Easy-donning cap which is used to protect and dry the hair

Abstract

The invention relates to a long cap (1) which is designed to protect the hair. The inventive cap comprises two essentially-parallelepiped side walls which are fixed to one another along one of the long sides (2) and shorts sides (3) thereof, such as to define: a first pouch (4) which is disposed at the proximal end of the cap, said first pouch forming a cap; and a second pouch (5) which is disposed at the distal end of the cap, said second pouch forming a receptacle for the floating mass of hair (6). The invention is characterised in that the two ends thereof are provided with complementary fixing means (9) which can be brought into contact with one another in order to close the cap around the head after the hair has been placed therein. For said purpose, the distal end is rotated by 180° around the longitudinal axis of the cap and subsequently folded back over the proximal end such as to cover same.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to an easy-fit long cap for protecting and drying the hair. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] Traditionally, long-haired women have to protect and dry their hair when they get out of a shower or bath and for this purpose use a large towel in which they enclose the mass of hair by rolling the towel over on itself along a longitudinal axis. Next, the free end of the towel is folded rearward and around the head, possibly held in place with the aid of a safety pin or the like. This enables the hair to be at least partially held in place and dried prior to styling. [0003] A very similar, even identical, method is applied in hair salons and beauty parlors. In the latter, in particular, products frequently have to be applied to the face and must not come into contact with the hair, in which case the towel thus wound around the hair also serves as protection. [0004] A method such as this is awkward, gives an uncertain result, and requires a degree of pr...

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Benefits of technology

[0006] Thus, the principal object of the present invention is to provide a simple device that is economical to manufacture and allows a person's long hair to be held in place by being grouped together as simply as possible inside the device, the latter including integral means for closure on itself.

[0013] According to one embodiment of the invention, the walls consist of non-woven textile, such that the long cap is then intended for a single use. Nevertheless, it is perfectly possible for the long cap to consist of absorbent fabric of the terry-toweling type, in order more effectively to contribute to the long cap's drying function.

Problems solved by technology

This towel, described in patent application GB 2 248 391 A, has a number of major disadvantages, including the impossibility of correctly holding the hair within the central fold owing to the latter's pointed shape.

Furthermore, in order to be able to hope to attach the free end of the towel to the end that forms the cap for the head, it is necessary to fold the towel over on itself a number of times, as illustrated in FIG. 3 of said patent application, which is particularly awkward.

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