Patents Assigned to Albéa Services
  • Applicator for Cosmetic Product and Associated Applicator Assembly
    Publication number: 20170079410
    Abstract: An applicator (10) for cosmetic product has a core (12) and a plurality of protrusions (30) projecting from the core (12). At least one of the protrusions (30) is in the form of a plate (31). The plate (31) is connected to the core (12) by a reinforcing region (32) has a radius of curvature (r32) which is greater than or equal to 0.3 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: ALBEA SERVICES
    Inventors: Yann Crapet, Camille Schreiber
  • Devices and methods for pressurized delivery of materials in cosmetic dispensers
    Patent number: 9596918
    Abstract: Cosmetic dispensers, and methods of use of such dispensers, for transferring material onto an applicator head through a transfer chamber and/or nozzle by applying force or pressure to the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Albéa Services
    Inventors: Michael Malvar, Volker Schrepf
  • Applicator for a cosmetic product, in particular mascara and method of producing such an applicator
    Patent number: 9591909
    Abstract: An applicator for a cosmetic product, in particular mascara, comprises a twisted core and fibers which extend from the core and are held by the core, the core having a main longitudinal direction of extension, known as the main axis (X), and the core being rectilinear along the main axis (X). The fibers form an envelope (E) with their free ends, the envelope (E) comprising faces (F1-F4) which alternate about the main axis (X), the faces (F1-F4) being curved, a cross section made transversely to the main axis (X), known as the cross section, having a substantially polygonal shape so as to form edges between the curved faces (F1-F4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: ALBEA SERVICES
    Inventors: Camille Schreiber, Anne Rutigliano, Patrick Lhoyer
  • Cosmetic Product Applicator, In Particular for Mascara, and Associated Applicator Assembly
    Publication number: 20160360859
    Abstract: An applicator (10) for cosmetic product, in particular for mascara, having a core (12) extending in a main direction of longitudinal extension, referred to as an axis of extension (X), and protrusions (30) projecting from the core (12) in directions that are substantially radial to the axis of extension (X). The protrusions (30) are moulded to the core (12). The free ends of the protrusions (30) form at least two envelopes (E1, E2) overlapping along the axis of extension (X), a first helical envelope (E1) formed by a first plurality of protrusions (31) and a second helical envelope (E2) formed by a second plurality of protrusions (32). The second envelope (E2) from the axis of extension (X), a radial extension that is smaller than the radial extension of the first envelope (E1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicant: ALBEA SERVICES
    Inventors: Osvaldo Uresti, Anne Rutigliano
  • Applicator for a cosmetic product and associated applicator assembly
    Patent number: 9498047
    Abstract: The invention relates to an applicator for a cosmetic product, comprising a core having a first end, referred to as a proximal end, and a second, free end, referred to as a distal end, a plurality of protrusions projecting from the core, and a plurality of plates also projecting from the core, wherein the protrusions and the plates are moulded with the core, the core is curved in its direction of extension so as to define a concave part and a convex part, and wherein the protrusions extend substantially over the concave part of the core and the plates extend substantially over the convex part of the core. The invention also relates to an associated applicator assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: ALBEA SERVICES
    Inventors: Osvaldo Uresti, Anne Rutigliano, Mark Edmondson
  • Receptacle, more particularly a bottle for a cosmetic product, an associated manufacturing method and an applicator assembly comprising such a receptacle
    Patent number: 9498048
    Abstract: The invention relates to a receptacle, more particularly a bottle for a cosmetic product, to an associated manufacturing method and to an applicator assembly comprising such a receptacle. The invention relates in particular to a receptacle, more particularly a bottle, for a cosmetic product, said receptacle comprising a body forming a container and an intermediate part forming a reservoir, which is capable of containing the cosmetic product and of sliding within said container so as to move with an applicator of said product, under the effect of the viscosity of said product, when said applicator is removed from said reservoir and/or when said applicator is inserted into said reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Albea Services
    Inventor: Patrick Lhoyer
  • Cosmetic applicators and methods of manufacture
    Patent number: 9492002
    Abstract: A molded plastic applicator for cosmetics, such as a mascara brush, including an integral molded plastic panel that lies substantially in a mold plane when formed and is bent out of the mold plane to surround an extended longitudinal axis when the applicator is assembled. A plurality of openings, or projections such as bristles, are formed in or on the panel so as to be oriented substantially in a common pull direction transverse to the mold plane when the panel lies in the mold plane and to be oriented substantially radially of the longitudinal axis in directions distributed around the axis when the panel is bent to surround the axis. A retainer holds the panel bent out of the plane in surrounding relation to the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Albea Services
    Inventors: Michael Malvar, Thomas Jonas
  • Container for a Cosmetic Product, in Particular for a Stick of Cosmetic Product
    Publication number: 20160324296
    Abstract: The invention relates to a container (10) for a cosmetic product, in particular for a stick of cosmetic product, comprising a body (20) and a cup (40) that is movable relative to the body (20), the cup (40) being suitable for receiving the product, said body (20) comprising a transparent portion (30) that makes it possible to see the cup (40) in a position in which said cup is retracted inside the body (20). The invention also relates to an assembly of the above-mentioned container (10) and of said product, said cup (40) providing information relating to said product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: ALBEA SERVICES
    Inventor: Jérôme Liard
  • Cap, and Cosmetic Container, Particularly for Cosmetic Stick and Including Said Cap
    Publication number: 20160309880
