US 7,410,358 B2Granted

Mannequin with replaceable hair piece

AssigneeMane Attachments, Inc.

InventorShawn Morehead

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Abstract

An apparatus having a support base and a removable hair portion for training personal appearance workers. In one embodiment, the releasable hair portion is the crown of a mannequin head and is detachably fixed to the support base of the mannequin head, which is adapted to be fixed to a work surface or mount. In another embodiment the releasable hair portion is the chin and surrounding area, which is detachably fixed to the support base of the mannequin head. The removable hair portion of the mannequin attaches to the support base of the mannequin head with a latching system that securely fixes the hair portion to the head. The latching system includes at least one fastening tab and a releasable clip that engages an opening in the support base. In another embodiment, a detent system is positioned between a fastening tab and the locking clip.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus simulating a human head with hair for training personal appearance workers, said apparatus comprising:

a support base being a portion of a mannequin head, said support base having a first outer shell, a first filler, and a first barrier, said first filler sealed in said first outer shell of said support base by said first barrier, said support base having a first lip at an edge of said first outer shell, said support base adapted to be mounted to a work support;
a hair portion having a second outer shell, a second filler, and a second barrier, said second filler sealed in said second outer shell of said hair portion by said second barrier, said hair portion having a plurality of simulated hair attached to a portion of an outside surface of said hair portion, said hair portion having a second lip at an edge of said second outer shell, said second lip overlapping said first lip when said hair portion is attached to said support base;
at least one fastening tab attached to said hair portion, said at least one fastening tab engaging a corresponding opening in said support base;
a locking clip attached to said hair portion at an end of said hair portion substantially opposite said at least one fastening tab, said locking clip engaging an opening in said support base, said locking clip securing said hair portion to said support base when said locking clip is fully engaged in said opening in said support base;
and
a detent system associated with said first lip and said second lip, said detent system engaged when said first lip is adjacent said second lip;
whereby said hair portion attached to said support base simulates the human head with hair.

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Facts

Application: 11/277,623Filed 28 Mar 2006
Published: US 2007/0238388 A111 Oct 2007
Granted: 12 Aug 2008
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

A63H 3/44
Details; Accessories: dolls' hair or wigs; Eyelashes; Eyebrows
A63H 3/365
Details; Accessories: allowing a choice of facial features, e.g. to change the facial expression
G09B 19/00
Teaching not covered by other main groups of this subclass
G09B 19/003
Teaching not covered by other main groups of this subclass: repetitive work cycles; Sequence of movements

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US 2007/0238388 A1Pre-grant publication · published 11 Oct 2007
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