Inventor: Curtis B. Bascom
Patent number: US 2005 / 0097655 A1
Issue date: Jul 14, 2004

Hulkamania is over tough guy and ponytails are out! Wikipedia says ‘In the late 1980’s, a short ponytail was seen as an edgy, “in-your-face” look for men who wanted to stand out from the crowd, but keep their hair flat and functional. Steven Seagal’s ponytail in “Marked for Death” is an example of such’… In-your-face? The whole thing reeks of yuppie… Anyway, sometimes you just want to wear a brimless lined elastic head covering and watch monster truck.