Hair replacement device and method of construction
AssigneeTaylor Topper, Inc.
InventorGreg A. Taylor
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Abstract
A hair replacement device is constructed from hollow, polyurethane tubing reinforced with copper wire to prevent stretching and to allow the device to be molded, and re-molded, to conform to the contours of the scalp. The copper wire is coated with a flesh color substance. The device defines a peripheral segment and longitudinal and lateral tubing intertwined and glued at intersecting areas to form a generally basket shaped device. Hair is conventionally attached to the plastic tubing, and a skin panel insert may be added where desired. The hair of an individual may be draw through the open framework and blended with the hair attached to the device.
Claims8
A hair replacement cap comprising:
- a generally elliptical periphery band sized to extend around a hair line area of a head;
- a plurality of plastic tubing segments extending between a front and a back of the periphery band, and between opposite sides of the periphery band, the plastic tubing segments and periphery band defining a cap having open spaces between intersections of the plastic tubing segments, the intersections having the plastic tubing segments intertwined to form a loop at each intersection;
- adhesive means for securing the tubing segments at at least one of the intersections;
- bendable, flesh colored wire means threaded through a lumen of the plastic tubing segments, the wire means for molding the cap to conform to a contour of the head;
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- a plurality of hair strands attached to the plastic tubing segments, the cap allowing hair of a wearer to be drawn through the open spaces for blending with the plurality of hair strands on the plastic tubing segments.
A method for constructing a hair replacement cap comprising:
- a. coating a selected length of maleable wire with a skin colored substance;
- b. attaching the wire to a selected length of tubing made from a plastic material;
- c. forming a peripheral segment from the tubing at a length sufficient to encircle a hair line of an individual;
- d. forming a number of segments from the tubing having lengths sufficient to form a basket like latticework having intersecting areas to conform to a contour of the individual's head;
- e. selectively spacing and positioning a first portion of the number of segments to form generally longitudinal segments between a rear and a front portion of the peripheral segment;
- f. selectively spacing and positioning a second portion of the number of segments between a first and a second side of the peripheral segment to form generally lateral segments generally perpendicular to the longitudinal segments;
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- g. the selectively spacing and positioning including the step of wrapping lateral segments around longitudinal segments to form a loop at each of the intersecting areas.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.