1. A device for hair addition to complement a user’s hair comprising:
an elongated band-shaped support with a first and a second partial band length separated by a hinge joint at a substantial midpoint along said elongated band-shaped support, said band-shaped support having a plastically deformable metal inlay along its length;
said band-shaped support having a first and a second side;
an adhesive surface on its first side;
said first and second partial band lengths each comprise a portion of the adhesive surface, said band-shaped support and first and second partial band lengths forming a first substantially flat planar stationary structure and a second V-shaped stationary structure bent at said hinge joint and a third closed clamp stationary structure wherein said first and second partial band lengths lay atop each other;
a plurality of hairs which are each fixed to the second side of the band-shaped support at one of their ends and which extend across and away from the support;
wherein the support is deformable about said hinge joint from said first substantially planar stationary structure into said second V-shape stationary structure and further into said third closed clamp shape stationary structure, wherein said V-shape stationary structure is adapted to capture a user’s strand of hair, and wherein said closed clamp shape stationary structure said first and second partial band lengths lie flat against each other with their portions of the adhesive surface being arranged in between and adhering said captured strand of hair therebetween.
2. The device of claim 1, wherein the inlay essentially extends over the entire length of the support.
3. The device of claim 1, wherein the inlay is band-shaped.
4. The device of claim 1, wherein the inlay is a metal wire.
5. The device of claim 1, wherein the support is stiffened outside said hinge joint at one target bending site.
6. The device of claim 1, wherein the plastically deformable metal inlay extends through the hinge joint.
7. The device of claim 1, wherein the hairs are only fixed to the support over the first partial length whereas the adhesive surface provided both over the first and over the second partial length.
8. The device of claim 1, wherein each of the first and second partial lengths makes up a half of the length of the support.
9. The device of claim 1, wherein the support further comprises a third partial length, the second partial length being enclosed between the first and the third partial length, and wherein each of the first and third partial lengths makes up a quarter of the length of the support.
10. The device of claim 9, wherein the portions of the adhesive surface of the first and second partial lengths are covered with separate sections of the cover foil.
11. The device of claim 1, wherein the adhesive surface is covered with a peelable cover foil.
12. The device of claim 1, wherein the hairs fixed to the support are arranged side by side and are running in a parallel.
13. The device of claim 1, wherein the hairs are dyed in at least one non-natural color.
14. The device of claim 1, wherein the hairs are artificial hairs.
15. The device of claim 1, wherein the first and second partial band lengths are substantially equal.
16. A use of a device for hair addition to complement a user’s hair comprising:
an elongated band-shaped support with a first and second partial band length separated by a hinge joint at a substantial midpoint along said elongated band-shaped support, said band-shaped support having a plastically deformable metal inlay along its length;
said band-shaped support having a first and a second side;
an adhesive surface on its first side;
said first and second partial band lengths each comprise a portion of the adhesive surface, said band-shaped support and first and second partial band lengths forming a substantially flat planar stationary structure and a V-shaped stationary structure bent at said hinge joint and a closed clamp stationary structure wherein said first and second partial band lengths lay atop each other;
a plurality of hairs which are each fixed to the second side of the band-shaped support at one of their ends and which extend across and away from the support;
wherein the support is deformable about said hinge joint from said planar stationary structure, to said V-shaped stationary structure and to said closed clamp stationary structure until its first and second partial lengths lie flat against each other with their portions of the adhesive surface being arranged in between;
the use comprises the steps of:
deforming the support about said hinge joint from said planar stationary structure and bringing the first and second partial band lengths into said V-shaped stationary structure configuration with regard to each other in which in said V-shaped stationary structure the portions of the adhesive surface of the first and second partial band lengths are facing each other;
arranging a strand of natural hair of said user between the first and second partial band lengths of the band-shaped support while in said V-shaped stationary structure; and
further deforming and pressing the first and second partial band lengths against each other from said V-shaped stationary structure into said closed clamp stationary structure thereby capturing and adhering the strand between the portions of the adhesive surface.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A ladder locking device comprising:
a harness defined by a \u201cU\u201d shaped member having
a first arm having a plurality of first arm notches
a second arm spaced apart from and parallel to the first arm having a plurality of second arm notches and
an intermediary arm integrally formed with the harness disposed between the first arm and the second arm; and
a lock shuttle having
a lock housing having
first and second harness bores and
a central pad bore,
a pad holder,
a lower lock pad,
a lock shuttle screw assembly,
a first thumb release assembly, and
a second thumb release assembly, wherein the first and second harness bores of the lock shuttle are adapted to slide over the harness thereby holding the lock shuttle in a fixed position with respect to the harness by the first and second thumb release assemblies.
2. The ladder locking device of claim 1, wherein the intermediary arm comprises
an elongated cambered element having a square cross section and
a tubelike upper pad of uniform width made from a flexible material and adapted to cover the elongated cambered element.
