Patent ID: 8794246

Claim:
A hair extension holder for securing a hair extension having a weft and a hair piece extending from said weft, to a wearer's natural hair, said hair extension holder includes a length, a transverse profile having a hair extension edge and a securing edge opposingly disposed from said hair extension edge, said hair extension holder comprises: (a) an elongated channel disposed substantially longitudinally along the entire length of said hair extension holder, said channel includes a neck and an interior cavity connected to said neck, wherein said neck defines an opening along the length of said elongated channel at said hair extension edge; and (b) a plurality of apertures disposed substantially along said securing edge, wherein said plurality of apertures is configured to receive a plurality of threads for securing said hair extension holder to the wearer's natural hair, said interior cavity is configured to receive the weft in its entirety and said neck is configured to enable penetration of said hair piece through said opening and said hair extension holder is further configured for use with a sub-assembly comprising: (i) an outer adjustment band having a perimeter length, said outer adjustment band is configured substantially in a circular fashion; and (ii) a plurality of connecting straps, each having two longitudinal ends, wherein said hair extension holder is configured to be wound into a coil ranging from an outside periphery end to a central end and having a plurality of loops, each spaced at a perpendicular distance from an adjacent loop, said outside periphery end is affixed to a portion of said outer adjustment band, one longitudinal end of each said connecting strap is connected to one longitudinal end of all other connecting straps and to said central end and the other longitudinal end of each said connecting strap is connected to a portion of said outer adjustment band such that said coil is configured to retain each of said plurality of loops in a substantially consistent perpendicular distance from an adjacent loop and said plurality of apertures is further configured to receive a plurality of threads for securing said elongated channel to said plurality of connecting straps.