Patent ID: 7865974

Claim:
A method of preventing water entering a person's ear while bathing, said method comprising the steps of: providing a covering comprised of a flexible and water impermeable material, said covering having an outer wall, an inner wall and a perimeter wall extending between said outer and inner walls, said inner wall having an aperture extending therethrough to access an interior of said covering, said perimeter wall including a top wall, a bottom wall, a first lateral wall and a second lateral wall, each of said top, bottom and first lateral walls being convexly arcuate, said second lateral wall being concavely arcuate, said covering having a height dimension from said top wall to said bottom wall of said perimeter and width dimension from said first lateral wall to said second lateral wall, said height dimension being less than 3.5 inches, said width dimension being less than 2.5 inches; providing a band being attached to and extending along an edge of said aperture, said band being resiliently stretchable; providing an adhesive being mounted on an outer surface of said inner wall; providing a framing member being positioned within said covering, said framing member being positioned within said inner wall and being extending along said top and first lateral walls, said framing member being comprised of a resiliently flexible material; providing a tether being attached to said covering for assisting the person in placing said covering on the ear; and extending the ear through said aperture and securing said inner wall to skin adjacent to said ear with said adhesive.