Patent ID: 6470896
Filing Date: 2002-10-29
Classification: A45D

Abstract:
A flexible hair band to be worn on a wearer's head comprising:flexible rod having a substantially arcuate shape having an apex and two ends, said rod being of a size to conform to the wearer's head such that the apex of the flexible rod substantially conforms to the wearer's head's apex and the two ends terminating above the wearer's ears with one end of the rod terminating above the wearer's right ear and the other end terminating above the wearer's left ear; a padded portion encasing the flexible rod such that the padded portion closely confronts the wearer's head from the apex in a substantially arcuate path terminating near both the wearer's ears; two straps extending from the padded portion where the flexible rod's two ends terminate, such that one strap extends from the padded portion that encases the one flexible rod end and the other strap extends from the padded portion that encases the other flexible rod end distance from said strap ends; said two straps, each said strap further including an external corresponding attachable and detachable mating fastener such that when the two straps are fastened together at the corresponding fastener the padded arcuate flexible rod and mated straps form a closed substantially circular ring; wherein in use the wearer positions the arcuate padded portion that encases the flexible rod on the wearer's head by placing the apex of the flexible rod atop the apex of the wearer's head with the open straps adjacent and behind the wearer's ears with one strap adjacent and behind its corresponding ear, and wherein the straps are positioned and attached at the respective corresponding fasteners underneath the wearer's hair to maintain placement of the wearer's hair positioned behind the arcuate portion of the hair band an above the attached straps without engaging any individual strands of the wearer's hair.