Patent ID: 7028343

Claim:
An ear cover for covering, protecting, and holding a folded ear on a person's head in a forwardly folded condition while the hair on the person's head is being treated, said cover comprising: flexible fluid impervious strip shield means for covering and holding the ear in a forwardly folded condition including central non-adhesive ear engaging means, having a length and width sufficient to cover the folded ear when laid thereover, for bearing against the folded ear in said forwardly folded condition; and border strip adhesive means surrounding said central non-adhesive ear engaging means for adhesively sealing to a portion of the person's head surrounding the ear; said strip shield means including a flexible, water impervious strip having a mid-portion for mounting said central ear engaging portion, said border strip adhesive means being integral with said mid-portion; said central ear engaging non-adhesive portion comprising a central pad; said central pad comprising open cell material; said mid-portion including an aperture therethrough aligned with a portion of said strip of open cell material.