Patent ID: 8627578

Claim:
A hooded dryer accessory system ( 100 ) consisting of: (a) a panel ( 110 ) having a first end ( 111 ) and a second end ( 112 ) and an interior region ( 122 ) disposed along the length of the panel ( 110 ), the panel ( 110 ) is generally flexible, the panel ( 110 ) is arc shaped wherein a top edge ( 113 ) has an arc length greater than that of a bottom edge ( 114 ); (b) a first half connecting means ( 120 a ) disposed on the first end ( 111 ) of the panel ( 110 ) and a second half connecting means ( 120 b ) disposed on the second end ( 112 ) of the panel ( 110 ), wherein the first half connecting means ( 120 a ) temporarily engages the second half connecting means ( 120 b ); a third half connecting means ( 121 a ) disposed on the first end ( 111 ) and a fourth half connecting means ( 121 b ) disposed on the second end ( 112 ), wherein the third half connecting means ( 121 a ) temporarily engages the fourth half connecting means ( 121 b ); wherein the connecting means ( 120 a ), ( 120 b ), ( 121 a ) and ( 121 b ) comprise a hook-and-loop fastener mechanism; wherein the interior region ( 122 ) has no hook-and-loop fasteners and separates the first half connecting means ( 120 a ) and the third half connecting means ( 121 a ) at the first end ( 111 ) and also separates the second half connecting means ( 120 b ) and the fourth half connecting means ( 121 b ) at the second end ( 112 ); (c) a padding component ( 130 ) disposed on a back surface ( 6 ) of the panel ( 110 ) along all or a portion of the bottom edge ( 114 ); and (d) a hooded dryer ( 101 ), wherein the top edge ( 113 ) of the panel ( 110 ) is wrapped around a bottom edge of the hooded dryer ( 101 ), so that the flexible interior region ( 122 ) of the panel ( 110 ) can bend inwardly from a hood of the dryer ( 101 ) to a user's head and the front surface ( 114 ) of the panel ( 110 ) faces outwardly away from the hooded dryer ( 101 ).