US3695278A

US3695278A - Device for covering a partial baldness

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Publication number: US3695278A
Application number: US84402A
Authority: US
Inventors: Arnulf Rieger; Fritz Rohm
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1969-10-28
Filing date: 1970-10-27
Publication date: 1972-10-03
Anticipated expiration: 1989-10-03
Also published as: NL7015690A; AU2157870A; BE758062A; FR2068393A5; CA919545A

Abstract

A device for covering a partial baldness of a person''s head with a hairpiece comprising a hair carrier to which the false or wig hair may be secured and which has a front part which extends to the normal hairline on a person''s forehead and remains firmly connected to the head even when subjected to a strong blast of wind. This hair carrier may be secured to the head by two or more strips of plastic or the like which are sewed together with some of the hair of the fringe remaining on the person''s head and are adapted to be wound up so as to engage flat against the head.

Description

United States Patent 151 3,695,278 Rieger et al. [451 Oct. 3, 1972 [54] DEVICE FOR COVERING A PARTIAL 2,604,104 7/ 1952 Perlin ..132/53 BALDNESS 2,602,460 7/1952 Hull ..132/53 [72] Inventors: Amulf Rigger Hauptstrasse 7, 7166 3,520,309 7/1970 Lane et a] ..l32/53 Fomsbach; Fritz Rohm, Rechte 3,553,737 1/1971 Bauman ..l32l5 X B d t 49, 89

ran S rasse Augsburg bob Primary Examiner-Louis G. Mancene of Germany Assistant Examiner-J. N. Eskovitz Filed: 1970 Attorney-Craig, Antonelli and Hill [21] Appl. No.: 84,402

ABSTRACT [30] F i Application priority m A device for covering a partial baldness of a persons head with a hairpiece comprising a hair carrier to 1969 Germany 19 54 258'6 which the false or wig hair may be secured and which 1969 Germany 57 1825 has a front part which extends to the normal hairline on a persons forehead and remains firmly connected g2] (g1. to the head even when subjected to a Strong blast of d 53 g wind. This hair carrier may be secured to the head by o rc two or more strips of plastic or the like which are sewed together with some of the hair of the fringe [56] References cued remaining on the persons head and are adapted to be UNITED STATES PATENTS wound up so as to engage flat against the head.

606,728 7/ 1898 May, Jr ..l32/54 18 Claims, 13 Drawing Figures PATENTED 0013 I972 SHEET 1 OF 2 INVENTORS ARNULF RIEGER AND FRITZ- RHM BY Cvqls, Anl'onelll Sheufirk 1- l-Hl-l ATTORNEYS P'A'TENTED on 3 I972 3.695.278

SHEET 2 or 2 INVENTORS ARNULF RuaGER .AND ram. RBHM BY cvoic Anl'nnelli, Stewart 4 ATTORNEYS 1 DEVICE FOR COVERING A PARTIAL BALDNESS The present invention relates to'a device for covering a partial baldness of a persons head with a hair carrier to which the false or wig hair is secured, and to securing means which are adapted to be secured to some of the natural hair of the fringe remaining on the head and to which, in turn, the hair carrier is secured.

For covering bald spots on the head of a person it is conventional either to fit a wig over the head or to employ a toupee which is glued upon the head. Both of these methods have disadvantages especially insofar as a wig may easily shift to an improper position on the head, while the adhesive for securing .a toupee to a head may irritate the skin of the head or even cause infections thereof. A better method of covering bald spots of a head consists in braiding individual'threads together with some of the natural hair remaining on the head so as to form a securing element or base to which other threads are then connected to form-a netwhich tightly surrounds the head and to which pieces of false or wig hair are sewed. In order to'prevent the natural grown hair from being bent-so sharply as to kink when being braided together with the threads, these threads must be of a considerable thickness which has the result that the braided base is likewise relatively thick. This may lead to certain inconveniences to thewearer, especially if after a certain period of time it becomes necessary to braid additional or newly grown hair together with the originally formed base so that, because of the further growth of the hair which has occurred in the meantime, the base will not project from the head which would have the result that the false hairpiece will only be looselyconnected to the'head.

