Figure Contouring Mask

Abstract

A figure contouring mask having an absorbent surface to retain a figure contouring lotion in contact with the chin and the upper portion of the neck and held tightly in place by elastic head bands and elastic neck bands.

Description

This invention relates to a novel figure contouring mask capable of being held tightly against the chin and the upper portion of the neck to maintain an absorbent surface retaining a figure contouring lotion in contact with the skin.

Figure contouring lotions have come into widespread use for contouring and trimming the body. The heated lotion must be maintained in contact with the portion of the figure to be contoured for some period of time, and accordingly it has been the practice to wrap the portion of the figure to be contoured with an absorbent tape saturated with the heated figure contouring lotion.

Some parts of the body cannot be comfortably and conveniently wrapped for the application of the figure contouring lotion. The chin, for example, presents a problem because the wrapping must encircle the head, and such wrapping is unwieldy and uncomfortable.

Various masks and straps have heretofore been proposed for retaining a figure contouring lotion in contact with the chin, but they have not proven entirely satisfactory for many reasons, inter alia, inability to conform to the shape of the chin, excessive number of head straps, etc.

The figure contouring mask of the present invention is easy to apply, comfortable and adapts itself to the shape of the chin. The mask in its preferred form includes a pad having an elastic chin portion for conforming to the shape of the chin and an absorbent surface for retaining the figure contouring lotion in contact with the chin and neck. The pad is held in place comfortably by a pair of elastic head bands extending upwardly from opposite ends of the pad and overlapping at the top of the head and a pair of elastic neck bands extending rearwardly from opposite ends of the pad and overlapping at the back of the neck. The overlapped portions of the head bands and neck bands are held together to effectively maintain the pad tightly against the skin throughout the entire area thereof.

For a complete understanding of the present invention reference can be made to the detailed description which follows and to the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a view of one side of the figure contouring mask of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a view of the other side;

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line 3--3, looking in the direction of the arrows;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the mask worn by the user and viewed from the front; and

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the mask worn by the user and viewed from the rear.

The figure contouring mask includes a pad 10, a pair of relatively wide and long elastic head bands 11 extending outwardly from opposite ends of the pad, and a pair of relatively narrow and short elastic neck bands 12 extending outwardly from opposite ends of the pad.

The front portion 10a of the pad intermediate the head bands 11 is adapted to be held tightly against the portion of the chin directly below the lower jaw, and the rear or lower portion 10b of the pad intermediate the neck bands 12 is adapted to be held tightly against the front of the neck.

When worn, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the head bands are stretched upwardly from opposite ends of the pad and overlapped at the top of the head, and the neck bands are stretched rearwardly from opposite ends of the pad and overlapped at the back of the neck.

The overlapped portions of the head and neck bands are held securely together by any detachable coupling, preferably by Velcro interlocking hook and loop material. Toward this end, one side of one of the head bands 11 carries a series of spaced apart strips 13 of Velcro interlocking cloth, for example, strips of hook material, and the opposite side of the other head band carries a series of spaced apart strips 14 of Velcro interlocking cloth, for example, strips of loop material with which the hook material is adapted to interlock. The strips 13 and 14 are of different lengths and spaced differently so that when the bands are overlapped at the top of the head substantial lengths of the strips 13 and 14 will interlock, holding the overlapped portions in place. Due to the fact that the strips 13 and 14 are spaced apart and occupy small areas of the head bands 11, they do not appreciably decrease the stretchability of the bands.

Similarly, one side of one of the neck bands 12 carries spaced apart strips 15 of interlocking material and the opposite side of the other neck band carries a somewhat longer strip 16 of interlocking material, so that when the appropriate portions of the neck bands are overlapped the strips 15 and 16 will interlock and hold the neck bands in place.

The middle of the front portion of the pad 10 is made of elastic material which is adapted to engage and accommodate itself to the forward or prominent part of the wearer's chin. Thus, when the head bands 11 are stretched around the top of the wearer's head, the flexible material 17 stretches transversely across the chin so that the mask can be worn comfortably by either a man or a woman or by a person with either a round or a prominent chin.

