Patent Publication Number: US-3880175-A

Title: False eyelash structure

Description:
United States Patent [191 Hosokawa [4 1 Apr. 29, 1975 1 FALSE EYELASH STRUCTURE [75] Inventor:  
 [73] Assignee: New Charm Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan [22] Filed: July 9, 1973 [21] Appl. No.: 377,793  
 l-liroshi Hosokawa, Osaka, Japan [30] Foreign Application Priority Data July 27, 1972 Japan 47-88402 52 US. Cl. 13 2/53 [51] Int. Cl A4lg 3/00 [58] Field of Search 132/53, 5, 31  
 [56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 3,032,042 5/1962 Meehan 132/5 3,200,823 8/1965 Sebastian 132/31 3,266,500 8/1966 Weld 3,447,542 6/1969 McCullough 132/53 Primary E.\&#39;aminerG. E. McNeill Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Woodhams, Blanchard and Flynn [57] ABSTRACT A false eyelash structure comprising a number of hair units mounted on a supporting yarn and bonded to a plastic film which is mountable onto the upper eyelid of a human being. The film may be colored to function as eye shadow.  
 3 Claims, 5 Drawing Figures PATENTEDAPR29I975 FIG.3  
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 FALSE EYELASH STRUCTURE FIELD OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to false eyelashes.  
 BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Eyes are now emphasized for their beauty, with the result that false eyelashes are frequently used. The conventional false eyelashes are made by engaging a number of hair units with a common supporting yarn and by aligning them in parallel therealong.  
  Since these eyelashes are adhered onto the edge of the upper lids of the eyes by coating an adhesive onto the supporting yarn, this region on the eyelid is narrow and the portion to be adhered thereonto is disposed in the vicinity of lachrymal gland. Accordingly, it is difficult and time consuming to mount them onto the eyelid. Also, after mounting, they are easily separated from the eyelid.  
  Thus, one object of the present invention is to provide false eyelashes which may be simply mounted on the eyelid and are not easily accidentally separated therefrom.  
  Another object of the present invention is to provide false eyelashes which may change a single eyelid to a double eyelid.  
  Still another object of the present invention is to provide false eyelashes which also function as eyeshadow.  
 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS These and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more fully apparent from the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:  
  FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the false eyelash of the present invention;  
  FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the false eyelash body with hair units bonded to the supporting yarn with an adhesive;  
  FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a hair unit as fixedly engaged with the supporting yarn;  
  FIG. 4 is a view for explanatory purposes of a procedure for engaging the hair units with the supporting yarn; and  
  FIG. 5 is a side view of the eyelash of the present invention mounted to the upper lid.  
  Reference is now made to the drawings, wherein one embodiment of the eyelashes of the present invention will be described in greater detail.  
  Numeral 1 represents a hair body made as an assembly of individual hair units 1&#39; manufactured from synthetic or natural fibers, which body 1&#39; is mounted on a supporting yarn 2.  
  To engage the hair units 1&#39; with the supporting yarn 2, there is adopted a method of bonding the hair units 1&#39; to the supporting yarn 2 with an adhesive, as shown in FIG. 2, and a method of engaging hair units with the supporting yarn 2, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4.  
  According to the method and structure of FIG. 2, the individual hair units 1&#39; have one end thereof fixed to the yarn 2, as by being adhesively connected thereto. The yarn 2, with the hair units 1 connected thereto, is then adhesively secured to the mounting part 3 as explained in greater detail hereinafter.  
  In the method and structure of FIGS. 3 and 4, the individual hair elements are mechanically connected to the yarn, as by knotting. In order to engage the individual hair units. I. with the supporting yarn 2, the respective hair units 1: are curved to form a bent portion a as shown in FIG. 4;.1The outer periphery of the supporting yarn.2 is surroundedby the bent portion a and the residual part of the hair unit so as to form a pair of loops 0 which surround the yarn 2. At the same time both ends I; of the hair unit 1&#39; are inserted through the bent portion a,-and then both ends b of the hair unit 1&#39; are tensioned for causing loops c to be tightened around the yarn 2 as shown in FIG. 3. In this manner, a predetermined number of hair units are mounted on the supporting yarn 2.  
