EP2979565A1 - Hair-increasing tool and attachment method therefor - Google Patents

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EP2979565A1
EP2979565A1 EP14776384.1A EP14776384A EP2979565A1 EP 2979565 A1 EP2979565 A1 EP 2979565A1 EP 14776384 A EP14776384 A EP 14776384A EP 2979565 A1 EP2979565 A1 EP 2979565A1
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Mayumi Toba
Mutsumi Kawasaki
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41G—ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS; WIGS; MASKS; FEATHERS
    • A41G5/00—Hair pieces, inserts, rolls, pads, or the like; Toupées
    • A41G5/004—Hair pieces
    • A41G5/0053—Fastening thereof
    • A41G5/006—Fastening thereof by threading with the remaining hair of the user
    • A41G5/0066—Fastening thereof by threading with the remaining hair of the user using deformable connecting sleeves
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41G—ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS; WIGS; MASKS; FEATHERS
    • A41G5/00—Hair pieces, inserts, rolls, pads, or the like; Toupées
    • A41G5/004—Hair pieces
    • A41G5/0046—Hair pieces forming hair extensions from bundles of hair

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  • the present invention relates to a hair increasing tool for increasing hairs with using user's own hairs which remains on the head, and a method for attaching the hair increasing tool.
  • a hairpiece is generally used in order to cover it.
  • a bald portion is relatively small, or a person having a bald head feels resistance to wear the hairpiece, there is a method to use user's own hairs which remain on the head, so called "increasing hairs".
  • Patent document 1 disclosed a hair increasing tool in which hair-thickening hairs to be configured by human natural hairs or artificial hairs are directly knotted to a single own hair on the head, and a method for attaching such hair increasing tool.
  • Patent document 2 discloses a method to fix a line member to a user's head. In such line member, hairs are fixed to the member having many hollow rings.
  • Patent document 2 feeling of increase of hairs can be obtained in a short time without considering remaining condition of the own hairs such as Patent document 1.
  • Patent document 2 discloses the method to fix by using an adhesive agent such as an instant adhesive agent for medical use.
  • an adhesive agent such as an instant adhesive agent for medical use.
  • the adhesive agent although fixing strength of the member for increasing hairs can be enhanced, removing work using an organic solvent is required for removing the member, and therefore an adverse impact to user's head skin is seriously concerned.
  • Patent document 3 discloses a hair increasing member and a method thereof where a loop is placed at a predetermined position of a filament made of a synthetic resin to which hair-thickening hairs are fixed, and own hairs on the head are inserted into the loop and fixed by knotting the own hairs together.
  • Patent document 4 discloses a method to insert a plurality of own hairs into a fixing member and fix them as pinching the fixing tool by the own hairs.
  • the present invention is made for solving the above mentioned problems of the related arts.
  • the purpose thereof is to provide a hair increasing tool using user's own hairs, which can be fixed to the user's head with sufficient strength and safety without using an adhesive agent, and a method for attaching the hair increasing tool.
  • a hair increasing tool In a hair increasing tool according to the present invention, two large-diameter portions are provided on a line-member having a predetermined length with a certain distance, thereby defining a line-member portion between said two large-diameter portions as a plant-area and defining line-member portions located outside said large-diameter portions as assist-areas. And, first false hairs are fixed to a plurality of positions of said plant-area with predetermined interval (s), and tube-members which can be plastically deformed are fixed to the near location of said large-diameter portions on the line-member.
  • said two large-diameter portions define the plant-area which exists between said two large-diameter portions, and prevent the false hairs from being sliding off, said large-diameter portions can be omitted and the function of said large-diameter portions can be performed by said tube-members as well as the original function of said tube-members.
  • the line-member portion which configures the plant-area is placed along the surface of the head, the own hairs located at both sides of said line-member portion are knotted together to fix said line-member portion such as pinching said line-member portion by the own hairs, and such knotting work is performed at a plurality of positions with predetermined distance(s).
  • the remaining own hairs are inserted into another one of the tube-members, and then said tube-member is collapsed to fix said tube-member to the own hairs.
  • the own hairs are inserted into the tube-members which locate at the both sides of the line-member, and then the tube-members are collapsed to fix the tube-members to the own hairs, thereby fixing the hair increasing tool to the head. Accordingly, a strong and safe fixing strength can be obtained.
