Patent ID: 7578300

Claim:
A skin smoothing and abrading device comprising: A) an egg-shaped housing having (1) a first portion that is a forward portion when the housing is in use, (2) a second portion that is an aft portion when the housing is in use, (3) a third portion that is a bottom portion when the housing is in use, (4) a fourth portion that is a side portion when the housing is in use, (5) a longitudinal axis which extends between the first portion and the second portion, and (6) a transverse axis which extends transverse to the longitudinal axis; B) a motor unit in the housing, the motor unit having (1) a speed control circuit, and (2) an output drive element; C) a power cord attached to the motor unit and extending through the second portion of the housing; D) a motor speed control knob on the fourth portion of the housing; E) an abrading element mounting unit on the third portion of the housing and including (1) a rotor element mounted on the output drive element of the motor unit to be moved by the output drive element when the motor unit is activated, the rotor element extending in the direction of the transverse axis of the housing, (2) an abrading element mounting element mounted on the rotor element for movement therewith, (3) a hook-and-loop fastener element mounted on the abrading element mounting element, and (4) a guide plate mounted on the housing adjacent to the abrading element mounting element and having an opening defined therethrough; F) an abrading element having a hook-and-loop fastener element thereon, the abrading element being releasably mounted on the housing via interconnection of the hook-and-loop fastener element on the abrading element and the hook-and-loop fastener element on the abrading element mounting element; and G) a second rotor element located adjacent to the second portion of the housing and wherein the abrading element of the abrading element mounting unit is trained around the rotor elements for movement therewith.