Patents Examined by Cris L. Rodriguez
  • Hair styling aid
    Patent number: 11350719
    Abstract: A hair styling aid for curling hair is described, including a housing, guide means comprising a slot in a wall of the housing for receiving a length of hair to be styled, a rotatable element rotatable clockwise or anticlockwise relative to the housing and the guide means, to form curls, and a heated elongate member around which the length of hair is wound by the rotatable element, in use. The housing surrounds a part of the elongate member to form a chamber between the housing wall(s) and the elongate member, the housing extending from and being integral with a handle. The rotatable element is rotatable relative to or with the elongate member, having a predefined starting position to which it is automatically returned after use. The housing has a longitudinal axis and the slot is parallel with the longitudinal axis of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: TF3 LIMITED
    Inventor: Alfredo DeBenedictis
  • Nail polish bottle
    Patent number: 11337506
    Abstract: An improved nail polish bottle includes a receptacle having an inner volume configured to retain a nail polish substance. The receptacle having two openings with a pair of coupling members attached to the two openings. The pair of coupling members configured to couple two nail polish cap and brush assemblies. Each nail polish cap and brush assembly includes a different brush type. One is a standard brush for general nail polish use and the other is detailed brush for fine detailed work, such as nail art. The caps on the assemblies may include different shapes or designs so the user knows which cap corresponds to a specific brush. Both brush types share the same nail polish substance in the inner volume of the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Inventors: Ben Thai Pham, Kristy Tran
  • Artificial lash extensions
    Patent number: 11330856
    Abstract: An artificial lash extension includes clusters of artificial hairs. Each of the clusters includes at least two artificial hairs. Each of the clusters are coupled at a base formed by at least an application of heat. Each of the clusters are spaced from one another along a length of the base. The coupled clusters and the base are designed for an application under a natural lash.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Lashify, Inc.
    Inventor: Sahara Lotti
  • Cleaning hair trimmings after cutting a person's hair
    Patent number: 11324303
    Abstract: Methods and products for cleaning hair trimmings after cutting a person's hair. One of the methods includes applying a microfiber swab to one of the person's ears to remove the loose hair trimmings resulting from cutting the person's hair. Another one of the methods includes attaching a microfiber neck strip to the person's neck prior to cutting the person's hair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: The Good Life Services LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Vidotto, Deborah Vidotto
  • Pump body of oral irrigator
    Patent number: 11324575
    Abstract: A pump body of an oral irrigator includes a mount, a motor disposed at a rear end away from the mount, a pinion disposed on a shaft of the motor, an annular gear disposed on a shaft member to mesh with the pinion, a cam disposed in the annular gear and adjacent to one side, a linkage secured to the cam, front and rear plungers disposed on a front end of the linkage, and a cylindrical tube disposed on the plungers in the mount. The rotation of the cam only allows the linkage to repetitively move in a back-and-forth linear motion. Wear between the plungers and the cylindrical tube is decreased to a minimum and leakage is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Shenzhen Yuxinyuan Electric Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Lei Yu
  • Hair treatment system
    Patent number: 11324298
    Abstract: A hair treatment apparatus including a pliable sheet having a width and length positionable on a head of a wearer to engage a hairline between an arcuate top edge and an arcuate bottom edge with a pair of ends correspondingly disposed on opposite sides of a wearer's head and methods of using a hair treatment apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: BG4 LLC
    Inventor: Melany Anne Cahill
  • Micro pump vessel
    Patent number: 11317696
    Abstract: Provided is a pump for discharging cosmetics to the outside while simultaneously opening the outer vessel lid and pushing the discharge plate, which is formed of a smaller number of parts, and thus it is possible to reduce the manufacturing cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Inventor: Seong Il Kang
  • Hair coloring appliance
    Patent number: 11311098
    Abstract: A hair coloring appliance includes a handle and a hair color delivery system supported within the handle. A nozzle assembly is adapted to receive hair color. The nozzle assembly includes a stationary frame and a nozzle array through which the hair color is delivered to the hair and a plurality of filaments adjacent the nozzles which are longer than the nozzles, acting as a stand-off between the nozzles and the scalp. A motor reciprocates the nozzle array back and forth as hair color moves through the nozzles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: L'Oreál
    Inventor: Joseph Grez
  • Interdental cleaning tool
    Patent number: 11291867
    Abstract: An interdental cleaning tool (1) that includes a base (10) that has a shaft (20) shaped to be capable of being inserted between teeth, the base (10) being formed from a composite material that contains a synthetic resin, a reinforcement containing glass, and a copolymer having, as structural units, a polyolefin and an anhydride of an unsaturated carboxylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: KOBAYASHI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tasuku Kikkawa, Narutomo Shiraki, Noboru Kusakabe
  • Formula delivery head
    Patent number: 11291284
    Abstract: A formula delivery appliance generally includes a formula delivery head having features to mix, direct, and distribute formulation through nozzles to a desired location, such as the hair or scalp of a user. In this regard, the formula delivery head may include a plurality of nozzles configured to discharge the formulation at a desired flow rate. In some instances, the flow rate across the plurality of nozzles is controlled such that each nozzle has a flow rate within a specified percentage of the average flow rate across the plurality of nozzles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Joseph W. Grez, Carolina Canamaque, Mark E. Bartlett, Scott P. Mosby, Joseph Michael Recco, Francis George Tatu, Adam Paul Vallee, Mara Applebaum
  • Applicator for artificial lash extensions
    Patent number: 11278102
    Abstract: Cases can be used to house sets of artificial lashes in a specified arrangement. For example, lash fusions may be placed within multiple predefined indentations in the shape of an eyelid. Applicators can be used to resiliently grasp all of the lash fusions in a set of lash extensions, and then simultaneously apply the entire set of lash extensions directly to the underside of the natural lashes. An applicator includes opposed arms that are connected to one another at an inner end designed to be gripped by an individual. The applicator can also include an outer end having a concave shape that is contoured to be substantially flush with the convex shape of the lash line and the predefined indentations of a case that includes the set of lash extensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Lashify, Inc.
