U.S. patent application number 13/092409 was filed with the patent office on 2011-11-24 for hair pad.
This patent application is currently assigned to Hsiao-Li Chang. Invention is credited to Honda Masaki.
Application Number | 20110284022 13/092409 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 44971413 |
Filed Date | 2011-11-24 |
United States Patent
Application |
20110284022 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Masaki; Honda |
November 24, 2011 |
HAIR PAD
Abstract
A hair pad includes a hook-supporting tape and an ornamental
sheet attached to a front surface of the hook-supporting tape. A
plurality of slender hair-gripping hooks is fixed to a rear surface
of the hook-supporting tape. Each of the hair-gripping hooks has a
fixing end connected to the rear surface of the hook-supporting
tape, and a free end provided with a diametrically expanded hook
section. Each of the hook sections has a slant hooking surface
coupled with a tip of the free end of the hair-gripping hook. With
the hook sections and the slant hooking surfaces at the free ends
of the hair-gripping hooks, the hair pad can be used as a hair
ornament or a hair band to grip and hold hair in place.
Inventors: |
Masaki; Honda; (Osaka,
JP) |
Assignee: |
Chang; Hsiao-Li
Taipei
TW
Masaki; Honda
Osaka
JP
|
Family ID: |
44971413 |
Appl. No.: |
13/092409 |
Filed: |
April 22, 2011 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
132/275 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A45D 8/00 20130101; A45D
8/004 20210101; A45D 8/36 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
132/275 |
International
Class: |
A45D 8/00 20060101
A45D008/00 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
May 21, 2010 |
TW |
099209635 |
Claims
1. A hair pad comprising a hook-supporting tape, an ornamental
sheet attached to a front surface of the hook-supporting tape, and
a plurality of slender hair-gripping hooks fixed to a rear surface
of the hook-supporting tape; the hair-gripping hooks respectively
having a fixing end connected to the rear surface of the
hook-supporting tape, and a free end provided with a diametrically
expanded hook section; and each of the hook sections having a slant
hooking surface coupled with a tip of the free end of the
hair-gripping hook.
2. The hair pad as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hook sections
are respectively a domed body integrally formed on the
hair-gripping hook.
3. The hair pad as claimed in claim 2, wherein the hair-gripping
hooks are respectively a curved long body having a circular cross
section.
4. The hair pad as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hook-supporting
tape is a woven fabric, and the fixing ends of the hair-gripping
hooks are inserted in between fibers of the woven fabric.
5. The hair pad as claimed in claim 4, wherein an adhesive is
applied to between the fixing ends of the hair-gripping hooks and
the fibers of the woven fabric.
6. The hair pad as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a layer
of foamed material attached to the front surface of the
hook-supporting tape, and the ornamental sheet being covered on the
layer of foamed material.
7. The hair pad as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ornamental sheet
is selected from the group consisting of woven fabric and plastic
cloth.
8. The hair pad as claimed in claim 6, wherein the ornamental sheet
is selected from the group consisting of woven fabric and plastic
cloth.
9. The hair pad as claimed in claim 7, wherein the ornamental sheet
has patterns or ornaments provided thereon.
10. The hair pad as claimed in claim 8, wherein the ornamental
sheet has patterns or ornaments provided thereon.
Description
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This non-provisional application claims priority under 35
U.S.C. .sctn.119(a) on Patent Application No(s). 099209635 filed in
Taiwan, R.O.C. on May 21, 2010, the entire contents of which are
hereby incorporated by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to a hair pad, and more
particularly to a hair pad that may serve as a hair ornament or a
hair band and can stably grip and hold hair in place.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0003] There are various kinds of hair accessories, which decorate
while preventing hair from getting loosened and messed. These hair
accessories can be attached to hair in many ways. For example, the
hair accessories may be provided with a movable clip, allowing
users to conveniently clip the hair accessories to their hair to
achieve both functions of decorating and holding hair in place. A
hair band is one form of many hair accessories for wearing on a
user's head to similarly achieve the effects of decorating hair and
holding hair in place. The conventional hair accessories provided
with a clip or formed into a hair band usually require considerably
high manufacturing cost. Further, it requires troublesome process
to hold hair with the clip on the hair accessory; and the
conventional hair accessories could not be conveniently used to
hold a large area of hair.
