More than in many other trade educational directions there are within the hairdresser,profession big problems associated with learning and practical 'exercises, inter alia because hithert there has to a large*-extent been employed test persons having suitable hair for ^"' demonstration of the various techniques and methods. Moreover, ^here have been used model scalps or coated heads which, however^ .are comparatively expensive and bul-

-. ^* .. j _t ky. Therefore, these do hot lend themselves to storing in order to show earlier works or demonstrations therewith. This in parti cular applies to cutting works. For the above reasons it is not possible at a highschool to.possess a sufficient number of the known model scalps to be able to show the various cutting styles or shapes. Another drawback therewith is that the model scalps are heavy in transport and cumbersome in storing.

There have been set forth proposals for methods or aids which in part seek to satisfy the same need as the present invention, for example an inflateable pattern head as described in U.S. Patent 2 975 534 or a system of marked adhesive tabs or paper sheets as described in Published British Patent Application No. 2 077 097. However, none of these earlier proposals have been able to make possible the form of instruction and demonstration which is associated with the present invention, and, besides, have the drawback of being comparatively complicated in practical use.

The present invention should, inter alia, be considered in the light of the cutting terminology or the so-called hair sculpturin which has been applied within the hairdresser professions during the recent years. By means of this invention it is made possible in a simple manner to explain and demonstrate these new methods and concepts to hairdresser pupils.

This is made possible with an aid to be used in education within the hairdresser profession, as stated more closely in the claims.

With the aid according to the invention the instructor in a class room or a conference hall or the like, may cut many diffe-

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rent hair styles, and afterwards the pupils themselves may do exercises with the same aids and thereby obtain the necessary confidence. Further, the invention permits the display of various objects in the form of cutting shapes, etc. by means of an overhead projector, as movable hair which is incorporated in the aid, may be manipulated in various directions and angles. Therefore, it will not be difficult for the pupils to evaluate the cutting being demonstrated.

The advanced cutting system being introduced during the recen years in connection with the above new terminology makes it possible to carry out the cutting very systematically. By means of the present invention this form of cutting may be learned and practiced in a much better way than with the previously known educational aids. The present aid makes it possible to cut many different styles in the educational situation and thereby obtain a good technique and confidence without incurring too high ex¬ penses with respect to equipment and aids. The works or exercises made and being finished, may be stored in a simple manner because they take little space. After cutting it is also possible to per form colour changes and texture conversion and obtain a complete hair style if this is desired, by means of the aid according to the invention.

Additional advantages obtained with the invention consist in a good understanding on part of the pupils and an easy checking of the learning.

The invention shall be explained more closely below with reference to the drawings, in which: Figures 1, 2 and 3 show three embodiments of the aid according to the invention, Figures 4 and 5 show examples of cutting practising by means of these aids, Figure 6 shows a simplified embodiment according to the invention, Figures 7, 8 and 9 show additional embodiments according to the invention. Figure 10 shows an example of a hair west or tuft for use in connection with this invention, and

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Figures 11 and 12 show still additional two embodiments of the aid according to the invention. The aid in Figure 1 comprises a sheet 10 of a plate shaped material, for example paper or paperboard, which may for example have a standard format, such as A4. Centrally on the sheet or plate 10 there is a picture of a head shape 11, here seen from the front. At increasing distances from the head contours of the head 11 there are drawn distance curves 19 which run parallel to each other and preferably have the same spacing. Further, there is shown a horizontal line 18 running transversally to the head shape 11 at a level for example just above the ears.

On the head shape 11 there is indicated a line* or contour 15 which runs substantially from one ear to the other across the crown part of the head. Along this line 15 there is glued one or more hair wests 12 such that these are attached at their root portion to the line or contour 15 around the head 11 , the individual hairs which extend substantially in a radial direc¬ tion from the head, being free and movable so that these may be shaped in various ways and be cut.

The hair wests or tufts may be of a construction as known per se and shall be described more closely in connection with Figure 10 below.

As mentioned the sheet 10 may have the format A4 such that it may be easily handled and may for example be put into a ring leaf book. For use in an overhead projector the sheet 10 may be made of a transparent material, thus making it possible to show the head shape, the distance curves and the movable hair on a screen in order to for example demonstrate cutting methods to a school class or a larger audience.

Figure 2 shows a sheet 20 which may be similar to the sheet 10 in Figure 1, but here with a head shape 21 shown in profile. There are also shown distance curves 29 and a horizontal line 28 for angle indications. In Figure 2 hair wests 22 have been attached along the contour line 25 from the forehead across the crown part to the neck part of the head shape shown.

A head 31 is shown from the back on a sheet 30 illustrated in Figure 3, in which there is similar to the two preceding embodiments, drawn distance curves 39 and a horizontal line 38.

