US3265076A

US3265076A - Disposable hair net

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Publication number: US3265076A
Application number: US236028A
Authority: US
Inventors: Edna E Ellis
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1962-11-07
Filing date: 1962-11-07
Publication date: 1966-08-09
Anticipated expiration: 1983-08-09

Description

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E. E. ELLIS DISPOSABLE HAIR NET Flled Nov 7, 1962 FIG. 1

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W, %m///M Aug. 9, 1966 United States Patent 3,265,076 DISPOSABLE HAIR NET Edna E. Ellis, P.O. Box 333, Wynne, Ark. Filed Nov. 7, 1962, Ser. No. 236,028 1 Claim. (Cl. 132-49) This invention relates to the general field of hair retainers or hair nets of the type used in beauty parlors to hold the wearers hair in place while under a hair dryer. More particularly, the invention relates to a disposable hair net composed of a fire-resistant paper or plastic having openings or being porous for the passage of air, and having wet strength in high degree.

A primary object of the invention is to provide an inexpensive disposable hair net which is flameproof, adjustable, and formed of coarsely woven paper fibers; the paper being porous or having a plurality of spaced interstices, or both.

Another important object is to provide a net of the type described above which, in one of its forms, may include a series of pleats or gathers whereby the net more or less has a form to fit the coiffure or head of the wearer and in addition has sufficient elasticity to be stretched in accordance with the hair style to hold the hair in place during the drying operation.

A further object is to provide a net conformable to the set hair, using a coarsely woven .paper fiber material or paper-like material having openings for the free passage of air to and from the hair, whereby the hair may be dried.

Yet another object is to provide a hair net which serves to protect the ears and forehead of the wearer from excessive heat during the hair-drying operation.

Yet another object is to provide an inexpensive hair net which may be used only once for each wearer, thereby improving the sanitation aspects of commercial hair drying operations.

Other objects will appear hereinafter throughout the specification.

In the drawings:

FIGURE 1 is a plan view of a blank for the hair net of this invention prior to the gathering or pleating operation;

FIGURE 2 shows a side view of the same net shown in FIGURE 1 wherein the net has been pleated and shaped to a head;

FIGURE 3 is a plan view of a second form of the invention;

FIGURES 4 and 5 are plan views of further forms of the invention.

The paper used is of a particular kind which has been found acceptable to accomplish the main objects of the invention, in that it is inexpensive, fiameproof, stretchable, and is as easily disposable as a facial tissue. This paper is translucent and is provided with a large number of openings through which air can .pass either in the nature of pores or otherwise, with openings generally ranging in size from 14, of an inch to A of an inch and sometimes greater in diameter. These openings may be produced by punching, or the fibers may be arranged haphazardly to provide the various sized openings. Preferably, the area of the openings will exceed the area of the fibers. In any event, it will be understood that the combined area of the openings is such that the circulation of air from the heater of a dryer will find ready access to the interstices of the hair net to the hair of the customer whose hair is being dried,

3,265,076 Patented August 9, 1966 Referring now to FIG. 1, this form of the invention includes a triangular shaped blank member 40. A series of pleats 42 as seen in FIGURE 2 are provided above the dotted line 44 in FIGURE 1 whereby the member 40 is more easily adapted to the shape of a head as shown in FIGURE 2. However, it is to be understood that the form 40 after it has been placed on the head, may, within limits, be stretched further to conform member 40 to the particular style of hair of the wearer. An enlarged portion is shown in FIGURE 1 which illustrates the texture of the paper. Unless otherwise stated, it is to be understood that this is the same in all the illustrated embodiments.

FIG. 3 shows a second form of the invention whereby the member 46 is more or less of a heart shape. In the upper portion of the member 46, a ring member 48 made of cardboard or plastic has a portion of the member 46 inserted through the ring and gathered around its outside. This gives member 46 a three-dimensional shape more or less adapted for a head. By inserting the desired quantity of the material of member 46 through the securing ring 48, the size of the member for wearing purposes is adjustable.

FIG. 4 shows a third form of the invention where a triangular shaped paper member-50 is clasped centrally on one of its sides by a securing member 52. As with the previous embodiment, the material is gathered by the securing member 52 which may be cardboard or plastic so that it is more or less in a shape adapted to fit a head. It will be appreciated that the apexes of the triangle, 54 and 56, fall over the area around the ears of the wearer whereas the apex designated as 58 falls over the area in the vicinity of the neck of the wearer.

FIG. 5 shows a further form of the invention which is somewhat similar to the second form in that the paper member 60 is more or .less heart-shaped. However, in this case the securing member 62 is a folded piece of cardboard of heavy paper or plastic under which the material of 60 is gathered and which is secured together by glue or by means such as a staple 64.

While several embodiments of my invention have been shown and described, it will be apparent that other adaptations and modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the following claim.

I claim:

A disposable hair net comprising a single perforate piece of thin, light, stretchable fire-resistant paper in substantially a triangular shape having a plurality of pleats only along the front edge thereof, said pleats extending normally to said edge and being longer in the middle portion of said edge than near the ends thereof, whereby said net conforms to the coiffure of the wearer.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,386,890 8/1921 Matyk 132--49 2,334,805 11/1943 Barbieri.

2,666,924 1/1954 Torricelli 2l74 2,869,135 1/1959 Wagenfeld 132-49 X 2,959,177 11/ 1960 Schoeneman 13249 3,105,242 10/ 1963 Gettinger 2l74 3,175,027 3/ 1965 Harrison 2l74 X RICHARD A. GAUDET, Primary Examiner.

LAVERNE D. GEIGER, Examiner. D. L. MAXSON, L. W. TRAPP, Assistant Examiners,