Hair holding tool and method for manufacturing same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11559124-B2
Application number	US-201816772611-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 12, 2018
Priority date	Dec 14, 2017
Publication date	Jan 24, 2023
Grant date	Jan 24, 2023

Abstract

A hair holder ( 1 ) includes a tubular body ( 2 ) that is constituted by a sheet and through which a bundle of hair can be inserted from an opening ( 21 ) at a one end toward an opening ( 22 ) at the other end, and has a flat shape. The tubular body ( 2 ) includes a first surface sheet ( 23 A) and a second surface sheet ( 23 B) that are located on the inside and the outside, respectively, in a state in which the hair holder ( 1 ) is rolled up. Side regions of the first surface sheet ( 23 A) and side regions of the second surface sheet ( 23 B) are joined to each other, thereby forming a pair of side joined regions ( 24 ) in the tubular body ( 2 ). The side joined regions ( 24 ) have a plurality of second-surface-sheet-side recesses ( 25 ) along a longitudinal direction (X) of the side joined regions ( 24 ), the recesses being recessed from the second surface sheet ( 23 B) side toward the first surface sheet ( 23 A) side.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A hair holder comprising a tubular body and having a flat shape at least in a first state in which the tubular body is not rolled up, wherein
the tubular body includes a sheet, and has a first opening located at a first end portion of the tubular body and a second opening located at a second end portion of the tubular body, and is configured to allow a bundle of hair to be inserted from the first opening toward the second opening, and
the tubular body includes a first surface sheet and a second surface sheet that are located on the inside and the outside, respectively, in a second state in which the tubular body of the hair holder is rolled up,
side regions of the first surface sheet and side regions of the second surface sheet are joined to each other to form the sheet, thereby forming a pair of side joined regions in the tubular body,
at least one of the side joined regions has a plurality of second-surface-sheet-side recesses along a longitudinal direction of the side joined region,
each of the second-surface-sheet-side recesses is recessed from the second surface sheet side toward the first surface sheet side, and
wherein the second surface sheet constituting a bottom portion of the second-surface-sheet-side recess is situated on the first surface sheet side beyond a boundary between the second surface sheet and the first surface sheet where the second-surface-sheet-side recesses are not present.

2. The hair holder according to claim 1 , wherein, in the second-surface-sheet-side recess, a region that occupies 10% or greater of a thickness of the second surface sheet constituting a bottom portion of the second-surface-sheet-side recess is situated on the first surface sheet side beyond a boundary between the second surface sheet and the first surface sheet where the second-surface-sheet-side recess is not present.

3. The hair holder according to claim 1 , wherein the second-surface-sheet-side recess continuously extends over the entire width direction of the side joined region.

4. The hair holder according to claim 1 , wherein, in at least one of the side joined regions, in addition to the second-surface-sheet-side recesses being formed therein, a first-surface-sheet-side recess that is recessed from the first surface sheet side toward the second surface sheet side is also formed.

5. The hair holder according to claim 4 , wherein the side joined region has a plurality of the first-surface-sheet-side recesses along the longitudinal direction of the side joined region.

6. The hair holder according to claim 4 , wherein the first-surface-sheet-side recess has a shape that is complementary to a shape of the second-surface-sheet-side recesses.

7. The hair holder according to claim 4 , wherein the first surface sheet constituting a bottom portion of the first-surface-sheet-side recess is situated on the second surface sheet side beyond a boundary between the first surface sheet and the second surface sheet where the second-surface-sheet-side recess is not present.

8. The hair holder according to claim 1 , wherein a distance between the second-surface-sheet-side recesses adjacent to each other along longitudinal direction of the side joined region gradually increases from the second opening at the other end toward the first opening at the one end.

9. The hair holder according to claim 1 , wherein the tubular body has a winding and tightening tab in the side joined region, the winding and tightening tab extending outward in a width direction.

10. The hair holder according to claim 1 , wherein the side joined region has a reinforcement portion.

11. The hair holder according to claim 1 , wherein a percentage of the sum total of areas of the second-surface-sheet-side recesses in an area of the side joined region is from 5% to 70%.

12. The hair holder according to claim 1 , wherein a width of the second-surface-sheet-side recess is from 0.5 to 5 mm.

13. The hair holder according to claim 1 , wherein the second-surface-sheet-side recess is formed in a part of the side joined region, and the part includes the second opening at the other end and occupies ⅓ or greater of the entire length of the side joined region.

14. The hair holder according to claim 1 , wherein the second-surface-sheet-side recesses are formed over the entire side joined region.

15. The hair holder according to claim 1 , wherein, when a thickness of the side joined region is represented as t, and an apparent thickness thereof is represented as T, the value of T/t is from 1.01 to 20.

16. The hair holder according to claim 1 , wherein, when an apparent thickness of the side joined region is represented as T, the value of T is from 0.10 to 2.00 mm.

17. The hair holder according to claim 1 , wherein the second-surface-sheet-side recess extends over the entire longitudinal direction of the side joined region and extends over the entire width direction of the side joined region.

18. A method for manufacturing the hair holder according to claim 1 , comprising:
in a state in which the first surface sheet and the second surface sheet oppose each other, joining the side regions of the first surface sheet and the side regions of the second surface sheet to each other, thereby forming the tubular body having the pair of side joined regions, and
at the same time, forming the plurality of second-surface-sheet-side recesses in the side joined regions along the longitudinal direction of the side joined regions, the second-surface-sheet-side recesses being recessed from the second surface sheet side toward the first surface sheet side.

19. A hair holder comprising a tubular body and having a flat shape at least in a first state in which the tubular body is not rolled up, wherein
the tubular body includes a sheet, and has a first opening located at a first end portion of the tubular body and a second opening located at a second end portion of the tubular body, and is configured to allow a bundle of hair to be inserted from the first opening toward the second opening, and
the tubular body includes a first surface sheet and a second surface sheet that are located on the inside and the outside, respectively, in a second state in which the tubular body of the hair holder is rolled up,
side regions of the first surface sheet and side regions of the second surface sheet are joined to each other to form the sheet, thereby forming a pair of side joined regions in the tubular body,
at least one of the side joined regions has a plurality of second-surface-sheet-side recesses along a longitudinal direction of the side joined region,
each of the second-surface-sheet-side recesses is recessed from the second surface sheet side toward the first surface sheet side, and
wherein, in the second-surface-sheet-side recess, a region that occupies 10% or greater of a thickness of the second surface sheet constituting a bottom portion of the second-surface-sheet-side recess is situated on the first surface sheet side beyond a boundary between the second surface sheet and the first surface sheet where the second-surface-sheet-side recess is not present.

20. A hair holder comprising a tubular body and having a flat shape at least in a first state in which the tubular body is not rolled up, wherein
the tubular body includes a sheet, and has a first opening located at a first end portion of the tubular body and a second opening located at a second end portion of the tubular body, and is configured to allow a bundle of hair to be inserted from the first opening toward the s

Assignees

• Kao Corp

Inventors

• Kibe Yoshiyuki
• Tojo Takehiko

Classifications

• A45D2/18

  Flexible curlers (A45D2/20 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A45D8/36 Primary

  Hair straps; Hair rings · CPC title

• A45D19/018 Primary

  comprising wrapping foils or foldable sheets for enclosing a strand of hair during treatment, e.g. frosting foils · CPC title