US2192550A - Wig with scalp-showing part - Google Patents

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March 5, 1940. M. JACOBY WIG WITH SCALP-SHOWINCY PART Filed Jan. 26, 1959 R o N E v m ATTORN EY Patented Mar. 5, 1940 ice j r 2,192,550 I WIG WITH soALP-sHovviNG PART Meyer Jacoby, 'New Yorlr, N. Y. I I Application January 26, 1939, Serial No. 252,861

Claims. lCl. 4c 172) This invention relates to improvements in More particularly, this invention relates to parted coiffured dollwigs; that is, to those with the hair combed and dressed, and to the foundation for such wigs.

It is the principal object of this invention to provide a wigof the character described having a highly natural appearance of the part, and particularly a natural appearing scalp usually visible in the part at the roots of the hair at the part zone.

Another object of the invention is the simp1ification in the manufacture of the above type wigs, whereby the cost of assembly as well as the material going into the wig is considerably reduced without forfeiting strength, durability, and any other desirable features.

In the drawing showing several preferred embodiments of the invention,

Figure l is a perspective view of a doll head embodying the invention. I

Figure 2 is a perspective View of the skull or foundation-piece of the wig shown in Figure l. H

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional View of the wig, substantially along the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figured is'a perspective view similar to Figure 2, showing another form of foundation embodying the invention.

views similar to Figure 3.

Figure 7 is a perspective view of a further modified form.

Figure 3 is a diagrammatic illustration of the application of the invention, and,

Figure 9 is a similar diagrammatic illustration of a wig made under prior art practices hereinafter discussed, I

Referring to Figures 1 toq3, a'foundation Ill of buclzrafn, preferably formed to the shape of the scalp proportion of the head of the doll to which it is to be attached, is preferably impregnated with a suitable sizing or stiffening agent to assist in maintaining the head shape of the foundation. It is desirable to employ buckramor the like be-,

cause it is cheap and sturdy and the coarse weave thereof provides desirable intersticies, allowing the material to reform from its original flat form to the head or scalp form desired.

Suitably secured substantially along the center of the top and rear of the foundation is a strip l2 of suitable material and preferably, simulat ing, in color and texture, a naturalappearing scalp of the doll with Whichit vwillbe associated.

, p I I "desired. Figures 5' and 6 are fragmentary' sectional The manner of securing may be by stitching hi.

The strip 12 is preferably formed with a ridge ,H disposed lengthwise and in thecenter of the strip. This ridge is preferably raised from the plane of its flanking portions 18 comprising they 5 strip. The ridge maybe prepressed into the strip and the preformed strip may then be sewed or otherwise secured as by suitable adhesive tothe The ridge may be formed in various other ways,

for example by insertin a piping cordiunder neaththe center thereof at the time it is stitched or sewed to the foundation.

Various other forms of producing a ridge in the strip may be employed either before, during, or after securing'i't upon the foundation.

Referring to Figured a ridge 20 forming an 0 integral part of the foundation 22 maybe formed at the same time thefoundation is formed into shape. Several such ridges 2! may be in a single foundation as illustrated by the adjacent ridges 2t and 26, forming respectively the ridges for a 25 left and right part, facing the doll. The centerpart ridge 2% is employed in a wig of ,the type shown in Figure 1, but with the same foundation a right or left part in the Wig could be made if Afoundation formed with three or more ridges will be adaptable to various styles of coiffure on the same doll head, whereby repetitiousappa'rance of the otherwise identicaldolls is avoided. A;di1"f,erent.hair comb greatly contributes to the appearance of such otherwise identical dolls. Referring to Figure 5 the central part, 26 is shown in enlarged fragmentary detail in section illustrating diagrammatically the-application of hair thereto and showing the surface 23 at the 40 crest of the ridge nearly flush with the top surface of the hair 3t to -which it is attached.

' Referring to Figure 6 the scalp'strip 32 may be formed with a bead s i'whieh is provided by sewing together a gap in the center of the strip, causing a beaded projection which may be ironed down sufiiciently so that it extends up arequired amount to appear natural with respect to the upper surface ofthe hair flanking the ridge.

In the manufacture'of doll wigs of the character described, and for example, a wigv with'a center part, it'is preferable to, sew the last rows in hiding the previous rows or layers of hair underneath as well as to hide the securing means thereof. The hair is preferably sewn to the foundation in rows of stitches and the hair at the stitch line is bent back upon itself and secured in that position by a second row of stitches overlying the first.

This method of stitching applies to all rows except to the last rows flanking the part, where the layers of hair are stitched down substantially close to the part as at M] (Fig. 7) and then merely turned back and combed into the desired coiffure. All other previously sewn rows of hair such as at 42 and M are sewn with a double row of stitches as at E6 and 48 for the purpose of holding the hair more firmly. It may be desirable to apply adhesive as at 52 (Fig. 3) to prevent the return bend of the last applied layers of hairs from bulging or puffing-up along the ridge and so hold them securely in place.

