IP Library Granted Patent US 7,278,432
Granted Patent B2
US 7,278,432 · App. 10/861,434 · Granted Oct 9, 2007

Attachable/detachable supplemental hair accessory

Assignee: Celebrity Signatures International, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 7,278,432
App. No.
10/861,434
Granted
Oct 9, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hair accessory includes a first comb, a second comb, at least one connecting member connecting the first comb to the second comb, and a plurality of hair strands extending from the connecting member. A method for fabricating a hair accessory is also described.

Claims (58)

1. A hair accessory comprising:

a first comb;

a second comb;

an elastic unit connecting said first comb to said second comb, said elastic unit comprising:

a first base band;

a second base band;

a plurality of elastic strips, wherein said plurality of elastic strips extend between said first base band and said second base band connecting said first base band to said second base band; and

a plurality of loops, wherein said plurality of loops are attached along said first base band and said second base band for connecting said first base band and said second base band to said first comb and said second comb; and

a plurality of hair strands extending from said elastic unit; and

wherein said first comb and said second comb each comprises:

a spine;

a plurality of teeth extending from said spine;

a plurality of openings linearly spaced along said spine, wherein each of said openings comprise a snap-fit receiving slot along said spine; and

a plurality of comb inserts, wherein said plurality of comb inserts are connected to said plurality of loops attached to said first base band and said second base band of said elastic unit, and wherein said comb inserts are connected to said plurality of snap-fit receiving slots along each said spine of said first comb and said second comb.

2. A hair accessory in accordance with claim 1 wherein said hair strands comprise at least one of synthetic hair and natural hair, wherein the synthetic hair fabricated from one or more of a modacrylic polymer fiber and acrylic fiber.

3. A hair accessory in accordance with claim 1 wherein said spine is concave-shaped.

4. A hair accessory in accordance with claim 1 wherein said plurality of teeth are concave-shaped.

5. A hair accessory in accordance with claim 1 wherein said hair strands are grouped into hair bundles.

6. A hair accessory in accordance with claim 1 further comprising a hair attachment member wherein said hair strands are stitched to said hair attachment member and said hair attachment member is attached to said elastic unit.

7. A hair accessory in accordance with claim 1 further comprising a plurality of hair attachment members, wherein said plurality of hair attachment members are attached to said elastic strips in a zig-zag formation.

8. A hair accessory in accordance with claim 1 wherein said hair strands are attached to said first base band and said second base band.

9. A hair accessory in accordance with claim 1 further comprising a plurality of support members, said hair strands respectively attached to said support members, wherein each respective support member is spirally wrapped around a respective elastic strip.

10. A hair accessory in accordance with claim 9 wherein said hair strands attached to said support members are attached to said support members by at least one of sewing, adhesive, pins, and/or clips.

11. A hair accessory in accordance with claim 9 wherein said plurality of support members are at least one of slidably attached and fixedly attached to said respective elastic strips.

12. A hair accessory comprising:

a first comb;

a second comb;

an elastic unit connecting said first comb to said second comb, said elastic unit comprising:

a first base band;

a second base band;

a plurality of elastic strips, wherein said plurality of elastic strips extend between said first base band and said second base band connecting said first base band to said second base band; and

a plurality of loops, wherein said plurality of loops are attached along said first base band and said second base band for connecting said first base band and said second base band to said first comb and said second comb; and

a plurality of hair strands extending from said elastic unit; and

wherein said first comb and said second comb each comprises:

a spine;

a plurality of teeth extending from said spine;

a plurality of openings linearly spaced along said spine, wherein each of said openings comprise a snap-fit receiving slot along said spine; and

a plurality of comb inserts, wherein said plurality of comb inserts are connected to said plurality of loops attached to said first base band and said second base band of said elastic unit, and wherein said comb inserts are independently connected to said plurality of snap-fit receiving slots along each said spine of said first comb and said second comb.

13. A hair accessory comprising:

a first comb;

a second comb;

an elastic unit connecting said first comb to said second comb, said elastic unit comprising:

a first base band;

a second base band;

a plurality of elastic strips, wherein said plurality of elastic strips extend between said first base band and said second base band connecting said first base band to said second base band; and

a plurality of loops, wherein said plurality of loops are attached along said first base band and said second base band for connecting said first base band and said second base band to said first comb and said second comb; and

a plurality of hair strands extending from said elastic unit; and

wherein said first comb and said second comb each comprises:

a spine;

a plurality of teeth extending from said spine;

a plurality of openings linearly spaced along said spine, wherein each of said openings comprise a snap-fit receiving slot along said spine; and

a plurality of comb inserts, wherein said plurality of comb inserts are connected to said plurality of loops attached to said first base band and said second base band of said elastic unit, wherein said comb inserts are connected to said plurality of snap-fit receiving slots along each said spine of said first comb and said second comb, and wherein said plurality of comb inserts are configured to maintain said loops entirely outside said snap-fit receiving slots when said comb inserts are coupled to said loops and said snap-fit receiving slots.

14. A hair accessory in accordance with claim 13 wherein said spine is concave-shaped.

15. A hair accessory in accordance with claim 13 wherein said plurality of teeth are concave-shaped.

16. A hair accessory in accordance with claim 13 further comprising a hair attachment member wherein said hair strands are stitched to said hair attachment member and said hair attachment member is attached to said elastic unit.

17. A hair accessory in accordance with claim 13 further comprising a plurality of hair attachment members, wherein said plurality of hair attachment members are attached to said elastic strips in a zig-zag formation.

18. A hair accessory in accordance with claim 13 wherein said hair strands are attached to said first base band and said second base band.

19. A hair accessory in accordance with claim 13 further comprising a plurality of support members, said hair strands respectively attached to said support members, wherein each respective support member is spirally wrapped around a respective elastic strip.

Assignments (2)
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 24, 2014
From: CELEBRITY SIGNATURES INTERNATIONAL, INC.; EVA GABOR INTERNATIONAL, LTD.
To: HAIRUWEAR INC.
Reel/Frame 034252/0149 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 4, 2004
From: LANE, TERESA
To: CELEBRITY SIGNATURES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 015446/0335 →
Continuity (1)
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