EP2624714B1 - Hair extension - Google Patents

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EP2624714B1
EP2624714B1 EP11781622.3A EP11781622A EP2624714B1 EP 2624714 B1 EP2624714 B1 EP 2624714B1 EP 11781622 A EP11781622 A EP 11781622A EP 2624714 B1 EP2624714 B1 EP 2624714B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41G—ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS; WIGS; MASKS; FEATHERS
    • A41G5/00—Hair pieces, inserts, rolls, pads, or the like; Toupées
    • A41G5/004—Hairpieces, e.g. hair extensions
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41G—ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS; WIGS; MASKS; FEATHERS
    • A41G5/00—Hair pieces, inserts, rolls, pads, or the like; Toupées
    • A41G5/004—Hairpieces, e.g. hair extensions
    • A41G5/0046—Hairpieces, e.g. hair extensions forming hair extensions from bundles of hair
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41G—ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS; WIGS; MASKS; FEATHERS
    • A41G5/00—Hair pieces, inserts, rolls, pads, or the like; Toupées
    • A41G5/004—Hairpieces, e.g. hair extensions
    • A41G5/0053—Fastening thereof
    • A41G5/008—Fastening thereof by adhesives

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  • the present invention relates to hair extensions of the type comprising a lock of hair rendered fixed with respect to a body made of thermoplastic material provided for anchorage thereof to the hair.
  • the body made of thermoplastic material consists of a strip and of a sheet, respectively, on the internal surface of which there adheres one end of the extension lock, with the corresponding hair set parallel to said surface.
  • the strip or sheet, respectively is then folded around the end of the lock of hair and then subjected to heating to bring about softening thereof and finally, following upon subsequent cooling, consequent fixing of the extension on the hair.
  • Patent application WO 2005/023045 A2 discloses a clamping mechanism for attaching hair extensions of natural or artificial hair with a one-piece moulded plastic connector that can be snapped in place and then set with hot-staking tools.
  • US patent US 7,533,676 discloses a method for attaching self adhesive hair extensions to hair.
  • the object of the present invention is to overcome the aforesaid drawbacks and, more in particular, to provide a hair extension of the type defined above that will enable, following upon its application to the hair of the user, an improved effect of thickening and above all voluminization of the hair to be obtained.
  • a further object is to provide a hair extension, the element of anchorage of which to the hair is, in the condition where the extension is applied, substantially invisible.
  • the above objects are achieved basically thanks to the fact that the aforesaid body made of plastic material consists of a substantially rigid plate, from a first face of which there extends at least one linear layered tress of hair, the ends of which are fixed head-on to said face, orthogonal to the plane thereof, and the second face of which, opposite to the first one, carries means for permanent attachment or means for temporary attachment to the hair.
  • the invention envisages various configurations of the means for attachment to the hair associated to the second face of the plate, whether of a permanent-attachment type, in particular by thermoadhesion, or of a temporary-attachment type, as well as a peculiar method of application of the extension.
  • the hair extension according to the invention comprises a plate 1 made of thermoplastic material, which is substantially rigid at room temperature or even relatively flexible, having for example a general quadrangular shape.
  • the plate 1 has an external or dorsal face 1a and an internal or front face 1b, of which the first carries an extension lock of hair designated as a whole by 2, and the second is provided for anchorage thereof to the hair of the user.
  • the lock 2 includes at least one linear layered tress of hair, and more conveniently a plurality (in the example illustrated, four) of such linear layered tresses of hair 2a, 2b, 2c and 2d, set on top of one another and slightly spaced apart, starting from the top or top end 1c of the plate 1.
  • each linear layered tress 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d is rendered fixed with respect to the dorsal face 1a of the plate 1 as a result of fixing of the respective tips in a direction orthogonal to the said face 1a.
  • this is heated until it softens, and then the tips of the hair are englobed therein, being inserted, as has been said, in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the face 1a.
  • Said operation can be obtained, also simultaneously for the hair of all the tresses 2a-2d, via a suitable tool for gripping the hair, via application of a heat-meltable adhesive on the face 1a, heating, insertion head-on of the hair, and then fixing thereof following upon cooling.
  • the face 1a will englobe in a permanent way the tips of the hair of the various linear tresses set on top of one another 2a-2d, with a "waterfall" effect exemplified in the drawings, which, in the condition where the extension is applied, enables an aesthetically appreciable voluminization to be obtained, in addition to thickening of the hair to which the extension is applied.
  • the plate 1, hidden by the tresses of hair 2a-2d will be substantially invisible.
  • the front face 1b opposite to the dorsal face 1a of the plate 1 can be configured with different alternative systems of permanent attachment or temporary attachment to the hair.
  • the system of permanent attachment consists of a series of appendages 3, which are formed integrally with the plate 1, projecting in a direction orthogonal to the face 1b and to the multiple tresses of hair 2a-2d, substantially like a comb.
  • the system of permanent attachment consists of a series of appendages 3, which are formed integrally with the plate 1, projecting in a direction orthogonal to the face 1b and to the multiple tresses of hair 2a-2d, substantially like a comb.
  • locks of the hair which are then anchored to the plate 1 by means of heating, softening, and plastic deformation of said appendages 3 against the face 1b.
  • the locks of the hair will be firmly anchored to the plate 1.
  • the system of permanent attachment of the plate 1 to the hair is constituted by a side flange 4 of the plate 1, which can be folded by hot deformation from the open position represented in the figures, where it extends substantially orthogonal to the face 1b, to a closing position for gripping a lock of hair against said face 1b.
  • the flange 4 is replaced by a pair of opposed side flanges 5, which can also be folded by hot deformation from the open position represented in the figures to a closed position for gripping the lock of hair against the face 1b of the plate 1.
  • the anchorage systems described so far which may obviously differ from the constructional standpoint, provide, as has been said, a permanent anchorage of the extension to the hair of the user, in the sense that its possible subsequent removal requires application of a solvent or the like for detachment of the plate 1 from the lock to which the extension has been applied.
  • the plate 1 to the dorsal face 1a of which the linear layered tresses of hair 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d are anchored with the same modalities described previously, has an elongated shape, and one or more combs 6 for engagement to corresponding locks of hair are mechanically fixed to its front face 1b, for example by riveting or else gluing.
  • the plate 1 which also has a general elongated conformation, is provided on its front face 1b with a biadhesive tape 7 for application, that is by adhesion, to the hair.
  • the tab 8 includes three consecutive foldable portions A, B, C, where:
  • the first portion A is conveniently adhesive also on the back 8b of the tab 8, whereas the second portion B is adhesive only on the front 8a.
  • the first anti-adhesive layer 9 is removed so as to expose the adhesive portions A, B, C on the front side 8a of the tab 8 ( Figure 8 ).
  • the second adhesive portion B is separated and re-opened with respect to the first adhesive portion A ( Figure 11 ), and the third adhesive portion C is folded and made to adhere, by exerting pressure, against the second adhesive portion B ( Figure 12 ).

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ITTO2010A000810A IT1402213B1 (it) 2010-10-05 2010-10-05 Estensione per capelli
PCT/IB2011/054362 WO2012046188A1 (en) 2010-10-05 2011-10-04 Hair extension

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