Skin cleanser

• US 9,907,439 B2
• Filed: 01/07/2014
• Issued: 03/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Foreo, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Foreo, Inc.
• Inventors: Sedic, Filip
• Primary Examiner(s): Yu, Justine
• Assistant Examiner(s): VO, TU A
• Application Number:
  US14/149,793
• Publication Number:
  US 20140194900A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,519 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 7/02 Bathing sponges, brushes, gloves, or similar cleaning or rubbing implements brushes in general A46B; sponges for domestic cleaning A47L13/16; specially for massage A61H7/00
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 7/04 Mechanical washing or cleaning devices, hand or mechanically, i.e. power operated
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 7/043 hand operated
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/443 Evaluating skin constituents, e.g. elastin, melanin, water
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/445 Evaluating skin irritation or skin trauma, e.g. rash, eczema, wound, bed sore
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2023/0272 multiple masses each rotated by an individual motor
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/0153 hand-held
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/0157 portable
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/02 heated or cooled
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/0207 heated
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/105 with means for delivering media, e.g. drugs or cosmetics
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1215 Rotary drive
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1223 Frequency controlled AC motor
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/5002 Means for controlling a set of similar massage devices acting in sequence at different locations on a patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/5035 Several programs selectable
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/5038 freely programmable by the user
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/5041 control is restricted to certain individuals
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/5097 wireless
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2205/022 Face
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 23/00 Percussion or vibration massage, e.g. using supersonic vibration; Suction-vibration massage; Massage with moving diaphragms apparatus for passive exercising A61H1/00; generating or transmitting mechanical vibrations in general B06B
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 23/006 : Percussion or tapping massage hand percussion A61H23/06
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 23/02 : with electric or magnetic drive
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 23/0254 : with rotary motor
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 23/0263 : using rotating unbalanced masses
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 7/002 : by rubbing or brushing
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 7/003 : Hand-held or hand-driven devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 7/004 : power-driven, e.g. electrical
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 7/005 : hand-held

Abstract

A skin cleanser includes a surface, such as a silicone surface, with at least one textured portion for transmitting vibrational tapping to the skin. The skin cleanser includes at least one oscillating motor for generating the tapping motion to the skin. The textured portion includes touch-points or a wave that transmit the tapping motion to skin in contact with the textured portions. The touch-points may include thicker and thinner formations of the touch-points to provide firmer or softer vibrations to the skin. The touch-points are within about 0.5 to 2.5 mm in diameter. One configuration includes multiple oscillating motors configured to provide different vibration frequencies at around 50-300 Hertz and operable simultaneously.

Claims

1. A skin cleanser comprising:

a casing containing a first and second oscillating motor;

a unitary silicone exterior that is separate from and covers substantially all of the casing, a first textured surface area integrally forming part of the unitary silicone exterior, the first textured surface area including alternating sections of thicker and thinner touch-points within a range of about 0.5 to 2.5 millimeters (mm) in diameter, wherein the diameter of each of the thicker touch-points is larger than the diameter of each of the thinner touch-points, wherein the alternating sections of thicker and thinner touch-points including a first set of thicker touch-points located at a tip of the skin cleanser, a first set of thinner touch-points adjacent to the first set of thicker touch-points, a second set of thicker touch-points adjacent to the first set of thinner touch-points, a second set of thinner touch-points adjacent to the second set of thicker touch-points, a third set of thicker touch-points adjacent to the second set of thinner touch-points, and a third set of thinner touch-points adjacent to the third set of thicker touch-points, wherein the first set of thicker touch-points forms a plurality of arcuate rows, the first set of thinner touch-points forms a plurality of arcuate rows, the second set of thicker touch-points forms an arcuate row, the second set of thinner touch-points forms a plurality of arcuate rows, the third set of thicker touch-points forms an arcuate row, and the third set of thinner touch-points forms a plurality of arcuate rows, wherein the rows of the first, second, and third sets of thicker touch-points and the first, second, and third sets of thinner touch-points are parallel;

;

wherein each oscillating motor is independently driven, the oscillating motors configured to produce pulsations of the first textured surface area, the first and second oscillating motors being operable simultaneously and at different frequencies relative to one another; and

at least one control configured to operate the first and second oscillating motors.

2. The skin cleanser of claim 1, wherein the first and second oscillating motors are operable to oscillate within the range of about 50 to 300 Hertz (Hz).

3. The skin cleanser of claim 1, wherein the at least one control of the skin cleanser comprises either buttons or a sensor configured to detect contact by the user with the first textured surface.

4. The skin cleanser of claim 1, wherein the first textured surface area is infused with or contains active ingredients selected from a group consisting of:

Vitamin E, anti-oxidants, and silver nanoparticles.

5. The skin cleanser of claim 1, wherein the first oscillating motor is operable to oscillate within a frequency range, and the second oscillating motor is operable to oscillate within a frequency range that is higher than the frequency range of the first oscillating motor.

6. The skin cleanser of claim 5, wherein the frequency range of the first oscillating motor is about 50 to 130 Hz, and the frequency range of the second oscillating motor is about 160 to 300 Hz.

7. The skin cleanser of claim 1, wherein the silicone exterior further includes a second textured surface area of smooth ridges.

8. The skin cleanser of claim 7, wherein the smooth ridges are arranged in a wave formation.

9. The skin cleanser of claim 1, wherein the first textured surface area consists of touch-points between about 1.5 mm and 2.5 mm in diameter, and the unitary silicone exterior includes a second textured surface area that consists of smooth ridges.

10. The skin cleanser of claim 1, wherein the first textured surface area of touch-points is compressible to contour to a surface of the skin.

11. The skin cleanser of claim 1, wherein the unitary silicone exterior is compressible or bendable to contour to the surface of the skin.

12. The skin cleanser of claim 1, wherein the first and second oscillating motors are arranged within the skin cleanser body to vertically oscillate the touch-points.

13. The skin cleanser of claim 12, wherein, when in use, a portion of one textured surface area is placed against a skin surface, the vertical oscillations of the touch-points provide a tapping motion against the skin surface.

14. The skin cleanser of claim 1, wherein the first and second oscillating motors are eccentric rotating mass (ERM) motors.

15. The skin cleanser of claim 1, wherein the at least one control is operable through the unitary silicone exterior.

16. The skin cleanser of claim 1, wherein the unitary silicone exterior is configured to be held in a hand of a user with a thumb of the user resting against the at least one control on a first side of the unitary silicone exterior and fingers of the user resting on a second side of the unitary silicone exterior.

17. The skin cleanser of claim 16, wherein the second side of the silicone exterior has a curvature and is configured to be held in a palm of the user'"'"'s hand.