Prosthetic device

• US 7,152,606 B1
• Filed: 09/14/1998
• Issued: 12/26/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Randi Lynn Schindler
• Original Assignee: Randi Lynn Schindler
• Inventors: Schindler, Randi Lynn
• Primary Examiner(s): Brown, Michael A.
• Application Number:
  US09/152,992
• Time in Patent Office: 3,025 Days
• Field of Search: 128/846, 128/889, 128/890, 450 36- 41, 604/366, 604/370, 604/377, 604/378, 604/381
• US Class Current: 128/889
• CPC Class Codes: A41C 3/065 attached directly to the body, e.g. by means of adhesive
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 13/145 specially adapted for the female anatomy
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2013/15016 for breast; pads for bras

Abstract

A method of covering a nipple on a human breast, the nipple cover having a center and including a flexible material for conforming to a human breast, the method including the method steps of placing the nipple cover directly on a human breast so as to cover at least about one half and less then all of the breast, with the center of the cover proximate the nipple; the nipple cover having a first thickness proximate the center and a second thickness proximate a periphery thereof, the thickness of the nipple cover gradually tapering from the first thickness to the second thickness, wherein the method further includes the step of being the nipple cover on the breast such that the periphery of the cover blends smoothly with a curved portion of the breast while concealing a nipple shape.

Claims

1. A method of covering a nipple on a human breast, the nipple cover having a center and comprising a flexible material for conforming to a human breast, the method comprising the steps of:

placing the nipple cover directly on a human breast so as to cover at least about one half and less than all of the breast, with the center of the cover proximate the nipple;

the nipple cover having a first thickness proximate the center and a second thickness proximate a periphery thereof, and the thickness of the nipple cover gradually tapering from the first thickness to the second thickness, wherein the method further includes the step of bending the nipple cover on the breast such that the periphery of the cover blends smoothly with a curved portion of the breast while concealing a nipple shape.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising a step of selecting a nipple cover from a plurality of colors of nipple covers and from a plurality of shapes and sizes for covering at least about one half of the breast and less than all of the breast.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising a step of wearing clothing in contact with an outer surface of the nipple cover without a brassiere.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein in the step of placing, the cover is affixed to the human breast by adhesive.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising a step of selecting the nipple cover with a color matching a skin color of the breast upon which the cover is placed.