Patents Examined by Tatiana Nobrega
  • Patent number: 10292476
    Abstract: A nail care device for cleaning and buffing nails comprising; a housing having a front housing cavity that is open on one end with the open end configured for horizontal insertion of a digit nail, a digit positioner placed at said open front cavity, an open at one end hallow interchangeable bristle case with bristles protruding inward providing contact to nail directly connected to an axle enclosed in the middle of the housing cavity, a motor connected to said bristle case by said axle and that motor be located directly behind a closed end of the bristle case, a ball bearing ring for smoother rotation of bristle case disposed in housing cavity between said front cavity and said bristle case, a power source providing power to said motor and, a power control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Inventor: Chadwick G Barrett
  • Patent number: 10271627
    Abstract: A device, system and method for treating the scalp hair of an individual including the storing, processing, and dispensing hair building material, wherein the device includes at one or more housings connected to a base and a plurality of bristle elements disposed in a flow receiving relation to hair building material contained within the different housings of the base. A vibratory force is exerted on the base, housings and/or hair building material contained therein to facilitate a con current dispensing of different portions of the hair building material in a manner which accomplishes and at least partial blending of the different portions of the hair building material in the area of a bristle portion of the base. Once blended the hair building material is distributed throughout intended portions of the hair of a user by the bristles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Inventor: Joseph J. Calvo
  • Patent number: 10258134
    Abstract: A comb and a thermal protective glove are provided herein. In one embodiment, the comb includes: (1) a base having a top side and a bottom side, (2) a longitudinal row of teeth on the top side of the base and (3) an attacher having a coupling end connected to the bottom side of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Iron Armour, LLC
    Inventor: Steven Don Davis
  • Patent number: 10258211
    Abstract: A floor tool for a cleaning appliance including a cleaner head rotatably attached to a conduit carried by a pair of wheels that converge beneath the conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventor: David Andrew McLeod
  • Patent number: 10226649
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for hair dyeing or bleaching by discharging in a foam from a squeeze container 6 a mixed solution of a first agent A1 and a second agent A2 of a two-part hair dye or bleach composition to apply on the hair. In the present invention, the squeeze container which includes a container body 4 and a squeeze foamer 5 is used as the squeeze container 6. At least one of the first agent A1 or the second agent A2 contains a foaming agent. The mixed solution of the first and second agents has a viscosity (25° C.) of from 1 mPa·s to 100 mPa·s. The first agent A1 and the second agent A2 are mixed in the container body 4 so as not to produce a foam. Squeezing is carried out with the squeeze container 6 stood upright so that the mixed solution A3 does not reach an air induct path 12 of the squeeze foamer 5. As a result, the mixed solution of the first and second agents of the two-part hair dye or bleach composition can be stably discharged in a fine foam using a squeeze container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Fujinuma, Kazuhiro Okada, Tomohito Koshika, Mitsuhiko Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10213012
    Abstract: An oral care system comprising a toothbrush and a dispenser is disclosed. In one embodiment, the dispenser comprises a housing having a longitudinal axis and an internal reservoir containing an oral care material; a drive component rotatably disposed within the housing and comprising a drive screw, the drive component being axially retained relative to the housing through mechanical interference; and an elevator coupled to the drive screw so that rotation of the drive component in a first rotational direction causes the elevator to axially advance along the drive screw in a first axial direction to dispense the oral care material from a dispensing orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Eduardo J. Jimenez, Sharon Kennedy, Alan Sorrentino, John J. Gatzemeyer, Michael Rooney, Joseph E. Fattori
  • Patent number: 10206477
    Abstract: A grooming device that absorbs moisture or oil on a patron and applies a light layer of powder to the patron, thus enabling unwanted hair to be easily brushed off the patron. The device employs a powder-dispensing head made of mesh or woven material that permits powder to pass from the head through the holes in the mesh or weave. The head is connected to or integral with a holder that enables a user's hand to stay powder-free while using the device by preventing powder from escaping onto the hand of the user holding the holder. A retainer positioned at the intersection of the head and a holder creates the cavity in the head that holds the powder. Optionally, a head ribbon is attached to or integral with at least a portion of the head and is detachably connected to the holder of a second grooming device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Inventor: Rosalyn Marie Lopez
