Patents Examined by Bradley S Oliver
  • Patent number: 11221686
    Abstract: A multifunction pen includes plural refills including an electromagnetic induction touch pen. A knock operation to one of knock rods each of which is connected to a rear end of each of the plural refills causes a tip of one refill of the plural refills to move from a standby position in which the tip stays inside a shaft tube to an in-use position in which the tip projects from a tip end opening of the shaft tube. At least one refill from writing refills other than the electromagnetic induction touch pen is provided with a metal writing tip, and a tip of the electromagnetic induction touch pen at the in-use position is separated from the tips of the writing refills at the standby position by a distance such that electromagnetic induction by the electromagnetic induction touch pen is not affected by the tips of the writing refills.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI PENCIL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kyo Nakayama, Shinichi Ushiku, Tsuyoshi Nishida, Masashi Sakagami, Satoru Okabe, Yusuke Koizumi
  • Patent number: 11213108
    Abstract: A discardable cartridge (310) having a limited quantity of a lip balm that is loaded into a closable applicator container, such as a piece of jewelry or a wearable accessory. The cartridge includes a rigid or resilient upper base (312) having a convex or flat top surface (314) upon which the lip balm is associated, and a volume of lip balm attached to the top surface of the base. The flat or convex top surface allows wiping the balm onto the lips single-handedly. The top surface of the cartridge includes a plurality of integrally-attached bristles (330, 332), between which the lip balm is embedded, anchoring the lip balm to the cartridge, and providing the additional function of exfoliation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Inventor: Margaret Spicer Meranus
  • Patent number: 11206911
    Abstract: A pencil (e.g., cosmetic pencil or otherwise) with a disposable cap including a built-in sharpener which is configured to permanently capture and store shavings produced as the pencil is sharpened. The cap with permanent shavings storage prevents accidental (or even intentional) emptying or other exit of generated shavings from the permanent storage cavity in the disposable cap, which shavings may smear or otherwise damage a user's purse, pocket, clothing, or the like. The device is configured to collect such shavings during the useful life of a single pencil body, after which period any remaining short stubby portion of the pencil body, and the associated disposable cap with built in sharpener (and permanent shavings storage) is discarded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: MODERNMAVENZ
    Inventor: Jillianne R. Moffitt
  • Patent number: 11203222
    Abstract: As device adapted to hold accessories is disclosed. The device may be adapted to hold one or more erasers, one or more markers, one or more styluses and other accessories. The one or more erasers may include an offset angle compared to the one or more markers. The one or more erasers and/or the one or more markers may be removable and interchangeable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: WRIGO LLC
    Inventors: John A. Kaiser, Aldis Rauda
  • Patent number: 11186114
    Abstract: Provide is a direct liquid type writing-brush pen that is equipped with a valve mechanism; and with which the ink tube is of replaceable cartridge type, and the writing brush tip is always impregnated with an appropriate amount of ink while the ink leakage being suppressed, whereby an excellent feeling of writing can be always given.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: TAISEI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tadayuki Sato
  • Patent number: 11148460
    Abstract: To provide a writing instrument capable of further improving durability of a writing nib without impairing writing performance even when writing is performed with a heavy writing load. A writing instrument A having a writing part formed of at least a writing nib 30 made of a porous body and a retainer 40 made of a hard material, in which the protrusion amount of the distal end of the writing nib 30 from the retainer 40 is 0.65 mm or more and 1.05 mm or less and/or 40% or more and 65% or less of the thickness of the writing nib 30.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Pencil Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hitoshi Suzuki, Kouichi Hirano, Yukinori Sawa, Toshimi Kamitani
  • Patent number: 11140965
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an airtight lip cosmetic case of which the inside is doubly sealed, comprising: a lower case; an upper case which is rotatably coupled to the top of the lower case and has a sealing shoulder formed on the outside thereof; a rising piston which rises within the upper case and has a lip cosmetic product attached to the upper side thereof; a sealing piston which is fixed and coupled to the outside of the rising piston; and an over-cap which is detachable from the lower case, wherein the airtight lip cosmetic case further comprises a sealing ring formed on the outer circumference of the rising piston such that the sealing ring rises in a state of being in close contact with the inner circumference of the upper case, and a sealing blade formed on the outer circumference of the sealing piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignees: PUM-TECH KOREA CO., LTD, CTK CO., LTD
    Inventor: Do Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 11117415
    Abstract: A writing instrument including a main body provided with a writing tip. The writing tip being supplied with ink by a free ink-type reservoir equipped with a pressure regulating device for regulating the pressure within the reservoir. The pressure regulating device includes at least one microfluidic valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Societe BIC
    Inventors: Olivier Albenge, Laudine Buge, Christelle Debrauwer, Anne-Lise Damiano, Claire Evrard
  • Patent number: 11103057
    Abstract: Described herein is an oral care implement comprising a handle, and a head having a main body that is coupled to the handle, the head comprising a release component coupled to the main body, the release component comprising a water-dissolvable matrix comprising a first polymer having a processing temperature greater than or equal to 150° C., and a plurality of tooth cleaning elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Shyamala Pillai, Remo Villiger, Marco Bohner, Peter Zurfluh
  • Patent number: 11103045
    Abstract: Devices for treating a subject's skin or lips and more particularly to device that enhances absorption of treatment media into tissue for cosmetic and therapeutic purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Hermes Innovations, LLC
