# US 9,907,439 B2 · Skin cleanser

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- Number: US 9,907,439 B2
- Document ID: US9907439B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/149,793
- Filed: 2014-01-07
- Published: 2014-07-10
- Granted: 2018-03-06
- Earliest claimed: 2013-01-07
- Applicants: Filip Sedic
- Inventors: Filip Sedic
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9907439B2

## CPC

- A47K 7/02: Bathing sponges, brushes, gloves or similar cleaning or rubbing implements
- A47K 7/04: {Mechanical} washing or cleaning devices, hand or mechanically, {i.e. power} operated
- A47K 7/043: {hand operated}
- A61B 5/443: {Evaluating skin constituents, e.g. elastin, melanin, water}
- A61B 5/445: {Evaluating skin irritation or skin trauma, e.g. rash, eczema, wound, bed sore}
- A61H 7/002: {by rubbing or brushing}
- A61H 7/003: {Hand-held or hand-driven devices}
- A61H 7/004: {power-driven, e.g. electrical}
- A61H 7/005: {hand-held}
- A61H 23/00: Percussion or vibration massage, e.g. using supersonic vibration; Suction-vibration massage; Massage with moving diaphragms {(apparatus for passive exercising A61H1/00; generating or transmitting mechanical vibrations in general B06B)}
- A61H 23/006: {Percussion or tapping massage (hand percussion A61H23/06)}
- A61H 23/02: with electric or magnetic drive
- A61H 23/0254: {with rotary motor}
- A61H 23/0263: {using rotating unbalanced masses}
- A61H 2023/0272: {multiple masses each rotated by an individual motor}
- A61H 2201/0153: hand-held
- A61H 2201/0157: portable
- A61H 2201/02: heated or cooled
- A61H 2201/0207: heated
- A61H 2201/105: with means for delivering media, e.g. drugs or cosmetics
- A61H 2201/1215: Rotary drive
- A61H 2201/1223: Frequency controlled AC motor
- A61H 2201/5002: Means for controlling a set of similar massage devices acting in sequence at different locations on a patient
- A61H 2201/5035: Several programs selectable
- A61H 2201/5038: freely programmable by the user
- A61H 2201/5041: control is restricted to certain individuals
- A61H 2201/5097: wireless
- A61H 2205/022: Face
- A47K: SANITARY EQUIPMENT; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR, e.g. TOILET ACCESSORIES
- A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D)
- A61H: PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY (electrotherapy, magnetotherapy, radiation therapy or ultrasound therapy A61N)

## Abstract

A skin cleanser includes a surface, such as a silicone surface, with at least one textured portion for transmitting vibrational tapping to the skin. The skin cleanser includes at least one oscillating motor for generating the tapping motion to the skin. The textured portion includes touch-points or a wave that transmit the tapping motion to skin in contact with the textured portions. The touch-points may include thicker and thinner formations of the touch-points to provide firmer or softer vibrations to the skin. The touch-points are within about 0.5 to 2.5 mm in diameter. One configuration includes multiple oscillating motors configured to provide different vibration frequencies at around 50-300 Hertz and operable simultaneously.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A skin cleanser comprising:
a casing containing a first and second oscillating motor;
a unitary silicone exterior that is separate from and covers substantially all of the casing, a first textured surface area integrally forming part of the unitary silicone exterior, the first textured surface area including alternating sections of thicker and thinner touch-points within a range of about 0.5 to 2.5 millimeters (mm) in diameter, wherein the diameter of each of the thicker touch-points is larger than the diameter of each of the thinner touch-points, wherein the alternating sections of thicker and thinner touch-points including a first set of thicker touch-points located at a tip of the skin cleanser, a first set of thinner touch-points adjacent to the first set of thicker touch-points, a second set of thicker touch-points adjacent to the first set of thinner touch-points, a second set of thinner touch-points adjacent to the second set of thicker touch-points, a third set of thicker touch-points adjacent to the second set of thinner touch-points, and a third set of thinner touch-points adjacent to the third set of thicker touch-points, wherein the first set of thicker touch-points forms a plurality of arcuate rows, the first set of thinner touch-points forms a plurality of arcuate rows, the second set of thicker touch-points forms an arcuate row, the second set of thinner touch-points forms a plurality of arcuate rows, the third set of thicker touch-points forms an arcuate row, and the third set of thinner touch-points forms a plurality of arcuate rows, wherein the rows of the first, second, and third sets of thicker touch-points and the first, second, and third sets of thinner touch-points are parallel;;
wherein each oscillating motor is independently driven, the oscillating motors configured to produce pulsations of the first textured surface area, the first and second oscillating motors being operable simultaneously and at different frequencies relative to one another; and
at least one control configured to operate the first and second oscillating motors.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The skin cleanser of claim 1, wherein the first and second oscillating motors are operable to oscillate within the range of about 50 to 300 Hertz (Hz).

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The skin cleanser of claim 1, wherein the at least one control of the skin cleanser comprises either buttons or a sensor configured to detect contact by the user with the first textured surface.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The skin cleanser of claim 1, wherein the first textured surface area is infused with or contains active ingredients selected from a group consisting of: Vitamin E, anti-oxidants, and silver nanoparticles.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The skin cleanser of claim 1, wherein the first oscillating motor is operable to oscillate within a frequency range, and the second oscillating motor is operable to oscillate within a frequency range that is higher than the frequency range of the first oscillating motor.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The skin cleanser of claim 5, wherein the frequency range of the first oscillating motor is about 50 to 130 Hz, and the frequency range of the second oscillating motor is about 160 to 300 Hz.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The skin cleanser of claim 1, wherein the silicone exterior further includes a second textured surface area of smooth ridges.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The skin cleanser of claim 7, wherein the smooth ridges are arranged in a wave formation.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The skin cleanser of claim 1, wherein the first textured surface area consists of touch-points between about 1.5 mm and 2.5 mm in diameter, and the unitary silicone exterior includes a second textured surface area that consists of smooth ridges.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The skin cleanser of claim 1, wherein the first textured surface area of touch-points is compressible to contour to a surface of the skin.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The skin cleanser of claim 1, wherein the unitary silicone exterior is compressible or bendable to contour to the surface of the skin.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The skin cleanser of claim 1, wherein the first and second oscillating motors are arranged within the skin cleanser body to vertically oscillate the touch-points.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The skin cleanser of claim 12, wherein, when in use, a portion of one textured surface area is placed against a skin surface, the vertical oscillations of the touch-points provide a tapping motion against the skin surface.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

The skin cleanser of claim 1, wherein the first and second oscillating motors are eccentric rotating mass (ERM) motors.

### Claim 15 (depends on 1)

The skin cleanser of claim 1, wherein the at least one control is operable through the unitary silicone exterior.

### Claim 16 (depends on 1)

The skin cleanser of claim 1, wherein the unitary silicone exterior is configured to be held in a hand of a user with a thumb of the user resting against the at least one control on a first side of the unitary silicone exterior and fingers of the user resting on a second side of the unitary silicone exterior.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The skin cleanser of claim 16, wherein the second side of the silicone exterior has a curvature and is configured to be held in a palm of the user's hand.