Skin treatment applicator

• US 20110297180A1
• Filed: 05/28/2009
• Published: 12/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mary Russell Sarao
• Original Assignee: Mary Russell Sarao
• Inventors: Sarao, Mary Russell
• Application Number:
  US12/455,095
• Publication Number:
  US 20110297180A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 132/320
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 34/04 Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 40/26 Appliances specially adapted for applying pasty paint, e.g. using roller, using a ball

Abstract

An applicator and method for the even application of a skin care substance upon the skin; the applicator, designed for multiple applications, includes a finger cover with a closed end and a waisted opening at the opposite end for the insertion of fingers. The waisted opening providing a girdling effect upon the fingers in order to secure the cover and prevent it from slipping free during the application process.

Claims

1. An applicator and spreading aid for a skin care substance comprising:

an elastic cover sized to fit over at least two fingers, the elastic cover having a wall, an upper end and a lower end, the upper end being closed, and the lower end being open forming a mouth that opens into a cavity for the insertion of fingers thereinto, and the elastic cover tapering such that the outside width of the mouth is at least twenty percent smaller than the largest outside width of the elastic cover.

2. The applicator and spreading aid according to claim one in which the elastic cover is made of an elastomer.

3. The applicator and spreading aid according to claim one in which the average wall thickness is between 3.0 and 6.0 mil.

4. The applicator and spreading aid according to claim one in which the elastic cover is at least partially made of latex rubber.

5. The applicator and spreading aid according to claim one in which the elastic cover is stored flat with no part of the cavity visible.

6. The applicator and spreading aid according to claim one in which the tapering functions as a girdle to hold the elastic cover securely on the fingers.

7. The applicator and spreading aid according to claim one in which the mouth width is 25% smaller than the largest outside width of the elastic cover.

8. The applicator and spreading aid according to claim one in which the wall thickness is at least 4.0 mil.

9. The applicator and spreading aid according to claim one in which the elastic cover may be turned inside out when removed from the fingers.

10. A method for the application of a skin care substance comprising the steps:

i) using an elastic finger cover closed at one end and having a waisted opening at the opposite end to snuggly encircle the fingers; and

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ii) inserting at least two fingers into the waisted opening; and

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iii) loading the surface of the elastic finger cover with the skin care substance; and

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iv) distributing the substance over a skin surface by rubbing gently so as to obtain an evenness of application; and

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v) in a one-time only use, removing the elastic finger cover from the fingers by grasping the opening of the finger cover and pulling the waisted opening up and over the body of the cover so as to turn the cover inside out; and

alternately for multiple uses, removing the elastic finger cover by grasping that section of the cover over the finger tips and pulling the cover free of the fingers.