  Numeral 3 represents a mounting part made of plastic film such as polyester, vinyl chloride, acetate, etc.. which film may not give a feeling of foreign matter when adhered to a human being. The film of part 3 has the resiliency and strength necessary for holding the false eyelash bodies and, when using a polyester film, its thickness is preferably between 0.005 and 0.1mm.  
  The part 3 is of sufficient length so as to coincide with the length of the eyelids of the user, and its width may be so formed that both ends are low and the center portion is high (see FIG. 1), but this may be properly cut when using them.  
  The part 3 and the hair bodies 1 are bonded with a customary adhesive. More specifically, the yarn 2 is adhesively secured to part 3 adjacent the lower edge of the rear surface thereof, the yarn 2 extending longitudinally of the part 3. The part 3 may be of transparent film, or the film may be colored in blue, green, purple, etc. as desired so that the part 3 may function as a colorful eye shadow.  
  In order to mount the eyelashes of the present invention to the upper eyelids, after an adhesive is coated on the backside of the part 3, which part also has the hair bodies bonded thereto, then the false eyelashes may be simply mounted by placing the surface of the part 3 coated with the adhesive onto the skin surface of the upper eyelid and then lightly pressing them thereonto.  
  The adhesive may be copolymer of natural rubber, artificial rubber, vinyl acetate with vinyl acetate, polyvinyl ether, polyacrylate, etc. as known per se.  
  An adhesive tape may be substituted for the adhesive coated part 3, which tape may also be colored.  
  It should be understood from the foregoing description that. due to the manner in which the false eyelashes of the present invention are constructed. it is very easy to mount the false eyelashes onto the upper eyelid, the time to mount them is greatly reduced, the false eyelashes as mounted are difficult to separate from the eyelid, and the single eyelid may be changed to a double eyelid and, if the film is colored, may function as eye shadow.  
  Although a particular preferred embodiment of the invention has been disclosed in detail for illustrative purposes, it will be recognized that variations or modifications of the disclosed apparatus, including the rearrangement of parts, lie within the scope of the present invention.  
  The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:  
  l. A false eyelash structure, consisting of: an elongated, flexible supporting yarn adapted substantially to conform to the horizontal curvature of a human eyelid above the natural eyelash of said human; a plurality of hair bodies fixedly attached at corresponding ends thereof to said yarn and projecting downwardly and forwardly away from said yarn at substantially right angles thereto and simulating the appearance of a human eyelash; an elongated, flexible transparent or colored, synthetic resin film&#39;having a wall thickness in the range of from about 0.005 mm to about 0.] mm and adapted substantially to conform to the horizontal and vertical curvature of a human eyelid above the natural eyelash of said human, said film having inner and outer surfaces, the lower edge portion of the inner surface of said film being attached directly to said yarn and said hair bodies at the junctures of said yarn and said hair bodies with said film extending lengthwise of and generally parallel to said yarn for the entire length of said yarn, the remainder of said film extending upwardly away from said yarn and said hair bodies and providing an upper mounting portion above said yarn, the dimension of said upper mounting portion in a direction perpendicular to said yarn being sufficient that said mounting portion can be bent over the upper side of said yarn into contact with a human eyelid and to conform to the curvature of the eyelid over a substantial surface area, an exposed adhesive layer on the inner surface of said mounting portion so that said mounting portion can be adhesivelyattached directly to an eyelid ofa human above said yarn, said lower edge of said film and the lowermost portion of said yarn lying substantially in a common plane extending substantially at a right angle to said projecting portions of said hair bodies, said projecting portions of said hair bodies being entirely disposed in a vertically downwardly spaced relation to the lower edge of said film, said film being free from attachment to said projecting portions of the hair bodies.  
  2. A false eyelash structure according to claim 1, wherein said film is thin polyester film.  
 3. A false eyelash structure according to claim 1,  
 wherein said film is colored.