U.S. patent number 3,880,175 [Application Number 05/377,793] was granted by the patent office on 1975-04-29 for false eyelash structure.
This patent grant is currently assigned to New Charm Co., Ltd.. Invention is credited to Hiroshi Hosokawa.
United States Patent |
3,880,175 |
Hosokawa |
April 29, 1975 |
FALSE EYELASH STRUCTURE
Abstract
A false eyelash structure comprising a number of hair units
mounted on a supporting yarn and bonded to a plastic film which is
mountable onto the upper eyelid of a human being. The film may be
colored to function as eye shadow.
Inventors: |
Hosokawa; Hiroshi (Osaka,
JA) |
Assignee: |
New Charm Co., Ltd. (Osaka,
JA)
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Family
ID: |
13941789 |
Appl.
No.: |
05/377,793 |
Filed: |
July 9, 1973 |
Foreign Application Priority Data
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Jul 27, 1972 [JA] |
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47-88402 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
132/53 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A41G
5/02 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
A41G
5/00 (20060101); A41G 5/02 (20060101); A41g
003/00 () |
Field of
Search: |
;132/53,5,31 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Primary Examiner: McNeill; G. E.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Woodhams, Blanchard and Flynn
Claims
The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or
privilege is claimed are defined as follows:
1. A false eyelash structure, consisting of: an elongated, flexible
supporting yarn adapted substantially to conform to the horizontal
curvature of a human eyelid above the natural eyelash of said
human; a plurality of hair bodies fixedly attached at corresponding
ends thereof to said yarn and projecting downwardly and forwardly
away from said yarn at substantially right angles thereto and
simulating the appearance of a human eyelash; an elongated,
flexible, transparent or colored, synthetic resin film having a
wall thickness in the range of from about 0.005 mm to about 0.1 mm
and adapted substantially to conform to the horizontal and vertical
curvature of a human eyelid above the natural eyelash of said
human, said film having inner and outer surfaces, the lower edge
portion of the inner surface of said film being attached directly
to said yarn and said hair bodies at the junctures of said yarn and
said hair bodies with said film extending lengthwise of and
generally parallel to said yarn for the entire length of said yarn,
the remainder of said film extending upwardly away from said yarn
and said hair bodies and providing an upper mounting portion above
said yarn, the dimension of said upper mounting portion in a
direction perpendicular to said yarn being sufficient that said
mounting portion can be bent over the upper side of said yarn into
contact with a human eyelid and to conform to the curvature of the
eyelid over a substantial surface area, an exposed adhesive layer
on the inner surface of said mounting portion so that said mounting
portion can be adhesively attached directly to an eyelid of a human
above said yarn, said lower edge of said film and the lowermost
portion of said yarn lying substantially in a common plane
extending substantially at a right angle to said projecting
portions of said hair bodies, said projecting portions of said hair
bodies being entirely disposed in a vertically downwardly spaced
relation to the lower edge of said film, said film being free from
attachment to said projecting portions of the hair bodies.
2. A false eyelash structure according to claim 1, wherein said
film is thin polyester film.
3. A false eyelash structure according to claim 1, wherein said
film is colored.
Description
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to false eyelashes.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Eyes are now emphasized for their beauty, with the result that
false eyelashes are frequently used. The conventional false
eyelashes are made by engaging a number of hair units with a common
supporting yarn and by aligning them in parallel therealong.
Since these eyelashes are adhered onto the edge of the upper lids
of the eyes by coating an adhesive onto the supporting yarn, this
region on the eyelid is narrow and the portion to be adhered
thereonto is disposed in the vicinity of lachrymal gland.
Accordingly, it is difficult and time consuming to mount them onto
the eyelid. Also, after mounting, they are easily separated from
the eyelid.
Thus, one object of the present invention is to provide false
eyelashes which may be simply mounted on the eyelid and are not
easily accidentally separated therefrom.
