Patents by Inventor Karl Hartstock

Karl Hartstock has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20190261770
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bristle carrier and bristles (1) formed thereon, the surface of the bristles (1) being microstructured at least in segments, in that a plurality of grains (2, 3) protrude haphazardly from the bristle core (4) in the region of the microstructured surface and are connected to the bristle core (4) only along less than 40%, preferably less than 35% of the outer surface thereof, and comprise an average diameter (ØM1, ØM2) of less than or equal to 125 ?m, preferably less than or equal to 90 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Christian Hauger, Karl Hartstock-Martin, Jasmin Hamida, Moritz Beyhl, Huong Bister
  • Patent number: 9498045
    Abstract: Cosmetic or pharmaceutical applicator with a supply of the cosmetic or pharmaceutical fluid provided in the brush outside of the bristle facing, a pump mechanism for dispensing the fluid through or in the bristle facing of the brush, whereupon the bristle facing of the brush is a fixed component of a cartridge which provides a supply of the fluid and which can be inserted into and removed again from the applicator chamber intended for this purpose, preferably without the use of tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: GEKA GmbH
    Inventor: Karl Hartstock-Martin
  • Patent number: 9433280
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cosmetic brush having a handle with the longitudinal axis LH and having a brush applicator adjoining the handle; the brush applicator is composed of a bending element that is flexible in at least one plane, has a longitudinal axis LS, and has a set of bristles composed of a plurality of bristles that are integrally injection-molded onto its distal end, whose longitudinal axes LB extend (entirely or essentially) parallel to the longitudinal axis LS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: GEKA GMBH
    Inventor: Karl Hartstock
  • Patent number: 9101196
    Abstract: The cosmetics unit comprises a storage container for accommodating a cosmetic substance, an applicator-handle part with an applicator that can be dipped into the cosmetic substance and a handle connected with the applicator, as well as a securing mechanism for detachably securing the applicator-handle part in a closed position in which the applicator is inserted into the storage container. The securing mechanism comprises a swiveling element that can be swiveled about a swiveling axis, which retains, in a final swiveling position, the applicator-handle part in the closed position. The swiveling element is mounted directly on the storage container or on a separate bearing mount attached to the storage container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: GEKA GmbH
    Inventors: Karl Hartstock-Martin, Jochen Rauschert
  • Publication number: 20150182002
    Abstract: Cosmetic or pharmaceutical applicator with a supply of the cosmetic or pharmaceutical fluid provided in the brush outside of the bristle facing, a pump mechanism for dispensing the fluid through or in the bristle facing of the brush, whereupon the bristle facing of the brush is a fixed component of a cartridge which provides a supply of the fluid and which can be inserted into and removed again from the applicator chamber intended for this purpose, preferably without the use of tools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventor: Karl Hartstock-Martin
  • Publication number: 20140376988
    Abstract: Cosmetics applicator 1, in particular, having the form of a mascara applicator with a cap 3 forming a grip area 2 for tight closing of a cosmetics reservoir, which as one piece turns into a shaft 4 protruding from it which shaft 4, in turn, as one piece forms a handle segment 5 and a bristle-carrying segment 6 with the bristle-carrying segment 6 as such having a hollow structure and supporting injected bristles 7 which are integrally connected with a plastic core 8 covering or filling the inside of the bristle-carrying segment 6 through the wall of the bristle-carrying segment 6 with the cap 3 and the shaft 4 preferably consisting of a different plastic material than the plastic core 8 and the bristles 7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Werner Fischer, Karl Hartstock-Martin, Dieter Wolfsgruber
  • Patent number: 8894310
    Abstract: The cosmetics unit comprises a storage container for accommodating a cosmetic substance, an applicator-handle part with an applicator that can be dipped into the cosmetic substance and a handle connected with the applicator, as well as a securing mechanism for detachably securing the applicator-handle part in a closed position in which the applicator is inserted into the storage container. The securing mechanism comprises a swiveling element that can be swiveled about a swiveling axis, which retains, in a final swiveling position, the applicator-handle part in the closed position. The swiveling element is mounted directly on the storage container or on a separate bearing mount attached to the storage container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: GEKA GmbH
    Inventors: Karl Hartstock-Martin, Jochen Rauschert
  • Publication number: 20140314465
    Abstract: The cosmetics unit comprises a storage container for accommodating a cosmetic substance, an applicator-handle part with an applicator that can be dipped into the cosmetic substance and a handle connected with the applicator, as well as a securing mechanism for detachably securing the applicator-handle part in a closed position in which the applicator is inserted into the storage container. The securing mechanism comprises a swiveling element that can be swiveled about a swiveling axis, which retains, in a final swiveling position, the applicator-handle part in the closed position. The swiveling element is mounted directly on the storage container or on a separate bearing mount attached to the storage container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: GEKA BRUSH GMBH
    Inventors: Karl Hartstock, Jochen Rauschert
  • Publication number: 20140314466
    Abstract: The cosmetics unit comprises a storage container for accommodating a cosmetic substance, an applicator-handle part with an applicator that can be dipped into the cosmetic substance and a handle connected with the applicator, as well as a securing mechanism for detachably securing the applicator-handle part in a closed position in which the applicator is inserted into the storage container. The securing mechanism comprises a swiveling element that can be swiveled about a swiveling axis, which retains, in a final swiveling position, the applicator-handle part in the closed position. The swiveling element is mounted directly on the storage container or on a separate bearing mount attached to the storage container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: GEKA GmbH
    Inventors: Karl Hartstock, Jochen Rauschert
  • Patent number: 8702332