  • Patent number: 10194922
    Abstract: A bone, cartilage, and disk removal tool assembly is provided with a motor mounted in a housing. A spindle is mounted for rotation to the housing. A rack-and-pinion mechanism is operably driven by the motor and connected to the spindle to oscillate the spindle for providing a rotary oscillating cutting operation. According to at least another embodiment, a plurality of cams is supported in the housing and driven for rotation by the motor. A plurality of followers is mounted for rotation to the housing, in engagement with the plurality of cams so that one rotation of the plurality of cams oscillates the plurality of followers more than once while preventing over-rotation of the plurality of followers. A peak angular acceleration of the spindle is less than nine million radians per second squared.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Inventors: Peter L. Bono, James D. Lark, Corey A. Freimark, Anthony J. Ruhala
  • Patent number: 10194942
    Abstract: A callus removal apparatus includes a main body having opposite first and second end portions and an elongated configuration for ease of gripping by one hand, a callus scraping device fitted on the main body first end portion, and a callus sanding device fitted on and detachable from the main body second end portion. The callus scraping device has a head with an array of spaced-apart punched-through projections that extend upwardly from the head and have a plurality of jagged edges at a distal end thereof. The exposed projections are capable of removing pieces of a callus by moving the head across and in contact with the callus. The callus sanding device has a panel and a plurality of sanding particles attached on the panel and exposed at the exterior thereof and thus capable of removing pieces of a callus moving the panel across and in contact with the callus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Inventor: Alejandro Arango
  • Patent number: 10194941
    Abstract: A callus removal apparatus includes a hollow main body having opposite first and second end portions and an elongated configuration for ease of gripping by one hand, a callus scraping device fitted on the main body first end portion, and a callus sanding device fitted on and detachable from the main body second end portion. The callus scraping device has a head and an array of spaced apart annular edges exposed at an exterior face of the head and forming apertures extending through the head. The exposed annular edges are capable of removing pieces of a callus by moving the head across and in contact with the callus. The callus sanding device has a panel and a plurality of sanding particles attached on the panel and exposed at the exterior thereof and thus capable of removing pieces of a callus moving the panel across and in contact with the callus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Inventor: Alejandro Arango
  • Patent number: 10159292
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an applicator for artificial eyelashes and a kit for applying artificial eyelashes. The applicator includes a first leg, a second leg rotatably coupled to the first leg at a hinge joint, a first body portion connected to the first leg, and a second body portion connected to the second leg. The first body portion includes a first flange positioned opposite the hinge joint, and the second body portion includes a second flange positioned opposite the hinge joint. The first flange matingly receives the second flange when the second leg is rotated toward the first leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Kiss Nail Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Ki-chul Ahn, Kyu-sang Han, Sung-an Chae, Won-seok Oh
  • Patent number: 10149506
    Abstract: A false eyelash system comprised of upper and lower eyelash assemblies, each including a magnetic and/or metallic element, the assemblies are frictionally secured through magnetic attraction to the wearer's natural eyelash which is sandwiched therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: ONE TWO COSMETICS, LLC
    Inventor: Katy Stoka
  • Patent number: 10149525
    Abstract: A comb for permitting a user to perform a scissor over comb technique on a subject's hair with enhanced efficiency is provided. The comb includes a frame having a handle, a neck and a spine, the handle having a finger rest on an intermediate portion able to receive a first finger of the user, a plurality of tines coupled to the spine, and a support band coupled to opposing sides of the finger rest on the handle. The user's first finger is disposed between the finger rest and the support band. A second finger of the user is pressed against the neck to pivot the tines downward into a generally horizontal plane. Removal of the second finger from the neck permits tension between the support band and first finger to pivot the tines upward into a generally vertical plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Inventor: Nicholas Ashley Gutierrez
  • Patent number: 10143291