It is a furtherdisadvantage of this known method-that the net made of .threads which servesas the carrier of the false hair cannotextend forwardly up to the normal hair lirie on the forehead of a person. This is due to the fact that the thread net canbe, applied tightly upon the head only by the tension of the threads extending between the temples over thetop of the headlfsuch a net would also extend forwardly and downwardly to the normal hairline above the forehead, this forwardly extending part could not be tightened on the head and would have to lie loosely on the heador it would even draw together toward the tight upper part of the net and take along'the false hair which is connected thereto which would then form a bulge of an unnatural and unpleasant appearance near the top of thehead. The only manner in which it has been possible prior to this invention to overcome this disadvantage has been to extend the false hair from the tight net part at the top of the head forwardly in the direction toward the forehead. This has, however, the disadvantage that, for example, a gust of wind may flip this loose part of false hair upwardly and expose the bald spot and possibly also a part of the thread net.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a false-hair carrier which may likewise comprise a thread net but is designed so as to permit the false hair to extend to the normal hairline at the forehead of a person without danger that the false hair at and above the forehead might creep or be blown or washed upwardly and exposethe bald spot or the thread net or similar carrier of the false hair.

It is a further object of the invention to provide suitablesecuring means forming a base for supporting the new false-hair carrier, which means may be secured without pain to the remaining natural hair on the head of a person, may be retightened on the head more easily than the known securing means, and also permits the remaining natural-hair of the person to be more easily treated.

For attainingthe first mentioned object, the invention consists in providing the false-hair carrier, for example, in the form of a thread net, with at least one strip which consists of a thin and relatively stiff but flexible material and is made of a shape so as to conform with the part of the head upon which it is applied, and whichthen projects toward the forehead area. if this strip isemployed in combination with a main false-hair carrier, for example, a thread net, it serves as an auxiliary'false-hair carrier and also as a support for a forward extension of the main carrier, and it may be connected together with the main carrier to the supporting or base means which are secured to the natural hair.

The false-hair carrier according to the invention may therefore consist of a combination of several parts, namely, the main carrier, for example, in the form of a thread net, and an auxiliary carrier in the form of one or more strips of a relatively stiff but flexible material which is connected to and reinforces the thread net and permits this net to be extended substantially to the normalhairline at the forehead of a person and also permits this extension to be tightly applied to the head so that the false hair which is connected to this extension cannot possibly be blown or washed upwardly toward the top of the head. Since the new false-hair carrier extends tightly over the entire part of a head which should be covered'with hair and therefore not only over the bald spot but also over the thin hair parts between the bald spot and the remaining fringe of natural hair, it permits the false hair to be sewed thereon in accordance with any desired style of hair dressing.

The strip-shaped false-hair carrier according to the inventionr'nay be made of various shapes and it may also serve as the main false-hair carrier. In this case the strip may be divided, for example, like a fan into several strip parts extending toward the rear which may be directly connected to the base, i.e., the means which are secured to the natural remaining hair, or which may additionally be connected to each other by intermediate webs. The strip parts may also be connected to each other so as to form a kind of a cap which has a contour so as to conform with the shape of the head and permits all of the required false hair to be secured thereto. Such a cap may also be used for measuring the size and shape of the head and it may be made, for example, of a thermoplastic material which may be molded to its desired shape when heated. According to another preferred embodiment of the invention, the strip-shaped hair carrier may also consist of or comprise a central strip the axis of which extends along the line of an imaginary central parting and to both lateral sides of which the thread net may be secured. The front end of this strip which projects toward the forehead is then preferably made of a shape similar to a wide-angle arrow-head due to which the entire false-hair carrier then engages very firmly with the head since the front threads of the net which are connected to this arrowheadlike front end of the strip extend substantially diagonally from the latter along the shortest possible lines to the securing or base means near the persons ears. The most important feature of this as well as any other embodiment or modification of the invention is the fact that the false-hair carrier may extend to the normal hair line on or above the forehead and that all of the parts of this carrier and especially this front part remain firmly connected to the head regardless of violent movements of the wearer or strong blasts of wind or the action of water currents or waves when the wearer is swimming.