  • the line-member portion (plant-area) which extends between the two tube-members
  • the line-member is fixed to the own hairs by knotting the own hairs together at the plurality of positions with the predetermined interval (s) . Accordingly, it can effectively prevent the hair increasing tool configured by the line-member from leaving upward from the head, thereby obtaining a comfortable wearing feel.
  • a volume of increasing hairs can be increased even if using the hair increasing tool made of a short line member. Further, it can provide a gradation effect that a volume of increasing hairs is changed according to the position of the line-member in the length.
  • Fig. 1 shows a hair increasing tool 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
  • fig 1(a) firstly, there is provided one line-member 10 of a predetermined length, and on which two of large-diameter portions 11, 12 are provided with a certain interval.
  • the area between two of the large-diameter portions 11, 12 is used as a plant-area 15, where false hairs are to be fixed, as explained later.
  • the extended portion outside the large-diameter portion 11 is used as an assist-area 16, and the extended portion outside the large-diameter portion 12 is used as an assist-area 17.
  • the assist-areas 16, 17 are portions which an operator or user grasps when he/she attaches the hair increasing tool to the head (that is, they assist the attaching operation), and afterwards they are to be cut away.
  • the line-member 10 can be simply knotted, melted resin can be set on the line-member 10, or otherwise, some separate members can be fixed to the line-member 10.
  • the false hairs 20 are to be fixed with predetermined interval(s).
  • the interval can be appropriately determined, according to the remaining condition of user's own hairs.
  • the intervals can be a regular interval of 1-3mm, or can be random intervals.
  • the false hairs 20 can be knotted (planted), welded, or adhered to the line-member 10. Some examples for knotting the false hairs 20 will be explained later in the second embodiment (refer to Fig. 5 ) .
  • tube-members 18, 19 are fixed, for example, by knotting or the like with using the line-member 10 itself.
  • the tube-members 18, 19 are located outside of the large-diameter portions 11, 12. This is because the tube-members 18, 19 prevent the false hairs 20 fixed to the plant-area 15 from sliding out.
  • the tube-members 18, 19 can be located inside the large-diameter portions 11, 12.
  • the distance between the large-diameter portion and the tube-member is at least the same as, or smaller than the distance between each of the false hairs 20.
  • the tube-members 18, 19 are used for attaching the hair increasing tool 1 to user's head, for example, by collapsing the tube-members 18, 19 by a plier on the condition that the user's own hairs are inserted into the tube-members 18, 19. Relating to a material of the tube-members 18, 19, it may be enough if it can be plastically deformed and fixed on the user's own hairs, and therefore, for example, a metallic material can be used.
  • a short metal tube of three-layered which is shown in Fig. 1(b) in enlarged scale.
  • This short metal tube is configured such that an "adhesive layer" is provided inside an "outer metal tube", and a "net-material” is placed at an innermost circumferential surface thereof.
  • This short metal tube can be used as the tube-members 18, 19 in the present invention. However, even if the short metal tube is not three-layered and is single-layered, a sufficient fixing would be obtained.
  • the size of the tube-members 18, 19 used in the present invention can be exemplified such as 3.5 mm of outer diameter, 3.0 mm of inner diameter, and 2.5 mm of height.
  • tube-members 18, 19 and the false hairs 20 can be attached to the line-member 10 in any orders when making the hair increasing tool 1.
  • the large-diameter portions 11, 12 define the implant-area 15 existing located between them, prevent the false hairs 20 from sliding out, and their diameters are larger than that of the remaining line-member 10. Accordingly, it is possible that the large-diameter portions 18, 19 are omitted and the function of the large-diameter portions 11, 12 is performed by the tube-members 18, 19 as well as the original function of the tube-members 18, 19.
  • each part is not limited to a particular one, and can be determined arbitrarily depending on the user's head size, the remaining condition of user's own hairs or others.
  • the length of the implant-area 15 can be 12 cm or 8 cm, and the length of the assist-areas 16, 17 can be 10 cm.
  • the line-member 10 can be made of any appropriate material such as a nylon string, and the diameter thereof can, for example, be 0.1 mm.
  • the diameter of the first false hairs 20 can, for example, be 0.06 mm.
  • Fig. 2 illustrates a hair increasing tool according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
  • the difference from the first embodiment is that additional false hairs 30 are fixed to the false hairs 20.
