Patent ID: 7614403
Filing Date: 2009-11-10
Classification: A41G

Abstract:
1. A method of applying a bunch of hair extensions using a device, the device comprising: a cylindrical body made of an elastic material having a hair retaining passage extending therethrough along a central axis of the cylindrical body, the cylindrical body having a central portion, a first axial end and an opposed second axial end provided at respective extremities of the cylindrical body, the hair retaining passage extending from the first axial end to the second axial end and having a constant diameter; a first opening provided at the first axial end and a second opening provided at the opposed second axial end of the cylindrical body, wherein a person's hair enters into the hair retaining passage through the first opening and exits the hair retaining passage through the second opening; and wherein the central portion of the cylindrical body has a cross-sectional thickness greater than a cross-sectional thickness of the cylindrical body at the first and second axial ends, wherein the cylindrical body includes a pair of tapered surfaces provided on an outer surface of the cylindrical body, wherein the tapered surfaces continuously decrease in diameter from the central portion of the cylindrical body to the respective axial ends of the cylindrical body, wherein the method consists of: passing a bunch of a person's hair through the hair retaining passage from the first axial end to the second axial end of the cylindrical body; taking an appropriate amount of hair extensions to form a thickness that fits in the hair retaining passage and joining one end of the hair extensions with adhesive to form on that end a fixing end piece having a predetermined length and hardness; and inserting the fixing end piece into the hair retaining passage from the second axial end thereof so as to secure the bunch of person's hair to the fixing end piece in the hair retaining passage.