Passage braid guide measuring comb
View Patent ↗A hair styling comb comprising a body having a handle, a release cone, and a guide measuring system that are combined to precisely separate hair in orderly rows for braiding. The guide measuring system facilitates successive measurement of a partial circumference of spaced apart sections of the scalp. Each section is radially measured by successive placement of the comb measuring section upon the scalp, followed by linear movements of the comb until a peripheral measurement is approximated by the combined readings. The spaced apart circumference regions are reduced to increments by dividing their length measurements by the number of desired braid rows the stylist is creating. The release cone is placed in the grooves of the bottom of the braid and ten slid through smoothly upwardly to the scalp of the nape line. The release cone releases the grips of the braids.
1. A hair styling comb comprising:
an elongated body having a front and rear, the body comprising a grip handle for grasping by the stylist, said grip handle terminating in a shoulder and having an arcuate depression formed in one side of said grip handle;
a plurality of spaced-apart teeth adjacent said grip handle at the body front for contacting and grooming the hair, the teeth extending transversely relative to said body and pointing in a first direction;
a release cone for separating and parting hair braids, the release cone formed at the body rear;
a guide measuring system disposed between said grip handle shoulder and said release cone, said guide measuring system comprising a plurality of spaced apart, calibrated serrations for measuring hair lines, the serrations extending downwardly in a second direction opposite from said first direction;
a notched styling groove for styling disposed between said guide measuring system and said release cone;
wherein the width of said guide measuring system is less than the width of said handle portion; and,
wherein said release cone points away from said guide measuring system in said second direction.
2. A method of styling hair with braids, the method comprising the steps of:
A) providing a comb with a grip handle, a shoulder proximate the grip handle, a plurality of spaced-apart teeth adjacent said grip handle at the body front for contacting and grooming the hair, a release cone for separating and parting hair braids, and a guide measuring system disposed between said grip handle shoulder and said release cone;
B) disassembling previously existing braids with said release cone;
C) shampooing and combing the hair;
D) establishing a plurality of spaced apart reference hair lines between the front of the head and the nape;
E) making a plurality of measurements along a front hair line with said guide measuring system and adding them together;
F) dividing the sum of the measurements in said last step by the number of braids desired to determine braid width;
G) visualizing the desired braid width obtained in Step “F” by establishing braid locations with said comb along said front hair line to provide the alignment points for the braids;
H) repeating said steps E-G for the succeeding reference hair lines to provide points for aligning the braids; and,
I) forming the braids along the reference points determined.