Personal care apparatus assembly

Abstract

Personal care apparatus is disclosed and basically is comprised of cleansing liquid and rinsing liquid reservoirs, a pair of pumps that deliver liquid from the reservoirs to a pair of valved liquid delivery lines, a source of low-pressure air suction, a suction hose connected to the source of low pressure air suction, and a hand-held applicator element that is co-operably connected to the suction hose and to the pair of valved liquid delivery lines. The hand-held applicator element has a contact surface adapted to contact human skin surfaces without causing injury.

I claim as my invention:  
     
         1 . Personal care apparatus comprising of: 
 at least one cleansing liquid reservoir having a liquid delivery pump;    a source of low-pressure air suction;    a valved liquid delivery line having an outlet port and connected to said cleansing liquid reservoir liquid delivery pump;    a suction hose connected to said source of low-pressure air suction;    and a hand-held applicator element that is co-operably connected to said suction hose and to said valved liquid delivery line, said hand-held applicator element having a body contact surface adapted to contact and move over human skin without causing injury, said liquid delivery line being routed from said delivery pump to said hand-held applicator element, and said fluid outlet port is positioned adjacent to said body contact surface of said hand-held applicator element.    
     
     
         2 . The invention defined by  claim 1 , and wherein said hand-held applicator element body contact surface has a suction inlet, said liquid delivery line outlet port being positioned within and surrounded by said hand-held applicator element body contact surface suction inlet.  
     
     
         3 . The invention defined by  claim 2 , and wherein said liquid delivery line outlet port is positioned inwardly from the plane of said hand-held applicator element body contact surface suction inlet.  
     
     
         4 . The invention defined by  claim 2 , and wherein said hand-held applicator element further comprises an adjustment means for adjusting the distance between said liquid delivery line outlet port and said body contact surface.  
     
     
         5 . The invention defined by  claim 4 , and wherein said liquid delivery line outlet port is adjustably positioned throughout a range of {fraction (1/16)} inch to 5½ inches.  
     
     
         6 . The invention defined by  claim 1 , and wherein said hand-held applicator element body contact surface has the form of a curvilinear surface having spaced-apart linear slots some of which are aligned with said fluid outlet port to deliver liquid from said liquid delivery line to the surface of a human body and the others of which remove liquid from the surface of a human body.  
     
     
         7 . The invention defined by  claim 1 , and wherein said hand-held applicator element body contact surface has the form of the open end of a flexible tube, said flexible tube open end defining a suction inlet, and said liquid delivery line outlet port being positioned within said tube.  
     
     
         8 . The invention defined by  claim 7 , and wherein said liquid delivery line outlet port is positioned inwardly from the plane of said hand-held applicator element body contact surface suction inlet.  
     
     
         9 . The invention defined by  claim 8 , and wherein said hand-held applicator element further comprises an adjustment means for adjusting the distance between said liquid delivery line outlet port and said body contact surface.  
     
     
         10 . The invention defined by  claim 1 , and wherein said hand-held applicator element body contact surface has the form of the open end of a rigid tube covered by a soft hollow end cap.  
     
     
         11 . The invention defined by  claim 10 , wherein said soft hollow cap defines a body contact surface suction inlet, and wherein said liquid delivery line outlet port is positioned within said rigid tube and inwardly from the plane of said hand-held applicator element body contact surface suction inlet.  
     
     
         12 . The invention defined by  claim 11 , and wherein said hand-held applicator element further comprises an adjustment means for adjusting the distance between said liquid delivery line outlet port and said body contact surface.  
     
     
         13 . The invention defined by  claim 1 , and wherein said hand-held applicator element body contact surface has the form of the open end of a rigid tube, said rigid tube open end defines a body contact surface suction inlet and wherein said liquid delivery line outlet port is positioned within said rigid tube and inwardly from the plane of said hand-held applicator element body contact surface suction inlet.  
     
     
         14 . The invention defined by  claim 13 , further comprising a second tube concentric with and axially movable with respect to said rigid tube, and wherein axial movement of one of said rigid tube or said second tube causes the distance between said liquid delivery line outlet port and said handheld applicator element body contact surface suction inlet to change.  
     
     
         15 . The invention defined by  claim 14  further comprising an air suction adjustment means for adjusting air suction pressure.  
     