  • the false hairs 20 are hereinafter called “first false hairs 20" and the false hairs 30 are hereinafter called “second false hairs 30".
  • first false hairs 20 and the false hairs 30 are hereinafter called “second false hairs 30”.
  • second false hairs 30 For the first and second false hairs, hairs of the same material can be used, or otherwise hairs of different materials can also be used.
  • each of the first false hairs 20 is fixed to the line-member (plant-area 15) in the form of a V-character having two pieces 20a, 20b. Then a single second false hair 30 is fixed to each of the pieces 20a, 20b respectively.
  • the volume (number) of the second hairs 30 fixed to the first false hairs 20 it can be flexibly determined.
  • the same number of the second hairs 30 can be fixed to all of the first false hairs 20, or otherwise, the distribution of the second hairs 30 fixed to the first false hairs 20 can be non-uniform distribution. They can be determined depending on the remaining condition of user's own hair, required hairstyle or the like.
  • first and second false hairs 20, 30 are shown in the form of a V-character, which are folded at midpoint. This is intended for simplifying the illustration, and the form of the false hairs is not limited to particular one in the present invention.
  • the number of the first false hairs 20 fixed to the plant-area 15, and the number of the second false hairs 30 fixed to the first false hairs 20 are not limited to particular ones in the present invention, and can be determined arbitrarily depending on the required volume of the false hairs, the required hairstyle or the like.
  • the false hairs can be fixed, for example, by knotting (planting), welding or adhering.
  • Fig. 5 shows the case that the first false hair 20 is fixed to the plant-area 15
  • the same methods can be applied in the case that the second false hair 30 is fixed to the second false hair 20.
  • the third embodiment shown in Fig. 3 is one embodiment where the second false hairs 30 are non-uniformly distributed.
  • first false hairs 20 placed on a line-member are divided into five areas, that is, one "few” located at the center, two “middle” at the both sides of the "few", and two "many” at the both sides of the "middle”.
  • the degree of increasing hairs is the fewest, and only the first false hairs 20 are fixed therein.
  • the degree of increasing hair is the most, and four of the second false hairs 30 are fixed to each peace 20a, 20b of one first hair 20.
  • the degree of increasing hair is intermediate between the “few” region and the "many” region, and two of the second false hairs 30 are fixed to each peace 20a, 20b of one first hair 20.
  • the "few”, "many”, and “middle” in this embodiment mean only a relative relationship, regarding the degree of increasing hair. Thus, the total amount of false hairs in each region can be flexibly changed.
  • the non-uniform distribution of the false hairs is not limited to the embodiment shown in Fig. 3 .
  • an amount of increased hairs which matches the user's own hair well can be realized by, for example, making fewer the amount of the false hairs at a hair-parting-region, and making gradually more the amount of the false hairs at adjacent region around the hair-parting-region.
  • a user's head is schematically shown from the above, and two lines respectively represent hair increasing tools (for simplicity, each hair increasing tool is represented by a straight line).
  • each hair increasing tool is represented by a straight line.
  • Fig. 4 while a remaining amount of the user's own hairs on the head is shown being very small, there is actually many cases that a certain amount of the own hairs remains on the head.
  • One, two or more hair increasing tools can be placed and fixed arbitrarily according to the remaining condition of the user's own hairs.
  • the own hairs X and Y which are located at the both sides of the line member are knotted together such as knotting the shoe straps.
  • the "first knotted portion" may also be formed by repeating this knotting works several times.
  • the own hairs X, Y are lined up and knotted together by the knotting in a bun.
  • the "second knotted portion” may also be formed by repeating this knotting works several times.
  • Fig. 4 shows such that a certain distance exists between the "first knotted portion” and the “second knotted portion", it is only for simplifying the illustration, and it is preferable to configure such that the "first knotted portion” and the "second knotted portion” are located closely. While Fig. 4 shows such that the own hair X or hair Y is only a single hair respectively, the own hairs X, Y can be a bundle of a plurality of hairs respectively.
  • the above mentioned knotting works are performs at a plurality of positions with predetermined interval(s) (for example, 1 cm interval), ( Fig.4 shows the knotting works at two positions). Accordingly, it can effectively prevent the line-member from leaving upward from the surface of the head.
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