Headband for active wear

Abstract

A headband is secured to the head of a user by a modified wig clip that is removably inserted into an elongate slit on an inner surface of the headband. The modification of the wig clip is the attachment of a generally rectangular sheet of flexible material to a pair of side members of the wig clip. The sheet of flexible material allows removable insertion of the wig clip into the elongate slit.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An item of headwear comprising:
 a headband comprising a continuous tube of a stretch fabric, sized to be worn around a head of a user, the stretch fabric having at least one elongate slit in the nature of a buttonhole, positioned on an inner surface of the continuous tube that faces a scalp of the user; and   a wig clip, removably inserted in the elongate slit, for securing the headband to the head of the user, the wig clip comprising a generally rectangular frame having a first and a second longer member connected by a pair of shorter side members;   wherein a comb portion is formed by the first longer member and a plurality of tines that run generally parallel to the shorter side members and across the second longer member, which is flexibly movable relative to the first longer member between an open and a closed position for securing hair between the tines and the second longer member;   wherein the wig clip further comprises a generally rectangular sheet of flexible material, attached along a pair of longer side edges to the shorter side members of the wig clip, the sheet of flexible material adapted for securing the wig clip into the elongate slit in the headband.   
     
     
         2 . The item of headwear of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the headband has a pair of the elongate slits in spaced-apart adjacent relationship, with a corresponding wig clip for each elongate slit.   
     
     
         3 . The item of headwear of  claim 2 , wherein:
 the headband has at least one additional elongate slit, positioned diametrically across the headband from the pair of elongate slits.   
     
     
         4 . The item of headwear of  claim 1 , wherein the generally rectangular frame of the wig clip comprises a spring metal. 
     
     
         5 . The item of headwear wig clip of  claim 1 , wherein the sheet of flexible material is a flexible plastic. 
     
     
         6 . The item of headwear wig clip of  claim 1 , wherein the sheet of flexible material is a spring metal. 
     
     
         7 . The item of headwear wig clip of  claim 1 , wherein the longer sides of the sheet of flexible material have a length that is at least about twice a length of the shorter sides. 
     
     
         8 . A method of securing an item of headwear to the hair of a user, comprising the steps of:
 providing an item of headwear according to  claim 1 ;   placing the headband around the head of the user with the wig clip in the open position, such that the comb faces toward the crown of the head of the user; and   engaging the hair of the user into the comb and causing the wig clip to move to the closed position.