Hair grid measuring device and method
View Patent ↗A hair grid measuring device comprises a thin, flexible body, a first side opposite a second side, a third side opposite a fourth side, a plurality of horizontal grid lines extending from the first side to the second side, and a plurality of vertical grid lines extending from the third side to the fourth side. The thin, flexible body also includes a plurality of apertures holding the device against a first individual's skin, ensuring stability and leverage, and easily bending the grid measuring device to the contours of the first individual's face, head, and body. A method for creating a custom hair style using the hair grid measuring device, accomplished either by hand or via a software application on an electronic device, that allows the first individual to obtain the hair design of a second individual, such as a celebrity, sports player, or actor, or any predetermined shape.
1. A hair grid measuring device for shaving a user's face, comprising:
a. a thin flexible chin grid body having a first peripheral edge defining a first terminal edge of the hair grid measuring device, a second peripheral edge, a third peripheral edge, and a fourth peripheral edge, the chin grid body formed between and surrounded by each peripheral edge and configured to be placed over and conform to at least a portion of a user's chin;
b. a thin flexible curved jaw grid body extending upward and away from the second peripheral edge of the chin grid body and having a first peripheral edge continuous with the second peripheral edge of the chin grid body, a second peripheral edge defining a second terminal edge of the hair grid measuring device, a third peripheral edge continuous with the third peripheral edge of the chin grid body to form a curved upper terminal edge of the hair grid measuring device and a fourth peripheral edge continuous with the fourth peripheral edge of the chin grid body to form a curved lower terminal edge of the hair grid measuring device, the curved jaw grid body being integral with the chin grid body and being configured to be placed over and conform to at least a portion of a user's jaw;
c. a plurality of labeled horizontally angled grid lines extending continuously through the chin grid body and the curved jaw grid body from the first peripheral edge of the chin grid body to the second peripheral edge of the curved jaw grid body, and a plurality of labeled vertical grid lines extending continuously through the chin grid body and the jaw grid body from the third peripheral edges to the fourth peripheral edges thereof, wherein the plurality of labeled horizontally angled grid lines and the plurality of labeled vertical grid lines intersect to form a grid;
d. each labeled horizontally angled grid line and labeled vertical grid line including at least one inverted indicia, each at least one inverted indicia comprising one of an inverted number, inverted symbol and inverted letter appearing non-inverted when viewed in a mirror;
e. a plurality of marking apertures extending through each of the chin grid body and the curved jaw grid body, the plurality of marking apertures located at the intersections of the plurality of labeled horizontal grid lines and the plurality of labeled vertical grid lines, the plurality of spaced apertures adapted to provide access to a marker to mark the skin of a user through at least one of the plurality of spaced apertures, creating a desired pattern on the skin of a first individual; and
f. at least two finger apertures having a larger diameter than a diameter of the plurality of marking apertures, wherein the at least two finger apertures serve to accommodate a user's fingers to hold the grid measuring device in place against the user's face.
2. The hair grid measuring device of claim 1 , wherein:
the first peripheral edge is opposite said second peripheral edge, said first peripheral edge including a first length and the second peripheral edge including a second length; and
the third peripheral edge is opposite the fourth peripheral edge, the third peripheral edge including a third length and the fourth peripheral edge including a fourth length,
the first length and the second length are one of shorter than and equal to the third length and the fourth length.
3. The hair grid measuring device of claim 1 , wherein the thin, flexible chin grid body and the thin, flexible curved jaw grid body are constructed from one of thin metal and thin plastic.
4. The hair grid measuring device of claim 3 , wherein the thin plastic is one of translucent plastic and transparent plastic.
5. The hair grid measuring device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of labeled horizontally angled grid lines and the plurality of labeled vertical grid lines are one of printed on and etched into the chin grid body and the jaw grid body.
6. The hair grid measuring device of claim 1 , wherein a distance between each labeled horizontally angled grid line of the plurality of labeled horizontally angled grid lines one of decreases and remains constant as the horizontally angled grid lines approach at least one of the first and second peripheral edge of the chin grid body.
7. The hair grid measuring device of claim 1 , wherein a distance between each labeled vertical grid line of the plurality of labeled vertical grid lines one of decreases and remains constant as the vertical grid lines approach at least one of the third and fourth peripheral edge of the chin grid body.
8. The hair grid measuring device of claim 1 , further comprising:
at least one fingertip holder comprising a semicircular receiving end and a post laterally extending from an external surface of the chin grid body or the jaw grid body, the post including a first end removably disposed within an aperture of the plurality of marking apertures and a second end attached to the receiving end a predetermined distance from the external surface of the chin grid body or the jaw grid body, the receiving end adapted to receive the first individual's finger.
9. The hair grid measuring device of claim 1 , wherein the first and second peripheral edges of the chin body and the jaw grid body are one of curved and straight.