Hair retention system

Abstract

An improved hair retention system for more securely retaining hair while reducing breakage. A barrette is adhesively secured along one surface to a soft flexible material. The material is also secured to the opposite side of the head and the exterior bodies of the barrette. The interior body of the barrette is not secured on either side to the resilient material. In operation, when the interior body is biased against the exterior bodies of the barrette, instead of metal contacting metal, the metal of the interior body contacts the resilient material, thereby reducing the potential for hair breakage. By providing the material with a nap, the hair system secures the hair more tightly as well. Other accessories, such as bows, gems, monograms, logos and the like may be secured to the back of the improved hair retention system.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]The present invention relates to a hair retention system and, more particularly, to a hair retention system with increased hair securement and reduced hair damage characteristics.[0003]2. Description of the Prior Art[0004]Barrettes are well known in the art for use in association with retaining hair. Barrettes can be purely functional, used merely to locate the hair in a particular orientation, or away from the face. Alternatively, barrettes may be designed to be primarily decorative.[0005]Barrettes may be constructed of any desirable material but are typically constructed of either plastic or metal. While plastic barrettes are of a low cost manufacture, they have an increased tendency to break. Metal barrettes, while durable, can damage hair with their sharp edges and become inadvertently dislodged as the result of their smooth surface. Additionally, making metal barrettes decorative can be difficult and expensive, and...

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Benefits of technology

[0006]In an advantage provided by this invention, a hair retention system is provided which is durable and aesthetic.

[0007]Advantageously, this invention provides a hair retention system of a low cost, lightweight manufacture.

[0008]Advantageously, this invention provides a hair retention system which retains hair more securely.

[0009]Advantageously, this invention provides a hair retention system for securing a user's hair with reduced potential for hair breakage.

[0010]Advantageously, this invention provides a hair retention system which allows for the securement of additional accessories to the hair.

Problems solved by technology

While plastic barrettes are of a low cost manufacture, they have an increased tendency to break.

Metal barrettes, while durable, can damage hair with their sharp edges and become inadvertently dislodged as the result of their smooth surface.

Additionally, making metal barrettes decorative can be difficult and expensive, and the ways in which the barrette can be modified are limited by the inherent manufacture of metal barrettes.

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