COSMETIC APPLIANCES AND METHODS OF USE

• US 20090149114A1
• Filed: 12/10/2007
• Published: 06/11/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bring It Up, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Bring It Up, Inc.
• Inventors: HORTON, DENISE, Niemiec-Perrigo, Andrea
• Granted Patent: US 7,993,182 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 450/54
• CPC Class Codes: A41C 3/065 attached directly to the body, e.g. by means of adhesive

Abstract

A cosmetic appliance and method of use for temporarily lifting, gathering human skin of the breast or smoothing the human breast and skin of the breast, and which is not readily apparent once applied, formed in predetermined shapes from thin, generally translucent flexible sheeting or tape and or of a silicone gel formed into the shape of cup, to one side of which a reusable adhesive has been applied and covered with a peel-away layer for temporarily lifting, gathering, covering or smoothing the skin of the breast, nipple and areola areas, and which is not readily apparent once applied.

Claims

2. A human breast lifting, breast shaping, breast skin gathering and smoothing appliance comprising:

a molded, cup-shaped, stretchable silicone gel sheet having a center region, having an outer region, and having an inside surface generally complimentary to the shape and size of a substantial portion of the human breast;

a non-abrasive, non-adhesive layer of material covering the center region inside surface; and

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a reusable silicone adhesive applied to the outer region on the inside surface of the cup-shaped silicone gel sheet.

1. A method of lifting a human breast and comprising:

providing a sheet made of translucent material, having an adhesive applied to one side of the sheet, having a size and lifting capability sufficient to lift a human breast including but not limited to the breast nipple and having a peel-away layer of material covering the adhesive;

removing at least part of the peel-away layer to expose the adhesive;

applying a part of the sheet to upper inner and upper outer quadrants of the breast so that the adhesive contacts the breast;

moving the sheet generally upwardly and/or rearwardly to lift the breast from the top to a lifted position;

removing any peel-away layer remaining covering the adhesive; and

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applying the remaining part of the sheet to upper inner and upper outer quadrants of the breast and/or to the chest of the user to maintain the breast in the lifted position.

3. The appliance of claim 2 whereby:

the cup-shaped stretchable silicone gel sheet has a maximum thickness of about 3 mm in the center region.

4. The appliance of claim 2 whereby:

the cup-shaped stretchable silicone gel sheet has a maximum thickness of about 3 mm in the center region and a minimum thickness of about 0.75 mm near its outer region.

5. The appliance of claim 2 whereby:

the cup-shaped stretchable silicone gel sheet has a thickness that is tapered from the center region having a maximum thickness to the outer region having a thickness less than the maximum thickness.

6. The appliance of claim 2 wherein the predetermined region is an annulus having an inner periphery radius of about one-inch and an outer periphery coextensive with the outer periphery of the gel sheet.

7. The appliance of claim 2 wherein the predetermined region is the inside surface of the silicone gel sheet except for a region having an area sufficient to cover the nipple of the breast.

8. The appliance of claim 2 further including a peel-away layer of material covering the silicone adhesive.

9. The appliance of claim 2 further including:

the predetermined region including substantially the inside surface of the silicone gel sheet;

a nipple cover formed of a sheet of silicone gel having an area sufficient to cover the protrusion area of a human nipple; and

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the nipple cover positioned at and layered on the center region of the cup-shaped silicone gel sheet.

9-1. The appliance of claim 2 further including a storage cup having a shape generally complimentary to the shape of the inside surface of the appliance, having a maximum diameter greater than the maximum diameter of the appliance and adapted to hold the appliance on the outer surface of the cup.

10. A method of lifting and shaping a human breast comprising:

providing a first appliance made of a sheet made of translucent material, having an adhesive applied to one side of the sheet, having a size and lifting capability sufficient to lift a human breast including but not limited to the breast nipple and having a peel-away layer of material covering the adhesive;

removing at least part of the peel-away layer to expose the adhesive;

applying a part of the sheet to upper inner and upper outer quadrants of the breast so that the adhesive contacts the breast;

moving the sheet generally upwardly and/or rearwardly to lift the breast from the top to a lifted position;

removing any peel-away layer remaining covering the adhesive;

applying the remaining part of the sheet to upper inner and upper outer quadrants of the breast and/or to the chest of the user to maintain the breast in the lifted position;

providing a second appliance made of a stretchable silicone gel sized and shaped to conform to a substantial portion of a human breast, and having a reusable, silicone adhesive applied to at least a part of one side of the second appliance;

applying a part of the second appliance to upper inner and upper outer quadrant areas of the breast, over a substantial portion of the first appliance and so that at least part of the adhesive contacts the breast;

moving the second appliance to stretch the second appliance and to move the breast to a desired position and shape; and

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applying the remaining part of the stretched second appliance to upper inner and upper outer quadrant areas of the breast and/or to the chest of the user to maintain the breast in the desired position and shape.

12. A method of lifting, smoothing and shaping a human breast comprising:

providing a molded, cup-shaped, stretchable silicone gel sheet having a center region, having an inside surface generally complementary to the shape and size of a substantial portion of the human breast and having a reusable, silicone adhesive applied to at least a part of one side of the cup-shaped sheet;

applying a part of the cup-shaped sheet to upper inner and upper outer quadrant areas of the breast so that at least part of the adhesive contacts the breast;

lifting and stretching the cup-shaped sheet to move the breast to a desired elevated position, to gather breast skin to form a crease, shape and smooth the breast skin; and

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applying the remaining part of the stretched cup-shaped sheet to upper inner and upper outer quadrant areas of the breast to maintain the breast in the desired elevated position and smooth shape.