[0004] Recently, there has been developed a type of hair accessory,
which is also referred to as a hair pad. The currently available
hair pad mainly includes a sheet, an inner side of which is formed
with a large number of hooks similar to the hook tape of a
Velcro.RTM. tape; and patterns or other ornaments can be provided
on an outer side of the sheet. A user may lightly press the inner
side of the hair pad against her hair, and the large number of
hooks would grip the hair to serve as an ornament while holding the
hair in place. However, the hooks on the inner side of the
conventional hair pad are configured similar to the curved hooks on
the Velcro.RTM. tape and could not stably grip the hair in
practical use of the hair pad because human hair is different from
the piles on the loop tape of the Velcro.RTM. tape after all. In
brief, the conventional hair pad tends to undesirably loosen from
and accordingly fall off the hair during use.
[0005] It is therefore tried by the inventor to develop a hair pad
that is provided on a rear surface with special hook structures
capable of stably gripping hair to prevent the hair pad from
falling off during use.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0006] A primary object of the present invention is to provide a
hair pad with improved hook structures, so that hook sections and
slant hooking surfaces at free ends of a plurality of slender
hair-gripping hooks of the hair pad can stably grip and hold a
user's hair in place, preventing the hair pad from falling off
during use.
[0007] To achieve the above and other objects, the hair pad
according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention
includes a hook-supporting tape, an ornamental sheet attached to a
front surface of the hook-supporting tape, and a plurality of
slender hair-gripping hooks fixed to a rear surface of the
hook-supporting tape. The hair-gripping hooks respectively have a
fixing end connected to the rear surface of the hook-supporting
tape, and a free end provided with a diametrically expanded hook
section; and each of the hook sections has a slant hooking surface
coupled with a tip of the free end of the hair-gripping hook.
[0008] Preferably, the hook sections are respectively a domed body
integrally formed on the hair-gripping hooks, and the hair-gripping
hooks are respectively a curved long body with a circular cross
section. And, the hook-supporting tape is a woven fabric, and the
fixing ends of the hair-gripping hooks are inserted in between
fibers of the woven fabric. Preferably, an adhesive is applied to
between the fixing ends of the hair-gripping hooks and the fibers
of the woven fabric.
[0009] In another embodiment of the present invention, the hair pad
further includes a layer of foamed material attached to the front
surface of the hook-supporting tape, and the ornamental sheet is
then covered on the layer of foamed material.
[0010] Preferably, the ornamental sheet is a piece of woven fabric
or plastic cloth, and has patterns or ornaments provided
thereon.
[0011] With the above arrangements, the hair pad of the present
invention can serve as a hair ornament or a hair band, and the hook
sections and the slant hooking surfaces at the free ends of the
hair-gripping hooks can stably grip and hold a user's hair in place
to prevent the hair pad from falling off during use.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0012] The structure and the technical means adopted by the present
invention to achieve the above and other objects can be best
understood by referring to the following detailed description of
the preferred embodiments and the accompanying drawings,
wherein
[0013] FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a hair pad
according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
[0014] FIG. 2 is an assembled view of FIG. 1;
[0015] FIG. 3 is a fragmentary and enlarged view showing a hook
structure for the hair pad according to the preferred embodiment of
the present invention;
[0016] FIG. 4 shows an example of using the hair pad of the present
invention as a hair ornament;
[0017] FIG. 5 shows the hair pad of the present invention in the
form of a hair band; and
[0018] FIG. 6 shows an example of using the hair pad of the present
invention as a hair band.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0019] The present invention will now be described with some
preferred embodiments thereof and with reference to the
accompanying drawings.