Another object of the present invention is to provide false
eyelashes which may change a single eyelid to a double eyelid.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide false
eyelashes which also function as eyeshadow.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
These and other objects, features and advantages of the present
invention will become more fully apparent from the following
description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in
which:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the false eyelash of the present
invention;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the false eyelash body with hair
units bonded to the supporting yarn with an adhesive;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a hair unit as fixedly engaged with
the supporting yarn;
FIG. 4 is a view for explanatory purposes of a procedure for
engaging the hair units with the supporting yarn; and
FIG. 5 is a side view of the eyelash of the present invention
mounted to the upper lid.
Reference is now made to the drawings, wherein one embodiment of
the eyelashes of the present invention will be described in greater
detail.
Numeral 1 represents a hair body made as an assembly of individual
hair units 1' manufactured from synthetic or natural fibers, which
body 1' is mounted on a supporting yarn 2.
To engage the hair units 1' with the supporting yarn 2, there is
adopted a method of bonding the hair units 1' to the supporting
yarn 2 with an adhesive, as shown in FIG. 2, and a method of
engaging hair units with the supporting yarn 2, as shown in FIGS. 3
and 4.
According to the method and structure of FIG. 2, the individual
hair units 1' have one end thereof fixed to the yarn 2, as by being
adhesively connected thereto. The yarn 2, with the hair units 1'
connected thereto, is then adhesively secured to the mounting part
3 as explained in greater detail hereinafter.
In the method and structure of FIGS. 3 and 4, the individual hair
elements are mechanically connected to the yarn, as by knotting. In
order to engage the individual hair units 1' with the supporting
yarn 2, the respective hair units 1' are curved to form a bent
portion a as shown in FIG. 4. The outer periphery of the supporting
yarn 2 is surrounded by the bent portion a and the residual part of
the hair unit so as to form a pair of loops c which surround the
yarn 2. At the same time both ends b of the hair unit 1' are
inserted through the bent portion a, and then both ends b of the
hair unit 1' are tensioned for causing loops c to be tightened
around the yarn 2 as shown in FIG. 3. In this manner, a
predetermined number of hair units are mounted on the supporting
yarn 2.
Numeral 3 represents a mounting part made of plastic film such as
polyester, vinyl chloride, acetate, etc., which film may not give a
feeling of foreign matter when adhered to a human being. The film
of part 3 has the resiliency and strength necessary for holding the
false eyelash bodies and, when using a polyester film, its
thickness is preferably between 0.005 and 0.1mm.
The part 3 is of sufficient length so as to coincide with the
length of the eyelids of the user, and its width may be so formed
that both ends are low and the center portion is high (see FIG. 1),
but this may be properly cut when using them.
The part 3 and the hair bodies 1 are bonded with a customary
adhesive. More specifically, the yarn 2 is adhesively secured to
part 3 adjacent the lower edge of the rear surface thereof, the
yarn 2 extending longitudinally of the part 3. The part 3 may be of
transparent film, or the film may be colored in blue, green,
purple, etc. as desired so that the part 3 may function as a
colorful eye shadow.
In order to mount the eyelashes of the present invention to the
upper eyelids, after an adhesive is coated on the backside of the
part 3, which part also has the hair bodies bonded thereto, then
the false eyelashes may be simply mounted by placing the surface of
the part 3 coated with the adhesive onto the skin surface of the
upper eyelid and then lightly pressing them thereonto.
The adhesive may be copolymer of natural rubber, artificial rubber,
vinyl acetate with vinyl acetate, polyvinyl ether, polyacrylate,
etc. as known per se.
An adhesive tape may be substituted for the adhesive coated part 3,
which tape may also be colored.
It should be understood from the foregoing description that, due to
the manner in which the false eyelashes of the present invention
are constructed, it is very easy to mount the false eyelashes onto
the upper eyelid, the time to mount them is greatly reduced, the
false eyelashes as mounted are difficult to separate from the
eyelid, and the single eyelid may be changed to a double eyelid
and, if the film is colored, may function as eye shadow.
Although a particular preferred embodiment of the invention has
been disclosed in detail for illustrative purposes, it will be
recognized that variations or modifications of the disclosed
apparatus, including the rearrangement of parts, lie within the
scope of the present invention.
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