Patents Examined by David J. Walczak
  • Patent number: 12251007
    Abstract: A cosmetic deposition device comprises a housing; a printhead within the housing, the printhead including one or more nozzle to dispense one or more formulation; an applicator face connected to the housing, wherein an exterior side of the applicator face includes a roller adjacent to the one or more nozzle, and the applicator face is configured to rotate with respect to the housing, and the applicator face is detained at more than one rotational setting with respect to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignees: L'Oreal, Prinker Korea Inc.
    Inventors: Maya Kelley, Fred Orsita, Juwan Hong, Kyu Suk Lee, Yong Min Jeong, Tae Sik Yun, Jong In Lee
  • Patent number: 12241246
    Abstract: A sealant dispensing system includes a sealant dispensing trowel having a handle and a trowel pad, where the trowel pad includes a trowel surface having an opening thereon through which sealant is configured to flow for applying sealant to a building surface. The trowel pad further includes a concave portion on the trowel surface with the trowel pad including a leading edge and a trailing edge with the concave portion extending to the trailing edge and with the opening on the trowel surface being disposed at the concave portion. In a particular configuration the concave portion is narrower at the opening and wider at the trailing edge, with the trowel surface including a flat portion and the concave portion being recessed relative to the flat portion and having a depth relative to the flat portion that is greater at the trailing edge than at the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Altenloh, Brinck & Co. U.S., Inc.
    Inventor: Jason R. Wigboldy
  • Patent number: 12239208
    Abstract: A rod-shaped cosmetic includes a rod-shaped main body part composed of a cosmetic composition, and a cavity part extending in the longitudinal direction of the rod-shaped main body part and opening at one end or at both ends of the rod-shaped main body part is provided inside the rod-shaped main body part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: TOKIWA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshinori Akamatsu
  • Patent number: 12239206
    Abstract: A packaging tube includes a cartridge core and a base. The cartridge core and the base are both made of metal materials, the cartridge core has an axial direction in space, and the cartridge core includes a bead, a fork and a spiral in sequence from inside to outside. The inner wall of the spiral is provided with a thread structure, when the spiral rotates relative to the fork, the thread structure drives the bead to slide in the axial direction relative to the fork, an adaptation structure capable of being inserted and pulled in the axial direction is provided between the fork and the base, and the adaptation structure limits the relative movement of the fork and the base in the axial direction and in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG AXILONE SHUNHUA ALUMINUM & PLASTIC CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yongqing Fang, Weifeng Zhu, Bokun Ni, Junjie Huang
  • Patent number: 12239207
    Abstract: A packaged deodorant stick product comprising a deodorant stick composition, a retaining member and a holder, the deodorant stick composition being mounted on the retaining member and the retaining member comprises one of a bayonet element and a socket and the holder comprises the other of the bayonet element and the socket, wherein the bayonet element is lockably receivable within the socket such that the retaining member is removably connectable to the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: CONOPCO, INC.
    Inventors: Frank Van Der Blom, Benjamin George Oglesby, Cornelius Sebastianus Maria Verhoeve
  • Patent number: 12232591
    Abstract: A contents container may include: a container part having a space defined to accommodate contents and including a spout portion disposed on one end of the container part, a shoulder part detachably coupled to the spout portion of the container part, a lifting part coupled to the sealing wall of the shoulder part, a rotating part coupled to the first guide part of the shoulder part, and a cover part that is coupled to the lifting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: YONWOO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soo Hwan Kim, Yu Seob Kim
  • Patent number: 12232674
    Abstract: A scrub body, a scrub anchoring system, and a method for securing and releasing a tube coupler into and from a scrub body are provided. The scrub body can comprise two portions, or regions, within a single, unibody sponge-like material or as two similar or dissimilar layers within the sponge-like material. The scrub body includes an anchoring pocket extending into the scrub body between the portions, regions or layers, to accommodate a tube coupler releasably secured inside the anchoring pocket. The scrub body with anchoring pocket can be discarded when worn out while the more expensive tube coupler can be readily removed from the anchoring pocket and re-inserted into a new scrub body to provide the same low-flow liquid releasing tube into a new scrub body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Geyser Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan M. Ballesteros, Ian M. Anderson
  • Patent number: 12220937
    Abstract: A writing ball capable of suppressing wear of a ball seat of a ballpoint pen tip and obtaining stable ink outflow, a writing ball that is a sphere, the sphere comprising, at least: a first hard component containing a first metal; a second hard component containing a second metal; and a binding component, the writing ball comprising: a first outer surface from which the first hard component is exposed, the first outer surface being an outermost surface of the sphere; and a recess including, as a bottom surface, a second outer surface from which the second hard component is exposed, the second outer surface being recessed inward from the first outer surface, wherein the first outer surface includes a smooth surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA PILOT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kouichi Takayama
