Method of preparing synthetic filaments for wig making purposes and for making wigs therefrom

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF MAKING A WIG OF NYLON AND SIMILAR SYNTHETIC FILAMENTS WHICH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STEPS: DYEING THE FILAMENTS IN LONG, CONTINUOUS SKEINS, CUTTING SAID SKEINS AT ACUTE ANGLES TO FORM HANKS OF FILAMENTS OF UNEQUAL LENGTHS, BLENDING SAID FILAMENTS OF UNEQUAL LENGTHS, THEN WINDING SAID HANKS OF BLENDED FILAMENTS ON A MANDREL AND TEMPORARILY SECURING SAID WINDING, EXPOSING SAID WOUND FILAMENTS TO A STEAM BATH OF WATER AND AMMONIA, THEN HEATTREATING THE STEAMED WINDING AT A SUFFICIENTLY ELEVATED TEMPERATURE TO PERMANENTLY SET A CURL IN THE WINDING, THEN REMOVING THE WINDING FROM THE MANDREL TO OBTAIN A CURLED TRESS OR LOCK OF SIMULATED HAIR, THEN STRAIGHTENING THE CENTER PORTION OF EACH CURLED TRESS, SECURING THE CENTER PORTION OF ONE OF SAID CURLED TRESSES TO A WIG FOUNDATION, FOLDING OVER ONE END OF SAID TRESS UPON THE OPPOSITE END AND THEN SECURING THE RESULTING FOLD BETWEEN SAID ENDS TO SAID WIG FOUNDATION, SECURING THE CENTER PORTIONOF A SECOND CURLED TRESS TO THE FOLD OF THE FIRST TRESS AND ALSO TO THE WIG FOUNDATION, FOLDING OVER ONE END OF SAID SECOND TRESS UPON THE OPPOSITE END THEREOF AND THEN SECURING THE RESULTING FOLD BETWEEN THE TWO ENDS OF THE SECOND TRESS TO THE FOLD OF THE FIRST TRESS AND ALSO TO THE WIG FOUNDATION.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF MAKING A WIG OF NYLON AND SIMILAR SYNTHETIC FILAMENTS WHICH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STEPS: DYEING THE FILAMENTS IN LONG, CONTINUOUS SKEINS, CUTTING SAID SKEINS AT ACUTE ANGLES TO FORM HANKS OF FILAMENTS OF UNEQUAL LENGTHS, BLENDING SAID FILAMENTS OF UNEQUAL LENGTHS, THEN WINDING SAID HANKS OF BLENDED FILAMENTS ON A MANDREL AND TEMPORARILY SECURING SAID WINDING, EXPOSING SAID WOUND FILAMENTS TO A STEAM BATH OF WATER AND AMMONIA, THEN HEATTREATING THE STEAMED WINDING AT A SUFFICIENTLY ELEVATED TEMPERATURE TO PERMANENTLY SET A CURL IN THE WINDING, THEN REMOVING THE WINDING FROM THE MANDREL TO OBTAIN A CURLED TRESS OR LOCK OF SIMULATED HAIR, THEN STRAIGHTENING THE CENTER PORTION OF EACH CURLED TRESS, SECURING THE CENTER PORTION OF ONE OF SAID CURLED TRESSES TO A WIG FOUNDATION, FOLDING OVER ONE END OF SAID TRESS UPON THE OPPOSITE END AND THEN SECURING THE RESULTING FOLD BETWEEN SAID ENDS TO SAID WIG FOUNDATION, SECURING THE CENTER PORTIONOF A SECOND CURLED TRESS TO THE FOLD OF THE FIRST TRESS AND ALSO TO THE WIG FOUNDATION, FOLDING OVER ONE END OF SAID SECOND TRESS UPON THE OPPOSITE END THEREOF AND THEN SECURING THE RESULTING FOLD BETWEEN THE TWO ENDS OF THE SECOND TRESS TO THE FOLD OF THE FIRST TRESS AND ALSO TO THE WIG FOUNDATION.