[0020] Please refer to FIGS. 1 and 2 that are exploded and
assembled perspective views, respectively, of a hair pad according
to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. As shown, the
hair pad includes a hook-supporting tape 1 and an ornamental sheet
2 attached to a front surface of the hook-supporting tape 1. The
hook-supporting tape 1 and the ornamental sheet 2 can be
correspondingly cut into various shapes, such as a butterfly as
that shown in FIG. 2 and a narrow strip as that shown in FIG. 5.
The hook-supporting tape 1 is provided on a rear surface with a
plurality of slender hair-gripping hooks 3. Please refer to FIG. 3
that is a fragmentary and enlarged side view showing the
hair-gripping hooks 3 on the hair pad of the present invention. The
hair-gripping hooks 3 respectively have a fixing end connected to
the rear surface of the hook-supporting tape 1, and a free end
provided with a diametrically expanded hook section 31. Each of the
hook sections 31 has a slant hooking surface 32 coupled with a tip
of the free end of the hair-gripping hook 3. With the above
structure, the hair pad of the present invention can stick on the
user's hair with the hook sections 31 and the slant hooking
surfaces 32 of the hair-gripping hooks 3 gripping and holding the
hair in place.
[0021] As shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, the hair-gripping hooks 3 and
the hook sections 31 thereof can be integrally formed using a
plastic material. For the purpose of gripping and holding the hair
in place, the hair-gripping hooks 3 can respectively be a curved
long body having a circular cross section, and the hook sections 31
can respectively be a substantially domed body. The hook-supporting
tape 1 may be implemented as a piece of woven fabric 11, so that
the fixing ends of the hair-gripping hooks 3 can be inserted in
between fibers of the woven fabric 11. Further, an adhesive may be
applied to between the fixing ends of the hair-gripping hooks 3 and
the fibers of the woven fabric 11, so that the hair-gripping hooks
3 and the hook-supporting tape 1 are able to firmly and securely
connect to one another. The ornamental sheet 2 can be directly
attached to the front surface of the hook-supporting tape 1.
Alternatively, a layer of foamed material 4 may be attached to the
front surface of the hook-supporting tape 1 first, and the
ornamental sheet 2 is then covered onto the foamed material 4. The
ornamental sheet 2 can be a piece of woven fabric 21 or a piece of
plastic cloth. The ornamental sheet 2 may have patterns or other
ornaments attached thereto, so that the hair pad not only serves to
grip and hold hair in place, but also provides an ornamental
function.
[0022] FIG. 4 shows one example of using the hair pad of the
present invention. As shown, the user needs only to lightly press
the rear surface of the hook-supporting tape 1 of the hair pad
against a desired area of her hair, and the hair-gripping hooks 3
and the hook sections 31 thereof naturally move into spaces in the
hair. At this point, the hook sections 31 and the slant hooking
surfaces 32 would cooperatively grip the hair thereto. In this
manner, the hair pad can stick on the hair without falling off
during use to thereby not only hold the hair in place but also form
a hair ornament.
[0023] FIGS. 5 and 6 show another example of using the hair pad of
the present invention. As shown, the hook-supporting tape 1 and the
ornamental sheet 2 of the hair pad can be correspondingly cut into
long strips. With this configuration, the hair pad can be used as a
hair band for putting around the hair above the user's forehead to
simultaneously hold more hair in a large area while serving as a
hair ornament.
[0024] With the above arrangements, the hair pad of the present
invention is novel and improved because the hair-gripping hooks 3
at the rear surface of the hair pad are modified for the hook
sections 31 and the slant hooking surfaces 32 at the free ends of
the hair-gripping hooks 3 to grip the hair, allowing the hair pad
to stick on the hair without easily falling off during use. The
hair pad of the present invention is also industrially useful
because products derived from the present invention would no doubt
meet the market demands.
[0025] The present invention has been described with some preferred
embodiments thereof and it is understood that many changes and
modifications in the described embodiments can be carried out
without departing from the scope and the spirit of the invention
that is intended to be limited only by the appended claims.
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