Method and apparatus for reducing facial wrinkles

• US 5,709,705 A
• Filed: 08/19/1996
• Issued: 01/20/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Pat E. Belcher
• Original Assignee: Pat E. Belcher
• Inventors: Belcher, Pat E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Buiz, Michael
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lewis, William W.
• Application Number:
  US08/697,070
• Time in Patent Office: 519 Days
• Field of Search: 606/204.35, 601/115-135
• US Class Current: 606/204.35
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 15/0092 hand-held A61H15/0085 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/0153 hand-held
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1604 Head
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2205/021 Scalp
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2205/022 Face
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2205/024 Eyes

Abstract

Facial wrinkles are reduced by rolling the face and scalp with implements having free wheeling rollers.

Claims

1. A method of reducing facial wrinkles comprising the steps of

(a) rolling the face with a roller until the face is flushed and warmed,

(b) rolling substantially the entire head with a roller with pressure applied to the head greater than the pressure applied to the face in step (a), and

(c) rolling facial wrinkles about the eyes or lips with a roller with firm pressure applied to the wrinkles for a period of time in excess of the combined periods of time consumed in performing steps (a) and (b).

2. The method of claim 1 wherein step (a) the face is rolled for between approximately two and three minutes.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein step (b) the head is rolled for between approximately two and three minutes.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein step (b) the head is rolled for between approximately two and three minutes.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein step (c) facial wrinkles are rolled for between approximately 30 and 45 minutes.

6. A kit for use in reducing facial wrinkles comprising first, second and third implements for use in sequence and with said first implement having a rod, handles fixedly mounted to one portion of said rod, and a plurality of rollers having cylindrical skin contact surfaces mounted to another portion of said rod for free rotation thereon;

and with said second implement having a rod, a handle fixedly mounted to opposite end portions of said rod, and a plurality of rollers having cylindrical skin contact surfaces mounted to said rod for free rotation thereon between said handles; and

with said third implement having a rod, a handle fixedly mounted to one end of said rod and a roller having a convex peripheral skin contact surface mounted to the other end of said rod for free rotation thereon.

7. The kit of claim 6 wherein said third implement roller has a diameter greater than the diameter of said first implement roller and greater than the diameter of said second implement rollers.

8. The kit of claim 6 wherein said third implement roller has a convex peripheral skin contact surface of an axial width less than the axial width of the combined skin contact surfaces of said first implement plurality of rollers and less than the axial width of the combined skin contact surfaces of said second implement plurality of rollers.

9. The kit of claim 6 wherein said rods of said first, second and third implements are acetal.

10. The kit of claim 6 wherein said rollers of said first, second and third implements are nylon.