Abstract: A process for creating a flying light source including the steps of providing an inflatable balloon and associating a light source therewith. A retaining filament is attached to the inflated balloon. The light source may be a chemiluminescent lighting device which is attached to, or inserted into, the balloon. Alternatively, the light source may be a battery-operated light assembly attached to the balloon. The invention may be in the form of a rescue kit including the inflatable balloon, the chemiluminescent lighting device, the retaining filament and a lighter-than-air gas source. Alternatively, the invention may be in the form of a self-contained signaling device including a canister of lighter-than-air gas, a nozzle for dispensing the gas, the battery-operated light assembly, and the filament.

Abstract: A process for creating a flying light source including the steps of providing an inflatable balloon and associating a light source therewith. A retaining filament is attached to the inflated balloon. The light source may be a chemiluminescent lighting device which is attached to, or inserted into, the balloon. Alternatively, the light source may be a battery-operated light assembly attached to the balloon. The invention may be in the form of a rescue kit including the inflatable balloon, the chemiluminescent lighting device, the retaining filament and a lighter-than-air gas source. Alternatively, the invention may be in the form of a self-contained signaling device including a canister of lighter-than-air gas, a nozzle for dispensing the gas, the battery-operated light assembly, and the filament.

Abstract: In a method and apparatus for microdermabrasion, a free-flowing, abrasive particulate material is applied upon an application surface. The application surface has a non-abrasive, textured surface that provides holding cells in the surface, such that abrasive particulate material is non-adhesively held in the holding cells. The application surface is pressed or directed against a skin surface to be treated while applying a pressure and stroking the application surface along the skin surface. The pressure and the stroking is transmitted through the application surface in such a way that the particulate provides an abrasive action against the skin, during which time the particulate is held non-adhesively and free-flowing in the holding cells. After the tool is stroked over the skin several times, the particulate material and abraded skin particles are removed, preferably by brushing, from the surface.