Hairpiece having a headband

Abstract

A hairpiece for compensating for lack of hair length or thickness of a wearer due to illness or naturally occurring baldness or enhancing the appearance of such wearer includes a generally annular and at least partially elastic headband and hair affixed to a predetermined portion of the headband and extending outwardly therefrom in a predetermined direction. The hairpiece is worn by expand ably positioning the headband onto the head of such wearer and aligning the hair with a predetermined portion of such head of such wearer.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is related to and claims priory from Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60 / 650,373 filed Feb. 4, 2005.FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention relates, in general, to hairpieces, “hair extensions” and the like and, more particularly, this invention relates to hairpieces, “hair extensions” and the like that have hair strands attached to an expandable headband. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] As is generally well known hairpieces have been utilized extensively to compensate for lack of hair length or thickness due to illness or naturally occurring baldness or to enhance ones appearance. [0004] One hairpiece type such as a full head wig, must be custom fitted to a wearer's head and generally must be pinned to a wearer's own hair or held with adhesives to avoid slippage when worn. Unfortunately, many wearers experience substantial hair loss which prevents them from pinning the wig. [0005] Another hairpiec...

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Benefits of technology

[0011] It is, therefore, one of the primary objects of the present invention to provide a hairpiece having a headband which is used for cosmetically enhancing the wearer's own hair.

[0013] Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a hairpiece having a headband which can be simply and easily applied and secured.

[0015] Yet a further object of the present invention is to provide a hairpiece having a headband which can supplement the length and thickness of the wearer's own hair.

Problems solved by technology

Unfortunately, many wearers experience substantial hair loss which prevents them from pinning the wig.

The disadvantage of this prior art is that the headband is generally exposed when worn.

The disadvantages of such prior art are that the hairpiece must be manually adjusted and that the end of the filamentary support protrudes beyond the abutment member and may be unattractively exposed when the hairpiece is worn.

The hair extension can be selected to match one or more characteristics of the user's own hair but is generally limited for use as a ponytail.

Accordingly, the prior art hairpieces utilizing headbands fail to simplify and economically compensate for lack of hair length or thickness due to illness or naturally occurring boldness, enhance ones appearance or substantially hide the headband from view.

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