    Abstract: A cosmetic case and dispenser assembly that includes a cosmetic case cover coupled to a cosmetic case body, in which cosmetic items may be stored within sleeved cosmetic enclosures disposed within independent channels of the cosmetic case body. The sleeved cosmetic enclosures are selectively translatably coupled to platform assemblies disposed within the independent channels of the cosmetic case body, and that allow for the sleeved cosmetic enclosures to translate from a first position to a second position, in which the second position is extended away from the cosmetic case body. A user can efficiently store and easily access cosmetic items within each of the sleeved cosmetic enclosures in the independent channels, and can eject each of the sleeved cosmetic enclosures by applying a force to compress a spring housed within the cosmetic case body, consequently and translating the sleeved cosmetic enclosure out of the cosmetic case and dispenser assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: REAL SUPERSTAR BEAUTY, LLC
    Inventor: Diana Dalia Chibas
  • Patent number: 10130155
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an applicator comprising: —a gripping member (7), —a stem (6), of longitudinal axis X, connected by its first end to the gripping member (7), —an applicator element (20) connected to a second end of the stem (6) by an articulation comprising a ball joint (206), characterized in that the articulation comprises a rotation axis that coincides with the longitudinal axis X of the stem (6), and the stem (6) is in one piece, and the applicator element (20) is made of metal, ceramic or glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Marc Ramet, Michel Limongi
  • Patent number: 10117490
    Abstract: Process and device for making hair buns is disclosed. The invention described here reduces the effort and shortens the amount of time necessary to form a hair bun that remains in place for an extended period of time without the use of bobby pins or other hairpin devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Inventors: Michelle Lyn Singer, Evan Laurence Singer
  • Patent number: 10117488
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to hair styling apparatuses and related methods. The hair styling apparatus includes a heated barrel defining a stationary hair styling surface, a rotating member configured to rotate around the stationary hair styling surface, and a burn prevention cover. The rotating member includes a tab fixedly extending along a longitudinal length of the stationary hair styling surface over less than an entire longitudinal length of the hair styling surface to gather and wind a user's hair around the stationary hair styling surface without clamping onto the wound hair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: KISS NAIL PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Kyu Sang Han, Sung Lyul Park, Kyoung Hak Lee, Si Yong Sung
  • Patent number: 10111513
    Abstract: An eyeliner guide and method of applying eyeliner that allows a user to steadily and neatly apply eyeliner is disclosed. The eyeliner guide includes a handle portion, a neck member and eyelid contact member. The eyelid contact member may be removably attached to the handle, and may be angularly adjustable in clockwise or counterclockwise fashion. In use, the eyelid contact member is placed against a user's eyelid, and eyeliner may be applied to a user's eyelid by tracing along the curved head of the eyelid contact member to form a straight, neat makeup line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Inventors: Theresa Virginia Rhoades, Harold Freddie Johnson
  • Patent number: 10092421
    Abstract: A surgical instrument for use in an orthopaedic arthroplasty procedure includes a shaft having a first end, a second end, and a longitudinal axis extending through a center of the shaft between the first and second ends. The surgical instrument further includes a spine extending outwardly from the first end of the shaft in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, wherein the spine has a longitudinal extent that is parallel to the longitudinal axis. When the surgical instrument is in contact with a tibial implant component, the spine is adapted to be positioned within an intercondylar notch of a femoral component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: DEPUY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANY
    Inventors: Jon M. Edwards, Daniel D. Auger
  • Patent number: 10070926
    Abstract: A pedicle depth measuring apparatus comprises an outer tubular member comprising a first end and a second end. A head member is joined to the second end. The head member comprises a base surface comprising an opening. An inner member is slidable within the outer tubular member. The inner member comprises a first end and a second end, the second end being slidable through the opening. The second end further comprises a marker disposed at a distal end. The marker comprises a material that is radiographically distinguishable, in which a placement of the marker within a cannulation of a patient's pedicle is observable. An indicator member is operable for indicating a distance between the marker and the base surface, in which the distance indicates a choice of a size of a pedicle screw to be installed for mitigating damage to the patient's nerve root.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Inventor: Jeffrey Scott Smith