    Inventor: Sahara Lotti
  • Passive fit of implant bridges and implant bars by means of a CAD/CAM tool for the model-free creation of implant-supported restorations
    Patent number: 11259903
    Abstract: The invention relates to a specimen part for creating a stress-free fit, a so-called passive fit, of implant-supported and/or abutment-supported bridges and bars by means of a CAD/CAM tool for the creation of restorations, and to a method for creating a restoration from a digital model of a patient's jaw provided with at least two implants and/or abutments. The model is determined by means of an intraoral scan. In order to improve the precision of restorations and to shorten the production process, provision is made that the specimen part per implant and/or abutment has a scannable structure, preferably at a defined distance and angle to the implant and/or abutment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: DENTSPLY SIRONA INC.
    Inventor: Paul Schnitzspan
  • Artificial lash extensions
    Patent number: 11253020
    Abstract: An artificial lash extension system includes multiple lash extensions designed to attach to an underside of natural lashes. Each of the multiple lash extensions include multiple clusters of artificial hairs. Each of the multiple clusters include at least two artificial hairs. Each of the multiple lash extensions include a base from which the at least two artificial hairs of each of the plurality of clusters protrude. At least some of the artificial hairs are connected to one another at a respective part of the base by at least an application of heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Lashify, Inc.
    Inventor: Sahara Lotti
  • Makeup process
    Patent number: 11246820
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for making up the skin, including the step that consists in forming, on a deposit of a foundation composition applied to the skin, a discontinuous deposit of islets of corrective composition and/or a deposit of corrective composition including visible substances that give it an inhomogeneous appearance, said corrective composition having optical properties that locally modify the appearance of the makeup so as to create a pattern reproducing the appearance of skin relief and/or colour heterogeneities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Henri Samain, Franck Giron, Guillaume Cassin, Véronique Ferrari
  • Cosmetic applicator tool and container system
    Patent number: 11241075
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems of cosmetic applicator tool and container (100) are disclosed; where a triangular shaped cosmetic applicator tool (110) having a combination of rectilinear (225) and curvilinear sides (221,223), may be made of flexible material and may further comprise a tacky coating to adhere to a skin surface. Additionally, the cosmetic applicator tool and container (100) may include a storage housing (150) comprising a removable lid member (160) and a base member (170), where the base member (170) may facilitate affixing of the storage housing to a solid flat surface via providing a suction cup, and where the storage housing (150) may be configured to receive and store the cosmetic applicator tool (110) and suction cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: REA.DEEMING BEAUTY, INC.
    Inventor: Rea Ann Silva
  • Systems and cosmetic kits for removing makeup from a region of an eye
    Patent number: 11234504
    Abstract: Systems and cosmetic kits including a formulation for removing eye makeup from a region of an eye; and a brush including a plurality of bristles shaped to apply the formulation to the region of the eye are described. In an example, the system includes a formulation for removing eye makeup from a region of an eye; and a brush including a plurality of bristles shaped to apply the formulation to the region of the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Lily Truong, Zane Miller, Gloria Morales
  • Two-sided applicator assembly
    Patent number: 11224277
    Abstract: A two-sided applicator assembly includes a first tube and a second tube. A first dispenser is rotatably coupled to the first tube and a second dispenser is rotatably coupled to the second tube. Moreover, the first dispenser is coupled to the second dispenser such that the first tube is directed in an opposite direction from the second tube. A first cylinder is movably coupled to the first dispenser and the first cylinder is comprised of a pliable material. The first cylinder is infused with a chemical lip balm for applying the chemical lip balm to lips. A second cylinder is movably coupled to the second dispenser and the second cylinder is comprised of a pliable material. The second cylinder is infused with a chemical sunscreen for applying the chemical sunscreen to skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Inventor: Mimma Ganci
  • Smart phone case with make-up component
    Patent number: 11206909
    Abstract: According to the invention there is provided a smart phone case (1) having formations to hold a smart phone in the case, a back (9) from which the formations extend forwards, an open or openable front for the display of the smart phone and an openable make-up compartment (8) connected to the case. The openable make-compartment (8) is arranged to be behind the smart phone when closed, the compartment having at least one forwards facing make-up receptacle (11), the compartment when open facing in the same direction as the display and presenting make-up for the user's use in the or each receptacle. When the compartment (8) is open the user can use the screen side camera of the smart phone to display her photograph as she applies make-up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Inventor: Nafissa Chodieva
  • Applicator for applying a product to eyelashes or eyebrows
    Patent number: 11206913
    Abstract: The invention relates to an applicator for applying a product to eyelashes and/or eyebrows, comprising an application body produced by material moulding, said application body comprising: a core extending along a longitudinal axis; and spikes (12) carried by the core, having a convex polygonal cross-section with at least six sides, two opposite sides (12b) of which are oriented substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Marcel Sanchez, Wendy Annonay, Audrey Thenin, Eric Caulier
  • Applicators and cases for artificial lash extensions
    Patent number: 11172749
    Abstract: A system including a storage base and a plurality of lash extensions. The storage base may include an outer sidewall defining a multiple indentations extending inward from an outside surface of the outer sidewall. Barriers may be spaced apart from each other along the indentations. The lash extensions may be positioned within the indentations between the barriers, and extend from the storage base from the indentations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Lashify, Inc.
    Inventor: Sahara Lotti