Another important feature of the invention consists in the provision of new and advantageous base means for securing the new false-hair carrier to the head of the wearer. These new means consist of one or more flat flexible strips which are adapted to be connected to some of the natural hair remaining at least in the form of a wreathlike fringe around the back of the head and usually up to the temple area. By the provision of such strips it is possible first to connect them to the natural hair at a certain distance from the head, for example, by sewing the hair to these strips, and then to roll the strips around their longitudinal axes until they engage tightly with the head. These strips may be applied in a very simple manner and even when wound up tightly, they remain very flat and will therefore neither at this time nor subsequently exert any painful or-even uncomfortable tension or pressure upon the head. Also the load which these strips exert upon the individual hairs to which they are connected will be more uniformly distributed and there will be no painful pull on the skin of the head by the individual hairs nor an excessive strain on the individual hairs. If after the original application of the new false-hair carrier and its securing strips the hair to which these strips are connected has grown so far that the strips should be retightened, it is merely necessary to unwind the strips, to tighten the hairs on these strips and then to wind the strips again to the position in which they rest flat against the head.

It is especially of advantage to provide at least one of these securing strips for each half of the head and to make them of a flexible but torsion-resistant material. This construction of the securing strips permits them together with the false hair on its carrier to be buried in and to blend with the natural hair remaining especially on the back of the head where it has often the tendency to project from the head. Such projecting of the natural hair will be considerably reduced or eliminated by the new securing strips. The two strips at both sides of the head may be connected to each other, for example, by one or more threads, on the back of the head which also prevents the rear ends of the strips from bending outwardly, and also the individual strips from unwinding of their own accord since they are thus combined into a single curved strip. Instead of sewing the natural hair and the false hair to the securing strips, the strips may, of course, also be designed so as to permit them to be glued to one or both types of hair. Either such sewing or gluing may be carried out in a simple manner either by hand or by suitable mechanical means.

The base or securing means in the form of such flat securing strips may also be employed for securing a false hair carrier to the natural hair which is not provided with one or more reinforcing strips as previously described. Even in this case, these securing strips avoid the disadvantage of the base or securing means of the known type that when these securing means are loosened, the false-hair carrier or hairpiece will become useless and must be newly made. The securing strips according to the invention have the further advantage over the securing means as previously employed that they may bridge completely bald parts of a head since the strips because of their solidity do not need to be secured at all points to the natural hair. The new securing means may therefore be employed for securing any kind of false-hair carrier or hairpiece to a head, regardless of whether or not they are provided with a reinforcing strip which permits the false hair to extend to the normal hair line on or above the forehead.

The features and advantages of the present invention will become further apparent from the following detailed description thereof which is to be read with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 shows a top view of the head of a person which is provided with a false-hair carrier of the known inadequate type;

FIG. 2 shows a top view of the head of a person which is provided with a false-hair carrier according to the invention which comprises a central reinforcing strip extending to the normal hair line on the forehead and a thread net connected to this strip;

FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of a central reinforcing strip;

FIG. 4 shows a perspective view of a cap-shaped false-hair carrier which consists of several connected strips and is adapted to be employed as a false-hair carrier which does not require an additional thread net;

FIG. 5 shows a side view of a human head on which a false-hair carrier according to the invention is secured;

FIG. 6 shows a cross section of the central area of the false-hair carrier with a central reinforcing strip as shown in FIGS. 3 and 5;

FIG. 7 shows a side view of a human head with the base or securing means according to the invention for supporting one of the false-hair carriers according to FIGS. 1 to 6;

FIG. 8 shows a rear view of the head according to FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 shows an enlarged view of a part of a securing strip as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8;

FIGS. 10 to 12 show diagrammatic views of a very simple manner of applying and tightening one of the securing strips; while FIG. 13 shows a modification of the securing means for supporting a false-hair carrier.

