Patents Examined by Bradley Oliver
  • Patent number: 9265328
    Abstract: An applicator device for applying a mass in the form of a stick (1) extending longitudinally along a longitudinal axis (M), comprising a rotatable part (10) through which the stick (1) is guided and which has an exit opening (12) for the stick (1), a hollow shaft (41) coupled to the rotatable part (10) via an axially fixed rotatable connection for axially advancing the stick (1), a body (20) fixedly connected to the hollow shaft (41), and a cap (30) for the rotatable part (10), which is detachably connected to the hollow shaft (41), the axially fixed rotatable connection being formed by a coupling portion of the rotatable part (K.2) and a complementary counterpart coupling portion (K.1) of the hollow shaft (41) in a coupling portion (K) in which the hollow shaft (41) and the rotatable part (10) engage with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Schwan-STABILO Cosmetics GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Lutz Braeuer, Britta Lorenz, Clemens Wiesmann
  • Patent number: 9266381
    Abstract: A palm-pressing text correction apparatus manufactured according to the shape of a user's hand includes a casing, an elastic container and a pressing element. The casing has a first opening and a second opening formed at both ends of the casing respectively, and the elastic container is mounted into the casing and provided for containing correction liquid, and a liquid output nozzle and a pressed end are disposed at both ends of the casing respectively. The liquid output nozzle is protruded out from the first opening, and the pressing element is coupled to the pressed end. The apparatus is held within the user's palm operating range, and an axial force acted onto the pressing element is produced by a pressing force while holding the apparatus to compress the elastic container to deform in an axial direction and output the correction liquid with an effort-saving effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: MCAIDE ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ming-Hua Yen
  • Patent number: 9215919
    Abstract: A dispenser includes a deformable roller and a housing having a reservoir for containing a product, such as a cosmetic product or a medicinal product. The deformable roller comprises a napped roller over molded to, and encasing, a roller pin. Both the napped roller and the roller pin may be formed of materials that are suitable for an injection over-mold manufacturing process. The deformable roller disposed configured for applying product to a body and for deforming and tangentially mating and/or un-mating with an orifice of a reservoir of the housing for sealing and/or un-sealing the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: HCT ASIA LTD.
    Inventors: Adrian C. Apodaca, Timothy Thorpe
  • Patent number: 9210986
    Abstract: An applicator device for applying a cosmetic, the device comprising: a reservoir of cosmetic and an applicator including a stem that is terminated by an applicator head that is adapted to apply the cosmetic to a part of a user's body, the stem of the applicator including an internal duct that opens out sideways via a vent that is formed in the applicator head, the applicator including a gas generator that is connected to said duct and that is adapted to inject gas into the duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: L V M H RECHERCHE
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Tranchant, Marc Chevalier
  • Patent number: 9211756
    Abstract: A liquid applicator device is disclosed for applying a liquid from a container to a surface. A closure defining a closure aperture is secured the closure to the container. A sealing member sealingly engages with the closure mounting. The sealing member has a tubular sleeve with an applicator slidably disposed within the tubular sleeve. The applicator comprises a hollow interior with an applicator tip defined by an outer applicator portion of the applicator. A biasing member coacts between the closure and the applicator for urging the applicator to form a seal with the sealing member. A depression of the outer applicator portion against the surface displaces the applicator from the sealing member to enable the flow of the liquid from the container to the applicator tip of the applicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Flocon Inc.
