Patent ID: 7621153

Claim:
A method of supporting an earring on a wearer's earlobe, wherein a hole extends between the front and back sides of the earlobe, comprising: providing an oval shaped protection pad of a size such that it may be affixed to the back side of a wearer's earlobe and is bounded by the earlobe, the pad comprising a generally planar sheet of compressible cushion material and a toroidal shaped ring of flexible polymeric material affixed to the sheet of cushion material in a manner that an annular surface of the ring is above the sheet of cushion material and an oval shaped surface in the center of the cushioning sheet encircled by the annular surface of the ring is exposed, the annular and oval shaped surfaces having adhesive thereon; adhesively fixing the annular and oval surface portions of the pad to the back of the earlobe so that the pad is bounded by the earlobe, the annular shaped surface of the sheet encircles the exit of the earring hole in the earlobe and the central oval shaped surface of the cushioning sheet superposes the hole exit, and after said pad is affixed to said earlobe, inserting a support portion of an earring through the front entry of said earring hole and, upon further insertion, pushing said support portion against said pad with sufficient force so as to pierce the cushioning sheet of said pad, such that the weight of said earring is then supported, at least partially, by said pad adhesively secured to the back of said earlobe.