METHOD OF SEALING A BATHING OR SHOWER CAP TO THE HEAD OF THE WEARER

• US 3,852,823 A
• Filed: 11/21/1973
• Issued: 12/10/1974
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/1972
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Jane P. Jones
• Original Assignee: Jane P. Jones
• Inventors: Jones, Jane P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hunter, H. Hampton
• Application Number:
  US05/417,864
• Time in Patent Office: 384 Days
• Field of Search: 2/68,174,243R 161/406 117/68.5 132/59
• US Class Current: 2/68
• CPC Class Codes: A42B 1/12 Bathing caps
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/1481 Dissimilar adhesives

Abstract

A tape of predetermined length including a base strip, a first adhesive on one side of the base strip for attachment to the inner surface of a bathing or shower cap around the opening therein; and a second adhesive on the other side of the base strip for attachment to the skin of the cap user to seal entry of water into the cap during use. The tape is provided separately from the cap and further includes two elongated cover strips respectively covering the adhesives on the opposite sides of the base strip. In use, one cover strip is removed to expose the underlying adhesive for attaching the tape to the cap. The cap is then placed on the head and the other strip is removed for sealing the tape to the skin. Indicia is provided on one or both cover strips to indicate which side of the tape should be applied to the cap or skin of the user. Additionally, tabs are provided at the opposite ends of the cover strips for facilitating removal thereof.

Claims

1. A method of sealing a bathing or shower cap against the skin of a user of the cap to prevent entry of water into the cap during use;

the steps comprising, employing an adhesive of predetermined length including a base strip and first and second adhesive substances on the opposite sides of said base strip and first and second cover strips overlying the adhesives respectively, removing one of the cover strips to expose the first adhesive, securing the tape to the cap by adhering the exposed adhesive to the inside surface of the cap adjacent the open edge thereof continuously throughout, placing the cap on the head of the user in use position and then removing the other cover strip to expose the second adhesive while the cap is on the user'"'"''"'"'s head in use position, adhering the second adhesive to the skin of the user throughout to seal the interior of the cap against water, and then after use of the cap removing the base strip including the second adhesive to clear the inside surface of the cap for applying another adhesive prior to subsequent use of the cap.

2. The method defined in claim 1 wherein the first adhesive is placed and adhered on the inside surface of the cap so as to substantially conceal the adhesive and the base strip when the cap is in use on the user'"'"''"'"'s head.

3. The method defined in claim 1 wherein the second cover strip includes a tab on the end thereof manipulated by the user to remove the second cover strip.

4. The method defined in claim 1 employing a tape having a length ranging between 21 and 26 inches approximately.

5. The method defined in claim 4 employing a tape having a width approximately one-half of an inch.