With Back Mounted Foundation Frame Patents (Class 132/106)
  • Patent number: 10413033
    Abstract: A hairstyling tool for attaching various hair articles to a banded ponytail by inserting a bead that is attached to a hair article, through a banded ponytail center axis. The very center axis of a banded ponytail has a lot of tension. If a bead, or similar tapered device, is pushed through the banded ponytail center axis, toward a person's scalp, it locks into place. If a hair article is attached to an end of the bead, the hair article stays secured to the ponytail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Inventor: David Silva
  • Patent number: 9538822
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a hair styling tool for padding a hair bundle, comprising: a base, an elastic padding, an adornment structure, and a contact layer. The base has an upper surface, a lower surface, and an opening passing from the upper surface to the lower surface. The elastic padding is disposed on a portion of the upper surface of the base. The adornment structure is disposed on another portion of the upper surface of the base. The contact layer is disposed on the lower surface of the base. A first hair section of the hair bundle covers the elastic padding and is padded thereby. A second hair section of the hair bundle passes through the opening and is pressed by the contact layer, such that the adornment structure is exposed above the second hair section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: YUMARK ENTERPRISES CORP.
    Inventor: Ming-Hung Chen
  • Publication number: 20140209115
    Abstract: A hairpiece for positioning on a person's head and augmenting her natural hair includes a first layer of material having a plurality of hair strands attached thereto. A second layer of material has a plurality of hair strands stylized in a different manner than the hair strands attached to the first layer. The first and second layers are attached to each other. The hairpiece can be worn in a first position in which the second layer is adjacent to the wearer's head and the plurality of hair strands attached to the first layer extend outwardly from the wearer's head. When desired the hairpiece can be removed from the wearer's head and inverted so that the first layer is adjacent to the wearer's head and the hair strands on the second layer extend outwardly from the wearer's head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Inventor: Alan E. Eaton
  • Patent number: 8720452
    Abstract: A hair piece of the present invention includes a comb portion formed from a flexible polymeric material. The comb includes a top portion presenting a track or female connector and a plurality of teeth extending radially from the top portion for engaging hair of a user. The comb may be fabricated from many other materials in addition to polymeric material or combination thereof without limiting the scope of the present invention. A base or support portion of the hair piece is formed from another polymeric material such as foam or the like. The base portion may present various cross sections such as circular, rectangular, square, and the like. The base portion may present various length and heights as desired by the user. A human or synthetic hair of various shapes, styles and colors is connected to the base portion thereby totally covering the base portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Angelo Ausi
    Inventors: Mansur Askander, Souhayla Denha
  • Patent number: 8567413
    Abstract: Devices having real or synthetic hair that are worn on a user's head to complement, accent, or otherwise alter the appearance of the user's hair are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a hair addition for providing a bump up effect includes a foundation, a plurality of attachment members coupled to the foundation for attaching the foundation to a wearer's hair, a plurality of hair strand retention members spanning the foundation, and a plurality of hair strands coupled to the hair strand retention members and collectively concealing the foundation, the attachment members, and the hair strand retention members. The foundation has an outer frame and a plurality of shaping strips. The outer frame defines front and rear sides and opposed ends. The shaping strips extend from the front side to the rear side, and each shaping strip is bendable and retains its form until further manipulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Celebrity Signature International, Inc.
    Inventor: Teresa Lane
  • Patent number: 8517033
    Abstract: A hairstyling tool has a thick, soft cushioned body adapted to be worn on the top of head close to the scalp in skull cap-like fashion. Hair clips affixed to the bottom of the body can be deployed to maintain the tool in position. A substantially vertical channel extending completely through the body allows the wearer to draw sheaves of hair fibers from below the body up, through and above the tool. The upwardly drawn hair fibers can be teased, combed, brushed or otherwise arranged together with other hair of the wearer in a highly elevated style resting on top of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Bombshell Beauty, Inc.
    Inventor: Suzanne Martinelli
  • Publication number: 20130180538
    Abstract: A hairstyling tool has a thick, soft cushioned body adapted to be worn on the top of head close to the scalp in skull cap-like fashion. Hair clips affixed to the bottom of the body can be deployed to maintain the tool in position. A substantially vertical channel extending completely through the body allows the wearer to draw sheaves of hair fibers from below the body up, through and above the tool. The upwardly drawn hair fibers can be teased, combed, brushed or otherwise arranged together with other hair of the wearer in a highly elevated style resting on top of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: Bombshell Beauty, Inc.
    Inventor: Suzanne Martinelli
  • Patent number: 8453654
    Abstract: An apparatus for hair care comprising an elongate foam body having tapered ends. A flexible core embedded within the foam body. Clips attached to the foam body, clips haying an open position and a closed position. Wherein the foam body is configured to be placed underneath a user's existing natural hair and to be covered by the user's existing natural hair when secured in position by the plurality of clips. Wherein the flexible core is configured to be adapted to a contour of the user's head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Inventor: Toni Munoz
  • Patent number: 7963289
    Abstract: A hair accessory made to increase the body and fullness of a ponytail or pig tails. The hair accessory includes a hinged pair of first and second portions movable between an open position and a closed position, each portion having a hinged end and an opposite end, inward facing teeth, and at least one fastener for releasably fastening the portions in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Inventor: Leona King
  • Publication number: 20100139679
    Abstract: A clip for wig is offered which can prevent warping of a wig base. The clip 1 for wig is constituted with a frame-like reversible member 10 and a plurality of comb teeth 20 attached to the reversible member 10, the reversible member 10 is constituted with an U-shaped frame material 11 having leg portions 11B and 11C protruding from both ends of a support portion 11A and a connecting portion 12 connected to respective leg portions 11B and 11C of the U-shaped frame material 11, a plurality of comb teeth 20 are fixed at the end portion of the support portion 11A of the U-shaped frame material 11, the outer shape of the support portion 11A is formed to have a curvature of the circular arc along the curved periphery of the wig base 30, and the support portion of the clip 1 of a wig is provided at the position close to the periphery, thereby to be fixed to the reverse side of the wig base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Umezu, Yoshimi Sasaki, Tetsuhiro Matsuda