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US 4,799,502 AGranted
Wig
AssigneeAderans Co., Ltd.
InventorsHisao Kobayashi, Kousuke Mochizuki
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Abstract
A wig or hairpiece comprising a wig base formed by a network having a convexly curved surface corresponding to the counter of a user's head, and hairs planted over the entire convexly curved surface of the network. The wig base is formed in a zigzag fashion at its front edge portion which corresponds to a hairline at the user's forehead. The wig base is stitched at a location slightly inside its front edge portion by a filament.
Claims19
A wig comprising:
- a wig base substantially entirely formed of a network having a convexly curved surface in conformity with a user's head contour;
- hairs planted over the entire said convexly curved surface of said wig base;
- said network having a front edge portion corresponding to a hairline at a user's forehead, said front edge portion being formed in a zigzag fashion;
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- filament means stitched through said wig base at a location slightly behind said front edge portion, wherein
- the network which forms the wig base defines a cut-out portion which corresponds to a location for forming a hair whirl, and wherein
- said wig further includes an artificial skin which closes the cut-out portion of the network, said artificial skin being made of a sheet of flexible plastic and being substantially the same shape as the cut-out portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.