Patent ID: 7246623

Claim:
An attachment system for applying hair extensions to scalp hair, the attachment system comprising hair extensions, each hair extension comprising a bundle of multiple strands of natural or synthetic hair with one end thereof bound into an insertable plug, one or more tubular receiving receptacles, a threading tool for pulling the scalp hair into a first open end of the hair receiving receptacle and out through a second open end of the tubular receiving receptacle, and a flattening tool, the tubular receiving receptacle comprising a compressible tube with a flared second open end sized to receive the insertable plug of the hair extension and the first open end to receive a bundle of hair attached to the scalp wherein the compressible tube with the flared open end has a smallest inner diameter of from about 0.044 inches to about 0.074 inches and the insertable plug has a diameter that is from about 65% to about 100% of the smallest inner diameter of the flared tube.