Securing device

Abstract

A securing device for a body having an appendage, the securing device having an article of clothing adapted to be received on a portion of the body; and a control member borne by the article of clothing operable to capture the appendage to retain the appendage substantially in a predetermined position relative to the body.

1 . A securing device for a body having an appendage, the securing device comprising an article of clothing adapted to be received on a portion of the body; and at least one control means borne by the article of clothing operable to capture said appendage so as to retain the appendage substantially in a predetermined position relative to the body. 
   
   
       2 . The securing device of  claim 1  wherein said control means is mounted on the article of clothing in a position such that when the article of clothing is received on said portion of the body, and the control means is disposed in juxtaposition to said appendage. 
   
   
       3 . The securing device of  claim 2  in which said body is a human body and the appendage is hair growing therefrom and wherein the control means has an aperture through which said appendage can be extended to capture the appendage. 
   
   
       4 . The securing device of  claim 3  wherein said control means has an elastic member bounding said aperture and operable to be expanded to insert the appendage through the aperture and to be released to capture the appendage within said aperture. 
   
   
       5 . The securing device of  claim 4  wherein the article of clothing is headwear, the appendage is hair borne by the body and the elastic member bounding the aperture is dimensioned to permit said hair to be extended through the aperture to capture said hair. 
   
   
       6 . The securing device of  claim 5  in which the body has a head bearing the hair, the headwear is dimensioned to be received on the head in covering relation to the hair and wherein said headwear has a predetermined rearward portion and the elastic member bounding the aperture is mounted on said rearward portion of the headwear. 
   
   
       7 . The securing device of  claim 6  in which said headwear is adapted to be worn in a normal position on the head of the body and wherein the elastic member bounding the aperture is disposed in juxtaposition to said hair when the headwear is worn in the normal position. 
   
   
       8 . The securing device of  claim 7  wherein the elastic member is a sleeve mounted on the headwear and housing a plurality of elastic elements extending through the sleeve about the aperture and operable to permit the sleeve to assume a contracted condition and to be expansible from the contracted condition to define an aperture of a larger dimension permitting the hair to be passed therethrough to a desired position and to be released to return to said contracted condition capturing the hair in said desired position extending through the aperture. 
   
   
       9 . The securing device of  claim 8  wherein the headwear is a woven cap mounting said sleeve of the elastic member in a predetermined position thereon bounding the aperture.