CONCEALING IMPLAMENT FOR FUNCTIONAL FEATURE OF BOUNDED STAND(S)

Abstract

A concealing implement having strategic shape or arrangement that to some degree surrounds securing implement(s) bounding strand(s) (i.e.—rubber band bounding a lock of hair, or a length of yarn bounding a thickness of spaghetti), serving aesthetic or additional functional purpose is disclosed.

Claims

1. An article comprising, a concealing implement having strategic shape or arrangement to surround some securing implement(s) that bound strand(s).

2. An article as in claim 1, wherein said concealing implement can be inserted and passed though by a prism of some thickness.

3. An article as in claim 1, wherein said concealing implement, is not a tube uniform in shape and material except when made to be slip resistant to a particular securing implement.

4. An article as in claim 1, wherein said concealing implement is an adornment serving an intended aesthetic or functional purpose independent of the medium (the combination of bounded strand(s) and the bounding securing implement(s)) to which it is applied.

5. An article as in claim 1, wherein said concealing implement's application to a medium (the combination of bounded strands and the bounding securing implement(s)) is inherently temporary and transferable across a variety of relevant context (strand(s) bounded by securing implement(s) for aesthetic or functional purpose).

6. An article as in claim 1, wherein said concealing implement is scalable to accommodate several classes of thickness, where a class consist of the range from the smallest to the largest total thickness of bounded strand(s) and the bounding securing implement(s) for which said concealing implement can fulfill its' function.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S)

[0005] The labeled components are:

[0006] A. Exterior of concealing implement

[0007] B. Interior of concealing implement

[0008] C. Securing implement

[0009] D. Bounded Strands

[0010] FIG. 1—Front view of a preferred embodiment of concealing implement.

[0011] FIG. 2—Angled top view of a preferred embodiment of concealing implement highlighting strategic shape of interior.

[0012] FIG. 3—Angled bottom view of a preferred embodiment of concealing implement highlighting strategic shape of interior.

[0013] FIG. 4—Cross section of a preferred embodiment having sloped interior.

[0014] FIG. 5—Cross section of a preferred embodiment having a counterbore interior.

[0015] FIG. 6—Cross section of a preferred embodiment having sloped interior concealing a rubber band bounding a thickness of hair.

[0016] FIG. 7—Cross section of a preferred embodiment having counterbore interior concealing a length of yarn bounding a thickness of spaghetti.

[0017] FIG. 8—Bottom angled view of a preferred embodiment having a high-friction material on its' interior.

[0018] FIG. 9—Cross section of a preferred embodiment, having a high-friction material on its' interior, concealing an ‘apparatus securable to the ends of flexible strands’ bounding a thickness of hair.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0019] The following comprise the present invention: [0020] (1) concealing implement that is neither a tube uniform in shape and material nor a sleeve, [0021] (2) strategic shape or arrangement.

[0022] The following do not comprise the present invention but are involved in the usage of the present invention: [0023] (3) securing implement(s), [0024] (4) strand(s).

[0025] The above components exhibit the following relation:

[0026] To some degree, (1) surrounds (3) that bounds (4). (1) may be a single piece having strategic shape (2) as in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, or a unit comprised of several pieces having strategic arrangement (2) as in FIG. 7. (2) serves as the means by which (1) surrounds (3) that bounds (4) while maintaining a fixed position along (4).

[0027] The present invention works as follows: [0028] 1. Insert and pass (4) through some hollowed portion of (1). [0029] 2. Maneuver (1) sufficiently close to (3), as to, by means of (2), surround (3) while maintaining a fixed position along (4).

[0030] For a preferred embodiment of the present invention as in FIG. 4 (1), consider a thickness of hair that is attached to one's scalp (4) and a rubber band (3). (4) is inserted through the middle of (1). (3) is then used to bound (4). (1) is then slid along the length of (4) until (3) is surrounded and the combined width of (3) and (4) exceed that of the remaining upper interior portion of (1), as depicted in FIG. 6.

[0031] For a preferred embodiment of the present invention as in FIG. 5 (1), consider a thickness of spaghetti (4) and finite length of yarn (3). Some length of (4) bounded by (3) is insert into the bottom center portion and passed through the top center portion of (1). (1) is slid along the length of (4) toward (3) until (3) meets the interior ledge of (1) and is surrounded, as depicted in FIG. 8.

[0032] For a preferred embodiment of the present invention as in FIG. 7 (1), consider a thickness of hair that is attach to one's scalp (4) and an apparatus securable to the ends of the hair having a shaped portion, compatible with the interior shape of (1), made of high-friction material (3). Some length of (4) is inserted into the top portion and passed through the bottom potion of (1). (4) is then bounded by (3). (1) is slid along the length of (4) until inertia from the high-friction materials is met. Enough force to overcome the inertia presented by the high-friction materials is used to continue to move (1), in the same direction as along the strands, until the exterior of (1) adequately meets some portion of the body of (3). The result is as that depicted in FIG. 9.

[0033] To make the present invention, several common production techniques including additive manufacturing (i.e.—3D printing), injection molding, and hand sculpting or shaping may be used. For a preferred embodiment having strategic arrangement as in FIG. 7, assembly, such as adhering pieces together, may be necessary.

[0034] Note that the present invention is not an intermediary component of building some whole; it is an adornment that serves aesthetic or additional functional purpose independent of the medium (combination of (3) and (4)) to which it is applied.

[0035] Note that the application of the present invention is inherently temporary and transferable across a variety of relevant context ((4) bounded by (3)). However, that is not to mean that the present invention is limited to a single size; dimensions may be determined and scaled by the producer to accommodate several classes of thickness, where a class comprises the range from the smallest to the largest total thickness of (3) and (4) for which an embodiment of the present invention can fulfill its' function.