Hair treating apparatus and method

Claim 1

In apparatus for treating human hair, a. a collapsible flexible container to receive pressure displaceable hair treating agent in liquid form, b. said container having an open neck through which hair strands are insertible into the container, c. said container having a closed end portion remote from said neck, whereby the container may be manually progressively collapsed along a path such that the treating agent is displaced toward and into contact with the hair strands introduced into the container via said neck, d. the container flexibility characterized in that the closed end portion of the container with the liquid form treating agent therein will normally hang downwardly below the level of said hair strands inserted into the container to prevent contact of said agent with said strands prior to the desired time of such contact, and e. a plug which is bifurcated to have spreadable arms forming therebetween an aperture through which selected hair strands are adapted to extend, the plug telescopically interfitting said neck when the hair strands are introduced into the container with said aperture collapsed on the strands, the arms being held closed together in response to said telescoping interfitting of the plug and neck.