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US 7,305,995 B2Granted
Hair holder
AssigneeKao Corporation
InventorsTakehiko Tojo, Hideo Kobayashi
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Abstract
A hair holder 1 having a flat tube 2 composed of a sheet 23A and a sheet 23B in such a design that a strand of hair is inserted from an opening 21 at one end thereof to an opening 22 at the other end thereof. The sheet 23A composed of one side of the tube 2 has a plurality of sheet openings 25 that are long in the width direction of the tube 2 and are arranged with a space in the length direction of the tube 2. The tube 2 has substantially no extensibility in its length direction.
Claims14
A hair holder that is used as a tool for rolling a strand of hair, comprising:
- a flat tube having a first side and a second side and formed of at least one sheet in such a design that the strand of hair can be inserted from a first end opening at one end thereof to a second end opening at the other end thereof, wherein
- a sheet of the first side of the tube has a plurality of sheet openings that are long in a width direction of the tube and are arranged with a space in the length direction of the tube,
- the tube has substantially no extensibility in the length direction thereof,
- the plurality of sheet openings that are long in the width direction of the tube, extend over a length of at least ⅔ of a width of the sheet forming the first side, and are arranged at a pitch of 2 to 50 mm, and
- the plurality of sheet openings are configured to allow the hair holder to be smoothly rolled up.
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A hair holder, comprising:
- a flat tube having a first side and a second side and formed of at least one sheet in such a design that a strand of hair can be inserted from a first end opening at one end thereof to a second end opening at the other end thereof, wherein
- the first side of the tube is formed of a sheet having a Taber stiffness of 0.4 mN·m or less,
- the sheet forming the first side of the tube having adhered thereto a plurality of attachment pieces that are long in a width direction of the tube at spaced intervals along a length direction of the tube, and the tube having substantially no extensibility in the length direction thereof.
A method of curling hair, comprising:
- placing the hair to be curled into a hair holder, the hair holder including
- a flat tube having a first side and a second side and formed of at least one sheet in such a design that the strand of hair can be inserted from a first end opening at one end thereof to a second end opening at the other end thereof, wherein
- a sheet of the first side of the tube has a plurality of sheet openings that are long in a width direction of the tube and are arranged with a space in the length direction of the tube,
- the tube has substantially no extensibility in the length direction thereof, and
- the plurality of sheet openings are long in the width direction of the tube, extend over a length of at least ⅔ of a width of the sheet forming the first side, and are arranged at a pitch of 2 to 50 mm;
- rolling up the hair holder with the hair inside to a desired starting diameter;
- keeping the hair holder in a rolled state with a fixing member;
- applying a hair treating agent to the hair via the hair holder;
- and
- releasing the hair from the hair holder after a predetermined amount of time.
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A method of curling hair, comprising:
- placing the hair to be curled into a hair holder, the hair holder including
- a flat tube having a first side and a second side and formed of at least one sheet in such a design that a strand of hair can be inserted from a first end opening at one end thereof to a second end opening at the other end thereof, wherein
- the first side of the tube is formed of a sheet having a Taber stiffness of 0.4 mN·m or less,
- the sheet forming the first side of the tube having adhered thereto a plurality of attachment pieces that are long in a width direction of the tube at spaced intervals along a length direction of the tube, and
- the tube having substantially no extensibility in the length direction thereof;
- rolling up the hair holder with the hair inside to a desired starting diameter;
- keeping the hair holder in a rolled state with a fixing member;
- applying a hair treating agent to the hair via the hair holder;
- and
- releasing the hair from the hair holder after a predetermined amount of time. the tube, and the tube having substantially no extensibility in the length direction thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.