    Inventor: Stephan M. Ballot
  • Patent number: 9198504
    Abstract: A combination toothbrush and toothpaste dispenser device includes a caddy that accepts tube of toothpaste and guides an integral toothpaste squeezer along a predetermined track. The squeezer is generally wedge-shaped and may be moved parallel and/or inwardly to the axis of the caddy. A modular and detachable toothbrush head mates with the caddy and includes a shaft with a central bore for delivering toothpaste to the toothbrush bristles. A refresh cup is further supplied to store and protect the combination device while not in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Inventors: William McCoy, Quincy McCoy
  • Patent number: 9185961
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for applying at least one product at a de-sired place or spot. The device comprises several layers, where an impermeable top layer (1) and an impermeable bottom layer (4) will form the outer surfaces of the device, between which two outer surfaces a storage layer (3) and a contact layer (2) are arranged. The bottom layer (4), storage layer and contact layer (2) are welded together inside their edges to form a closed storage chamber (10) for the product and further being connected (6) around their common edges, where at least a part of the bottom layer (4) outside and around the closed storage chamber (10) is cut away, in order to create a device with soft edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Padtech AS
    Inventor: Dag H. Gundersen
  • Patent number: 9180722
    Abstract: A mechanical pencil incrementally rotates a lead by operation of a touch button. The pencil has a barrel in which is disposed a holder. A rotatable pipe having a writing mechanism assembly incorporated therein is attached rotatably to the holder. Around the periphery of the holder, a slide member is disposed to undergo forward and rearward movement, and the slide member is moved forward by pressing the touch button disposed on the barrel. The holder houses a sleeve which is moved forward by the slide member and which turns in a circumferential direction. A rotation-transmitting cam face is provided on each of a front end face of the sleeve and a rear end face of the rotatable pipe. By the forward movement of the sleeve, the cam faces are engaged with each other to incrementally rotate the rotatable pipe, whereby the lead is incrementally rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: MICRO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Hosoya, Akihiro Ohkouchi
  • Patent number: 9173471
    Abstract: The invention protects an application body as well as reducing a remaining amount of a liquid cosmetic. A bag-like container accommodates liquid cosmetic therein and provides an opening neck portion to communicate the inner side and the outer side thereof, a pipe portion in the opening neck portion extends to the bag portion bottom side. The pipe portion peripheral surface has an opening for the liquid cosmetic going into an internal portion. An application body in a lid portion goes into the pipe portion by installing the lid portion to the opening neck portion to reach the opening position. If a user pushes and squeezes the bag portion, the liquid cosmetic goes into the pipe portion through the opening, the application body dips into the liquid cosmetic to run short of the liquid cosmetic and to protect the application body by the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: TOKIWA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Inoue, Masahiro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9173470
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a beauty apparatus comprising: a case unit comprising an upper case for accommodating powder and a lower case detachably attached to the upper case; a guide mounted to the lower case between the upper case and the lower case; a magnetic field generating unit mounted to an inside of the lower case between the guide and the lower case, for generating a time-varying magnetic field; a magnetic body coupling part moving through the guide within the lower case according to a change of a magnetic field; a movable plate mounted to the magnetic body coupling part passing through a guide hole formed in the guide on the magnetic body coupling part, for restricting movement of the magnetic body coupling part; and a puff pad enclosing the guide to vibrate according to movement of the movable plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: AMOREPACIFIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wooram Park, Jungsun Choi, Jooho Kim, Yoonkyun Hwang, Junoh Kim
  • Patent number: 9173477
    Abstract: An oral care system comprising an oral care implement, such as a toothbrush, and dispenser containing a fluid detachably coupled to the tooth-brush. The invention is an oral care system comprising: a toothbrush having a cavity; a dispenser comprising a reservoir containing a fluid; a cap detachably coupled to the dispenser; wherein when the cap is coupled to the dispenser, the cap prohibits the dispenser from being inserted into the cavity; and wherein when the cap is detached from the dispenser, the dispenser can be inserted into the cavity and detachably coupled to the toothbrush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY
    Inventors: Eduardo Jimenez, Alan Sorrentino, Robert Moskovich
  • Patent number: 9167881
    Abstract: A container system includes a bottle body having an inner cavity and a threaded rim, an inner housing compatible with the inner cavity, a layer of a sample of contents placed between the inner cavity of the bottle body and the inner housing, a receptacle removeably placed within the inner housing and storing contents, and a lid to form a seal with the bottle body, when attached to the threaded rim. There can also be a brush attached to the lid to dispense the contents. The contents are protected from degradation due to environmental exposure, while the layer still displays features of the contents. The receptacle has a first portion and a second portion. The portions have different shapes, but are made integral into a single cavity. The single cavity resists settling of the contents and facilitates stirring of the contents for actual use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: JE MATADI, Inc.