    Inventor: John H. Shadduck
  • Patent number: 11090970
    Abstract: A writing instrument comprising a body extending along an axial direction and an erasing device comprising an eraser, the erasing device being disposed at an axial end of the body of the writing instrument, the eraser being able to assume a use position and a protection position, the eraser being configured to switch from the use position to the protection position by a displacement of the eraser by means of an actuation device of the erasing device, the actuation device being configured to be actuated along a axis perpendicular to the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: SOCIETE BIC
    Inventors: Laurent Mazingue, Laurent Beaucher, Ludovic Fagu, Etienne Roudaut
  • Patent number: 11077701
    Abstract: A banana shaped writing device; the banana shaped writing device includes a body, a lead, a stem, a peel, and a metal clip. The banana shaped writing device is useful for allowing a user to peel the writing device and provides a cushioned finger hold. Further, the banana shaped writing device is helpful to teach children who are beginning to write the proper finger positions to write.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Inventor: Kia Scudder
  • Patent number: 11071368
    Abstract: An applicator system comprises a container and an applicator. The container is configured to contain a substance to be applied using the applicator. The container is further configured to support the applicator in an accessible orientation in use. For example, the container can comprise a first chamber that is open at an end thereof. The first chamber can be arranged to receive and locate at least an active end of the applicator therein and to hold the applicator in the accessible orientation in use. The container can also comprise a second chamber that is arranged to receive and hold therein the substance to be contacted by the active end of the applicator in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Inventor: Rowena Wenck
  • Patent number: 11064786
    Abstract: A device for applying a liquid or pulverulent medium is provided. The device includes an application element that has a flexible width and that is attached between two support elements and includes at least one lateral delimiting element for the purposes of a controlled and fast application of this liquid or pulverulent medium. A kit that includes the device and a media container is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Inventor: Thomas-Maximilian Böhm
  • Patent number: 11064790
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: HCT Asia Limited
    Inventors: Timothy Thorpe, Armando Villarreal, Courtney Frances Haley, Denis Pierre Maurin
  • Patent number: 11058205
    Abstract: Provided is an assembly for a nail pen comprising: a) a nib made from a material that is configured to allow for movement of varnish from inside of the nail pen to the nib, and from the nib to a nail; b) a guide made from a material that is non-absorbent to the varnish, the guide extending below a surface of the nib that is configured to apply varnish to the nail; wherein a user applies a strip of the varnish to a distal portion of the nail by holding the guide against an edge of the nail and moving the nail pen along the distal portion of the nail so that the surface of the nib holding the varnish contacts the distal portion of the nail to apply varnish to the nail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Inventor: Noushin Laaly
  • Patent number: 11040566
    Abstract: A pen dispenser is provided with a tube having an open top for holding a fluid to be dispensed. A valve housing made of plastic and having channels on an inner wall is also provided. There is also an applicator nib made of plastic, along with a plastic spring actuator having a plastic button, and a button retainer. In a closed position the plastic spring actuator is sealingly engaged to the valve housing blocking the flow of fluid out around the applicator nib, and in the open position, the plastic spring actuator is depressed so it is no longer sealingly engaged to the valve housing, allowing the fluid to flow through the channels on the inner wall and exit the dispenser around the applicator nib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: LB USA FLEXIBLES, INC.
    Inventor: Loren L. Brelje
  • Patent number: 11007812
    Abstract: A writing instrument with a cap that lockingly engages a body portion via a locking assembly is presented herein. The locking assembly includes a pair of locking tabs on the cap that correspondingly fit within locking channels on the body of the writing instrument. With the tabs positioned within the locking channels, the cap is twisted or rotated such that the locking tabs slide past a node within the channels and restricts removal of the cap from the body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Inventor: Christian John James Moore
  • Patent number: 10973304
    Abstract: Finger mascara includes: a container for containing a cosmetic material; an application unit coupled to the container; and a middle unit for detachably coupling the application unit to the container. The application unit includes: a finger insertion part in which a user can insert a finger from above; an outer cylinder surrounding the periphery of the finger insertion part and having an upward opening; a plurality of elastic supporting parts extending upward from the outer cylinder and capable of wrapping the finger inserted from above and being elastically transformed in a direction away from a central axis of the outer cylinder as the finger is inserted; a stick extending downward from one point of the inner space of the outer cylinder; and a brush for applying cosmetic material by coating the same thereon, wherein a free end of the elastic supporting parts is provided with a tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: AMOREPACIFIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yeon Ju Cho, Hae Won Jeong, Eun Sil Han, Hyun Woo Roh
  • Patent number: 10966512
    Abstract: A cosmetic article including a case and a applicator that is fastened to the case but movable relative to the case between a retracted position and an extended position, in which the applicator extends outward from the case further than in the retracted position. The applicator includes a body and protuberances, at least some of which are arranged so as to be movable relative to the body between a retracted position and an extended position, in which the protuberances extend outward from the body further than in the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Inventors: Nicolas Castex, Marc Lassus