Frontal Hairpiece

Abstract

A frontal hairpiece especially configured for persons suffering from frontal fibrosing alopecia comprising a flexible foundation adapted to cover a person's scalp from the frontal scalp hair margin to a receding hair line of the scalp and which includes an elongated plastic base adapted to extend laterally across the frontal scalp and having extended end tabs which terminate in front of the auricle of the ear and a plurality of hair strands attached to outside surface of the plastic base

I claim: 
     
         1 . A frontal hairpiece comprising,
 a flexible foundation adapted to cover a person's scalp from the frontal scalp hair margin to a receding hair line of the scalp comprising,
 an elongated plastic base having an outside surface and adapted to extend laterally across the frontal scalp and having,
 extended end tabs which terminate in front of the auricle of the ear and, 
 
   a plurality of hair strands attached to outside surface of the plastic base.   
     
     
         2 . The frontal hairpiece of  claim 1  where the plastic base is polyurethane. 
     
     
         3 . The frontal hairpiece of  claim 1  where the foundation further comprises,
 an indented curvilinear frontal edge on the plastic base, 
 a strip of lace having an outside surface and attached to the said frontal edge, and 
 a plurality of hair strands attached to the outside surface of the strip of lace. 
 
     
     
         4 . The frontal hairpiece of  claim 1  where the foundation further comprises,
 a central relieved portion in the base, 
 a pane of mono filament mesh covering the relieved portion of the base and attached thereto around its perimetrical edges, and 
 a plurality of hair strands attached to the mono filament mesh. 
 
     
     
         5 . A frontal hairpiece foundation adapted to cover a person's scalp from the frontal scalp hair margin to a receding hair line of the scalp comprising,
 an elongated plastic base extending laterally across the frontal scalp and having,   extended end tabs which terminate in front of the auricle of the ear,   
     
     
         6 . The frontal hairpiece foundation of  claim 5  and further comprising,
 a centrally disposed relieved portion in the plastic base, and 
 a pane of mono filament mesh attached along its perimetrical edges to the base and covering the relieved portion of the base. 
 
     
     
         7 . The frontal hairpiece foundation of  claim 6  and further comprising,
 an indented curvilinear frontal edge on the plastic base, and 
 a strip of lace attached to the said frontal edge. 
 
     
     
         8 . The frontal hairpiece foundation of  claim 7  where a portion of the perimetrical edge of the mono filament mesh is overlapped by a portion of the base, forming a footing for clips that attach the hairpiece to the receding hair line. 
     
     
         9 . A frontal hairpiece comprisng,
 a flexible foundation adapted to cover a person's scalp from the frontal scalp hair margin to a receding hair line of the scalp comprising,
 an elongated polyurethane base having an outside surface and extending laterally across the frontal scalp and having,
 extended end tabs which terminate in front of the auricle of the ear, 
 an indented curvilinear frontal edge on the base, 
 a central relieved portion in the base 
 
 a strip of lace having an outside surface and attached to the curvilinear frontal edge of the base, 
 a pane of mono filament mesh attached along its perimetrical edges to the base and covering the relieved portion of the base, and 
   a plurality of hair strands attached to the outside surfaces of the polyurethane base and the strip of lace and tied into the mono filament mesh.   
     
     
         10 . The frontal hairpiece of  claim 9  where a portion of the perimetrical edge of the mono filament mesh is overlapped by a portion of the base, forming a footing for clips that attach the hairpiece to the receding hair line.