US 7,017,589 B1Granted

Self-concealing system for providing an enhanced, elevated and fuller appearance for a ponytail

OwnerMia Minnelliinventor

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Abstract

A system for creating an enhanced ponytail, the ponytail bound with a tie to create a root portion adjacent to the scalp and a ponytail extending rearwardly from the tie, using a device having a front, a rear, a roof portion having front and rear arches at the front and rear, and a comb extending downward from the roof portion at and parallel to the front. The ponytail is apportioned into an upper selected portion and a lower remainder portion. The selected portion is inverted adjacent to the tie to extend forwardly across the tie, the comb is inserted downward through the inverted selected portion and into the root portion just forward of the tie, and the inverted selected portion is once again inverted to extend rearwardly over the roof portion, concealing the device and tie, and rejoining with the remainder portion.

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Dependent claims

A method of enhancing a ponytail, for use by a user having a head having a front and rear, a scalp, and hair growing from a scalp which is grouped and bound by a tie to from the ponytail, the tie separating a root portion which is adjacent to the scalp from the pony tail which extends rearwardly from the tie, further using a device having a roof portion and a comb, the roof portion having a front and rear, front and rear arches thereat, and defining a channel between the front and rear, the comb located at the front and having a plurality of teeth extending substantially parallel to the front, comprising the steps of:

apportioning the hair of the ponytail into a selected portion and a remainder portion;
inverting the selected portion at a first bend just rearward of the tie so that the selected portion extends forwardly from the first bend across the tie and along the root portion;
anchoring the device in the root portion by inserting the comb downward through the inverted selected portion and into the root portion immediately adjacent to the tie;
inverting the selected portion forward of the comb at a second bend;
extending the selected portion from the second bend, atop the roof portion and atop the remainder portion.

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A method of creating an enhanced ponytail, for use by a user having a head having a front and rear, a scalp, and hair growing longitudinally using a tie, and further using an enhancing device having a roof portion and a comb, the roof portion having a front and rear, front and rear arches thereat, and defining a channel between the front and rear, the comb located at the front and having a plurality of teeth extending substantially parallel to the front, comprising the steps of:

grouping a portion of the hair growing from the scalp near the head rear;
creating a ponytail and a root portion by binding the hair with a tie extending substantially transverse to the hair and circumferentially therearound, the ponytail extending rearwardly from the tie and the root portion extending between the scalp and tie;
apportioning the hair of the ponytail into an upper selected portion and a lower remainder portion;
inverting the selected portion at a first bend just rearward of the tie so that the selected portion extends forwardly from the first bend across the tie and along the root portion;
anchoring the comb downward through the inverted selected portion and into the root portion immediately adjacent to the tie;
inverting the selected portion forward of the comb at a second bend;
and
extending the selected portion from the second bend, atop the roof portion and atop the remainder portion.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.