3. The ladder locking device of claim 1, wherein the first arm comprises:
a plurality of first arm holes formed at predefined locations along the first arm that each extend through the first arm and are each adapted to receive a pad lock that prevents the lock shuttle from being removed from the harness.
4. The ladder locking device of claim 1, wherein the second arm comprises:
a plurality of second arm holes formed at predefined locations along the second arm that extend through the second arm and are each adapted to receive a pad lock that prevents the lock shuttle from being removed from the harness.
5. The ladder locking device of claim 1, wherein the pad holder is defined by a cuboid member having
a cavity adapted to receive a flexible lock pad,
a pair of flanges, and
a cylindrical chamber having a predefined diameter.
6. The ladder locking device of claim 5, wherein the lock shuttle screw assembly comprises:
a threaded bolt having
an elongated male threaded portion,
a spherical ball, and
an adjustment knob, wherein the spherical ball and the adjustment knob are integrally formed with the threaded bolt; a threaded cylinder having interior female threads and exterior male threads wherein the interior female threads are adapted to receive the threaded bolt; and
a joint cap defined by a flat circular ring having a predefined interior diameter and a predefined external diameter wherein the joint cap is adapted to fit loosely between the elongated male threaded portion and the spherical ball of the threaded bolt.
7. The ladder locking device of claim 6, wherein the lock housing is defined by a cuboid member having
a first and a second harness bore each adapted to receive corresponding first and second arms of the harness;
a recessed cavity that is complimentary to the pad holder having a first and a second stabilizing bore each adapted to receive corresponding first and second flanges associated with the pad holder; and
a central female threaded bore adapted to receive the threaded cylinder.
8. The ladder locking device of claim 7, wherein the cylindrical chamber of the pad holder is adapted to receive the threaded bolt spherical ball, and wherein the cylindrical chamber is adapted to receive and securely retain the joint cap of the shuttle screw assembly within the chamber.
9. The ladder locking device of claim 1, wherein the lock shuttle comprises:
a lock housing having
a first and a second harness bores and
a first and a second pad bores,
a pad holder,
a lower lock pad,
a first lock shuttle screw assembly,
a second lock shuttle screw assembly,
a first thumb release assembly, and
a second thumb release assembly, wherein the first and the second harness bores of the lock shuttle are adapted to slide over the harness thereby retaining the lock shuttle in a fixed position with respect to the harness by the first and the second thumb release assemblies.
10. The ladder locking device of claim 9, wherein the pad holder is defined by a cuboid member having
a cavity adapted to receive a flexible lock pad,
a stabilizing flange, and
a pair of cylindrical chambers each having a predefined diameter.
11. The ladder locking device of claim 10, wherein the first lock shuttle screw assembly provides
a threaded bolt having
an elongated male threaded portion
a spherical ball, and
an adjustment knob, wherein the spherical ball and the adjustment knob are integrally formed with the threaded bolt;
a threaded cylinder having interior female threads and exterior male threads wherein the interior female threads are adapted to receive the threaded bolt; and
a joint cap defined by flat circular ring having a predefined interior diameter and a predefined external diameter wherein the joint cap is adapted to fit loosely between the elongated male threaded portion and the spherical ball of the threaded bolt such that the threaded bolt may freely rotate with respect to the joint cap.
12. The ladder locking device of claim 11, wherein the second lock shuttle screw assembly provides
a threaded bolt having
an elongated male threaded portion
a spherical ball, and
an adjustment knob, wherein the spherical ball and the adjustment knob are integrally formed with the threaded bolt; and
a threaded cylinder having interior female threads and exterior male threads wherein the interior female threads are adapted to receive the threaded bolt, and
a joint cap defined by flat circular ring having a predefined interior diameter and a predefined external diameter wherein the joint cap is adapted to fit loosely between the elongated male threaded portion and the spherical ball of the threaded bolt.
13. The ladder locking device of claim 12, wherein the lock housing is defined by a cuboid member having
a first and a second harness bore each adapted to receive corresponding first and second arms of the harness;
a recessed cavity that is complimentary to the pad holder having a central stabilizing bore adapted to receive a corresponding flange of the pad holder; and
a first and second female threaded bore adapted to receive corresponding threaded cylinders of the first and second lock shuttle assemblies.
14. The ladder locking device of claim 13, wherein the first cylindrical chamber of the pad holder is adapted to receive the first spherical ball of the corresponding threaded bolt, and wherein the first cylindrical chamber is adapted to receive and securely retain the corresponding joint cap of the first shuttle screw assembly within the first cylindrical chamber.
15. The ladder locking device of claim 14, wherein the second cylindrical chamber of the pad holder is adapted to receive the second spherical ball of the corresponding threaded bolt, and wherein the second cylindrical chamber is adapted to receive and securely hold the corresponding joint cap of the second shuttle screw assembly within the second cylindrical chamber.