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These indications may per se be identical to the corresponding indications in Figure 1. The same applies to the hair wests 32 which are attached along the line 35 extending substantially across the crown part of the head shape 31 from one ear to the other. Besides, there is shown another hair west 34 with the hairs hanging down over the neck, this hair west 34 being attache along a line 35 running across the back of the head substantially from one ear to the other.

In Figure 4 there is illustrated how the sheet 20 in Figure 2 with associated shapes, indications and hair wests, may be treated by cutting with scissors 44, whereby a certain hair style as indicated by 42 has been obtained. By means of a comb the hair in the hair west 22 in Figure 2 has here been arranged at a direction vertically upwards. In a similar way Figure 5 shows styling and cutting with the aid in Figure 1 , in which the head shape 11 by means of scissors 55 has been provided with a cut as indicated as 52.

In the above embodiments the hair wests have been glued to the various sheets on beforehand, i.e. from the producer. It is, however, easily conceivable that this aid may be supplied in its separate constituents, i.e. the sheet itself with drawings and indications, as well as the per se known hair wests separately. In many situations this will be an advantage because the users, for example the hair dresser instructors or the pupils themselves may combine different hair types or colours with the various sheet or head shapes. Thus, Figure 6 shows a sheet 60 having a head shape 61 without any hair attached, and besides distance curves 69 similar to those being discussed above. On the head shape 61 there is not applied any particular marking or line indication for attaching hair wests, but it is obvious that in this embodi¬ ment as well as in the preceding embodiments, a primary and natur attachment of hair wests will be along the contour line from the forehead across the crown part to the neck part of the this head shape. Other curves or lines for attachment of hair wests can of course be freely chosen.

When using sheets or head shapes without pre-attached hair there will usually be a great advantage if it is clearly indi¬ cated which lines of interest are present for attaching hair.

considered to have resulted from the sheet 70 in Figure 7 with the head shape 71 and indications or lines 75 and 76 being printed thereon. More specifically the wests 122 may be regarded as glued to the head shape along the line 75 whereas the hair west 126 follows the line 76.

In the above description there are shown head shapes seen from the front, from the back and in profile from one or the other side. These are the forms of presentation being most instructive and natural for teaching purposes, but it cannot be excluded that for particular situations or hair styles it may be of interest to use sheets having head shapes seen at other angles than those being mentioned here. As known per se the hair wests may advan¬ tageously consist of real or natural hair, but is of course also possible to use hair wests made of artificial hair. What is decisive is that the hair in the hair wests may be shaped or arranged on the sheets in various patterns or shapes, inter alia by means of a comb, and besides may be cut by means of common hairdresser's scissors. A practical manner of producing and supplying this product is that aids in the form of a set consis¬ ting of four sheets with head shapes shown from the front, from the rear, in right profile and left profile together with an accom panying assortment of hair wests, are supplied together as a set or a package, possibly also including the necessary glue. As it has appeared from the above, it is best in practice to have only one head shape on each sheet or transparency. As indicated in the left margin of the sheets shown, it is practical that these have a usual form of perforation intended for mounting in standard ring leaf books.

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Thus, Figure 7 shows a sheet 70 having a head shape 71 seen from the front and provided with a line indication 75 from one ear to the other across the crown part and besides a transverse line 76 across the forehead. Figure 8 shows a similar head shape 81 on a sheet 80 seen in profile and having a line or indication 85 from the forehead across the crown part to the neck and another line 86 from the back of the head substantially horizontally for¬ wards and past the ear as far forward as there is normally growth of hair. Finally Figure 9 shows in a corresponding manner on a sheet 90 a head shape 91 seen from the back, having an indicati 95 from one ear to the other across the crown part and a transver line 96 on the back of the head, also substantially from one ear to the other. It is obvious that with these sheets provided with such drawings or indications, for example by means of printing, it is a simple operation for the users to attach hair west as desired along the various lines, preferably by means of an adhesi for example contact glue.

Figure 10 shows an example of a hair west or tuft of known de sign, which may be incorporated in the aid according to the inven tion! This hair west consists of an assembly of hairs 101 being here shown as lying substantially in parallel or depending from a root portion 102 at which the hair ends are anchored by means o stitching, for example a zigzag seam 103 as indicated. For example by means of contact glue it is a simple operation to attach such hair wests with this root portion 102 on a sheet of paper or the like, as for example sheets 70, 80 or 90 in Figures 7 to 9.

It is obvious that the hair wests which lend themselves for use in this connection, may have different lengths of the root part 102 and of the actual hair assembly 101. For use on sheets of the format A4 the hair length ma ^* for example be from 10 to 15 cm. Figure 11 shows a finished aid having hair wests 115 and 116 glued to a head shape 111 printed on a sheet or transparency 110, the head shape 111 being shown in profile in a similar way as the head shape 81 in Figure 8 and from the opposite side in relation thereto.

Finally Figure 12 shows a sheet 120 with a head shape 121 provided with hair wests 122 and 126. This complete aid may be

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