FIG. 1 of the drawings illustrates a false-hair carrier 3 of a type as known prior to this invention and the manner in which it is fitted upon the head 1 of a person. The nose of this person is indicated diagrammatically at 2. Usually when a person loses his hair, only a partial baldness results and a wreathlike fringe of hair remains which extends from the area adjacent to one ear around the back of the head to the area adjacent to the other ear. To this fringe of hair, not shown in FIG. 1, securing means 4 are connected which may be of a conventional type which are woven together with individual tufts of the remaining natural hair of the mentioned fringe or may more preferably be of a type in accordance with the present invention as subsequently described and as illustrated, for example, in FIGS. 7 to 13.

The false-hair carrier 3 which consists of a net of crosswise threads which are knotted together at their points of intersection is then applied and firmly connected to the securing means 4. Since these securing means 4 only extend around the back of the head and up to the area adjacent to the ears, the most forward transverse thread of the net 3 as shown in FIG. 1 is necessarily spaced at a considerable distance from the normal hair line 5 of a person with a full crop of hair. The false hair parts can therefore be sewed to this net 3 only up to this front transverse thread and will cover only the back of the head, while the large bald part above the forehead remains uncovered. .If the false hairpieces which are sewed to a net 3 as shown in FIG. 1 would be drawn forwardly to the forehead these front hairpieces would have no hold and would flop backward under the action of a strong gust ofwind or by the water when the wearer is swimming, and the bald spot above the forehead would then be exposed and the front part of the net 3 would also be visible.

in order to overcome this disadvantage, the present invention provides a relatively solid forwardextension of the thread net 3 which according to FIG; 2 and as separately shown in FIG. 3 consists of a thin but relatively stiff reinforcing strip, preferably of polyvinyl chloride, which has a length so that its rear edge may be secured to the securing means 4, whileits front part 8 is made of a shape similar to a wide-angle arrowhead and extends up to the normal hair line 5 as indicated in FIG. I. The reinforcing strip 7 may have a thickness of, for example,.0.5 mrn and a curved shape in' accordance with the contour of the central upper part of the head. This" shape is attained by thermoplastically molding the strip on a wooden model of a head similar to that of the person who is subsequently to wear the false-hair carrier.

The transverse threads 11 'of the net 3 may be secured to the reinforcing strip 7, for example, in the manner as illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 6 by passing each thread 11 from below through one of the holes adjacent to one lateral edge of the strip 7, by then looping it over the upper side of the strip and by then passing it from above through the opposite hole 10 in the other edge of the strip. By means of knots 13 in the threads I l as indicated in FIG. 6, strip 7 may be fixed to these threads. At the front end of the net 3, there is an additional thread 11' connected to each outer comer of the arrowhead-shaped front end 8 of the reinforcing strip 7 and the outer ends of these threads 11' extend substantially diagonally to the front ends of the securingmeans 4 which are located near the ears of the wearer. Although these diagonally extending threads 11' when tightened would ordinarily tend to draw the reinforcing strip 7 toward the rear, this is prevented by the relative stiffness of the material of the latter. The tension which is exerted by the diagonal threads 11' then causes the strip 7 to engage tightly with the head. The reinforcing strip 7 is further provided with numerous apertures 9 which, however, do not considerably reduce the stiffness of the strip. These apertures 9 are provided for admitting air to the skin of the head underneath the reinforcing strip 7.

FIG. 5 illustrates more clearly that false hairpieces 14 may be sewed above the forehead to the front part of the net 3 and the arrowhead 8 in a manner so as to give the impression of a normal coifiure.

