Background Art When washing the hair, not while showering, persons have to bend themselves forward to position their heads just above washbowls. Although suffering from pains in the waist or the neck, the persons must maintain the bent posture until the hair washing is completed lest water should soak or flow into the clothes. Moreover, the bent posture and the maintenance thereof may cause herniation of intervertebral discs or a ruptured cervical disc. With the upper part of the body bent forward, the person has the liver and the heart pressed while blood flows into the head. In this posture, the person moves the wrists and the hands to soap and wash the hair and is likely to be short of breath and get tired. When the person stands upright, water remaining in the hair may drop inside the clothes he

or she wears, which makes him or her feel unpleasant.

In a barbershop, a sheet, usually made from vinyl, is used when cutting and/or washing hair in order to prevent water and hair scraps from flowing or entering into the clothes worn by person having his or her hair cut. With the vinyl sheet, the person cannot stand while washing the hair. Because the vinyl sheet does not cover the entire body but only part of the body, the person whose hair is being cut has to bend forward to wash the hair. Moreover, the sheet is not used by the customer himself or herself but by the barber or hairstylist.

Disclosure of the Invention FIG. 2 depicts a person who washes his hair in a usual manner, which is inconvenient and causes pain in the waist and the neck. FIG. 3 depicts a person who wears a garment according to the present invention and washes his hair, standing upright. This posture makes the hair washing convenient and easy. The prevention of water entry into the hair washing garment will provide a pleasant and cool feeling for the person.

In this regard, the garment must be waterproof and cover the whole body except for the head and the hands.

Also, the garment has a function of protecting water from infiltrating through the neck and wrist openings.

A raincoat or a diving suit, made from waterproof cloth, protects water from flowing in. However, this water protection does not reach perfection, unlike the hair washing garment of the present invention. FIG. 4 shows a wrist part of a conventional waterproof garment such as a diving suit. As seen in FIG. 4, the wrist part has an elastic band with rumpled cloth covering the elastic band.

Because of being imperfectly waterproof, the rumpled cloth allows water to flow therethrough.

In the aspect of covering the head, a raincoat is different from the hair washing garment of the present invention. As for a diving suit, its main function is to maintain the body temperature. Additionally, a diving suit is designed to be in close contact with the whole body.

Accordingly, the hair washing garment of the present invention is different from a diving suit in various aspects including function and design. In fact, if hair washing required wearing a cumbersome garment such as a diving suit, the person would suffer from annoyance and dampness unpleasant and would find no merit in using such a garment for hair washing.

In order to overcome these problems, the hair washing garment of the present invention is designed not only to be put on and taken off easily, but also to allow no water drops to flow in especially through the neck and wrist parts. If a hair washing garment is difficult to put on or

take off, its use is not attractive. Therefore, there is a need for a hair washing garment which is easy to put on and take off like a gown. What is more important is that the hair washing garment should prevent water from flowing therethrough.

When a person washes his or her hair while wearing the hair washing garment of the present invention, he or she can stand upright during the hair washing without water entering into the garment. As seen in FIGS. 5 and 6, a rubber-like elastic band 1 is brought into contact with the skin 3 to cause a close adherence 4 between the elastic band and the skin, such that which no water infiltrates therebetween.

The hair washing garment of the present invention is very useful especially for pregnant women or patients who cannot bend the neck or the waist.

With the aid of the hair washing garment of the present invention, everyone can wash their hair more conveniently. Accordingly, it is expected that the present invention will become a living necessity like raincoats.

Brief Description of the Drawings FIG. 1 is a schematic view depicting a hair washing garment according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view depicting a person who

washes his or her hair in a conventional manner.

FIG. 3 is a schematic view depicting a person who washes his or her hair, wearing the hair washing garment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic view depicting a wrist part of a conventional waterproof garment.

FIG. 5 is a schematic view depicting a wrist part of the hair washing garment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a schematic view depicting the wrist part which very closely contacts the skin so as to allow no water drops to flow in.

Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention A preferred form of the hair washing garment of the present invention is a gown because it can easily be put on and taken off. The garment has a neck part and two wrist parts. Each of these parts is composed of an elastic band covered with Velcro tape with which each part can very closely contact the skin so as not to permit the entry of water.

The gown may be stored in a shower room. A person may put on the gown easily and seal the neck and wrist parts closely with the Velcro tape.

Then, as in showering, the person can stand while washing his or her hair. After being rinsed, the hair is dried with a towel, and the gown may be taken off and hung on a clothes rack.