Sun blocking tattoo sticker

• US 5,811,108 A
• Filed: 07/15/1996
• Issued: 09/22/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Leslie A. Goeringer
• Original Assignee: Leslie A. Goeringer
• Inventors: Goeringer, Leslie A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Page, Thurman K.
• Assistant Examiner(s): HOWARD, SHARON LEE
• Application Number:
  US08/683,595
• Time in Patent Office: 799 Days
• Field of Search: 424/401, 424/402, 424/443, 424/448, 424/59, 424/445, 428/343
• US Class Current: 424/401
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 2800/262 Transparent; Translucent
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/0208 Tissues; Wipes; Patches
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 1/025 Semi-permanent tattoos, stencils, e.g. "permanent make-up"
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 19/04 for chemically tanning the skin topical sun or radiation screening or tanning preparations A61Q17/04
• CPC Class Codes: B44C 1/005 by altering locally the surface material surface treatment to obtain special artistic surface effects or finishes B44D5/00

Abstract

A shielding web that is transparent and blocks ultraviolet light from irradiating selected portions of human skin. The shielding web has a pressure sensitive adhesive applied to a rear surface thereof which can be utilized to adhesively couple the web to human skin. The web is comprised of a material the precludes tanning of the covered skin.

Claims

1. A sun blocking tattoo sticker comprising,:

a sheet of disparately shaped shielding means with the shielding means being removable therefrom;

the shielding means for coupling to skin of a human body and for shielding a pre-determined and patterned covered portion of the skin from ultraviolet light, the shielding means comprising a material web being formed from a polymer being of 2-(hydroxy-lower alkyl phenyl) benzotriazole and visibably light transparent and substantially ultraviolet opaque, a transparent pressure sensitive adhesive coupled to a rear surface of the material web, the shielding means operating to absorb at least ninety percent of ultraviolet light in the 300 to 380 nanometer range while transmitting substantially all visible light therethrought, the shielding means being substantially transparent to an individual viewing for facilitating inconspicuous use thereof.

2. A method for blocking ultraviolet light from irradiating selected portions of human skin for forming disparate shapes on areas of the skin, which comprises the steps of:

reviewing a sheet of disparately shaped adhesive coated material webs formed of a polymer having uniformly distributed therethrough an ultraviolet light absorbing amount of 2-(hydroxy-lower alkyl phenyl) benzotriazole;

removing a first of the disparately shaped material webs from the sheet;

adhering the first of the disparately shaped material webs to the human skin for shielding the skin area under the material web from ultraviolet radiation;

removing a second of the disparately shaped material webs from the sheet;

adhering the second of disparately shaped material webs to the human skin for shielding the skin area under the material web from ultraviolet radiation;

removing a third of the disparately shaped material webs from the sheet;

adhering the third of the disparately shaped material webs to the human skin for shielding the skin area under the material web from ultraviolet radiation;

continuing the steps of removing the material webs from the sheet and adhering the material webs until all the desired areas of the human skin have at least one of the material webs thereon;

exposing the human skin to visible and non-visible light for a period of five plus minutes with the material webs positioned on all the desired areas of the human skin, the material webs being transparent to visible light and opaque to ultraviolet radiation, and the material webs being invisible to the human eye; and

removing the first, second, third and other material webs from the human skin for exposing the shielded skin area under the material web and allowing the disparate shapes having been formed there on to be seen.