104 results about "Hairpiece/toupee" patented technology

A hairpiece having a barrette having a plurality of elongated hair strands extending therefrom, for enhancing and augmenting the appearance of the existing hair of a wearer. The plurality of hairs which comprise the hairpiece extend from both the horizontal portions and a diagonal portion of a z-shaped track, thereby providing a hairpiece having a more realistic, contoured look. The hairpiece is particularly well suited for use by individuals who have experienced extreme hair loss from chemotherapy. The plurality of hairs of the hairpiece may be flat ironed, crimped, braided, or worn in a ponytail or other styles according to the aesthetic preferences of the wearer. The hairs of the hairpiece are human hairs, and may be shampooed, styled, and conditioned in the same manner as the wearer's own hair.

The present invention relates to a band-type hairpiece. Nipping parts are formed through pressing in an upper resilient side of a base frame of a wig clip, and at the same time, a tip of each of the nipping parts is constructed to be caught by two adjacent knots of sewing thread with which strands of false hair are sewn. Thus, the amount of resilient steel sheet consumed for fabricating a wig clip is reduced and the wig clip is prevented from coming out from the false hair. Alternatively, roll-fitting parts are formed through pressing in an upper resilient side of a base frame of a wig clip, and an end of a bundle of false hair of the roll-type hairpiece, which is fixed using an adhesive, is fixedly fitted into each of the roll-fitting parts. Thus, an operation for connecting the roll-type hairpiece to user's hair is simplified and a user who intends to use a roll-type hairpiece can fix the roll-type hairpiece to his / her own hair by himself / herself, whereby he / she can connect the roll-type hairpiece to his / her hair without going to a beauty salon or receiving help from other people.

A hairpiece assembly for adding body and / or length to the user's real hair. The hairpiece assembly includes a plurality of natural or synthetic strands of hair arranged in parallel and forming a first edge; and an elongated strip attached to the first edge to hold the plurality of strands together. The hairpiece assembly further includes a plurality of spaced-apart rubber rings attached to the elongated strip to form a hairpiece assembly; and each of the rubber rings having an opening for receiving therethrough the user's real hair for attaching the hairpiece assembly to the user's real hair, using a crimping and heating tool to flatten the rubber rings and the user's real hair to join them so that the flat rubber rings grip and hold the user's real hair.

A hairpiece assembly for adding body and / or length to the user's real hair. The hairpiece assembly includes a plurality of natural or synthetic strands of hair arranged in parallel and forming a first edge; and an elongated strip attached to the first edge to hold the plurality of strands together. The hairpiece assembly further includes a plurality of spaced-apart rings attached to the elongated strip to form a hairpiece assembly; and each of the rings having an opening for receiving therethrough the user's real hair for attaching the hairpiece assembly to the user's real hair.

A wig adjustable to the size and shape of the user's head includes an inner support or cap designed to cover the user's scalp and whereon is fixed natural or artificial hair. The invention is characterized in the cap is provided, inside, in the entire surface or in at least part of the surface defined by its periphery, a pleating mechanism for producing small pleats thereby reshaping the outline of the cap to make it fit the shape of the user's skull.

A multi-style wig having a wig cap (1) with an interchangeable base section (3) and special extensions (18) which may be removably attached to the wig cap. Each extension is comprised of a clip (19) having hair (9) permanently attached thereto. The clip is preferably made of an elasticized fabric material that is folded around ribbons (4, 5, 11) of the cap. The clip has fasteners (7), which are preferably snaps (8), located on each end. To use, the extension is positioned at a desired location on the cap. Then, the clip is placed around the ribbon of the cap and the fastener is secured to attach the extension to the cap. A user may also alter the appearance of the wig by changing the interchangeable base section with a different base section having a different color, style and / or length of hair.

