Improvements in or connected with the Fixing of Artificial Fringes and the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Oct., 1897-Accepted, 13th Nov., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with the Fixing of Artificial Fringes
and the like.
We LEON DU BOSCH and THOMAS GILLINGHAM both of 285 Regent Street in
the County of London Court Hairdressers do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This Invention relates to improvements in connection with the fixing of artificial
fringes or frizettes to the head of the wearer, and has for its object to provide a
fastening which can be quickly and easily secured in position without the aid of
hair-pins or other fixing devices.
For this purpose our improved fastening consists of a small comb to which the
pieces or lengths of hair forming the fringe or frizette are fixed. The said pieces
or lengths of hair suitably curled are fixed to the back or lower part of the said
comb in the following manner. We provide the back of the comb at each end
with two small holes or perforations through which are threaded small pieces of
wire each of which is connected to the end of one of the pieces or lengths of hair
by coiling it around the same or otherwise attaching it thereto. By this means
the pieces of hair are securely attached to the comb at each end thereof.
In fixing our improved fringes or frizettes in position the comb is passed through
the hair above the forehead and the back of the same is hidden from view by
folding the said hair over it. In this position of the fastener the artificial hair
lies upon the forehead in a natural manner to form the fringe or frizette. And
in order to clearly understand our said invention reference is had to the accom-
panying drawing representing a front view of the fastener and fringe or frizette
a is the comb and b, the pieces of artificial hair forming the fringe or frizette
cc are the holes formed in the back a¹ of the comb and d. d the pieces of wire
threaded through the same and attached thereto for holding the pieces in
position. The wires d are coiled around or otherwise attached to the ends b¹ of
the said pieces of hair b so as to securely fix them to the comb a. By means of our
invention the said artificial fringe or frizette may be thus easily secured in position
for use or removed therefrom as required.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is
1. In artificial fringes or frizettes forming the same of a small comb to which
he pieces of hair constituting the said fringe or frizette are secured by pieces of
wire threaded through holes in the back of the said comb substantially as described
and for the purpose specified.
2. In artificial fringes or frizettes the combination of the comb a whose back a¹
is formed with holes c, c through which are threaded pieces of wire d, d attached

page_text: to the artificial pieces of hair bb substantially as described and for the purposes
specified.
3. The improvements in connection' with the fixing of artificial fringes and the
like substantially as described and shewn in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 8th day of October 1897.
J. B. FLEURET,
5 Hatton Garden, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicants.