US20190350332A1

US20190350332A1 - Hair accessory

Info

Publication number: US20190350332A1
Application number: US16/352,250
Authority: US
Inventors: Patrice Michelle Quarles
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2018-05-16
Filing date: 2019-03-13
Publication date: 2019-11-21

Abstract

A hair accessory comprises a first loop formed of a first plurality of strands of material woven together. A first end of the first plurality of strands of material is joined to a second end of the first plurality of strands of material. A plurality of tails formed from the first plurality of strands of material extends from the loop.

Description

PRIORITY

This application is a claims priority from Provisional Application No. 62/672,224, filed on May 16, 2018.

BACKGROUND

Satin, and similar materials, is often used for products that come in contact with human hair. Such materials are preferred because they tend not to cause tangling or damage.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is an example top view of a hair accessory consistent with the present disclosure.

FIG. 2A is an illustration of how to construct a portion of a hair accessory consistent with the present disclosure.

FIG. 2B is an illustration of how to construct a portion of a hair accessory consistent with the present disclosure.

FIG. 2C is an illustration of how to construct a portion of a hair accessory consistent with the present disclosure.

FIG. 2D is an illustration of how to construct a portion of a hair accessory consistent with the present disclosure.

FIG. 2E is an illustration of how to construct a portion of a hair accessory consistent with the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Satin material is often used for products such as pillowcases, hair wraps, and other head coverings due to its resistance to causing tangling or damage of hair in contact with the product. Satin pillowcases, for example, have become increasingly popular due to the reduced amount of tangling and damage generally experienced by a user. Satin hair wraps may be used for daytime wear to similarly protect one's hair from tangling or damage, as well as for a fashion accessory.
However, satin hair wraps (and hair wraps made of similar material) often cover the entirety, or nearly the entirety, of a wearer's natural hair. While this may be desirable at some times, a wearer may wish to have some natural hair showing in other instances. In addition, because they often cover a wearer's full head, satin hair wraps do not blend with the natural hair. Again, while this may be desirable in some instances, in others, a wearer may wish for a more natural look while still retaining the advantages of hair protection offered by satin.
A hair accessory consistent with the present disclosure, by contrast, retains the hair-protecting qualities of satin while offering increased blendability with a wearer's natural hair. A hair accessory consistent with the present disclosure may include a plurality of strands that may be woven or braided together. The strands may be joined together to form a loop. In some examples, additional length may extend past the loop to form tails.
FIG. 1 is an example top view of a hair accessory 100 consistent with the present disclosure. Hair accessory 100 may comprise a woven loop 102 and a plurality of tails 104-1, 104-2 . . . 104-N (collectively, tails 104). Loop 102 may be comprised of individual strands of material woven together. This process is described further with respect to FIGS. 2A-2E. The loop may be made of satin, cotton, ribbon, or any other suitable material, and may be any width. In addition, the loop may be made in any color and may be made of a material colored similarly to a wearer's hair such that the loop 102 (and the hair accessory 100) blend with the wearer's natural hair.
Loop 102 may be a length of woven material that is joined together at two ends to form a generally circular, and closed, shape. The material may be joined by sewing, glue, or any other suitable means of fastening. In some examples, loop 102 may be formed by joining each end of the length of woven material to a secondary piece of material, such as an elastic material, to provide additional stretch and ease of use by a wearer. Moreover, in some examples, an additional piece of material may be used to cover the joinder location and give a clean and polished look to the hair accessory 100.
Tails 104 may extend from loop 102. Although three tails are shown in FIG. 1, examples are not so limited and any number of tails may be present. In some examples, tails 104 may be additional lengths of the material used to form loop 102. That is, tails 104 may be length left over after weaving the material to form loop 102. Tails 104 may extend from loop 102 for any desired length, and may additionally be incorporated into the hair accessory 100 when worn by, for example, tying the loops around the wearer's natural hair.
In some examples, hair accessory 100 may include multiple loops 102. For example, three loops may be joined together into one hair accessory 100. In such examples, each loop may be akin to loop 102; however, all loops may be joined together at a single joinder location so as to form a single hair accessory 100.
FIGS. 2A-2E show illustrations of how to construct a portion of a hair accessory consistent with the present disclosure. More particularly, FIGS. 2A-2E illustrate construction of the material 202 forming the loop 102 (discussed with respect to FIG. 1). As shown in FIGS. 2A-2E, material 202 may be divided into three loops 206, 208, 210. In FIG. 2A, strand 206 may be crossed over strand 208. Strand 210 may then be crossed over strand 206. In FIG. 2B, strand 208 may be crossed over strand 210. In FIG. 2C, strand 206 may be crossed over strand 208. In FIG. 2D, strand 210 may be crossed over strand 208. Lastly, in FIG. 2E, stand 208 may be crossed over strand 210, returning the strands to a left-to-right configuration of strand 206, strand 208, and strand 210. The process may then be repeated from FIG. 2A and may be repeated as many times as necessary to reach a desired length to form a loop, such as loop 102.
Although three strands are shown in FIGS. 2A-2E, examples are not so limited, and other numbers of strands may be used. For example, a set of five strands may be woven together in a similar fashion in order to create a thicker and wider piece of material to form the loop.
In the foregoing detailed description of the present disclosure, reference is made to the accompanying drawings that form a part hereof, and in which are shown by way of illustration how examples of the disclosure may be practiced. These examples are described in sufficient detail to enable those of ordinary skill in the art to practice the examples of this disclosure, and it is to be understood that other examples may be utilized and that process and/or structural changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present disclosure.
The figures herein follow a numbering convention in which the first digit corresponds to the drawing figure number and the remaining digits identify an element or component in the drawing. Elements shown in the various figures herein can be added, exchanged, and/or eliminated so as to provide a number of additional examples of the present disclosure. In addition, the proportion and relative scale of the elements provided in the figures are intended to illustrate the examples of the present disclosure and should not be taken in a limiting sense.

Claims

1. A hair accessory comprising:

a first loop, wherein:

the first loop is formed of a first plurality of strands of material woven together; and

a first end of the first plurality of strands of material is joined to a second end of the first plurality of strands of material; and

a plurality of tails extending from the loop, wherein the plurality of tails is formed from the first plurality of strands of material.

2. The hair accessory of claim 1, further comprising:

a second loop, wherein:

the second loop is formed of a second plurality of strands of material woven together;

a first end of the second plurality of strands of material is joined to a second end of the second plurality of strands of material; and

the second loop is joined to the first loop; and

a third loop, wherein:

the third loop is formed of a third plurality of strands of material woven together;

a first end of the third plurality of strands of material is joined to a second end of the third plurality of strands of material; and

the third loop is joined to the first loop and the second loop.

3. The hair accessory of claim 1, wherein:

the first end of the first plurality of strands of material is joined to a first end of a piece of elastic material; and

the second end of the first plurality of strands of material is joined to a second end of the piece of elastic material.