Surgery: kinesitherapy – Kinesitherapy – Device with applicator having specific movement
Reexamination Certificate
1998-07-29
2001-04-03
Brown, Michael A. (Department: 3764)
Surgery: kinesitherapy
Kinesitherapy
Device with applicator having specific movement
C015S112000, C015S161000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06210350
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention generally relates to devices and methods for removing certain skin areas on a person's body and, more particularly, relates to a device and method for removing selected skin areas including callouses from a person's foot in a shower or bath area.
2. Background of the Prior Art
In the past, various devices and methods have been developed and used for removing certain skin areas on a person's body. For example, doctors will often remove warts and other growths from a person's body such as by a surgical type device or by new cryogenic spot freezing techniques. Podiatrists will also remove callouses and/or certain other skin areas such as “corns” from a person's foot by the use of minor surgical cutting techniques using, for example, a scalpel, razor or other type of skin cutting device.
These prior art types of procedures for the removal of certain skin portions on a person's body or feet usually require the assistance of another person such as a doctor like a dermatologist or a podiatrist. However, there are certain types of situations where a person desires to act by themselves in an independent manner in a relatively inexpensive way without the assistance and expense of using another party such as a doctor to remove certain skin areas on their feet.
For example, many people develop certain skin conditions on their feet such as callouses or dead skin portions such as “corns” which often become very uncomfortable and therefore require some form of treatment to ease the pain or discomfort created by these callouses or dead skin portions such as “corns”. Simply stated, people don't want to incur the expense and loss in time from a visit to a doctor such as a podiatrist or dermatologist.
Furthermore, for older or other people such as obese people who have difficulty in bending or have arthritis or other ailments or back problems, the removal of selected skin portions from their feet, which includes stains, dead skin, etc., by themselves is very desirable to important foot hygiene.
Accordingly, a need existed for a device and method that could be used to remove dead skin regions on a person's foot or feet without the need of a doctor or a third party and also without the need of a surgical type device. There was also a need for such a device and method that can be used in a shower or bath area where warm water could be used to bathe the person's feet to both clean and soften dead skin portions of the person's feet to facilitate removal thereof by abrasion. Preferably, such a device and method should be used on the floor of the shower or bath in a way that would permit a hands-free dead skin removal operation from the person's feet while maintaining the device in a substantially secure or fixed position on the shower or bath floor. Furthermore, such a device and method would permit either foot to be used to remove skin portions therefrom. Still further, such a device and method would permit side as well as bottom portions of the person's feet to be abraded for the removal of dead skin portions therefrom.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of this invention to provide an improved device and method for removing in a shower or bath area selected skin areas from a bottom foot portion of a person.
It is a further object of this invention to provide an improved device and method for removing by abrasion techniques selected skin areas from a bottom foot portion of a person.
It is still further object of this invention to provide an improved device and method for removing by abrasion techniques selected skin areas from bottom and side portions of a person's foot or feet.
It is another object of this invention to provide an improved device and method for removing by abrasion techniques selected skin areas from bottom and side portions of a person's feet or foot in a shower or bath area in a manner where there is use of a secure or substantially fixed device to minimize chances of slipping.
It is still another object of this invention to provide an improved device and method for removing by abrasion techniques selected skin areas from bottom and side portions of a person's feet or foot in a shower or bath area wherein either foot can be used with a single device to achieve abrading away of the selected skin areas.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
In accordance with one embodiment of this invention, a device is provided for rubbing a person's bottom foot portion in a shower or bath area to remove select areas of a person's skin such as callouses which comprises, in combination: an elongated base portion; surface gripping means coupled to a bottom surface portion of the elongated base portion for providing a grip to a shower or bath area surface; and abrasive means coupled to a top surface portion of the elongated base portion for removing selected areas of skin including callouses on a person's bottom foot portion.
In accordance with another embodiment of this invention, a method is disclosed for rubbing a person's bottom foot portion in a shower or bath area to remove select areas of a person's skin such as callouses which comprises, in combination; providing an elongated base portion; providing surface gripping means coupled to a bottom surface portion of the elongated base portion for providing a grip to a shower or bath area surface; and providing abrasive means coupled to a top surface portion of the elongated base portion for removing selected areas of skin including callouses on a person's bottom foot portion.
The foregoing and other objects, features and advantages of this invention will be apparent from the following more particular description of the preferred embodiment of the invention as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
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Brown Michael A.
Hamilton Lalita
Moy Jeffrey D.
Weiss Jeffrey
Weiss & Moy, P. C.
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