FIG. 4 illustrates a modification of the invention in which the entire falsehair carrier is molded and does not require a net 3 of threads. This carrier does not possess a continuous central strip 7 which reaches substantially to the upper end of the forehead, but the front part of this carrier consists of a pair of strips 8a and 8b which extend from their common front end toward the rear at a wide angle to each other and may also be slightly curved in their axial directions. These strips 8a and 8b are also connected to each other by strips 7a and 7b and are combined by further strips 12 so that all of these strips together form a cap which is molded so as to be of a shape in accordance with the contour of the head of the wearer. Because of the inherent resilience of its material, the rear end of this cap may be left open so as to adjust itself better to the shape of the head. For ventilating purposes and for sewing falsehair pieces thereon, the strip material of the cap is provided with numerous holes.

Referring once more particularly to the embodiment of the invention as illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 3 and 5, this embodiment is preferably produced by carrying out successively the following operations:

At first a central reinforcing strip 7 is selected whic has a size in accordance with the shape of the particular head or which is cut to the proper size. This strip 7 is then molded thermoplastically on a wooden model head. In the meantime and thereafter, the securing base 4 is woven together with the fringe of natural hair 6. The required false-hairpieces for the arrowheadshaped front part 8 of strip 7 are then preferably also connected thereto, preferably by sewing, since at a later time it will be more difficult to do so. The rear part of the reinforcing strip 7 is then sewed together with the securing base 4 or with the securing means according to'the invention as subsequently described and as illustrated in FIGS. 7 to 13. Thereafter, the reinforcing strip 7 is connected by means of the transverse threads 11 to the securing base 4 or to the securing means as subsequently described and the net 3 is produced. In this operation, the transverse threads 11 are drawn through the holes 10 in strip 7 and knotted adjacent to these holes so as to prevent any relative movements between the strip 4 and the net 3. As soon as the complete false-hair carrier 3,including the strip 4 has been secured to the head of the wearer, the false hairpieces are sewed onto this carrier in a conventional manner.

FIGS. 7 and 8 illustrate the securing means according to the invention which consist of at least one flat strip 14 on each side of the back of a head. Each of these strips 14 is secured to the head by means of tufts 16 of the remaining natural hair 15 so as to engage with the head in a flat position and to serve as a base for securing a false-hair carrier according to FIGS. 2 to 5 thereto. The individual tufts of hair are for this purpose sewed together with the respective strip 14 in the manner as illustrated in'FlGS. 11 to 13. Both strips consist of a flexible elastic material, for example, of plastic, and they are torsion-resistant so that, due to their connection to the individual tufts of hair 16 and their connection to each other by a tightly stretched thread 17 engagement with the head and they also cannot turn or bend.

After the strips 14 are firmly secured to the head, the rear lower edges of a false-hair carrier, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, to which a formerly made hairpiece or a number of individual hairpieces are connected, are secured to the strips 14 either by being sewed or glued thereon. The strips 14 may for this purpose either consist of a suitable synthetic material or of a fabric with reinforcing inserts or even of leather, and preferably they are provided with holes 18 for sewing the falsehair carrier thereon. The operations of sewing the strips 14 together with the hair tufts l6 and subsequently also with one of the false-hair carriers according to FIGS. 1 to 5' may be carried out either by hand or by suitable mechanical means.

FIG. 9 illustrates that for securing each strip 14 to a head, at first several smaller tufts 16 of the remaining hair fringe are drawn outwardly and placed over the upper edge of strip 14 and tightened on both sides of the strip by means of the

threads

19 and 20. For this purpose, the thread 19 is passed through the hole 21 to the rear of the strip and around the tuft 16, while the thread 20 is passed through the hole 21 toward the front and around the tuft 16. By then passing both threads in opposite directions through the hole 22, the hair tuft 16 may be tightened on the strip 14. The

threads

19 and 20 may then be knotted together at the point 23 and then passed to the next hair tuft. This first securing operation of the individual tufts of hair 16 is carried out at a certain distance from the skin of the head as indicated in FIG. 10, and therefore causes absolutely no pain.

