US2144829A - Means for use in curling hair - Google Patents

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Patented Jan. 24, 1939 UNITEDSTATES PxraNTk OFFICE Abbie G. Bowyer, Santa Monica, Calif. Application October 19, 1937, Serial No. 169,821

' 8 Claims.

This invention relates tothe art of hair curling and particularly to means upon which hair tresses may be Wound and then, while still Wound about the said means, be dried with little or no discomfort to the patron. Many Women, particularly those who are employed throughout the day, curl their hairA before retiring at night. In doing so they divide the hair into a plurality of tresses and, after moistening each tress, Wind it upon a suitable device which is adapted to hold it from unwinding while it is drying. When so held and dried, the tress retains its curled condition. But, unless special drying apparatus be at hand and employed, considerable time is required to dry the curls. Many Women curl their own hair as above dscribed and then retire for the night, depending upon the hair to dry While they sleep. But the individual curlers with the tresses wound upon them form knots or bumps which are sources of much discomfort to the person and greatly disturb her rest. My invention comprises not only a suitable device upon which the tresses are curled but a pad which is so constructed and disposed between the curler and the Wearers head as to form a cushion which relieves the wearer of substantially all discomfort.

Any suitable form of curler may be employed in combination with my pad and any suitable soft and iiexible material may be employed in making the pad or cushion. I have successfully and satisfactorilyemployed different materials, particularly felt and sponge rubber. For commercial reasons I prefer sponge rubber and so have indicated that material in the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my preferred form of pad, the slot in which is shown in dotted lines, and a suitable form of curler upon which a tress of hair is wound, and

Fig. 2 is a transverse section on line 2--2 of Fig. 1.

In Fig. 2 there is shown at I0 a portion of the scalp from which there is gathered a tress, II, of hair, the same being dampened as is customary. This tress is wound in the usual manner, upon a suitable device shown, generally, at I2, suitable means being provided for holding the wound tress from uncurling. Since the curler indicated is not, per se, a part of my invention, any suitable curler being adapted for use therein, a fuller description thereof is deemed unnecessary. 'Ihat shown is a commercial curler of the air-drying type and bears the Patent Numbers 2,000,893 and 2,000,894, to which reference may be made for a detailed description if desired. A`

complete job of hair curling requires many curlers like or similar to that shown. As will be appreciated from Fig. 2, the curlers with their tresses wound thereon project some distance from the scalp I0. These form a considerable number of knots or bumps on the head of the user and are the source of much discomfort when she lies on them. To overcome this discomfort, I provide a pad I3 for each curler, the same comprising a sheet of suitable soft and flexible material of sufficient thickness to form a cushion between the curler and the scalp. As stated, different materials may be employed in making the pad although, for commercial reasons, I prefer and so have indicated sponge rubber. The outer contour of the pad may be varied, but again I have shown my preferred form,` the same having rounded ends and straight side edges.

Extending longitudinally of the pad and centrally positioned therein is a slot I4 through which the tress I I extends when the pad is positioned, as best shown in Fig. 2. The slot terminates at both of its ends well within the ends of the pad, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. I, being shorter than the curler I 2 so that the latter projects at its ends beyond the slot. The slot is of substantial width and its ends are rounded, as shown in dotted lines in Fig, 1. These rounded ends lessen the liability of the rubber to tear when it is stretched over the curlers.

After the tress is wound upon the curler, the pad is applied by thrusting one end of the curler through the slot, then pulling the pad toward that end until the slot is in position to receive the rest of the curler. After the entire length of the curler has been passed through the slot, the pad is drawn backwardly toward the first mentioned end of the curler until the latter is symmetrically positioned over the slot. In that position, the ends of the curler overlap the pad beyond the ends of the slot and the curler holds the pad from unintentional displacement.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

l. A means for curling hair which comprises a device upon which the hair is curled, and a pad of soft and flexible material interposed between the said device and the head of the wearer, said pad having a slot through which the device with the hair curled thereon may be passed, the pad thus constituting a 4cushion upon which the wearer may lie While the hair is drying.

2. A means for curling hair as set forth in claim 1 in which the pad is composed of sponge rubber.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a pad adapted to be interposed between a dry curler and the head of a wearer of said curler; said pad comprising an elongated sponge-rubber body provided with a central slot, the sides of the body and slot being stretchable transversely to pass over a dry curler positioned on the head of the wearer.

4. The combination with a. dry curler around which hair is curled on the head of the wearer, of a cushioning and moisture protecting pad 'o approximately the overall width and length of the curl and curler having means for interpose ing the same between the head of the wearer and the dry curler when the latter is in position on the head with the hair curled thereon.

5. A means for curling hair as set forth in claim 1 in which the said slot extends longitudinally substantially midway between the side edges of the pad and has its ends nearer the longitudinal center of the pad than are the ends of the said device, whereby the ends of the device overlap one side of the pad beyond the ends of the slot, as and for the purpose specied.

6. A means for curling hair as set forth in claim 1 in which the pad is elongated and has its ends rounded, as specified.

7. A means for curling hair which comprises a device upon which the hair is curled, and a pad of sponge rubber interposed between the said device andthe head of the wearer, said pad having a slot through which the device with the hair curled thereon may be passed, the slot being of substantial width and having its ends rounded, the pad thus constituting a cushion upon which the wearer vmay lie while the hair is drying.

8. 'I'he combination with a dry curler around which hair is curled on the head of the wearer, of a cushioning pad having means for interposing the same between the head of the wearer and the dry curler when the latter is in position on the head with the hair curled thereon.

ABBIE G. BOWYER.

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