Removal mechanism for adhesive eye strips
AssigneeVictoria McGill Enterprises, Inc.
InventorsDaniel E. Cohen, Steven Thomas Winkler
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Abstract
A mechanism for releasing an eye strip from a backing material card is described. The backing material card includes a movable flap that releases a right and/or left undamaged end of a strip (for right or left hand preference) into free space in order to conveniently lift the strip off the backing material, preferably between the user's thumb and index finger, for proper orientation and placement on the eyelid.
Claims15
An adhesive eye strip release mechanism, comprising:
- an adhesive eye strip comprising a flexible material coated with an adhesive layer;
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- a backing material card onto which the eye strip is positioned, the card having at least one continuous vertical cut and at least one continuous horizontal cut, said vertical and horizontal cuts having at least one point of intersection, wherein at least a portion of the continuous vertical cut or the continuous horizontal cut is covered by the adhesive layer of the eye strip, and wherein said vertical and horizontal cuts are capable of creating a movable flap from which the eye strip can be removed.
A method for applying an adhesive eye strip to an eyelid, comprising the steps of:
- a) providing an eye strip on a backing material card, said card comprising a movable flap;
- b) lifting the movable flap upwards to release one end of the eye strip from the backing material card;
- c) lifting the released end of the eye strip to remove the entire eye strip from the movable flap;
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- d) applying the eye strip to the eyelid after removing the entire eye strip from the movable flap.
An adhesive eye strip release mechanism, comprising:
- an adhesive eye strip comprising a flexible material coated with an adhesive layer;
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- a backing material card onto which the eye strip is positioned, the card having at least one continuous curved cut to create a movable flap from which the eye strip can be removed by lifting the movable flap upwards to release one end of the eye strip from the backing material card, wherein at least a portion of the continuous curved cut is covered by the adhesive layer of the eye strip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.