    Abstract: The cosmetics unit (1) comprises a storage container (2) for accommodating a cosmetic substance, an applicator-handle part (3) with an applicator (5) that can be dipped into the cosmetic substance and a handle (6) connected with the applicator (5), as well as a securing mechanism (4) for detachably securing the applicator-handle part (3) in a closed position in which the applicator (5) is inserted into the storage container (2). The securing mechanism (4) comprises a swiveling element (9) that can be swiveled about a swiveling axis (8), which retains, in a final swiveling position, the applicator-handle part (3) in the closed position. The swiveling element (9) is mounted directly on the storage container or on a separate bearing mount (10) attached to the storage container (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: GEKA GmbH
    Inventors: Karl Hartstock, Jochen Rauschert
  • Publication number: 20140037364
    Abstract: The invention concerns a brush for metered application of a cosmetic or pharmaceutical liquid with a configuration from a number of at least essentially parallel-arranged bristles, which are grouped around a configuration center, in which the bristles are molded onto a bristle support, the configuration having an outer configuration area enclosing the configuration center in the peripheral direction, in which the bristle density is higher than in the inner configuration area enclosed by the outer configuration area and/or whose bristles are finer than the bristles of the inner configuration area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: GEKA GMBH
    Inventors: Karl Hartstock, Gudrun Thierer, Dieter Wolfsgruber, Christina Zech, Rainer Kemnitzer
  • Patent number: 8434955
    Abstract: In the case of a cosmetic unit, including a container for holding a cosmetic, a closure cap for the container, and an applicator, which is arranged on the closure cap and is intended for applying the cosmetic, wherein two such cosmetic units can be connected to each other via a coupling device, the cosmetic unit has a coupling device which is formed on the closure cap and is intended for connection to a second cosmetic unit having a corresponding coupling device, wherein the coupling device has a coupling recess which extends perpendicularly to the central longitudinal axis of the cosmetic unit and the inner wall of which forms at least one undercut, and a coupling projection which is of complementary design to the coupling recess in such a manner that the coupling projection of a first cosmetic unit can be pushed, by a pushing movement of the cosmetic units which are to be connected, into the coupling recess of the second cosmetic unit and, in the pushed-in state, is held there in an interlocking manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Geka GmbH
    Inventors: Jochen Rauschert, Karl Hartstock
  • Patent number: 8083092
    Abstract: The invention relates to a container for receiving a liquid cosmetic product, in particular a colored cosmetic product for the lips, eyelids, fingernails or the like. A transparent or translucent material is provided as container material. The container is of a two-piece design comprising a first container element and a second container element, wherein the first and the second container element are securely joined together in a liquid-tight manner. The first container element has an inner wall with a profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Geka Brush GmbH
    Inventor: Karl Hartstock
  • Publication number: 20110308031
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cosmetic brush having a handle with the longitudinal axis LH and having a brush applicator adjoining the handle; the brush applicator is composed of a bending element that is flexible in at least one plane, has a longitudinal axis LS, and has a set of bristles composed of a plurality of bristles that are integrally injection-molded onto its distal end, whose longitudinal axes LB extend (entirely or essentially) parallel to the longitudinal axis LS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: GEKA GMBH
    Inventor: Karl HARTSTOCK
  • Publication number: 20110058889
    Abstract: The cosmetics unit (1) comprises a storage container (2) for accommodating a cosmetic substance, an applicator-handle part (3) with an applicator (5) that can be dipped into the cosmetic substance and a handle (6) connected with the applicator (5), as well as a securing mechanism (4) for detachably securing the applicator-handle part (3) in a closed position in which the applicator (5) is inserted into the storage container (2). The securing mechanism (4) comprises a swiveling element (9) that can be swiveled about a swiveling axis (8), which retains, in a final swiveling position, the applicator-handle part (3) in the closed position. The swiveling element (9) is mounted directly on the storage container or on a separate bearing mount (10) attached to the storage container (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventors: Karl Hartstock, Jochen Rauschert
  • Publication number: 20100209174
    Abstract: In the case of a cosmetic unit, comprising a container for holding a cosmetic, a closure cap for the container, and an applicator, which is arranged on the closure cap and is intended for applying the cosmetic, wherein two such cosmetic units can be connected to each other via a coupling device, it is provided that the cosmetic unit (1) has a coupling device which is formed on the closure cap (3) and is intended for connection to a second cosmetic unit having a corresponding coupling device, wherein the coupling device has a coupling recess (10; 10a) which extends perpendicularly to the central longitudinal axis (17) of the cosmetic unit and the inner wall (12) of which forms at least one undercut (12a; 12b), and a coupling projection which is of complementary design to the coupling recess (10) in such a manner that the coupling projection of a first cosmetic unit can be pushed, by means of a pushing movement of the cosmetic units which are to be connected, into the coupling recess of the second cosmetic unit
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: Geka Brush GmbH
    Inventors: Jochen Rauschert, Karl Hartstock
  • Publication number: 20090039115
    Abstract: The invention relates to a container for receiving a liquid cosmetic product, in particular a colored cosmetic product for the lips, eyelids, fingernails or the like. A transparent or translucent material is provided as container material. The container is of a two-piece design comprising a first container element and a second container element, wherein the first and the second container element are securely joined together in a liquid-tight manner. The first container element has an inner wall with a profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: GEKA BRUSH GMBH
    Inventor: Karl HARTSTOCK
  • Patent number: D585158
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: Geka Brush GmbH
    Inventors: Karl Hartstock, Daniela Kulik
  • Patent number: D586047
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Geka Brush GmbH
    Inventors: Karl Hartstock, Daniela Kulik
  • Patent number: D586048
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: GEKA Brush GmbH
    Inventors: Karl Hartstock, Daniela Kulik