Patent ID: 6401289
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: A61H

Abstract:
A skin cleaning device for cleaning the skin of a user of the device, said device comprising:a housing having a first end and a second end, said first end having a cavity extending therein; a motor being positioned in said housing and generally adjacent to said second end; a shaft being mechanically coupled to said motor and extending through said second end of said housing, said motor being adapted for rotating said shaft, said shaft having a free end defining a female coupler; a power supply being operationally coupled to said motor; a disc having a first side and a second side, said first side having a convex shape, a male coupler being integrally attached to said second side and being generally centrally located on said second side of said disc, said male coupler being removably insertable into said female coupler for releasably attaching said disc to said shaft; a plurality of cleaning pads each having a peripheral edge, an elastic member being attached to and extending around said peripheral edge such that each of said pads forms a sock positionable over said first side of said disc; and wherein said motor rotates said disc such that said pads may be used for cleaning skin of the user.