Instant wig liners

Abstract

A natural, synthetic resinous or rubber cap or base is provided for a wig in which the frontal portion comprising a skin toned or transparent material intended to be indistinguishable from the wearer's actual skin; weaved with individual strands of hair to compose a natural looking hair line. With time the base deteriorates with use, thus a replaceable liner is adhered to the base. Thus most wear and tear will occur onto the liner. The wig is manufactured by implanting hairs or groups of hairs in elongated strips which comprise the wig base. These elongated strips may be part of a monolithic structure in which they are connected together by bridges to form a cap or the hairs or groups of hairs may be supported on elongated members which are attached to strips by adhesive agents or by high-frequency heating or the like. The elongated members bearing the hair may also be attached to strips or lace belts by means of hooks.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]This invention relates to methods and apparatus for the manufacture of hair supporting elements and synthetic resinous caps or bases for the making of wigs, and to methods and apparatus for the manufacture of regular and / or weftless wigs.BACKGROUND[0002]It is a general aspect of the prior art that the human or synthetic hair be cut to a predetermined length and that bundles of the thusly cut hair tress be moved by hand to a double-needle sewing machine which is used to form a series of hair laces. The thread line resulting from the double-needle sewing machine is folded, to be sewed again along the previously sewed line by an ordinary one-needle sewing machine, whereafter the root of the folded part is sewed by the single-needle sewing machine to form a belt-shaped hair lace, commonly known as “weft,” for the manufacture of a machine-made wig. This belt-shaped hair lace is sewed by a sewing machine onto the framed strips of a cap or base, or is used in a ...

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Benefits of technology

[0006]It is also known that after a net is folded or crumpled in a certain way, it can be cut to form a semicircular cap or base and that a ribbon tape or elastic band can be attached along the edge of the resulting semicircle to enable putting the wig on the user's head.

[0007]In the preferred embodiment the woven net is limited to the frontal portion of the wig, whereas the rest is a synthetic resin or synthetic rubber structure produced through a compression or pressure process by a molding operation. This structure is a frame having no crumpling nor undesirable angles and, with it, it is possible to work out the standardizations and mass production of caps or bases comprising rows of the framed strips and bridge connection forms, the spacing between the rows of strips and the bridge connection forms being readily accomplished. Human or synthetic hair is transplanted onto the rows of strips.

[0008]Generally, in achieving the various objects of t

Problems solved by technology

In processes of the past, there are many defects.

For example, many different types of specific sewing machines, enormous amounts of equipment, large numbers of persons and much time are required.

The products must, furthermore pass through complicated manufacturing steps.

Further, the hair will generally fall out rather easily when the wigs are combed.

Moreover, the sewed lines can easily come loose.

Additionally, the thickness of the hair belt is uneven because t

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