     
         16 . The invention defined by  claim 15  wherein said air suction adjustment means is positioned in said hand-held applicator element.  
     
     
         17 . The invention defined by  claim 1  further comprising an air suction adjustment means for adjusting air suction pressure.  
     
     
         18 . The invention defined by  claim 2  further comprising an air suction adjustment means for adjusting air suction pressure.  
     
     
         19 . The invention defined by  claim 4  further comprising an air suction adjustment means for adjusting air suction pressure.  
     
     
         20 . The invention defined by  claim 6  further comprising an air suction adjustment means for adjusting air suction pressure.  
     
     
         21 . The invention defined by  claim 7  further comprising an air suction adjustment means for adjusting air suction pressure.  
     
     
         22 . The invention defined by  claim 10  further comprising an air suction adjustment means for adjusting air suction pressure.  
     
     
         23 . The invention defined by  claim 13  further comprising an air suction adjustment means for adjusting air suction pressure.  
     
     
         24 . Personal care apparatus comprised of: 
 a pair of cleansing liquid reservoirs each having a liquid delivery pump;    a source of low-pressure air suction;    a first and second valved liquid delivery lines each having an outlet port and each connected to one of said pair of cleansing liquid reservoirs, a suction hose connected to said source of low-pressure suction;    and a hand-held applicator element that is co-operatively connected to said suction hose and to said first and second valved liquid delivery lines, said hand-held applicator element having a body contact surface adapted to contact and more over human skin without causing injury, said first and second liquid delivery lines being routed from said delivery pumps to said hand-held applicator element, and said outlet ports positioned adjacent to said body contact surface of said hand-held applicator element.    
     
     
         25 . The invention defined by  claim 24 , and wherein said hand-held applicator element body contact surface has a suction inlet, said first and second liquid delivery line outlet ports being positioned within and surrounded by said hand-held applicator element body contact surface suction inlet.  
     
     
         26 . The invention defined by  claim 25 , and wherein said first and second liquid delivery line outlet ports are positioned inwardly from the plane of said hand-held applicator element body contact surface suction inlet.  
     
     
         27 . The invention defined by  claim 26 , and wherein said hand-held applicator element further comprises an adjustment means for adjusting the distance between said liquid delivery line outlet ports and said body contact surface.  
     
     
         28 . The invention defined by  claim 24  further comprising an air suction adjustment means for adjusting air suction pressure.  
     
     
         29 . The invention defined by  claim 25  further comprising an air suction adjustment means for adjusting air suction pressure.  
     
     
         30 . The invention defined by  claim 26  further comprising an air suction adjustment means for adjusting air suction pressure.  
     
     
         31 . Personal care apparatus comprising: 
 at least one cleansing liquid reservoir having a liquid delivery pump;    a source of low-pressure air suction;    a valved liquid delivery line having an outlet port and connected to said cleansing liquid reservoir liquid delivery pump;    a suction hose connected to said source of low pressure air suction;    and a hand-held applicator element that has a human body contact surface and that is co-operably connected to said suction hose and to said valved liquid delivery line, said air pressure suction source, liquid delivery pump, and the distance from said liquid delivery line outlet port to said body contact surface are in a co-operative relationship such that an object adjacent to said hand-held applicator element human body contact surface controls the dispensing of liquid having a stream or mist form from said hand-held applicator element human body contact surface.    
     
     
         32 . An apparatus for cleansing and massaging a human body with liquid in stream or mist form, and comprising: 
 at least one cleansing liquid reservoir having a liquid delivery pump;    a source of low-pressure air suction;    air suction adjusting means;    and at least one valved liquid delivery line that has an outlet port and that is connected to each of said liquid reservoir liquid delivery pumps; a suction hose connected to said source of low pressure air suction; and a hand-held applicator element that has a human body contact surface and that is co-operably connected to said suction hose and to said valved liquid delivery lines and distance adjusting means which varies distance from said outlet port to said human body contact surface.    
     
     
         33 . An applicator head for a personal care apparatus which dispenses a stream or mist of liquid that cleanses and massages a human body, and comprising of a structure having at least one hollow portion therein, a human body contact surface, a liquid dispensing outlet positioned within said structure hollow portion, and a portion adapted to removably connect to a source of air pressure and a source of liquid dispensing.