly of the front part of the durag including the straps.

FIG. 7 shows the last two assembles mate before the final product.

FIG. 8 shows final product.

FIG. 9 Black and white snap shot of Daily Wave No Pressure Durag indication location of Velcro connection.

FIG. 10 Black and white snap shot of Daily Wave No Pressure Durag.

FIG. 11 Color snap shot of Daily Wave No Pressure Durag indication location of Velcro connection.

FIG. 12 Color snap shot of Daily Wave No Pressure Durag.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING

Daily wave No Pressure Durag is an invention that improves upon the durags out on the market. Durag is a term for a type of head wrap that mostly African Americans wear. Nowadays young people of all groups wear durags. The durags out on the market uses strings as a means of tying the durag to one's head. Durags out on the market are of one type of material in its entirety (main body and strings of the durag are tricot fabric). Daily wave durag does not use strings, instead it uses double layer knit ribs that lay flat against one's head as it is fastened together via Velcro. Knit ribs behave almost like an elastic material when it is double layered. The Wearer won't get impression lines in the back of the head due to the knit rib straps laying flat against the head and distributing the pressure evenly on the back of the head. Durags out on the market don't use Velcro as a fastening method (See FIG. 2 and FIG. 3).
Daily wave No Pressure Durag has 9 pieces of pattern. Each pattern is cut from the fabric material. Daily wave No Pressure Durag is sewn together in four assemblies. The four assemblies are the main body of the durag, the padding assembly in the front part of the durag, padding and straps are stitched together, and padding/straps are attached to the main body of Daily wave No Pressure Durag. The main body of Daily Wave No Pressure Durag is tricot material, and it is made up of two half. Both half are stitched together, and the edges are also surge stitched for a cleaner look (See FIG. 2 and FIG. 5). The padding in the front part of Daily wave No Pressure Durag is made up of two types of materials (tricot and fleece) (See FIG. 6). Top outside layer is tricot and the second layer from outside is fleece. Also, in FIG. 6, the straps are attached to the padding. The padding and straps become one assembly. The straps were intentionally attached 0.25 to 0.375 from the bottom edge of padding so that no force is transmitted through the bottom rim of the padding (see FIG. 3). This offset is the main reason why any impressions results on the forehead of the Wearer. The padding also helps to evenly distribute the strap induced pressure across the forehead, so that no impressions results on the skin. The combination of the padding, offset straps, knit rib material, and Velcro all works together to prevent rope/string impressions from appearing on the forehead or back of the head of the Wearer. The last step is to stitch the padding/straps to the main body of the Daily Wave No Pressure Durag along with another tricot piece that goes on the inside of the main body. This tricot piece actually makes the fourth layer of the overall padding. The fourth layer serves to prevent the stitch of the main body from creating an impression on the skin of the Wearer's forehead (See FIG. 7).

Claims

1: No rope or string impression will appear on the forehead or the back of the head of the Wearer no matter how long this durag is worn.

2a. This durag is easy to fasten because of the knit rib/Velcro method.

2b. This durag is a one size fits all, because the knit rib straps stretches.

3a. Does not cause irritation of the skin in the back of the head because it uses knit rib straps and not strings.

3b. When one wears this Durag almost every day, it trains the hair to want to grow flat and wavy parallel to the scalp of the Wearer.