Method of making a wig clip

Abstract

A wig clip has comb teeth movable in and out of contact with an elongated part of a wig clip frame. Each of the comb teeth is fitted with an elastomeric sleeve. The elastomeric sleeves on the comb teeth cooperate with an elastomeric sleeve of the elongated frame part to grip a user's natural hair frictionally and thereby resist slippage of the wig clip relative to the user's natural hair and hold a wig base to which the wig clip is attached firmly in place on the user's head.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . The method of making a wig clip comprising the steps of:
 providing a frame composed of first and second elongated parts, each of said elongated parts extending in a longitudinal direction, said first and second elongated parts being disposed in parallel relation to each other, a first connecting part connecting a first end of the first elongated part to a first end of the second elongated part, and a second connecting part connecting a second end of the first elongated part to a second end of the second elongated part, and a set of elongated comb teeth disposed between said first and second connecting parts, said comb teeth extending, substantially in parallel with one another, in a longitudinal direction from said first elongated part past said second elongated part of the frame, each of said comb teeth comprising a shank connected to said first elongated part of the frame and a bulb-shaped end remote from said first elongated part of the frame, said bulb-shaped end being farther than said second elongated part from said first elongated part, the bulb-shaped end of each of said comb teeth having a maximum transverse dimension larger than the maximum transverse dimension of the shank of the comb tooth of which it is a part, said transverse dimensions being perpendicular to said longitudinal direction, and a portion of each of said comb teeth being movable into and out of contact with said second elongated part;   fitting an elastomeric comb tooth sleeve having an internal passage onto the shank of each of said comb teeth by sliding said sleeve over the bulb-shaped end of the comb tooth on which it is to be fitted whereby at least said portion of the shank of each of said comb teeth extends through the internal passage of, and is surrounded by, an elastomeric sleeve, and causing the diameter of the internal passage of each said elastomeric sleeve to fit tightly on the comb tooth shank which it surrounds;   whereby said elastomeric comb tooth sleeves can be moved into and out of contact with said second elongated part of said frame.   
     
     
         2 . The method according to  claim 1 , in which said second elongated part includes an elongated strip and an elastomeric strip sleeve surrounding said elongated strip, and in which said comb tooth sleeves are positioned to contact said elastomeric strip sleeve when said elastomeric comb tooth sleeves are moved into contact with said second elongated part of said frame. 
     
     
         3 . The method according to  claim 1 , in which the internal passage of each of said elastomeric comb tooth sleeves has a relaxed inner diameter smaller than a diameter of the bulb-shaped end of the comb tooth to which each of the comb tooth sleeves is fitted. 
     
     
         4 . The method according to  claim 1 , in which said elastomeric comb tooth sleeves have a constant inner diameter along their lengths when relaxed, and in which the bulb shaped ends of the comb teeth have a uniform diameter larger than said constant inner diameter of the elastomeric comb tooth sleeves.