Strip 14 is then turned from its position as shown in FIG. 10 about an angle of 180 in the direction of the arrow 24 to the position as shown in FIG. 11 in which the ends of the hair tufts 16 point upwardly. Before this turn is made, however, the individual hair tufts 16 are adjusted to thesame distance from the skin of the head by being pulled on their ends. This may be done without difficulty since, even though they are tied by the

threads

19 and 20, the individual hair tufts 16 may be easily drawn through the thread loops. The distance of the respective strip 14 from the skin of the head and the length of the hair tufts 16 are made of such sizes that, when strip 14 is turned once more about an angle of 180 from its position as shown in FIG. 11 to the position as shown in FIG. 12, it will engage flat with the skin of the head and may then be finally secured in this position tothe head by further threads 25 which may be passed, for example, through the

holes

22 and 18. After both strips 14 are thus secured, one of the falsehair carriers as shown in FIGS. 1 to 6 or other hairpieces may then be connected to the strips 14.

Thus, for example, for sewing a pre-made hairpiece to one of the strips 14 which engages upon the head in the position as shown in FIG. 12, the threads are connected to the lower edge of this strip and are drawn upwardly toward the hairpiece past the inner side of this strip facing the head. Although the strips 14 are already prevented from being unwound by being connected by the thread 17, this serves as an additional means for preventing the strips from turning about the upper connecting points of the hair tufts 16 since the threads passing across the inner side of the strips exert a torque upon the latter which extends in the clockwise direction and may be taken up by the hair tufts 16.

Instead of employing a single strip 14 on each side of the head, it is also possible to employ several smaller strips 14b which may be glued together with the hair tufts 16 so that no sewing is required. The strips 14b may for this purpose be coated with a layer of an adhesive upon which the hairs are pressed. This adhesive may, for example, be of a type which is softened by heat so that the strips 14b may be rendered adhesive by the action of a hot-air blower such as a hair drier. The strips may also be provided in the form of double or sandwich strips with their adhesive coatings on their inner sides which are then pressed against each other so that the hair tufts 16 between them will be glued from both sides.

The securing strips according to the invention have especially the advantage that they may be very easily secured to the head and that, in turn, the false hairpieces may be very easily secured to them. Moreover, they always remain flat and engage flatly with the head so that when the wearer is sleeping, his sleep will not be disturbed by a disagreeable pressure of a bulge against his head.

When after a period of four to eight weeks the hair has grown so much that it becomes necessary to retighten the securing strips, this may also be done in a very simple manner. If the hair has grown uniformly and sufficiently, it would, for example, only be necessary to turn thestrips 14 once more in the manner as shown in FIG. 13. It is, however, also possible to loosen the threads 25 as indicated in FIG. 12 and then to retighten the hair tufts individually as previously described with reference to FIGS. 10 and 1 1. When the securing strips are then rewound, their thickness will not noticeably increase since the hair tufts which are wound thereon can then lie adjacent to each other rather than on top of each other as indicated diagrammatically in FIG. 12.

This very simple method and device for securing false hair or hairpieces to a head either by sewing the securing strips to the natural remaining hair as shown in FIGS. 9 to 12 or by gluing them thereto as shown in FIG. 13 may also be modified in a manner which likewise permits the securing strips to be firmly connected to the head. Thus, for example, the hair tufts are sewed together with the securing strips, as indicated in FIG. 10, the ends 16a of the tufts may not be wound up but at first be bent along the same side of the strip and be again sewed on by the

threads

19 and 20 before the strip 14 is wound up. By this method a single turn of the strip about an angle of might suffice to secure the strip firmly enough to the head. Of course, it is also possible to glue the securing strips several times together with the hair tufts 16.

