Patents Assigned to HCT Asia, Ltd.
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Patent number: 9016968Abstract: A dispenser includes a thermal storage tip and a housing having a reservoir for containing a product, such as a cosmetics product or a medicinal product. The thermal storage tip comprises a material that is capable of storing and retaining thermal energy during application of the product.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2012Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: HCT Asia Ltd.Inventor: Timothy Thorpe
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Patent number: 8967897Abstract: A cosmetic dispenser includes a translucent reservoir sandwiched in-between a shelled wall and a solid wall of an opaque housing. The shelled wall provides exposure to a portion of the translucent reservoir, the exposed portion of the translucent reservoir defines a flexible wall. The translucent reservoir being formed of a substantially more supple material than the opaque housing, thereby providing the flexible wall to displace a portion of product stored in the translucent reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2011Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: HCT Asia LtdInventors: Adrian C. Apodaca, Timothy Thorpe
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Patent number: 8944712Abstract: An applicator includes a bottle cap with an automatically extending applicator head coupled to a spring. The bottle cap is removably coupled to a bottle having a reservoir for containing a product, such as a cosmetics product or a medicinal product. By virtue of having an automatic extending applicator head, the applicator is capable of extending during application and retracting during storage in a clean and automatic fashion.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2010Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: HCT Asia LtdInventor: James Thorpe
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Publication number: 20140301764Abstract: Disclosed herein is a cap assembly having a clutch mechanism which permits independent rotation of a stemmed applicator when the cap is in a closed position and prevents rotation when the cap is removed. The cap assembly in combination with a housing, particularly for cosmetics applications, is also disclosed. The stemmed applicator may have shaft having a non-circular cross-section, when taken perpendicular to its longitudinal axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2014Publication date: October 9, 2014Applicant: HCT Asia Ltd.Inventors: DAVID EBERLEIN, Tom Bentley
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Patent number: 8850652Abstract: Covers for covering a handle of a cosmetic brush are disclosed. The covers may include a suction cup fixed in a wall of the cover. The covers may be softer than a handle of the cosmetic brush. The covers may have an open end opposite a closed end, or a first open end opposite a second open end. In embodiments where the covers have a first open end opposite a second open end, the covers may be displaced, while remaining coupled to a handle of the cosmetic brush, from a first position covering a group of bristles of the cosmetic brush and exposing the handle of the cosmetic brush to a second position exposing the group of bristles and covering the handle. By virtue of having a suction cup fixed in the wall of the cover a user may removeably couple the cosmetic brush to a smooth surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2011Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: HCT Asia LtdInventor: Cindy Sean Yuei Lim
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Publication number: 20140234010Abstract: An applicator device or dispenser includes a stone applicator tip and a housing which may, in some examples, have a reservoir for containing a product, such as a cosmetics product or a medicinal product. The stone tip comprises a material that is capable of storing and retaining and/or transferring thermal energy during application of the product.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: HCT ASIA LTD.Inventors: Timothy THORPE, Armando VILLARREAL, Courtney Frances HALEY, Denis Pierre MAURIN
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Publication number: 20140234004Abstract: An applicator device or dispenser includes an applicator tip assembly and a housing which may, in some examples, have a reservoir for containing a product, such as a cosmetics product or a medicinal product. The applicator tip assembly may be coupled to the housing and may comprise a thermal storage applicator portion having an application face for applying the product to a surface, the thermal storage applicator portion being made from a material that is capable of storing and retaining and/or transferring thermal energy during application of the product. The applicator tip assembly may further comprise a main body portion having a product delivery passageway extending through the main body portion for dispensing a product to the application face of the thermal storage applicator portion, the main body portion configured to at least partially enclose the thermal storage applicator portion at a periphery of the thermal storage applicator portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: HCT ASIA LTD.Inventors: Timothy Thorpe, Adrian Charles Apodaca, Denis Pierre Maurin, Armando Villarreal
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Patent number: 8721210Abstract: A multi-layered wiper for removing a product (e.g., a cosmetic product) from an applicator. The multi-layered wiper comprises a wiping body having a wiping face, an acute wiping tip, and vertical slits, formed of a first material, over-molded to a retention body, formed of another material harder than the first material. By virtue of having a multi-layered wiper comprising a wiping body, formed of a first material, over-molded to a retention body, formed of another material, harder than the first material, the multi-layered wiper is capable of providing exceptional installation characteristics, while simultaneously providing exceptional wiping characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2010Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: HCT Asia LtdInventor: Robert John Wilczynski
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Patent number: 8678222Abstract: An airtight compact that contains a volatile product until a time of use. The airtight compact includes a translucent and fragile pot partially encased by a base assembly, which has a rotatable lid assembly pivotably coupled to the base assembly. The rotatable lid assembly comprising a liner over-molded to an inner lid that directly seals to a rim of the fragile pot partially encased by the base. The fragile pot may be formed of a translucent glass, which is protected by the base and the rotatable lid assemblies.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2010Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: HCT Asia LtdInventors: Timothy Thorpe, Adrian C. Apodaca
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Patent number: 8561241Abstract: An applicator for applying a product includes a motor and a switch for automatically rotating and/or oscillating an applicator head. By virtue of having a motor with a throttling gear, the applicator is capable of rotating and/or oscillating at controlled frequencies during application of cosmetic, medicinal, or other products to a surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2010Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: HCT Asia LtdInventors: Cindy Lim, Adrian C. Apodaca