The pad has a seam 18 around the entire periphery, and the flexible material 17 is held in place at the forward edge of the pad between a pair of spaced apart seams 19 and 20 which extend inwardly from the seam 18. The forward end of the flexible material 17 is of relatively short width, and the seams 19 and 20 taper apart to the widest portion of the flexible material 17 which is in direct contact with the point of the wearer's chin. The flexible material then tapers to a point at approximately the end of the chin engaging region 10a and the beginning of the neck engaging region 10b. The seams 19 and 20 overlap at a juncture 21 and continue on to the rear or lower edge of the pad in overlapped relation, dividing the pad into left and right regions and affording increased strength to the pad.

As best shown in FIG. 3, the portions of the pad 10 on either side of the dividing seams 19 and 20 are composed of three layers, namely, a layer of absorbent material 22 which retains the figure contouring lotion in contact with the skin, an intermediate layer 23 of insulation material to keep the lotion warm, and an outer layer 24 of moistureproof material to retain the lotion. The absorbent material may be a cotton cloth twill, the insulation material a polyurethane foam of approximately 1/8 inch thickness, a particularly suitable material because its spongelike character enables it to function also as an absorbent material, and the moistureproof material a rubber coated nylon film.

For added strength the pad is constructed so that the longitudinally extending center lines a of the head bands and the longitudinal center lines b of the neck bands intersect at substantially the point of juncture 21 of the seams 19 and 20. The center lines a form between them an obtuse angle of approximately 150.degree. to 155.degree. and the center lines b form between them an obtuse angle of approximately 130.degree..

In the normal use of the mask the figure contouring liquid is heated and applied to the absorbent material 22. The mask is then adjusted in place under the chin, with the elastic material in engagement with the point of the chin, the neck bands are stretched longitudinally and secured together at the back of the neck and the head bands are stretched longitudinally and secured together above the head. When properly applied, the mask can be worn comfortably while maintaining the surface saturated with the figure contouring liquid in uniform contact with the chin and neck.

The invention has been shown in a single preferred form and by way of example, and obviously many variations and modifications may be made therein within the spirit of the invention. The invention, therefore, is not intended to be limited to any specified form or embodiment except insofar as such limitations are expressly set forth in the claims.

Claims

I claim:

1. A figure contouring mask comprising a pad to be held snugly against the chin and neck, said pad including an elastic region at substantially the middle of the pad near the front edge for engaging the point of the chin, the elastic region being stretchable transversely across the chin and being formed of an elastic material held in place between a pair of seams which taper apart to the widest portion of the elastic material adapted to contact the wearer's chin, form a reinforcing juncture and then continue across to the opposite edge of the pad and said pad having an absorbent surface on the side of the pad adapted for contact with the skin for retaining a figure contouring lotion, a pair of elastic head bands extending upwardly from opposite ends of the portion of the pad adapted to be in contact with the chin for overlapping at the top of the head, a pair of elastic neck bands extending rearwardly from opposite ends of the portion of the pad adapted to be in contact with the neck for overlapping at the back of the neck, and means for holding the overlapped portions of the head bands and the neck bands together to maintain the pad snugly against the skin.

2. A figure contouring mask as set forth in claim 1 in which the longitudinally extending center lines of the head and neck bands intersect at the same juncture.

3. A figure contouring mask as set forth in claim 1 in which the regions of the pad on opposite sides of said seams include an inner absorbent material for retaining the figure contouring lotion in contact with the skin, an outer moistureproof material for retaining the lotion within the mask, and an intermediate insulation material for keeping the lotion warm.

4. A figure contouring mask as set forth in claim 1 in which the means for holding the overlapped portions of the head bands and neck bands together include a detachable interlocking material carried on opposite sides of the overlapped portions of the bands capable of interlocking with each other when pressed together.

5. A figure contouring mask as set forth in claim 1 in which the pad has an outer moistureproof surface for retaining the lotion within the mask.

6. A figure contouring mask as set forth in claim 5 in which the pad contains an intermediate insulated layer between the absorbent and moistureproof surfaces for keeping the lotion warm.

7. A figure contouring mask as set forth in claim 6 in which the intermediate insulation layer has absorbent characteristics for retaining the lotion.

8. A figure contouring mask as set forth in claim 1 in which the pad includes a chin engaging portion and a neck engaging portion and in which the head bands extend outwardly from the ends of the chin engaging portion to form an obtuse angle of approximately 150.degree. to 155.degree. and the neck bands extend outwardly from the ends of the neck engaging portion to form an obtuse angle of approximately 130.degree., the acute angle between the head and neck bands at one end of the pad being equal to the acute angle between the head and neck bands at the other end of the pad.