Method and apparatus for training facial muscles to reduce wrinkles
OwnerEllen Bermaninventor
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for training facial muscles to reduce wrinkles employs a flexible stretchable membrane held in contact with the skin over a muscle group while manipulating a hand-held device with a motorized rotary brush over the membrane, so that the bristles stimulate and train the muscle group while the flexible membrane protects and stabilizes the skin.
Claims30
Method for training facial muscles to reduce wrinkles in the skin overlying said facial muscles on the face of a user, said facial muscles comprising a plurality of fibers oriented substantially parallel to one another, said method comprising the steps of
- (a) providing a flexible membrane of stretchable elastic fabric having an inner surface and an outer surface;
- (b) providing a hand-held device having a housing, a power source, a motor connected to be selectively activated by said power source, a motion converter driven by said motor, and a head connected to said motion converter, said head having a plurality of muscle training elements thereon arranged to be moved in a substantially circular direction by said motion converter;
- (c) pressing said inner surface of the flexible membrane into contact with a portion of said face;
- (d) pressing the muscle training elements on said head against the outer surface of said membrane so that the muscle training elements move in said circular direction both across and along said plurality of fibers;
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- (e) manipulating said hand-held device over the outer surface of said membrane to stimulate and train said facial muscles while the flexible membrane protects and stabilizes the skin overlying said muscles.
Apparatus for training facial muscles to reduce wrinkles in the skin overlying said facial muscles on the face of a user, comprising the combination of:
- a flexible membrane of stretchable elastic fabric having an inner surface and an outer surface,
- means for holding said inner surface in contact with a portion of the face of said user, and
- a hand-held device having a housing, a power source, a motor connected to be selectively activated by said power source, a motion converter driven by said motor, and a head connected to said motion converter, said head having a plurality of muscle training elements thereon arranged to be moved by said motion converter, whereby the inner surface of the membrane may be placed in contact with the face and the muscle training elements pressed against the outer surface of the membrane so as to move in said circular direction while the hand-held device is manipulated over the outer surface of the membrane to stimulate and train said facial muscles while the flexible membrane protects and stabilizes the skin overlying said facial muscles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.