Headband and/or hair accessory for restraining, controlling and drying user's wet hair

Abstract

Presented is an improved and multifunctional headband. The headband includes an annular band portion to be worn about the head of a user for restraining and controlling user's wet hair strands, and extensions having a predefined shape and length and attached to the annular band portion extending away therefrom. The extensions are made of a fabric having absorption capability so that when inserted penetrating within the wet hair strands of the user, the extensions absorb water or water moisture from the wet hair strands of the user to dry them up. Further, the headband can be used to wring the hair to efficiently dry the user's wet hair without damaging user's hair. Furthermore, the headband can be worn as an accessory for decorative or ornamental purpose.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present disclosure relates to headbands in general, and particularly to an improved headband particularly one that can be used for restraining and controlling a user's hair to ensure the user's hair remains in place so that it does not interfere with the user's activities. Further, the improved headband can be used to wring the hair to efficiently dry the user's wet hair without damaging user's hair. Furthermore, the improved headband can be worn as an accessory for decorative or ornamental purposes.BACKGROUND[0002]Headbands are well known to the general population. Typically, headbands are worn over the hair or around the forehead to restrain and control user's hair and ensure that the user's hair remains in place so that it does not interfere with the user's activities, e.g., keep the user's hair from getting in the user's face and interfering with vision or distracting the user while participating in or conducting various activities. For example, U...

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Benefits of technology

[0008]The general objective of this invention is to provide an improved headband. A more particular object is to provide a multifunctional headband that substantially remain in place when worn by a user and effectively bind and restrain a user's wet hair in place ensuring the user's hair remains in place so that it does not interfere with the user's activities, e.g., keep the user's hair from getting in the user's face and interfering with vision.

[0009]Another objective of the present invention is to provide a flexible elastic multifunctional headband. The proposed headband includes an annular band portion that can be worn around the head (just like any traditional headband is worn). The proposed headband further includes a plurality of extensions attached to the band portion and extending away therefrom. These extensions are preferably made of fabric having high absorption capacity and when these extensions are inserted penetrating within the wet hair strands or comes in contact with the wet hair of the user then these extensions absorb the water or water moisture from hair to dry the wet hair. Further, these extensions can also be wringed with the wet hair strands of the user to extract the water from it, and used again with the wet hair to further absorb the water from the wet hair, this ensures efficient drying of the user's wet hair naturally without damaging one's hair.

[0010]Another objective of the present invention is to provide a headband that can be worn as an accessory for decorative or ornamental purpose. The headband may be decorated with attachments such as tie ribbons, a camouflage or tie dye pattern, sprinkling of sequins or stones, buttons, and so on. This decorative or ornamental features facilitates in wide acceptance of the proposed headband among users.

[0011]Another objective of the present invention is to provide a headband that allows a wearer to wring his / her hair freely without damaging his / her hair and to dry the wet hair without the need of scrubbing hair and thus deteriorating the quality and features of hair.

Problems solved by technology

These commercial electrical hair dryers causes several problems when used for drying thick and thin hair.

Many times, the hair gets burnt when it comes in contact with the excessive amount of heat or hot air from the dryers, causes wind burn to the face of the user, when hot air comes down to the face, it causes parching of skin, and the like.

Further, movement of the user's head in the dryers is very restricted or reduced (particularly in a dome-shaped commercial hair dryer used in saloons).

Besides these shortcomings, such hair dryers require electricity to operate, and maintenance, these can add cost burden onto the users.

Further, if the hair is dried with the hair dryers regularly, the natural moisturizer oils of hair gets dried up making the hair frizzy and brittle thus accelerating the hair fall.

Further, using heat to dry wet hair can usually lead to splitting of hair ends, and making hair more prone to breakage.

This is in addition to the noise coming out from hair dryers either early in the morning or late at night.

Some experts recommend using low temperature drying of hair, however this may also lead to major health problems or problem related to hair due to wet head scalp being exposed to relatively colder air streams.

Several efforts have been made in the past for controlling effect of hot air generated by these hair dryers but the solutions are still unable to overcome disadvantages of using conventional hot air hair dryers.

This method usually requires lot of time for the hair to get dry.

Further, this method only effectively dries outer strands of the hair leaving the inner strands wet which may lead the scalp to get exposed to humidity and dampness and can cause scalp or skin problems, dandruff, and even hair loss in some occasions especially for children and elderly women.

Further, in this method, the hair wrapping can drastically discourage movement of the user.

Further, rubbing the hair with towel can damage the hair, increase frizz, cause breakage, degrading, and hair splitting.

Another major problem is that wrapping wet hair with a towel not originally designed for this purpose may cause the towel to become loose, keep dropping, and generally all the users of this technique realize that they cannot move freely with the towel being loosely wrapped around their head.

Furthermore, the users are discouraged to move with wrapping the towel on their heads as this doesn't give an elegant look to the users, thus the users might choose to stay at home until hair is acceptably dry or leave their home with wet hair.

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