Instead of employing a securing strip 14 as shown in FIG. 9, it is also possible to employ one in which the

holes

18, 21 and 22 are of a larger size so that some hair tufts may be drawn through. the

upper holes

21 and 22 in the upward direction and other hair tufts through the holes 18 in the downward direction and then be secured. In orderto facilitate the securing of the hairs, it is also possible to make the securing strips of a special cross section, for example, by-providingthem with serrations or the like.

The securing strips 14 as well as the marginal strips 12 of the false-hair carrier accordingto FIG. 4 may also be designed so as to be quickly and easily connected to and released from each other by a snap closure orthe like, for example, by books or pins engaging from one into the other or by a clamping action or the like. In this manner it would also be possible to remove the entire hairpiece including its carrier or at least to lift the'part thereof above the forehead so as to permit the skin of the head to be cleaned, while the rear part .of'the hair carrier according to FIG. 4 remains firmly connected to the securing strips or at least to a part thereof.

From the foregoing description of the invention it is evident that it results in an artificial hairpiece which has the advantage of a deceptive similarity to a natural crop of hair by blending perfectly with the remaining fringe of natural hair of a partly bald person, of being firmly secured to the head without pain and also of being removable therefrom when necessary, and of having a'front part which may completely cover the baldness up to the normal hairline on a person's forehead and remains firmly connected to the head regardless of any action of wind or water. The entire headpiece including the remaining natural hair may also be combed, brushed or washed by the wearer himself.

Having thus described our invention in detail, what we claim is:

1. A toupee device for covering a partial baldness of a person s head comprising a false-hair carrier having a front and back portion, at least one hairpiece secured to said hair carrier, and securing means for-securing said hair carrier directly to some of the natural hair remaining adjacent said back portion on the back part of said head, said hair carrier comprising at least one carrier element consistingof a centrally located flat, thin, relatively stiff but flexible strip-shaped material molded to that portion of the contour of said head adjacent the longitudinal centerline of said head and having a front end extending substantially to the forehead of said person, said securing means being secured to the front end of said carrier element.

2. A device as defined in claim 1, in which said carrier element has a longitudinal axis substantially coinciding with the longitudinal centerline of said head.

3. A device as defined in claim 2, in which the front end of said carrier element reaching substantially to the forehead has a wide-angled substantially arrowheadlike shape with the point of the arrow extending forwardly in the area of the forehead.

4. A device as defined in claim 2, in which said carrier element has a plurality of holes adjacent to and along its lateral edges, said hair carrier further comprising a thread net connected at both sides to said carrier element by thread parts extending through said holes, said thread parts being knotted adjacent said holes.

5. A device as defined in claim 4, in which the threads of saidnet extending substantially transverse to said-carrier element pass through opposite holes of said carrier element and are looped over said carrier element between said opposite holes, and knots are provided in said transverse threads adjacent to said holes for substantially preventing any movement between said carrier element and said transverse threads.

6. A device as defined in claim 3, in which said carrier element has a plurality of holes adjacent to and along its lateral'edges including edges of said arrowheadlike front end, said hair carrier further comprising a thread net at both sides of and connected to said carrier element by knotted thread parts extending through said holes, said net having at least one most forward thread extending from the holes in each of the lateral outer ends of said arrowheadlike end part in substantially diagonal directions to said securing means.

7. A device as defined in claim 2, in which the rear end of said carrier element is secured directly to said securing means.

8. A device as defined in claim 1, in which said carrier element consists of hard polyvinyl chloride.

9. A toupee device for covering a partial baldness of a persons head comprising a false-hair carrier having at least one hairpiece connected thereto, and securing meansfor securing said carrier directly with some of the natural hair remaining at least on the back part of said head, said securing means comprising at least two flat flexible securing strips of an elastic but torsion-resistant material, said securing means being engageable in a flat position with a curved rear part of said head, at least one of said securing strips being located on each half of the rear part of said head.

10. A device as defined in claim 9, further comprising a connecting member connected to the rear ends of said two securing strips at the back of said head for preventing said rear ends from bending outwardly.