This construction does not require the sewing of the second row of stitches along the ridge, and by using adhesive after proper positioning of the hairs flanking the ridge, a wig so made presents an appearance of the hairs emanating from the scalp. Besides these desirable characteristics afforded by the novel construction and arrangement, it will be seen that the operator is provided with a guide for the blind placement of the stitches of the last layer in as much as the half part is not visible when this row of stitches is applied. The portion of the last applied layer which is later bent back in return bend fashion is overlying the part dur ing sewing of the last half of the hair flanking the part and only after this sewing operation is completed does the part become visible.

To give a more concrete example of the difliculties in the sewing of prior art wigs from the outside to form the hair border of a coiifured part, let us assume that the operator is capable of properly sewing down the part defining side, conveniently referred to as the left side of the part, in proper position. In placing a layer of hair constituting the right side of the part, this next or right-side layer is placed across the part and over the hairs on the left side, and extending over the right side as well, leaving the part zone covered and invisible to the operator, requiring great skill to properly locate this last row of stitches and sew parallel to the invisible first row of stitches defining the other side of the part.

It has been found by practical experience that the operators invariably place the last row of stitches too close or too far apart from the one on the other side to suchan extent that upon return bending of the last layer of the wig, the hair of the last sewn side either overlays the other side, closing up the part completely (Fig. 8), or a yawning gap remains.

When the first of these conditions prevails, and in order to expose the scalp of the part, it has been found that the hairs of the last sewn side must be pulled to such an extent on the return bend as to either expose its stitches or reveal stitch marks appearing as groups of wisps of hairs emanating from the scalp.

This appearance is due to the fact that each individual stitch of the sewing-thread holds down a wisp or a bunch of hair, creating bunches or wisps with a slight gap in. between wisps or bunches of wisps. In some cases the stitches become visible first on the left side and, at another portion of the part of the coifiure theyare visible on the right side, which of course is highly objectionable.

It will be readily understood from the disclosure that the ridge serves as a feeler guide for the stitching of the last ridge-flanking layer onto the foundation as the ridge is fed under the presser foot of the sewing machine, thus enabling an unskilled operator to stitch down the flanking sides of a ridged part with the stitches slightly spread and preciselyparallel, with speed and accuracy heretofore unattainable.

In doll wigs employing a strip without the ridge, and assuming that the operators are experts in sewing the part-defining stitches without the objections aforementioned, wigs so made have other objections.

' The following objections are inherent when a ridge is not employed.

With natural hair, either the scalp does not show on account of the large radius of the return bend of such hair when. the arcs of hairs overlying the part intermesh and hide the scalp at the part, or the scalp istoo far down in a deep hair-groove, giving the doll an appearance of her scalp being out rather than having an appearance of a neat part in her hair. This last objection is due to the fact that a natural part in the hair is visible and is substantially near the surface of the upper surface of the hairs flanking the part.

Referring to Figure '7, there is illustrated a foundation with a ridge 60 having serrated lateral sides adapted to receive hairs immediately flanking each side of the part or of the ridge, in a somewhat irregular manner.

A part made under this construction appears most natural in view of the fact that hairs appear to emanate from the scalp at different points in the surface of the scalp adjacent the part.

The serration of the ridge may blend into the scalp as well as with the crest of the ridge and may be deepest in the zone between these points.

In any of the forms previously described, it is most desirable that the height of the ridge be such that it extends up to the outer surface of the outermost layer of hair and not beyond, and should preferably be slightly lower so that a slight depression appears at the part. This is in contra-distinction to some of the prior art constructions where the hair immediately adj acent the ridge is below the surface of the ridge and the ridge appears to stick out like a Welt in the skin of the part in the scalp.

While I have shown and described several preferred embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that various modifications may be made without departing from the principles of the invention as outlined in the appended claims.

What I desire to claim is:

1. A hair wig having a parted coifiure, a prefabricated foundation for said hair, said hair being folded double and sewed to said foundation, a preformed ridge on said foundation providing flanking hair-contacting sides, the top of said ridge adapted to appear as the visible portion of the scalp in the said part and at a level lower than the surface level of the adjacent surface hairs, and a row of stitches passing through the hair and through thefoun'dation adjacent the sides of the ridge, whereby the folded portion of the hair is held in contact with the sides of the ridge.

2. A hair wig having a parted coiifure, a prefabricated foundation for said hair, said hair being folded double and sewed to said foundation, a tinted strip secured to said foundation, a preformed ridge in said strip, said ridge providing hair-contactable sides flanking the top of the ridge, said strip being of the same tint as that desired for the color of the scalp, said ridge adapted to appear as the visible portion of the scalp in the said part, and a single row of stitches, flanking each side of said ridge, and passing through the hair, the strip, and the foundation along the flanking sides of the ridge, whereby the folded portion of the hair is held in contact with th sides of the ridge, the top of said ridge being disposed below the surface level of the hair immediately adjacent the ridge.

3. A scalp foundation strip for wigs, said strip having a preformed ridge therein adapted as a scalp-showing part.

4. A parted coiffure Wig having a prefabricated foundation, hair sewed to said foundation, a preformed scalp ridge on said foundation, said ridge adapted to be visible in the part ofsaid' coiffure at a surface level lower than'the surface level of the hair.

5. A foundation for a parted coifiure wig having a preformed ridge adapted to form the visipo-rtion of the scalp in said part, said ridge being raised from its flanking surfaces of the foundation and having serrated portions comprising flanking sides of said ridge.

MEYER JAco Y.

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