Hair Styling Device Imparting an Updo Hairstyle When Worn and a Different Curled or Straightened Hairstyle When Removed

Abstract

A hair styling device features a headband worn along a hairline of a user's head and spanning around a crown thereof, an ornamental appearance displayed on a front portion of the headband across the forehead along a front hairline, and a flexible hair roller at a rear portion of the headband to create an updo hairstyle at a rear hairline across the back of the user's head. The ornamental appearance of the front portion and the updo hairstyle cooperatively impart a stylistic effect around the crown of the user's head when worn, while a wound state of the hair around the rear portion imparts a styling action that leaves behind a different hairstyle effect when the headband is removed. The styling action may impart a straightening effect on naturally curly hair, or a curling effect on naturally straight hair.

1 . A hair styling device comprising:
 a headband wearable in a working position lying along a hairline of a user's head to span around a crown of the user's head with a front portion of the headband spanning generally across a forehead of the user's head and a rear portion of the headband spanning across a back of the user's head behind the ears thereof;   the front portion of the headband comprising an ornamental appearance for display in a visible manner across the forehead along a front of the hairline in the working position of the headband; and   the rear portion of the headband comprising a flexible hair roller for wrapping of hair of the user upwardly around said flexible hair roller from therebehind to create an updo hairstyle at a rear of the hairline across the back of the user's head between the ears thereof;   whereby the ornamental appearance of the front portion and the updo hairstyle cooperatively impart a stylistic effect around the crown of the user's head in the working position of the headband, while a wound state of the hair around the rear portion of the headband imparts a styling action that leaves behind a different hairstyle effect than the updo hairstyle when the headband is removed.   
     
     
         2 . The device of  claim 1  wherein the front portion of the headband comprises auxiliary hair providing the ornamental appearance by complimenting the user's hair at the front of the hairline. 
     
     
         3 . The device of  claim 2  wherein the auxiliary hair has a pre-set style. 
     
     
         4 . The device of  claim 1  wherein the front portion of the headband comprises one or more braids. 
     
     
         5 . The device of  claim 1  wherein the front portion comprises one or more jewel settings. 
     
     
         6 . The device of  claim 1  wherein the front portion comprises one or more items of jewelry strung thereacross. 
     
     
         7 . The device of  claim 1  wherein the front portion comprises a fabric band. 
     
     
         8 . The device of  claim 1  comprising one or more hair clips attached to the front portion of the band for use in securing the headband in the working position at the front of the hairline. 
     
     
         9 . The device of  claim 1  wherein the flexible hair roller comprises a tubular cover enclosing a hollow interior space and one or more inserts received or receivable within said tubular cover. 
     
     
         10 . The device of  claim 9  wherein the one or more inserts are selectively removable from the tubular cover. 
     
     
         11 . The device of  claim 9  wherein each of the one or more inserts comprises a moisture-absorbing material. 
     
     
         12 . The device of  claim 9  in combination with a separate heater operable to heat the one or more inserts. 
     
     
         13 . The device of  claim 9  wherein said one or more inserts comprises a self-heating insert. 
     
     
         14 . The device of  claim 13  wherein said self-heating insert comprises a power cable exiting the tubular cover to connection to an external power supply. 
     
     
         15 . A method of using the device of  claim 1  comprising wearing the device in the working position imparting the stylistic effect in a social setting. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15  further comprising removing the device from the working position, thereby removing the updo hairstyle from the user's hair and using the different hairstyle effect left behind to achieve a different hair aesthetic wearable in the same, or a different, social setting. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16  wherein the styling action imparted to the hair in the wound state thereof around the rear portion of the headband is a curling action, whereby the different hairstyle effect left behind is a curled effect by which the different hairstyle aesthetic achieved is curlier than a natural state of the user's hair. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 16  wherein the user's hair is naturally frizzy and the styling action imparted to the hair in the wound state thereof around the rear portion of the headband is a straightening action, whereby the different hairstyle effect left behind is a straightened effect by which the different hairstyle aesthetic achieved is straighter than a natural state of the user's hair. 
     
     
         19 . A hair styling device comprising:
 a headband wearable in a working position spanning around a crown of the user's head with a front portion of the headband spanning generally across a forehead of the user's head and a rear portion of the headband spanning across a back of the user's head behind the ears thereof for wrapping hair of the user into a wound state around said rear portion of the headband to impart a styling action on said hair;   a cover defined at the rear portion of the headband to enclose a hollow interior space within said cover;   one or more heated or heatable inserts received or receivable within said tubular cover to cooperate therewith to form a flexible a flexible hair roller for wrapping of hair of the user around said flexible hair roller to impart a curling action on said hair, whereby a heated state of the one or more inserts inside the tubular cover improves the styling action on said hair.   
     
     
         20 . A hair styling device comprising:
 a headband wearable in a working position spanning around a crown of the user's head with a front portion of the headband spanning generally across a forehead of the user's head and a rear portion of the headband spanning across a back of the user's head behind the ears thereof;   the rear portion of the headband comprising a flexible hair roller for wrapping of hair of the user around said flexible hair roller to impart a styling action on said hair;   wherein the flexible hair roller comprises a moisture permeable outer cover and moisture absorbing material disposed within said outer cover.