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cap for cosmetic container, particularly for a cosmetic stick. Said cap (10, 20) is capable of receiving the cosmetic and is driven by a mechanism, referred to as an actuating mechanism (30), for actuating said container. The cap (10, 20) comprises two parts: a first part, referred to as a bottom cap (20), configured such as to engage with the actuating mechanism; and a second part, referred to as a top cap (10) capable of receiving the cosmetic. The bottom cap (20) and top cap (10) are separable from one another, the securing and/or separation of said two parts (10, 20) being achieved by resiliently deforming one portion of one of said two parts (10, 20) by means of the other of said two parts (10, 20). The invention also relates to a cosmetic container, particularly for a cosmetic stick and including the above-mentioned cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: ALBEA SERVICES
    Inventor: Jérôme Liard
  • Applicator for a cosmetic product, in particularly mascara, and method of manufacturing such an applicator
    Patent number: 9468281
    Abstract: An applicator for a cosmetic product, in particular mascara, comprises a twisted core and fibres that extend from the core being held by the core, the core having a distal end and a proximal end, the fibres forming an envelope (E) with their free end, characterised in that the envelope (E) has curved faces (F1-F4) with at least one slope, or inclination, from the distal end to the proximal end, the slope or inclination changing direction from one face (F1, F3) to the other (F2, F4) so that the envelope (E) has hollows alternating with raised parts around the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: ALBEA SERVICES
    Inventors: Camille Schreiber, Anne Rutigliano, Patrick Lhoyer
  • Applicator assembly comprising a receptacle for a cosmetic product and an applicator sub-assembly
    Patent number: 9468282
    Abstract: An applicator assembly comprising a receptacle for a cosmetic product and an applicator sub-assembly, the applicator sub-assembly comprising an applicator and a rod, the applicator comprising a core having a first end capable of being attached to said rod, and a second, free end, said receptacle comprising a wiper for wiping some of the product on the rod and/or the applicator, the core being designed to brush past the wiper in a plurality of distinct regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: ALBEA SERVICES
    Inventor: Camille Schreiber
  • Tube head having an insert forming a barrier
    Patent number: 9463906
    Abstract: A tube head that is capable of being connected to a skirt so as to form an internal volume of the tube. The tube head has a body having a neck and a shoulder connected to the neck. The tube head further has an insert arranged so as to be in contact with the shoulder so as to form a barrier between the body and the product contained in the internal volume. The insert closes the neck and has a concave deformation to center the insert in the tube head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: ALBEA SERVICES
    Inventors: Eric Kerman, Thierry Maurice, Etienne Hermant
  • Casing for a cosmetic article
    Patent number: 9420868
    Abstract: A casing for a cosmetic article comprising a housing defining a window, a tray accommodated within the housing and being movable relative to the window of the housing, the tray accommodating the cosmetic article, and a zone defined within the housing and being movable relative to the window of the housing in response to the movement of the tray. The tray and the zone are movable relative to the housing between a retracted position, in which the cosmetic article is displayed through the window so that the cosmetic article can be visually inspected through the window, and an extended position, in which the tray protrudes from the housing to facilitate access to the cosmetic article and the zone can be viewed through the window. In an embodiment, the cosmetic product can be visually inspected through the window when the tray and the zone are in the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Albea Services
    Inventors: Yann Crapet, Patrick Fraillon
  • Cosmetic product applicator and associated applicator assembly
    Patent number: 9402455
    Abstract: A cosmetic product applicator includes a brush. The brush includes a core having a longitudinal axis (X), and one or more protrusions projecting from the core. The protrusions in turn include at least one straight first protrusion having a longitudinal axis oriented in a first radial direction of the core, and at least one bent second protrusion. The bent second protrusion includes a base portion extending from the core and has a longitudinal axis oriented in a second radial direction of the core, and an end portion extending from the base portion and has a longitudinal axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the straight first protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: ALBEA SERVICES
    Inventor: Uresti Osvaldo
  • Cold effect applicator tip
    Patent number: 9386839
    Abstract: A cold effect applicator tip for cosmetic products is disclosed. The applicator tip is made of a plastic material comprising organic fillers, metallic fillers or a mixture of organic fillers and metallic fillers. A container for cosmetic products with a cold effect applicator tip is also provided, comprising a reservoir to contain a cosmetic product and an applicator tip such as above described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: ALBEA SERVICES
    Inventors: Thomas Bonnin, Aurélie Emond
  • Cap for a Receptacle and Receptacle, in Particular Tube, in Particular Flexible Tube for a Cosmetic Product, Provided with Said Cap
    Publication number: 20160194122
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cap for a receptacle, in particular a tube, in particular a flexible tube for a cosmetic product, said receptacle comprising a neck (3) and a solid insert (8) forming a seal that closes off one end of the neck (3) that leads into an internal volume (4) of the receptacle, said cap (1) comprising a punch (14) designed to cut and/or pierce the seal, said cap (1) being designed to be positioned on said neck (3) in a standby position in which the punch (14) is in the neck (3), leaving the seal intact, and in a use position in which the seal has been cut and/or pierced by said punch (14), said punch (14) comprising a body (30) in the form of a stem that is configured to cut and/or pierce said seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Applicant: ALBEA SERVICES
    Inventors: Eric Kerman, Etienne Hermant, Thierry Maurice
  • Tamper-evident band
    Patent number: D759481
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Albéa Services
    Inventors: Franck Seguin, Gilles Girard, Philippe Bastos
  • Cosmetic applicator
    Patent number: D774778
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Albea Services
    Inventors: Pauline Uhlen, Yann Crapet, Camille Schreiber
  • Cosmetic applicator
    Patent number: D774779
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Albea Services
    Inventors: Pauline Uhlen, Yann Crapet
  • Applicator
    Patent number: D776439
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: ALBÉA SERVICES
    Inventors: Camille Schreiber, Yann Crapet, Pauline Uhlen