Protective head covering

Claim 1

IN A PROTECTIVE HEAD COVERING OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED, THE COMBINATION OF AN ELONGATED BAND OF PREDETERMINED LENGTH AND WIDTH TO EXTEND ACROSS THE BACK AND ALONG THE SIDES OF A COIFFURE SET WITH HAIR CURLERS AND LEAVE THE TOP PORTION OF THE HEAD EXPOSED FOR VENTILATION, SAID BAND HAVING OPPOSED LAYERS OF SOFT PLIABLE MATERIAL SECURED TOGETHER ALONG THEIR MARGINAL EDGE PORTIONS TO PROVIDE A CLOSED COMPARTMENT HAVING PLIABLE WALLS, GRANULAR FILLING MATERIAL IN SAID COMPARTMENT IN SUCH QUANTITY AND PARTICULE SIZE AS TO BE SHIFTABLE IN SAID COMPARTMENT AND FORM THEREWITH A PLIABLE CUSHION ADAPTED TO BE MOLDED IN PLACE ON THE COIFFURE BY MANIPULATION OF THE OUTER WALL OF SAID COMPARTMENT TO PROVIDE CUSHIONING AREAS OF RELATIVELY THICK CROSS SECTION CORRESPONDING TO AND REGISTERING WITH THE AREAS OF THE COIFFURE BETWEEN HAIR CURLERS AND AREAS OF RELATIVELY THIN CROSS SECTION CORRESPONDING TO AND REGISTERING WITH THE AREAS OF THE COIFFURE SET WITH HAIR CURLERS, WHEREBY TO PROTECT THE WEARER''S HEAD WHEN RECLINING AGAINST THE PRESSURE OF THE HAIR CURLERS AND PREVENT RELATIVE MOVEMENT OF THE AIR CURLERS, AND MEANS FOR SECURING SAID BAND IN PLACE ON THE WEARER''S HEAD AND MAINTAINING SAID FILLING MATERIAL IN PROPER RELATIVE POSITION IN SAID COMPARTMENT.