Patent ID: 7156106
Filing Date: 2007-01-02
Classification: G02C

Abstract:
1. A foldable decorative hair band having a first section comprising two temple sunglasses earpieces and a bridging strip, said temple earpieces attached by folding hinges to the opposite ends of the bottom surface of said bridging strip, said bridging strip being dimensioned to approximately match the surface dimensions, shape and surface area of sunglasses, and to extend across a wearer's forehead, when each of said temple earpieces is inserted into the wearer's hair on either side of the wearer's forehead, and wherein each of the two parallel, narrow, lateral edges of said bridging strip is provided with an indented channel, open ended on one end, spanning the length of said bridging strip, said bridging strip having the form of a flattened train rail, said foldable hair band further comprising a second section comprising a decorative plate, said decorative plate having a decorative design on its outer, upper surface, said decorative plate also being dimensioned to approximately match the surface dimensions, shape and surface area of sunglasses and to fit completely over said bridging strip, and wherein said decorative plate is formed into a partially open, flattened, sleeve having two narrow, parallel, lateral edge regions bent under said decorative plate so that said edges are directed inward and face each other across an open slot below the bottom surface of said decorative plate, thus forming a partially open sleeve having the cross section of a flattened letter “C”, dimensioned to allow said decorative plate to slide over said bridging strip, as said inward directed edges of said decorative plate slide into said open channel ends of said bridging strip with said inward directed edges of said decorative plate snugly engaging said parallel lateral channels of said bridging strip, thus joining said decorative plate to said bridging strip, said joined bridging strip and decorative plate being sufficiently flexible to allow said decorative plate to be manually slid off said bridging strip when desired, said channels and sleeve thus providing means to attach and detach said first section to and from each other.