Waterproof Hair Accessory

• US 20190014878A1
• Filed: 07/16/2017
• Published: 01/17/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Andrea Schurig, Jamie K. Stewart
• Original Assignee: Andrea Schurig, Jamie K. Stewart
• Inventors: Stewart, Jamie K., Schurig, Andrea
• Granted Patent: US 10,349,718 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 19/00 Devices for washing the hair or the scalp; Similar devices for colouring the hair
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 19/0041 Processes for treating the hair of the scalp
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 20/00 Hair drying devices; Accessories therefor A45D2/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 7/00 Processes of waving, straightening or curling hair
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 8/36 Hair straps; Hair rings
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 8/40 Hair-nets; Hair-protecting caps

Abstract

A hair accessory including a liquid impermeable bag comprising a sheet gathered at one end and a band attached to the bag. A method of removing oil from hair including partitioning the hair of the user into a first section and a second section defined by a boundary path on a head of the user which divides the first and the second sections, placing the band along the boundary path, placing the second section inside the bag and washing the first section while keeping the second section dry due to the placing inside the bag. The placement of the band is approximately midway between the front and rear of the head of a

Claims

1. A method of removing oil from a first portion of a user'"'"'s hair comprising:

placing an elastic band at a location on a head of the user which divides the first portion of the hair to be washed from a second portion of the hair to remain dry;

placing a rigid band comprising a liquid impermeable bag partially attached thereto over the elastic band;

moving the second portion of the hair to remain dry to an inside of the liquid impermeable bag through a portion of the liquid impermeable bag which is detached from the rigid band; and

washing the hair, wherein the first portion of the hair is washed and the second portion of the hair remains dry,

wherein the location on the head is approximately midway between a front of the head and a rear of the head.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising drying the first portion of the hair.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising tightening the liquid impermeable bag about the second portion to substantially encompass the second portion.

4. A method of removing oil from a first portion of a user'"'"'s hair comprising:

placing a band comprising a liquid impermeable bag partially attached thereto at a location on a head of the user which divides the first portion of the hair to be washed from a second portion of the hair to remain dry;

moving the second portion of the hair to remain dry to an inside of the liquid impermeable bag through a portion of the liquid impermeable bag which is detached from the rigid band; and

washing the hair, wherein the first portion of the hair is washed and the second portion of the hair remains dry,

wherein the location on the head is approximately midway between a front of the head and a rear of the head.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein a layer of a closed cell water resistant foam is disposed on an inner surface of the band, and wherein the washing comprises blocking water from passing between the foam and the hair using the layer of the closed cell water resistant foam.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the band is rigid and is U-shaped.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the band is elastic.

8. The method of claim 4, further comprising, before the placing of the band, partitioning the hair of the user along a boundary path that divides the hair into the first and the second portions wherein the location is on the boundary path.

15. The method of claim 8, further comprising drying the first section of the hair prior to removing the device.

9. A method of removing oil from a first portion of hair of a user using a device comprising a liquid impermeable bag, an elastic band attached to one side of the bag, and a flexible strip attached to another side of the bag, the method comprising:

partitioning the hair of the user into a first section and a second section defined by a boundary path on a head of the user which divides the first and the second sections;

placing the flexible strip along the boundary path;

placing the second section of the hair of the user inside the bag;

attaching two distal ends of the elastic band to one another around the head of the user,

washing the first section of the hair while keeping the second section of the hair dry due to the placing inside the liquid impermeable bag,

wherein the boundary path is midway between a front and a rear of the head.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising attaching two distal ends of the flexible strip to one another after the placing of the flexible strip along the boundary path and before the placing of the second section of the hair inside the bag.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the first section of the hair is located at a front portion of the head adjacent a forehead of the user, and the second section of the hair is located at a rear portion of the head adjacent a back of the user.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the placing the flexible strip comprises aligning the impermeable bag to a rear portion of the head while placing the flexible strip along the boundary path.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the attaching the two distal ends of the elastic band comprises overlapping the distal ends of the elastic band with a first portion of the impermeable bag while attaching the two distal ends of the elastic band to one another.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the flexible strip is disposed on a second portion of the impermeable bag different from the first portion of the impermeable bag.

16. The method of claim 9, further comprising drying the first section of the hair after removing the device.

17. The method of claim 9, wherein the flexible strip comprises a layer of a closed cell water resistant foam on an inner surface of the flexible strip, and wherein the washing comprises blocking water from passing between flexible strip and the hair using the layer of the closed cell water resistant foam.