Cosmetic appliance and method of use

• US 7,806,749 B2
• Filed: 01/02/2009
• Issued: 10/05/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Bring It Up, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Bring It Up, Inc.
• Inventors: Horton, Denise
• Primary Examiner(s): HALE, GLORIA M
• Application Number:
  US12/348,183
• Publication Number:
  US 20090111357A1
• Time in Patent Office: 641 Days
• Field of Search: 450/81, 450 54- 58, 450 36- 28, 424/449, 424/448, 602/41, 602/42, 602/58
• US Class Current: 450/81
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 9/7007 Drug-containing films, membranes or sheets A61K9/0041, A61K9/0043, A61K9/006, A61K9/0063 take precedence

Abstract

A cosmetic appliance and method of use for temporarily lifting, supporting or smoothing the skin of selected areas of a user'"'"'s body, including the eyebrows, eyelids, throat, neck, breasts and other areas, and which is not readily apparent once applied, formed in predetermined shapes from thin, generally translucent flexible sheeting to one side of which adhesive has been applied and covered with a peel-away layer.

Claims

1. A method of lifting a human breast and holding the breast in an elevated position comprising:

providing a flexible sheet made of translucent material, cut into a predetermined shape and having an adhesive on one side of the sheet to form an adhesive surface having a first portion and a remaining portion;

applying the first portion of the adhesive surface of the sheet to skin of the upper surface of the breast adjacent the breast areola to adhere the first portion of the adhesive side of the sheet to the breast;

moving the sheet upwardly to lift the sheet and the breast to an elevated position; and

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applying the remaining portion of the adhesive surface of the sheet to the skin of the upper surface of the breast to adhere the sheet to the skin of the upper surface of the breast and to hold the breast in the elevated position.

2. The method of claim 1 including the step of providing a peel-away layer covering the adhesive surface.

3. The method of claim 2 including removing the peel-away layer from the adhesive surface prior to applying the first portion of the adhesive surface to the skin of the upper surface of the breast.

4. The method of claim 2 including removing a portion of the peel-away layer from the adhesive surface prior to applying the first portion of the adhesive surface to the skin of the upper surface of the breast.

5. Temporarily lifting and smoothing the skin of a human breast comprising the method steps of:

exposing a human breast having a top surface;

providing a sheet made of a translucent material with a bottom surface having an adhesive thereon;

adhering the bottom adhesive surface of the translucent sheet on to the top surface of the breast;

lifting the breast upwardly and adhering the adhesive onto the skin surface of the breast at a higher position on the breast thereby temporarily maintaining, when the human is standing or sitting upright, the breast at a lifted position that is higher than a position of the breast prior to adhering the sheet to the top surface of the breast; and

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the sheet temporarily maintaining skin of the top surface of the breast in a condition relatively smoother than the condition of the skin of the top surface of the breast prior to adhering the sheet to the top surface of the breast.