A hair replacement or hairpiece that comprises a base woven with natural human hair, color blended and attached such as to simulate a natural growth pattern, hair density and hairline appearance and a method for making same. The hairpiece comprises a base with a front area comprised of coated lace, a back area comprised of about three pieces and reinforced with polyurethane; a knotting pattern wherein the front and crown areas are comprised of hair fixed to the base with single hair split knots, the side and top areas are comprised of hair fixed to the base with alternating single hair flat knots and single hair split knots and the back area comprises hair fixed to the base with single hair flat knots; and a color pattern wherein the base comprises about three color regions comprising a lighter shade in the front, a medium shade in the top and crown areas, and a darker shade in the back area. The knotting pattern is further defined by the directions of the knots, which are either in a crisscross pattern, in a vertical, downward direction, or a horizontal, forward direction. The hairpiece further comprises a hairline comprising hair fixed to the base with single hair split knots fixed to the base in a horizontal, backward direction. Furthermore, the hairpiece comprises natural human hair, wherein the color of the natural hair is enhanced.

Disclosed herein is a wig comprising cap with nano-silver that exhibits antibacterial activity. The wig comprising cap with nano-silver of the current invention exhibits antibacterial and disinfecting effects on the hair and scalp of a wearer, by applying the net and lace each formed of fibers with nano-silver to the cap of the wig, and / or by applying nano-silver to the hair of the wig. Thus, when wearing the wig of the current invention, the scalp of the wearer may be kept healthy, and the occurrence of skin diseases due to bacteria maybe prevented.

A new and improved hairpiece is disclosed herein, wherein the hairpiece allows the scalp to breathe by providing holes in the hairpiece itself, which also allows the person to use there own hair if they wish.

A hair replacement or hairpiece that comprises a base woven with natural human hair, color blended and attached such as to simulate a natural growth pattern, hair density and hairline appearance and a method for making same. The hairpiece comprises a base with a front area comprised of coated lace, a back area comprised of about three pieces and reinforced with polyurethane; a knotting pattern wherein the front and crown areas are comprised of hair fixed to the base with single hair split knots, the side and top areas are comprised of hair fixed to the base with alternating single hair flat knots and single hair split knots and the back area comprises hair fixed to the base with single hair flat knots; and a color pattern wherein the base comprises about three color regions comprising a lighter shade in the front, a medium shade in the top and crown areas, and a darker shade in the back area. The knotting pattern is further defined by the directions of the knots, which are either in a crisscross pattern, in a vertical, downward direction, or a horizontal, forward direction. The hairpiece further comprises a hairline comprising hair fixed to the base with single hair split knots fixed to the base in a horizontal, backward direction. Furthermore, the hairpiece comprises natural human hair, wherein the color of the natural hair is enhanced.

A method of mounting a hairpiece including a hairpiece strip of flexible sheet material and hairpiece strands secured to the strip using an anchor tube, includes the steps of providing anchor tube; parting wearer hair along a part line; placing the hairpiece strip against the part line; piercing the hairpiece strip to form a first hair port; drawing a first bundle of wearer hair strands outwardly through the first hair port; fitting the first bundle into the anchor tube and advancing the anchor tube along the first bundle into close proximity with the hairpiece strip; looping the first bundle back toward the strip and outward again through the anchor tube; tying the first bundle to the anchor tube; and crimping the anchor tube to engagingly grip the first bundle and thereby secure the hairpiece strip relative to the wearer scalp.

In a wig 1, comprising wig bases 1a and 1b, and hair 12 attached to the wig base, the wig base is constituted with a front portion made of an artificial skin 10 of which a front edge is provided to a wig wearer's forehead, and a rear portion connected to the front portion, composed with a cap member having a shape similar to a wig wearer's head shape, the front portion has an artificial skin material 11 and an adhesive layer 30, wherein the adhesive layer 30 has a function to fix a stitch portion of hair by unpeelably adhering to a reverse side of the artificial skin material, and a function of a repeated bonding and peelable pressure-bonding to a scalp.

A detachable interlocking hairpiece for attaching to existing hair to create the appearance of longer and or thicker hair. The detachable hairpiece includes two interlocking urethane coated hair clips for clipping to a wearer's hair. The clips have several predrilled holes for attaching natural or synthetic hair wefts in such way that the clip is substantially concealed by the supplemental hair strands when the clip is attached to the wearer's natural hair.

