Customizable Hair Extension Systems and Methods for Making and Using Same

Abstract

Customizable hair extension systems, or wefts or hair, are provided, as well as methods of making hair extension systems, and methods of installing hair extension systems to a recipient's hair, including attaching customizable hair extensions to naturally growing hair on human beings.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A hair extension system for being attached to the hair of a recipient, compromising:
 a first band coupled to a first end of a first array of hair, the first band having first and second surfaces;   a second band coupled to a first end of a second array of hair, the second band having first and second surfaces;   wherein a first edge of the first band is coupled to a first edge of the second band;   a plurality of holes defined through the first band having a first predetermined size and configuration to allow passage of a strand of the recipient's hair through each hole;   a third band coupled to a first end of a third array of hair, the third band having first and second surfaces;   wherein the third band is removably attached to one of the first and second surfaces of the first and second bands.   
     
     
         2 . The hair extension system of  claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of holes defined through the third band having a predetermined size and configuration that is substantially the same as the plurality of holes defined through the first band. 
     
     
         3 . The hair extension system of  claim 1 , wherein the third band is removably attached directly to one of the first and second surfaces of the first and second bands without any of the recipient's hair layered therebetween. 
     
     
         4 . The hair extension system of  claim 1 , wherein the third array of hair is distinct from at least one of the first and second arrays of hair in at least one characteristic including length, color, and texture. 
     
     
         5 . The hair extension system of  claim 1 , further comprising a fourth band coupled to a first end of a fourth array of hair, the fourth band having first and second surfaces; wherein the fourth band is removably attached to one of the first and second surfaces of the first, second, and third bands. 
     
     
         6 . The hair extension system of  claim 5 , wherein the fourth band is removably attached directly to one of the first and second surfaces of the first, second, and third bands without any of the recipient's hair layered therebetween. 
     
     
         7 . The hair extension system of  claim 5 , wherein the fourth array of hair is distinct from at least one of the first, second, and third arrays of hair in at least one characteristic including length, color, and texture. 
     
     
         8 . The hair extension system of  claim 1 , further comprising a camouflaging hair portion attached to at least one surface of at least one of the first, second, and third bands, the camouflaging hair portion generally matching the array of hair coupled to the band. 
     
     
         9 . The hair extension system of  claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of magnets on at least one of the first, second, and third bands. 
     
     
         10 . A method of installing a hair extension system to a recipient's hair, comprising:
 forming a generally horizontal part in the recipient's hair at a preferred location for installation of the hair extension system;   securing the recipient's hair above the part away from the part;   selecting a base hair extension comprising first and second arrays of hair, wherein the first array of hair has a first end attached to a first band and a second end, and the second array of hair has a first end attached to a second band and a second end, and wherein the first and second bands are coupled at an outer edge thereof, and wherein the first band comprises one or more pairs of holes therethrough, the holes having a predetermined size and configuration to receive a strand of the recipient's hair therethrough;   positioning the base hair extension at the part;   passing a strand of the recipient's hair through each of the holes in the first band;   securing the stands of hair passed through the one or more pairs of holes together to create one or more cradles; and   attaching one or more additional arrays of hair to the base hair extension by aligning and affixing a band of the additional array to at least one of the first band and the second band.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the base hair extension has an open configuration, wherein the second ends of the first and second arrays of hair are directed generally away from one another, and a closed configuration, wherein the first and second arrays of hairs are arranged in an overlapping configuration and the second ends of the first and second arrays of hair are directed in generally the same direction, and wherein the method further comprises
 positioning the base hair extension in the open configuration prior to the step of passing a strand of the recipient's hair through each of the holes in the first band; and   positioning the base hair extension in the closed configuration after the step of securing the stands of hair passed through the one or more pairs of holes together to create one or more cradles.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein a band of the one or more additional arrays comprises one or more pairs of holes having a predetermined size and configuration substantially the same as the holes of the first band, and wherein the method further comprises aligning the one or more pairs of holes of the band of the additional array with the one or more pairs of holes of the first band and passing a strand of the recipient's hair through the holes in the band of the additional array. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 10 , further comprising attaching a first surface of a band of the one or more additional arrays of hair directly to a surface of one of the first and second bands without any of the recipient's hair layered therebetween. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the one or more additional arrays of hair is distinct from at least one of the first and second arrays of hair in at least one characteristic including length, color, and texture. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein at least one of the bands has a camouflaging hair portion attached to at least one surface thereof, the camouflaging hair portion generally matching the attached array of hair, and the method further comprises positioning the camouflaging hair portion facing away from the recipient when installing the hair extension system. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein at least one of the surfaces of the bands of the first, second, and additional arrays of hair comprise a plurality of magnets, and wherein the method further comprises using the plurality of magnets to facilitate holding the surfaces of the bands together. 
     
     
         17 . A method of making a hair extension system, compromising:
 placing a first end of a first array of hair into a first wet polymer band;   drying the first polymer band;   placing a first end of a second array of hair into a second wet polymer band;   drying the second polymer band;   creating a plurality of holes into the first polymer band, the plurality of holes having a predetermined size and configuration for passing a strand of hair therethrough;   coupling a first edge of the first polymer band to a first edge of the second polymer band;   placing a first end of a third array of hair into a third wet polymer band;   drying the third polymer band;   coupling a first surface of the third polymer band to one of a first surface of the first polymer band and a first surface of the second polymer band.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17  further comprising creating a plurality of holes into the third polymer band, the plurality of holes having a predetermined size and configuration that is substantially the same as the plurality of holes in the first polymer band. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 17  further comprising disposing a plurality of magnets in at least one of the polymer bands. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 17  wherein the third array of hair is distinct from the first and second arrays of hair in at least one characteristic including length, color, and texture.