Patent Publication Number: US-2019191852-A1

Title: Cosmetology Training Assembly

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention 
     (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98 
     The disclosure and prior art relates to training devices and more particularly pertains to a new training device for practicing cutting and trimming hair. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a mannequin that has a pedestal and a head that is mounted on the pedestal. The pedestal is positioned on a support surface thereby facilitating the head to be accessible to a user. A plurality of hairs each extends outwardly through the head and each of the hairs is manipulated for cosmetology training. Each of the hairs is selectively urged away from the head to increase a length of the hairs for cutting or trimming for cosmetology training. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S) 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is a perspective in-use view of a cosmetology training assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is a front phantom view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a back phantom view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is a right side phantom view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 5  is a perspective phantom view of an alternative embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 6  is a cross sectional view taken along line  6 - 6  of  FIG. 3  of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 6  thereof, a new training device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 6 , the cosmetology training assembly  10  generally comprises a mannequin  12  that has a pedestal  14  and a head  16  that is mounted on the pedestal  14 . The pedestal  14  is positioned on a support surface  18 , such as a desk or the like, thereby facilitating the head  16  to be accessible to a user. The head  16  is hollow and the head  16  has a plurality of apertures  20  extending into an interior of the head  16 . The apertures  20  are spaced apart from each other and are distributed around a back side  22  of the head  16 , a top side  24  of the head  16 , a first lateral side  26  of the head  16  and a second lateral side  28  of the head  16  to simulate a hair pattern of a human head  16 . In an alternative embodiment  30  as shown in  FIG. 5 , the apertures  20  may be distributed along a face of the mannequin  12  to simulate a beard pattern of a male. 
     A plurality of spools  32  is provided and each of the spools  32  is rotatably positioned within the mannequin  12 . Each of the spools  32  is rotatably coupled to an inside surface  34  of the head  16  and each of the spools  32  is selectively urged to rotate in a first direction. The spools  32  are spaced apart from each other and are distributed around the simulated hair pattern defined by the apertures  20 . 
     A plurality of hairs  36  is provided and each of the hairs  36  is wrapped around an associated one of the spools  32 . Additionally, each of the hairs  36  extends outwardly through the head  16 . In this way each of the hairs  36  may be manipulated for cosmetology training. Each of the hairs  36  is selectively urged away from the head  16  to increase a length of the hairs  36 . Thus, the hairs  36  may be cut or trimmed for cosmetology training. Each of the hairs  36  extends through an associated one of the apertures  20  in the head  16 . Additionally, each of the hairs  36  may be a synthetic wig hair, a natural wig hair and any other type of wig hair. 
     In use, the mannequin  12  is manufactured with the hairs  36  wrapped around the spools  32  and extending outwardly through the apertures  20 . The pedestal  14  is placed on the support surface  18  and each of the hairs  36  is urged outwardly from the head  16  to a selected length. Thus, each of the hairs  36  may be trimmed and cut during cosmetology training. Each of the hairs  36  has a length of at least 2.0 meters thereby facilitating each of the hairs  36  to be cut and trimmed multiple times. In this way the mannequin  12  facilitates multiple training sessions for cutting and styling hair. 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.