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Patent number: 8556528Abstract: An applicator system for applying a product to a surface includes an adjustable implement comprising an applicator that is selectively pivotable at least about ninety degrees. By virtue of having an applicator that is selectively pivotable ninety degrees, the adjustable implement is capable of applying various products in multiple positions.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2010Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: HCT Asia LtdInventors: Nick Gardner, Adrian C. Apodaca, Armando Villarreal
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Patent number: 8550738Abstract: A dispenser includes a flow-through gasket and a lower valve having a reservoir for containing a product. The flow-through gasket has at least aperture to provide a product delivery passage when the dispenser is selectively rotatable along a helical guide slot to a raised position. When the dispenser is selectively rotatable along the helical guide slot to a retracted position, the dispenser is in a stored state. In some examples, the flow-through gasket may be made of a material having elastomeric properties.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2008Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: HCT Asia LtdInventors: Timothy Thorpe, Luis Alviar
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Patent number: 8534948Abstract: A dispenser includes a cam path and a mating guide pin to provide a closed position or an open position for the dispenser. The dispenser is selectively rotatable causing the mating guide pin to travel along a cam path to rotate between slanted, unslanted, and slanted downward positions. The mating guide pin in the cam path causes the open position to allow product delivery and causes the closed position to provide a seal to prevent product leakage. In an implementation, the dispenser is selectively guidable along a helical guide slot to an upward position for product application and to a downward position to retract the applicator. When the dispenser is selectively rotatable along the helical guide slot to a retracted position, the dispenser is in a stored state.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2009Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: HCT Asia LtdInventors: Timothy Thorpe, Luis Alviar
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Patent number: 8517622Abstract: A dispenser includes a multi-layered tip and a housing having a reservoir for containing a product, such as a cosmetic product or a medicinal product. The multi-layered tip comprises a translucent outer tip molded about an opaque inner tip. Both the translucent outer tip and the opaque inner tip may be formed of materials that are suitable for an injection over-mold manufacturing process.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2010Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: HCT Asia LtdInventors: Adrian C. Apodaca, Timothy Thorpe
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Publication number: 20130199556Abstract: Tweezer-applicators having an applicator arranged linearly with tweezers are disclosed. The applicator may comprise a substantially flat rectangular shaped group of bristles that are arranged substantially straight along a linear axis of the tweezer-applicator. By virtue of having an applicator arranged substantially straight along the linear axis and in line with the tweezers, a user may grip the tweezers without the applicator interfering with a grip of a user and provide the user with precision while applying product to a portion of a body.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2012Publication date: August 8, 2013Applicant: HCT Asia LtdInventor: Cindy Sean Yuei Lim
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Patent number: 8464731Abstract: A cosmetic compact includes a twistable lid assembly that spins relative to a base assembly about a hinge to change between an open and a closed position. The hinge is disposed in the cosmetic compact at an oblique angle that positions a top surface of the cosmetic compact to face a user after twisting open. The lid assembly is twistable by about 180 degrees relative to the base assembly of the cosmetic compact. By virtue of having the twistable lid assembly, the cosmetic compact is capable of simple and reliable opening. The twistable lid assembly also allows a mirror placed on the top surface of the compact to be useful in both a closed position and an open position.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2012Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: HCT Asia LtdInventors: David Jeffrey Eberlein, Megan Rene Langdon
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Publication number: 20130133685Abstract: A compact system for applying a product to a surface including a removable applicator slideably housed in a compact comprising an actuator and a slide-mechanism. In one example, the slide-mechanism is configured to magnetically couple with a magnet in the base of the applicator, and slides the applicator into and out of the compact. By virtue of having a removable applicator, the compact system is portable and convenient, while at the same time the applicator remains clean and intact until a time of use.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2013Publication date: May 30, 2013Applicant: HCT ASIA LTDInventor: HCT Asia Ltd
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Publication number: 20130111683Abstract: A cosmetic brush system for applying a product to a surface is disclosed. The cosmetic brush system may include a displaceable cap coupled to a handle and a group of bristles fixed to one end of the handle. The displaceable cap may be slideably or peelably coupled to the handle. The handle may include ballast to position a centroid of the cosmetic brush closer to the end of the handle. In embodiments where the displaceable cap is a slideable cap, an end cap may be fixed to the end of the handle and the slideable cap and the end cap may form a uniform elongated cylindrical shape having the same outer diameter. The displaceable cap may also include a ventilation system. By virtue of having a displaceable cap permanently coupled to the handle of the cosmetic brush system, the user cannot misplace the cap and the system is portable and convenient.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2011Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicant: HCT Asia LtdInventors: Cindy Sean Yuei Lim, Megan Rene Langdon
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Patent number: D685527Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2012Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: HCT Asia LtdInventors: David Jeffrey Eberlein, Megan Rene Langdon
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Patent number: D697800Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2011Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: HCT Asia LtdInventors: Armando Villarreal, Megan Rene Langdon, Jenny Ling Chen Hsu