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US3835867A
US3835867A US00173205A US17320571A US3835867A US 3835867 A US3835867 A US 3835867A US 00173205 A US00173205 A US 00173205A US 17320571 A US17320571 A US 17320571A US 3835867 A US3835867 A US 3835867A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41G—ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS; WIGS; MASKS; FEATHERS
    • A41G3/00—Wigs
    • A41G3/0008—Fastening thereof
    • A41G3/0016—Fastening thereof by adjusting or elastic means
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41G—ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS; WIGS; MASKS; FEATHERS
    • A41G3/00—Wigs
    • A41G3/0041—Bases for wigs
    • A41G3/005—Bases for wigs made of a net structure

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  • Wigs have already been proposed which consist essentially of a flexible cap of appropriate shape which is usually made of non-elastic net and to which natural or synthetic hairs are fitted mechanically or manually. Wigs of this kind have considerable disadvantages; they cannot be held securely in position on the head and they can ,be worn only by the person for whom they have been made. Making to measure in this way is also relatively expensive. 1
  • Another method which has been proposed comprises making strips of hair by inter-connecting the hairs of a layer by one .or more transverse seams made with a ma chine, and then fitting these strips of hair to the cap. .Owing to their transverse seams, the strips of hair are not extensible and so the elastic characteristics of the cap are largely destroyed.
  • a wig comprises a cap or base made of elastic net, and strips of hairs attached to the cap or base, the strips each comprising a number of hairs attached transversely to at least one thin elastic support.
  • the wig is able to be held securely on a variety of different heads.
  • the wig can be readily mass-produced irrespective of the type of hair used, i.e., natural or artificial hair or even animal hair.
  • fixing the hairs in the form of a complete layer to the wig cap or base allows the latter to be made in the form of a relatively widemesh net to allow for breathing of the scalp.
  • a wig comprises a cap or base made of elastic net to which hairs are attached, the cap or base comprising first zones having a wide mesh alternating with second zones having a fine mesh or being solid, the hairs being attached only to the second zones.
  • the 2. 1% hi t ing the wide mesh enable the scalp to breathe freely.
  • a layer of hairs is attached transversely to at least one thin elastic support bya stitched seam while the support is held extended.
  • FIG. 1 shows the cap or base of a wig
  • FIG. 2 shows part of the cap or base of FIG. 1 on a larger scale
  • FIG. 3 is a diagrammatic view of part of a sewing machine used for making strips of hair to be attached to the cap or base;
  • FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a layer of hairs sewn by means of the machine shown in FIG. 3, and
  • FIG. 5 is aperspective view of an elastic strip of hairs ready for fitting to the cap or base of FIG. 1.
  • the wig cap or base 10 shown in FIG. 1 consists of a lockstitched elastic net 12 comprising wide-mesh aeration zones 14 alternating with reinforcing close-rnesh or solid zones 16 and a strip of elastic fabric or finemesh net 18 suitably added, for example, by means of a zig-zag stitch seam, to the edge of the elastic net '12. Fixing the elastic strip 18 to the cap 12 by a zig-zag stitch seam allows the inherent elastic characteristics of the cap 12 and of the strip 18 to be retained, so that they co-operate in effectively and comfortably gripping the head in order to hold the wig in position on the head. As shown in FIG.
  • the net l2.of the cap 10 may comprise a frontal zone 15 in which the zones 12 and 14 are situated so as to pass from side .to side above the head, and a parietal zone 17 in which the zones 12 and 14 are situated so as to pass from side to side around the back of the head.
  • the reinforcing close-mesh or solid zones 16 can be added to a wide-mesh net or, preferably, can be made mechanically at the same time as the wide-mesh zones by the use of suitable machines operating continuously to produce wide strips of elastic net.
  • Natural or synthetic hairs are fitted to the close-mesh zones 16 and, if required, to the elastic strip 18 thereof. As explained hereinafter, the hairs may be added by means of elastic strips of hair 19 fixed to the zones 16 and to the strip 18 so as to retain the elastic charateristics of the cap 10. If a continuous synthetic filament is used to imitate natural hair, a suitable implantation machine of known type can be used to sew and/or knot the continuous filament directly on the zones 16 and the strip 18. A determined length of filament is cut after the latter has been sewn and/or knotted to the elastic cap so as to produce an implantation of synthetic hair.
