Hair Holder

Abstract

A hair holder 1 including a tube 2 configured to have a strand of hair inserted from its opening ( 21 ) at one end toward its opening ( 22 ) at the opposite end. The tube 2 is formed of a first side sheet 23 A that is to be an inner side when rolled up and a second side sheet 23 B that is to be an outer side when rolled up. The first side sheet 23 A and/or the second side sheet 23 B has a Taber stiffness of 0.4 mN·m or more. The tube 2 is provided, in or on its portion forming the opening 21 , with a stress relaxing means that relaxes the stress applied to a hair strand having been inserted through the opening 21.

1 . A hair holder comprising a tube having an opening at one end and an opening at the opposite end thereof and configured to have a strand of hair inserted from the opening at one end toward the opening at the opposite end,
 the tube having a first side that is to be an inner side when rolled up and a second side that is to be an outer side when rolled up and having a first side sheet defining the first side and a second side sheet defining the second side, at least one of the first side sheet and the second side sheet having a Taber stiffness of 0.4 mN·m or more, and   the tube being provided with a stress relaxing means in or on its portion forming the opening at one end, the stress relaxing means being adapted to relax the stress applied to a hair strand having been inserted through the first opening.   
     
     
         2 . The hair holder according to  claim 1 , wherein the stress relaxing means is a flap provided in the portion forming the opening at one end of the second side sheet, the flap being not joined to the first side sheet. 
     
     
         3 . The hair holder according to  claim 2 , wherein the flap has a reinforcing member bonded thereto such that the reinforcing member causes, by its stiffness, the flap to exert a restoring force to the first side sheet. 
     
     
         4 . The hair holder according to  claim 1 , wherein the stress relaxing means is a bulge provided in the portion forming the opening at one end of the second side sheet. 
     
     
         5 . The hair holder according to  claim 1 , wherein the stress relaxing means is a cutout made in the portion forming the opening at one end of the second side sheet. 
     
     
         6 . The hair holder according to  claim 1 , wherein the stress relaxing means is a stretch material provided on the portion forming the opening at one end of the second side sheet, the stretch material being stretchable under a small load. 
     
     
         7 . The hair holder according to  claim 1 , wherein the stress relaxing means is a portion folded or slackened in the lateral direction of the tube and provided in the portion forming the opening at one end of the second side sheet. 
     
     
         8 . The hair holder according to  claim 1 , wherein the stress relaxing means is a bent-edged plate member provided on the portion forming the opening at one end of the second side sheet, the bent-edged plate member having a bending portion sticking outward from the opening at one end and bending toward the second side sheet away from the first side sheet.