Patent ID: 6820625
Filing Date: 2004-11-23
Classification: A41G

Abstract:
A method of attaching supplemental hair to natural human hair comprising the steps of:selecting a plurality of strands of human hair growing from a scalp; forming a joint between the strands of human hair and a glued portion of a supplemental hair bundle, wherein the supplemental hair bundle includes a plurality of supplemental hair strands previously glued to one another at the glued portion by thermoplastic glue; fusing the glued portion of the supplemental hair bundle by directly contacting the joint and directly applying heat by contacting and clamping the joint with a heating channel of a heated jaw of a supplemental hair applicator by locating the joint in direct contact with the heating channel and contacting the glued portions with the selected plurality of strands of human hair, wherein the heating channel has a shape that matches a shape of the glued portion of the supplemental hair bundle; clamping the joint between the glued portion of the supplemental hair bundle and the selected plurality of strands of human hair using the heating element; and kneading fused glue in the glued portion of the supplemental hair bundle while the glued portion is in contact with the selected plurality of strands of human hair by closing a kneading jaw of the supplemental hair applicator so that a kneading ridge on the kneading jaw moves toward the heating channel and contacts the glued portion and the selected plurality of strands of human hair.