  • elastic strips of hair 19 are first produced and are then attached to the close-mesh or solid zones 16, for example, by means of a zig-zag stitch seam.
  • each elastic strip 19 of hair is in the form of a layer of hairs 20 which are suitably fixed to at least one elastic support 22 extending substantially transversely of the hairs in the layer 20.
  • a method of producing such layers of hairs is described below with reference to FIGS. 3 and 5.
  • a first sewing machine (not shown) which operates at high speed to produce small straight or zig-zag stitches and which is preferably provided with two needles (only one of these needles is shown at 26 in FIG. 3).
  • the machine is also provided with a stretching device or tensioning means 28 which operates in synchronism with the machine so that two elastic filaments 29 with which the two bobbins of the machine are provided can be kept in an extended state. Only one of the bobbins is shown in broken lines at 30 in FIG. 3.
  • the filaments 31 passing through the needle 26 are conventional non-extensible fine flexible filaments, preferably made from synthetic polyester material.
  • a layer of parallel hairs 20 is positioned beneath a foot 32 of the sewing machine, the elastic filaments 29 passing beneath the foot 32 and being kept extended by the tensioning means 28.
  • the machine then produces a central double seam 34-35 which fixes the hairs of the layer on to the elastic supports formed by the filaments 29.
  • the two parts of the layer of hairs situated on either side of the double seam 34-35 are then folded over one another and are connected by a new seam made as before by a second sewing machine similar to the first but having only one needle.
  • a method of making a wig comprising the steps of longitudinally stretching an elongated elastic support, attaching a layer of hair transversely to said support while maintaining said support in a stretched condition, releasing said support to obtain an elastic strip of hair, and assembling said strip together with other similar elastic strips of hair in the shape of a wig.

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AT395671B (de) * 1989-02-07 1993-02-25 Weiner Ingrid Verfahren und vorrichtung zum aufbringen fremder haare auf koerperteilen
US5271420A (en) * 1992-11-23 1993-12-21 Heon-Sik Park Wigs without head cap made of wefts of single line stitch
US5873373A (en) * 1996-12-13 1999-02-23 Sc Direct, Inc. Integrated wig having a wefting construction
US6220249B1 (en) * 1998-09-24 2001-04-24 Pt. Pigeon Dongan Indonesia Wigs having length adjusting parts
US20040139978A1 (en) * 2003-01-17 2004-07-22 Anzivino Robert A Wig cap having system of alteration darts
US20040237985A1 (en) * 2002-04-10 2004-12-02 Joan Ball Hairpiece arrangement
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US20060021109A1 (en) * 2004-06-23 2006-02-02 Mower Moanna A Apparatus, system, and method for making a decorative hat
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US20090065022A1 (en) * 2007-09-07 2009-03-12 Yeong Mi Park Decorative Top Hair Piece
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US20100313902A1 (en) * 2009-06-10 2010-12-16 Celebrity Signatures International, Inc. Hair Addition For Providing Bump Up Effect
US20110023903A1 (en) * 2009-07-29 2011-02-03 Judy Kezios Hair Integration Assembly
US20110186066A1 (en) * 2010-02-03 2011-08-04 Twersky Rivky Wig
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US20140116456A1 (en) * 2011-07-18 2014-05-01 Juliet Annmarie Palmer-Rogers Wig with flex-grip base and components for protection against hair damage
US20140299145A1 (en) * 2013-04-05 2014-10-09 Sevasti Chira Hairpiece for hair blending enhancement
US20140379084A1 (en) * 2012-11-12 2014-12-25 Hoyoung Jang Skin weft and method for manufacturing the same
US20150034112A1 (en) * 2013-07-31 2015-02-05 Julia Lee Queen Shera - The Interchangeable Wig
