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Easy-donning cap which is used to protect and dry the hairRelated Patent Categories: Apparel, Head CoveringsEasy-donning cap which is used to protect and dry the hair description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070056079, Easy-donning cap which is used to protect and dry the hair. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
[0001] The present invention relates to an easy-fit long cap for protecting and drying the hair. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] Traditionally, long-haired women have to protect and dry their hair when they get out of a shower or bath and for this purpose use a large towel in which they enclose the mass of hair by rolling the towel over on itself along a longitudinal axis. Next, the free end of the towel is folded rearward and around the head, possibly held in place with the aid of a safety pin or the like. This enables the hair to be at least partially held in place and dried prior to styling. [0003] A very similar, even identical, method is applied in hair salons and beauty parlors. In the latter, in particular, products frequently have to be applied to the face and must not come into contact with the hair, in which case the towel thus wound around the hair also serves as protection. [0004] A method such as this is awkward, gives an uncertain result, and requires a degree of practice before one can be practically certain of enclosing all the hair in the towel without the towel subsequently becoming detached. DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART [0005] With a view to solving this problem, a towel folded along one of its diagonals and partially sewn over two of the sides of the shape thus obtained, including the smallest side, has been proposed. This towel, described in patent application GB 2 248 391 A, has a number of major disadvantages, including the impossibility of correctly holding the hair within the central fold owing to the latter's pointed shape. Furthermore, in order to be able to hope to attach the free end of the towel to the end that forms the cap for the head, it is necessary to fold the towel over on itself a number of times, as illustrated in FIG. 3 of said patent application, which is particularly awkward. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0006] Thus, the principal object of the present invention is to provide a simple device that is economical to manufacture and allows a person's long hair to be held in place by being grouped together as simply as possible inside the device, the latter including integral means for closure on itself. [0007] The hair to be held in place may be damp, if the person concerned has just washed it, for example, or may be dry, in the case of the hair being grouped together for the purposes of protection. [0008] The object of the invention is achieved with a long cap for protecting hair, of elongate form, formed from two lateral walls of parallelepipedal shape fixed to one another along one of their long sides and one of their two small sides so as to delimit a first pocket arranged at the proximal end of the long cap, forming a cap, and a second pocket arranged at the distal end of the long cap and forming a receptacle for the floating mass of hair, and characterized in that its two ends are provided with complementary fastening means that can be placed in contact in order to close the long cap around the head after the hair has been placed in the cap, turning the distal end through 180.degree. about the longitudinal axis of the long cap and then folding this distal end down in order to cover the proximal end. [0009] The parallelepipedal shape of the walls of the long cap makes it possible to define the two pockets, the proximal pocket and the distal pocket. These are connected together by means of a median part arranged in their extension. The median part also serves to hold the hair in place. Nevertheless, particularly if the hair is longer than the total length of the long cap, the floating mass of hair will principally be held by the distal pocket. [0010] The fastening means may consist of a press-stud system or of a loop-and-button system, or, alternatively, of a system of attachments using loop-and-hook fabrics such as those known under the Velcro.RTM. trademark. [0011] The long cap preferably has a general trapezoidal shape, i.e. it includes two large sides of general orientation converging toward one another, thus defining a variable depth for the long cap, the first pocket being located on the side of greatest depth. [0012] According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the two lateral walls are fastened to one another by means of sewing. Nevertheless, the possibility of other fastening means could be envisaged, particularly as a function of the material used for manufacturing the lateral walls. Thus, in the case of lateral walls made from a material that can be at least partially melted (e.g. non-woven textile containing thermoplastic fibers), it will be possible to assemble the two walls together by means of hot welding. [0013] According to one embodiment of the invention, the walls consist of non-woven textile, such that the long cap is then intended for a single use. Nevertheless, it is perfectly possible for the long cap to consist of absorbent fabric of the terry-toweling type, in order more effectively to contribute to the long cap's drying function. [0014] Advantageously, at least one portion of the non-sewn edges of the lateral walls, located close to at least one of the ends of the long cap, is gathered. The gathers are preferably elasticated. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0015] In order to be properly understood, the invention will now be described in detail with reference to the appended diagrammatic drawing that represents, by way of non-limiting example, a particular embodiment of a long cap for protecting the hair in accordance with the invention. [0016] FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic view of the invention, in perspective and in profile. [0017] FIG. 2 is a diagrammatic front-profile view of the invention before the long cap is placed on the head, in an open configuration. [0018] FIG. 3 is a diagrammatic profile view of the invention after it has been placed on the head, in an open configuration. [0019] FIG. 4 is a diagrammatic profile view of the invention after it has been placed on the head, in a partially closed configuration. [0020] FIG. 5 is a diagrammatic profile view of the invention after it has been placed on the head, in a completely closed configuration. 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