A hairpiece is disclosed having a front portion and a back portion, the back portion being sewn with hair as in a conventional wig, and the front portion being stitched with stands of hair, such that it looks as if the hair strands are rooted in the front portion in single strands. Preferably, the front portion is made of polyurethane and is translucent to allow the natural skin color of the wearer to show through.

A wig base comprises a sheet of material having a dome shape with a peak a border defining a bottom opening and an anterior portion comprising net material. A reinforcement, for a gap that can be formed in a selected area of the net material adjacent the bottom opening, is provided by one of a plurality of strips of fabric each of which has a pair of opposite ends spaced from each other and located adjacent the border of the sheet, and a U-shaped intermediate portion connecting one of the ends to the other and extending from the border toward the peak. A wearer's natural hair can be passed through a gap and blended with hair woven to the net material of wig base. The reinforcement maintains the integrity of the wig base.

The invention concerns a wig with an inner surface of its cap being, at least partly, made of flexible and self-adhesive parts. The inner surface includes a polysiloxane coat or film, oriented so as to be applied on the skin of the user's head, when said wig is worn.

A hairpiece for creating a hair part includes a base having an outer perimeter, which includes a front edge, a back edge opposite the front edge, a first side and a second side. The base also includes a slit extending from the front edge toward the back edge and terminating at an apex spaced inwardly from the back edge such that the apex is positioned between the front and back edges. The first side is located on one side of the slit, while the second side is located on an opposite side of the slit. The hairpiece also includes a plurality of hair wefts attached to the base, each of which has a plurality of hair strands extending therefrom. The hair wefts includes at least one hair weft attached to the base along a path extending around the slit from a first location positioned on the first side of the base adjacent the front edge and terminating at a second location positioned on the second side of the base adjacent the front edge

The braid-on wig hair extension includes a base conforming closely to the wearer's head when installed, the base having an outer surface with display hair extending therefrom and an inner surface with a number of attachment tresses extending therefrom. The attachment tresses are combed together with tresses of the wearer's native hair, the combined wig attachment hair and native hair then being braided together to secure the wig to the wearer's head. Native hair not used for wig attachment may be dispensed with, e.g., by forming braids that conform closely to the wearer's scalp, removing the non-attachment hair, etc. The wig may be full or partial. The wig base may be impervious to the passage of the native hair of the wearer therethrough, or may be formed with pores through which the native hair of the wearer may be drawn for blending with wig display hair.

An exemplary embodiment providing one or more improvements includes wig or hair piece boxes for both the efficient storage and display of wigs or hair pieces before sell, as well as providing simple, efficient and effective storage facilities for wigs or hair pieces for use of the consumer. The wig or hair piece boxes include a form which holds the wig or hair piece and preserves the curl, style, and one directional curl of the hair tip end on the wig or hair piece. This avoids the common problem of loss of original curl and style of the wig or hair piece which plagues conventional wig and hair piece boxes.

The present invention relates to a non-surgical, natural looking hair replacement, i.e., a wig, designed to duplicate a women's hair loss area. The wig is either a ¾ cap or a full cap, designed with polyurethane reinforced areas that allow the wig to be adjusted to fit the average women's head size. The wig is made using different base materials in different sections to accommodate different types of knotting procedures and quantities of hair and hair direction. The different sections and materials used help depict natural hair growth and aid in comfort and fit. The color choices represent the most popular shades found in nature and high end dramatic color selections. The hair replacement of the present invention has between five (5) to fourteen (14) different hair color shades blended into each color selection so that light may be reflected and give a variety of shade and tone differences. This color blend gives the hair replacement for women of the present invention the most natural look.

A wig with integral clinging foundation for enhanced securement of the wig to the head of a wearer. A plurality of hair strands are attached to a foundation base element. One or more securement elements are connected to the periphery of the foundation base element. Each securement element is flexible and has an inner surface including unidirectional piled fiber adapted to cause frictional engagement between the securement element and a portion of either the skin or the natural hair of the head of the wearer. The frictional engagement occurs in a frictional direction which is generally toward the crown portion of the foundation base element. As a result, the wig can be easily slipped onto the head of a wearer, yet remain effectively secured thereto. Thus, the construction of the wig allows it to be worn securely, comfortably and universally for wearers with and without their own natural hair.