US20150128979A1 (en) * 2013-11-08 2015-05-14 Annie International, Inc. Wig cap
US20160135531A1 (en) * 2014-11-10 2016-05-19 Gloria Ezechukwu Hair extension device
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US20170079354A1 (en) * 2015-09-18 2017-03-23 Shandong Haichuan Hair Arts Co., Ltd. Wig and its manufacturing methods
US20180064194A1 (en) * 2016-09-07 2018-03-08 Sherleen Sutton Wig Cap
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AT395671B (de) * 1989-02-07 1993-02-25 Weiner Ingrid Verfahren und vorrichtung zum aufbringen fremder haare auf koerperteilen
US5271420A (en) * 1992-11-23 1993-12-21 Heon-Sik Park Wigs without head cap made of wefts of single line stitch
US5873373A (en) * 1996-12-13 1999-02-23 Sc Direct, Inc. Integrated wig having a wefting construction
US6220249B1 (en) * 1998-09-24 2001-04-24 Pt. Pigeon Dongan Indonesia Wigs having length adjusting parts
US20050107735A1 (en) * 1998-10-15 2005-05-19 Scimed Life Systems, Inc. Treating urinary retention
US20040237985A1 (en) * 2002-04-10 2004-12-02 Joan Ball Hairpiece arrangement
US20050247324A1 (en) * 2002-07-05 2005-11-10 Nj Diffusion Sarl Self-adhesive flexible element and wig equipped with same
US20040139978A1 (en) * 2003-01-17 2004-07-22 Anzivino Robert A Wig cap having system of alteration darts
US6913024B2 (en) 2003-01-17 2005-07-05 Love Wigs, Inc. Wig cap having system of alteration darts
US20050051186A1 (en) * 2003-07-25 2005-03-10 Smith Darla J. Hair integration unit
US20060021109A1 (en) * 2004-06-23 2006-02-02 Mower Moanna A Apparatus, system, and method for making a decorative hat
US20060130863A1 (en) * 2004-12-20 2006-06-22 Mun Chung Stretchable wig
US20070034221A1 (en) * 2004-12-20 2007-02-15 Mun Chung Stretchable wig
US20100071714A1 (en) * 2006-11-21 2010-03-25 Yasuhisa Sotokawa Wig and method of making the same
US20090065021A1 (en) * 2007-09-07 2009-03-12 Yeong Mi Park Decorative Hair Assembly
US20090065022A1 (en) * 2007-09-07 2009-03-12 Yeong Mi Park Decorative Top Hair Piece
US20090255547A1 (en) * 2008-04-15 2009-10-15 Bridget Gay Starks Interchangeable Wiglet with Anchor Cap Apparatus and Method
US20120174939A1 (en) * 2008-04-15 2012-07-12 Bridget Gay Starks Interchangeable wiglet with anchor cap apparatus and method
US20100192965A1 (en) * 2009-01-30 2010-08-05 Kang Ki Pyo Expandable Wig
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US20140116456A1 (en) * 2011-07-18 2014-05-01 Juliet Annmarie Palmer-Rogers Wig with flex-grip base and components for protection against hair damage
US9572656B2 (en) * 2012-11-12 2017-02-21 Hoyoung Jang Skin weft and method for manufacturing the same
US20140379084A1 (en) * 2012-11-12 2014-12-25 Hoyoung Jang Skin weft and method for manufacturing the same
US20140299145A1 (en) * 2013-04-05 2014-10-09 Sevasti Chira Hairpiece for hair blending enhancement
US20150034112A1 (en) * 2013-07-31 2015-02-05 Julia Lee Queen Shera - The Interchangeable Wig
US20150128979A1 (en) * 2013-11-08 2015-05-14 Annie International, Inc. Wig cap
US20160135531A1 (en) * 2014-11-10 2016-05-19 Gloria Ezechukwu Hair extension device
USD769583S1 (en) * 2015-02-10 2016-10-25 Auguste Crenshaw Braided headwear cap
US10798981B2 (en) * 2015-05-01 2020-10-13 Aderans Company Limited Wig base and wig
US20180289092A1 (en) * 2015-05-01 2018-10-11 Aderans Company Limited Wig base and wig
US10905182B2 (en) * 2015-05-18 2021-02-02 Ivy R. Couch Bonnet wig
US20170079354A1 (en) * 2015-09-18 2017-03-23 Shandong Haichuan Hair Arts Co., Ltd. Wig and its manufacturing methods
USD858893S1 (en) * 2016-04-13 2019-09-03 Diana Sikes Base for a hairpiece
US20180064194A1 (en) * 2016-09-07 2018-03-08 Sherleen Sutton Wig Cap
USD870975S1 (en) * 2017-08-14 2019-12-24 Jin-Su GIL Hair extension
US20210235800A1 (en) * 2018-11-28 2021-08-05 Kaneka Corporation Artificial hair, artificial hair unit, and method for attaching artificial hair
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