Patent ID: 8360077

Claim:
A headband, comprising: a seamless curvilinear body structured and arranged to constrain a wearer's hair, the curvilinear body having: a resilient arcuate midsection having a first end, a second end, and a longitudinal axis therebetween, the midsection having no pliable metal element within it; a first end section having a first distal end and extending from the first end of the midsection; a second end section having a second distal end and extending from the second end of the midsection; a first pliable metal element extending within the first end section of the body from the midsection first end towards the first distal end; and a second pliable metal element extending within the second end section of the body from the midsection second end towards the second distal end, wherein the midsection is made of a resilient first material, the first end section and the second end section are made of a pliable second material, the resilient first material of the midsection and the pliable second material of the end sections are seamlessly joined together, and the first and second materials are different materials, wherein the midsection is structured and arranged to define a generalized top-of-head shape, wherein the first pliable metal element and the second pliable metal element are user-deformable to conform to the user's unique side-of-head shape so as to provide sufficient inward pressure by the first and second end sections to constrain the user's hair and insufficient pressure to cause user discomfort, and wherein the curvilinear body has a first inner surface and opposite thereto a second outer surface, the pliable end sections permitting user adjustment of the first surface to maintain a contour to the user's unique side-of-head shape.