Patent ID: 6799580
Filing Date: 2004-10-05
Classification: A45D,A61K,A61M,A61Q,B05B,Y02P

Abstract:
In a method for coating substantially the entire human body with a predetermined human skin self tanning material of the type including the steps of:providing a coating chamber for receiving the entire body of a person to be coated and having at least one wall; providing a reservoir for receiving the predetermined human skin self tanning material in liquid form; providing at least one nozzle positioned within the coating chamber; discharging the predetermined human skin self tanning liquid from the reservoir through the nozzle and thereby spraying the predetermined human skin self tanning liquid onto the skin comprising substantially the entire body of the person in the coating chamber; continuously moving the nozzle relative to the body of the person to be coated during the discharging step thereby assuring a uniform coating of the predetermined human skin self tanning material over substantially the entire body of the person; containing the spray from the nozzle which is not received on the skin of the person; the improvement comprising: receiving spray from the nozzle which is not received on the skin of the person on at least one wall of the coating chamber; and periodically removing the received spray from the wall.