Electrical heating cap

Claim 1

A heating cap for being worn on a user's head and substantially covering the user's hair for applying heat to said hair substantially uniformly and without heating the user's forehead, ears, and the lower back of the user's head, said heating cap comprising: a pair of opposed sides each being formed of multilayered flexible material including inner and outer layers and a heating element sandwiched between said inner and outer layers, each of said sides having substantially the same shape defined by a curvilinear top edge extending at one end to an intersection with a first bottom edge portion extending generally radially with respect to said top edge, said top edge extending at its other end to a second bottom edge portion extending generally radially with respect to said top edge, said bottom edge portions extending toward each other; said sides being joined together along said top edges to form a central peak of said heating cap and wherein in a collapsed condition of said heating cap said sides lie substantially flat against each other and may be pulled apart at said bottom edges to form a cavity for receiving the user's head, said heating cap upon placement on the user's head being configured to rest said sides on opposite sides of the user's head and to form a cavity along a midportion of said peak spaced from the user's scalp and to be occupied by a row of hair on the top of the user's head, and said peak projects away from the user's head at the front and back ends of said peak a distance sufficient to maintain the user's forehead and the lower back of the user's head relatively cool.