Coiffure protectors

Claim 1

A COIFFURE PROTECTOR FOR ENCIRCLEMENT AROUND THE FRONT, SIDES AND BACK OF A PERSON''S HEAD TO MAINTAIN A HAIR STYLE IN PLACE COMPRISING: (A) A BASIC SUPPORT MEMBER INCLUDING: (1) AN ELONGATED LOWER BAND MEMBER FOR FITTING AROUND SAID HEAD FOR SUPPORTING SAID PROTECTOR ON SAID HEAD AND FOR PROVIDING LATERAL RETAINING SUPPORT TO THE BACK AND SIDES OF THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID HAIR STYLE TO MAINTAIN SAID LOWER PORTION OF SAID HAIR STYLE IN PLACE WITHOUT APPLYING COMPRESSION TO A LOWER PORTION OF THE FRONT PORTION OF SAID HAIR STYLE, (A) SAID LOWER BAND MEMBER HAVING AN END REGION AT ONE END AND ANOTHER END REGION AT ITS OTHER END, SAID END REGIONS BEING OF REDUCED WIDTH COMPARED TO THE WIDTH OF THE PORTION OF SAID LOWER BAND MEMBER BETWEEN SAID END REGIONS TO PREVENT COMPRESSION OF A LOWER PORTION OF THE FRONT PORTION OF SAID HAIR STYLE AND SAID END REGIONS BEING OF A CONFIGURATION DEFINED BY THE REMOVAL AT EACH SAID END OF AN AREA OF THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID LOWER BAND MEMBER, (B) THE PORTION OF SAID LOWER BAND MEMBER EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID END REGIONS BEING CONSTRUCTED OF A POROUS ELASTIC MATERIAL TO PROVIDE RETAINING SUPPORT TO THE LOWER PORTIONS OF THE BACK AND SIDES OF SAID HAIR STYLE, (C) SAID END REGIONS INCLUDING FASTENING MEANS FOR ADJUSTABLY FASTENING SAID END REGIONS TOGETHER TO PROVIDE A VARIABLE DIMENSION OF HEAD ENCIRCLEMENT BY SAID PROTECTOR AND A VARIABLE WIDTH OPENING FOR SAID FRONT PORTION OF SAID HAIR STYLE TO MINIMIZE COMPRESSION OF SAID FRONT PORTION OF SAID HAIR STYLE BY SAID LOWER BAND MEMBER, AND (B) A SECONDARY SUPPORT MEMBER INCLUDING: (1) AN ELONGATED FLEXIBLE SELF-SUPPORTING UPPER BAND MEMBER HAVING A PREDETERMINED WIDTH DIMENSION FOR PROVIDING LATERAL, NON-COMPRESSIVE, RETAINING SUPPORT TO THE BACK AND SIDES OF THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID HAIR STYLE, (A) A LOWER PORTION OF SAID UPPER BAND MEMBER BEING SECURED TO THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID LOWER BAND AT THE PORTION OF THE LOWER BAND DEFINED BETWEEN SAID END REGIONS TO PREVENT COMPRESSION OF THE UPPER PORTION OF THE FRONT PORTION OF SAID HAIR-STYLE, (B) SAID UPPER BAND MEMBER ALSO DEFINING A NON-COMPRESSIVE, OPEN-TOP, HAIR-RETAINING ENCLOSURE FOR RECEIVING THE TOP PORTION OF SAID HAIR STYLE, AND (C) SAID UPPER BAND MEMBER BEING SUBSTANTIALLY THINNER IN CROSS SECTIONAL DIMENSION THAN SAID LOWER BAND MEMBER AND BEING CONSTRUCTED OF SOFT, FLEXIBLE, BUT SELF-SUPPORTING, OPEN WEAVE MATERIAL.