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US 11,745,537 B1Granted
Reusable body art stencil
OwnerMichelle Alexandra Keller, John Brent Moetteliinventors
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A system is provided enabling do it yourself body stencilling and/or body art. In particular, the system of the invention provides a body tight removable mask that masks an area of the body for body painting. The mask is sized to fit a particular portion of the torso or an appendage of a subject individual, and masks a standard area to enable an unskilled artist to paint a portion of the subject individual. The stencil can mask a logo of a sports team or other form such as a swimsuit form on a wrist or ankle or upper torso, forehead, or a bathing suit area of the subject individual. The system optionally includes adhesive, Velcro, or other interlocking overlapping portions enabling easy removal of the stencil without disturbing the freshly painted area. In its simplest form, the stencil is a mask of the thighs, and the waste, the lower chest area and upper chest area, for example, with a preferably elastic mask panel that can be easily removed once the basic painting is complete. Advantageously, the invention enables websites that feature body painting, such as Sports teams, Universities, Sports Illustrated or Fashion TV, to sell stencil product in association with displays of body painted models.
A body stencil system having a body tight mask arrangement having at least four mask components for masking an area of a body for body painting, the mask components including an upper chest mask component adapted to extend around the upper chest under the armpits and above the breasts thereby masking an upper delimitation of a bathing suit form, at least one waist mask component extending around the waist to mask at least a lower delimitation of a bikini top form or an upper delimitation of a bikini bottom form and two thigh mask components each adapted to extend around a thigh to delimit a lower bathing suit form, wherein at least one of the mask components is an elastic band of a width in the range of between 20 mm and 100 mm.
A body stencil system having a body tight mask arrangement having at least three mask components for masking against overspray an area of a body for body painting, the mask components including at least one upper mask component extending around an upper portion of the body to mask a portion of a bathing suit form and two thigh mask components each adapted to extend around a thigh to delimit a lower bathing suit form, wherein at least one of the mask components is an elastic band of a width in the range of between 20 mm and 100 mm.
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