    Inventors: Pershant Mehta, Leo Chieh-Hao Chen
  • Patent number: 9149110
    Abstract: An oral care implement includes a handle, a head mounted to one end of the handle that includes a first face having a plurality of tooth cleaning elements extending therefrom and a second face, a store of dentifrice retained at the head, and a film matrix retained at the head containing at least one rapidly releasable agent. A soft tissue cleaner can be included on the second face. The at least one rapidly releasable agent can be provided to the first and/or second faces during use from the film matrix. In addition, dentifrice can be provided to the first and/or second faces during use from the store of dentifrice. The at least one rapidly releasable agent can include, for example, a flavoring agent, a dentifrice, or a therapeutic agent. The toothbrush can be small in size and lightweight so as to be readily portable for use away from the home.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY
    Inventors: Richard Scott Robinson, Guofeng Xu, Douglas Hohlbein, Alan Sorrentino
  • Patent number: 9138089
    Abstract: A buttering device for coating the outside of hot vegetables with butter or similar coating includes a hollow receptacle to hold the butter that has the shape of a truncated wedge. The receptacle has a relatively narrow discharge opening and a relatively wide supply opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Inventors: Robert C. Kaley, Nancy G. Kaley, David F. Wolf, Patricia A. Wolf
  • Patent number: 9138769
    Abstract: A hand-holdable painting apparatus comprising a main body with a handle, wherein the main body is arranged to removably engage with a paint applicator; and a paint reservoir receiving bay coupled to or integral with the main body, wherein the paint reservoir receiving bay is arranged to removably receive at least a portion of a paint reservoir. The main body is arranged to provide a paint flow path between an outlet of a paint reservoir in the paint reservoir receiving bay and an inlet of a paint applicator engaged with the main body. The hand-holdable painting apparatus further comprises an interlock configured to inhibit the paint reservoir receiving bay from receiving a paint reservoir unless a paint applicator is engaged with the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventor: Martyn Riley
  • Patent number: 9131823
    Abstract: A cleaning device includes a shaft, a cleaning element mounted at a distal end of the shaft, a spray device mounted near the distal end of the shaft, a handle assembly mounted at a proximal end of the shaft, and a rod. The spray device includes a liquid reservoir, a pump and a nozzle. The handle assembly includes a lever rotatable about a pivot point with first and second engagement surfaces of different distances from the pivot point, and a knob having a cam surface and rotatable between first and second positions. The rod extends between the pump and the lever. The knob cam surface is engaged with the rod for aligning a first end of the rod to the first engagement surface with the knob in the first position and aligning the first end of the rod to the second engagement surface with the knob in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Butler Home Products, LLC
    Inventor: Michael J. Maczuzak
  • Patent number: 9131767
    Abstract: An oral care implement (210) includes a handle (214) and a head (212) mounted to one end of the handle (214) that includes a first face (237) having plurality of tooth cleaning elements (226) extending therefrom, a second face (247) and a store of oral care material (232). A soft tissue cleaner (241) can be included on the second face (247). Oral care material can be provided simultaneously to the first (237) and second faces (247) during use from the store of oral care material (232). The oral care implement can include a plurality of oral care material stores (232), which can include different dentifrices. A store of oral care material (232) can be located within an arrangement of the tooth cleaning elements (226) and can extend through the head (212) to an arrangement of soft tissue cleaning elements (226). The toothbrush (210) can be small in size and lightweight so as to be readily portable for use away from the home.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY
    Inventors: Douglas Hohlbein, Alan Sorrentino, James Herbert Kemp, Emily Fink
  • Patent number: 9125471
    Abstract: A cosmetic container includes a bottle, a cap unit and a magnetic member. The bottle is adapted for accommodating a magnetic nail polish having magnetic particles. The cap unit includes a cap body that removably covers the bottle, and a finger support that is mounted on the cap body. The magnetic member is mounted on the cap unit and includes a magnetic patterning portion. The magnetic member is disposed such that the fingernail of a finger that is supported on the finger support is proximate thereto, such that the magnetic patterning portion is able to attract the magnetic particles of the magnetic nail polish applied on the fingernail so as to forma corresponding pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: TAIR JIUH ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hou-Ju Ko
  • Patent number: 9095200
    Abstract: An applicator device (10) for storing and applying a substance (20) to be applied, in particular a cosmetic substance, comprising: a container (30) for the substance having a container opening (32), an applicator implement (40), an adjustable stripping element (50) for the applicator implement, which is arranged at least partially in the region of the container opening, and an adjusting device for the action of the stripping means. The adjusting device (70) is formed by an actuating element (60) movable with respect to the stripping element for reversibly changing the stripping element, wherein the position of the actuating element is adjustable with respect to the stripping element by way of the adjusting device, and a crumple zone (34) in the container, by way of which the length of the container can be reversibly changed in the longitudinal direction, wherein the position of the actuating element is adjustable with respect to the stripping element by the change in length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Schwan-STABILO Cosmetics GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Thomas Heidenreiter
  • Patent number: 9095998
    Abstract: According to a first aspect of the invention there is provided a method of manufacturing an applicator and container arrangement comprising molding an insert from a first material, placing the molded insert into a mold, molding an outer structure from a second material over the molded insert, the second material having limited adhesion to the first material, the outer structure defining a handle portion and a shoulder portion, and having a weakened area between the handle portion and the shoulder portion, providing a body portion in a material compatible with the second material so as to ensure adherence to the shoulder portion of the outer structure, and assembling the outer structure, including the insert, and the body portion. The invention extends to a container and applicator arrangement made in accordance with the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: ALBEA SERVICES
    Inventors: Edward Crutchley, Marc Bland, Victor Ramos, Nicholas Thorne