Skin removing implement

• US 20060174491A1
• Filed: 01/17/2006
• Published: 08/10/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/10/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Revlon Consumer Products Corporation (Ronald Owen Perelman, MBA)
• Original Assignee: Revlon Consumer Products Corporation (Ronald Owen Perelman, MBA)
• Inventors: Lynch, Jayne H., Rutter, Bryce G., Doty, Heath A., Feng, Jeffrey F., Anderson, Paul M., Kusch, David D., Butcher, John D., Grabiner, Stacey Leigh, Chen, Ingrid Yung-I, Sopczynski, Heather S., Bivona, Antonette, Baumgarten, Lisa F., Cohen, Emily M.
• Application Number:
  US11/333,062
• Publication Number:
  US 20060174491A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 30/169
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/54 Chiropodists' instruments , e.g. pedicure chiropractic devices A61H1/008
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00761 Removing layer of skin tissue, e.g. wrinkles, scars or cancerous tissue
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/320008 Scrapers

Abstract

An implement for removing skin comprised of a handle in the form of a tab with generally curved edges and a skin scraping surface being flat with generally curved edges wherein the handle is in a first plane and the skin scraping surface in a second plane and the first plane is perpendicular to the second plane, and a method for removing undesired skin from skin surfaces using the implement.

Claims

1. An implement for removing skin comprised of a handle in the form of a tab with generally curved edges and a skin scraping surface being flat with generally curved edges wherein the handle is in a first plane and the skin scraping surface in a second plane and the first plane is perpendicular to the second plane.

2. The implement of claim 1 wherein the skin removed is on the soles of the feet or the elbows.

3. The implement of claim 1 wherein the tab has generally curved edges.

4. The implement of claim 1 wherein the tab has sides.

5. The implement of claim 4 wherein the sides of the tab have a perimeter with an outer portion and wherein the outer portion of the tab forms a loop.

6. The implement of claim 5 wherein the sides of the tab have an inner portion.

7. The implement of claim 6 wherein the inner portion forms a straight edge.

8. The implement of claim 4 wherein the tab has a wall between sides.

9. The implement of claim 8 wherein the wall separates sides and lies in a plane perpendicular to sides.

10. The implement of claim 9 wherein the sides have cut outs or protrusions to facilitate gripping.

11. The implement of claim 1 wherein the skin scraping surface has an upper surface and a lower surface.

12. The implement of claim 11 wherein the upper surface is attached to a handle.

13. The implement of claim 11 wherein lower surface contains an embedded razor blade that extrudes from lower surface to a degree sufficient to shave dead or rough skin from the skin surface when lower surface is scraped across skin surface.

14. The implement of claim 1 wherein tab has protrusions to facilitate gripping by the user.

15. The implement of claim 1 wherein the tab has an outer portion forming a loop and an inner portion forming a straight edge and straight edge is attached to the scraping surface.

16. The implement of claim 1 wherein the tab has two sides and a wall in between the sides which is in a plane perpendicular to the sides.

17. A method for removing undesired skin from skin surfaces comprising abrading the skin from the surface with an implement comprised of a handle in the form of a tab with generally curved edges and a skin scraping surface being flat with generally curved edges wherein the handle is in a first plane and the skin scraping surface in a second plane and the first plane is perpendicular to the second plane.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein the skin is from the soles of the feet or elbows.

19. The method of claim 17 wherein the undesired skin is removed from the skin surface by scraping the skin scraping surface against the undesired skin.

20. The method of claim 17 wherein the tab has protrusions to facilitate gripping by the user.