11. A device as defined in claim 9, in which said securing strips include means for connecting said securing strips to some of said remaining natural hair by gluing.

12. A device as defined in claim 11, in which said securing strips are coated with a layer attaining adhesive properties when heated.

13. A device as defined in claim 9, in which said securing strips include means for securing the securing strips together with some of said remaining hair and, in turn, at least indirectly with alien or false hair.

14. A device as defined in claim 13, in which said securing strips are provided with holes for the passage of sewing threads.

15. A device as defined in claim 9, in which the lower edges of said securing strips includes means for securing the remainder of said hair carrier thereto.

16. A device as defined in claim 9, characterized in that said carrier includes at least one flat, thin, relatively stiff, but flexible, strip-like member having a molded configuration shaped to conform to a part of the contour of said head and having a front portion extendin substantially to the forehead of said person.

17. A device according to claim 16, in which said carrier element has an arrorheadlike front part and has a plurality of holes adjacent to and along its lateral edges including edges of said arrowheadlike front part,

3 ,695 ,278 11 1. said hair carrier further comprising a thread net at both 18. A toupee device according to claim 9, characsides of and connected to said carrier element by i d i h more h one Securing strip i l d knotted thread parts extending through said holes, said on each half of the rear pan of said head each of Said net having at least one most forward thread extending from the holes in each of the lateral outer ends of said Smps bemg detachably and adjustably connectable arrowheadlike end part in substantially diagonal the natural remammg on sald head directions to said securing means.

Claims

1. A toupee device for covering a partial baldness of a person''s head comprising a false-hair carrier having a front and back portion, at least one hairpiece secured to said hair carrier, and securing means for securing said hair carrier directly to some of the natural hair remaining adjacent said back portion on the back part of said head, said hair carrier comprising at least one carrier element consisting of a centrally located flat, thin, relatively stiff but flexible strip-shaped material molded to that portion of the contour of said head adjacent the longitudinal centerline of said head and having a front end extending substantially to the forehead of said person, said securing means being secured to the front end of said carrier element.

5. A device as defined in claim 4, in which the threads of said net extending substantially transverse to said carrier element pass through opposite holes of said carrier element and are looped over said carrier element between said opposite holes, and knots are provided in said transverse threads adjacent to said holes for substantially preventing any movement between said carrier element and said transverse threads.

6. A device as defined in claim 3, in which said carrier element has a plurality of holes adjacent to and along its lateral edges including edges of said arrowheadlike front end, said hair carrier further comprising a thread net at both sides of and connected to said carrier element by knotted thread parts extending through said holes, said net having at least one most forward thread extending from the holes in each of the lateral outer ends of said arrowheadlike end part in substantially diagonal directions to said securing means.

9. A toupee device for covering a partial baldness of a person''s head comprising a false-hair carrier having at least one hairpiece connected thereto, and securing means for securing said carrier directly with some of the natural hair remaining at least on the back part of said head, said securing means comprising at least two flat flexible securing strips of an elastic but torsion-resistant material, said securing means being engageable in a flat position with a curved rear part of said head, at least one of said securing strips being located on each half of the rear part of said head.

16. A device as defined in claim 9, characterized in that said carrier includes at least one flat, thin, relatively stiff, but flexible, strip-like member having a molded configuration shaped to conform to a part of the contour of said head and having a front portion extending substantially to the forehead of said person.

17. A device according to claim 16, in which said carrier element has an arrorheadlike front part and has a plurality of holes adjacent to and along its lateral edges including edges of said arrowheadlike front part, said hair carrier further comprising a thread net at both sides of and connected to said carrier element by knotted thread parts extending through said holes, said net having at least one most forward thread extending from the holes in each of the lateral outer ends of said arrowheadlike end part in substantially diagonal directions to said securing means.

18. A toupee device according to claim 9, characterized in that more than one securing strip is located on each half of the rear part of said head, each of said strips being detachably and adjustably connectable with the natural hair remaining on said head.