  • Patent number: 12220039
    Abstract: A dispensing container includes: an operation portion including a dispensing member, the dispensing member extending in an up-down direction and being provided with a spiral groove; a sleeve surrounding the outside of the dispensing member and provided so as to be rotatable on a container axis; a middle plate body holding contents and provided inside the sleeve so as to be movable in the up-down direction in a state where rotation of the middle plate body on the container axis relative to the sleeve is restricted; and a movable tube extending downward from the middle plate body and including an engagement protrusion that engages with the spiral groove. A sliding portion, which is formed of softer material than either one member of the sleeve and the operation portion and on which the other member of the sleeve and the operation portion slides as the sleeve and the operation portion rotate relative to each other, is fixed to the one member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akinori Suzuki
  • Patent number: 12220040
    Abstract: Cosmetic dispensers including a base, for example, having a cavity and an interior surface where the interior surface includes a spiral recess. The cosmetic dispenser may further include a pedestal assembly received within the cavity of the base. The pedestal assembly can include a pedestal having a base plate at a first distal end of the pedestal and a cup member at a second distal end opposite the first distal end. The cup member may be configured to receive a cosmetic that extends above the cup member. The sleeve may be movably received within the cavity, and can include at least one engaging element coupled to the spiral recess. The engaging element may be configured to slide along the spiral recess to raise and lower the sleeve. In embodiments, the sleeve is configured to completely surround the cosmetic in a raised first position, and is configured to at least partially not surround the cosmetic in a lowered second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: AMPAC Limited
    Inventors: James Christopher Wightman, Gary E. Myer
  • Patent number: 12214617
    Abstract: A biodegradable marker pen including a barrel, a cap, and an ink reservoir. The barrel has a hollow cylindrical structure, the ink reservoir is placed in the barrel, and the cap is detachably coupled with the barrel hermetically. The barrel, the cap, and the ink reservoir comprise 2 to 10 mass percentage of a biodegradable masterbatch respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Sunny Pro Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chi-Ting Hsieh, Jung-Shan Huang, Shun-Chih Fang, Chao-Han Huang, Siu-Hei Choi
  • Patent number: 12207725
    Abstract: Applicators, container assemblies, kits, and methods for delivery of controlled, defined doses of cosmetic compositions to an individual's skin, hair, or other body part. An applicator includes a head that is slidably affixed to a shaft. The shaft includes a piston that is slidably positioned within the head. The head also includes a bias member that biases the head toward a distal position relative to the piston. As the bias member is overcome, the head slides down the shaft and the piston enters the head toward a deeper position within the head to displace and discharge the cosmetic from the interior of the head through an aperture of the head and onto the portion of the body of the individual. The applicator can be used for delivery of defined dosages of a variety of cosmetic compositions, including compositions with a relatively higher viscosity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: William Bickford
  • Patent number: 12207723
    Abstract: A lotion dispensing assembly includes a canister that is foraminous to contain and subsequently release a fluid skin treatment. A first handle is rotatably attached to the canister which can be gripped by a user. A second handle is removably attachable to the canister which can be gripped by the user thereby facilitating the user to position the canister against their back to release the fluid skin treatment onto the user's back. A rotation unit is integrated into the canister to rotate the canister on the first handle to evenly apply the fluid skin treatment on the user's back. A heating element is integrated into the canister such that the heating element is in thermal communication with the canister to warm the fluid skin treatment in the canister when the heating element is turned on thereby enhancing comfort for a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Inventor: Monica Kelley
  • Patent number: 12202294
    Abstract: An ink writing instrument comprising a body extending along an axis and having a first end, the first end being provided with a writing tip and with an eraser, the eraser is movable along the axis with regard to the body, a helical-cam propelling mechanism being configured to move the eraser along the axis between a retracted position and a protruded position, the helical-cam propelling mechanism comprising a helical cam radially protruding from one of the eraser and the body, and two cam followers arranged on the other of the eraser and the body, the two cam followers axially sandwiching the helical cam at least when the eraser is moved between the retracted position and the protruded position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: SOCIÉTÉ BIC
    Inventor: Samuel Malinverni
  • Patent number: 12201206
    Abstract: A device for applying a cosmetic product includes a cup comprising at least one lug; a guide comprising a slot passed through by an associated lug of the cup, the slot comprising an upper edge; a sheath comprising internally a helical groove for receiving the lug of the cup; and the lug (32) having an upper flattened area. The upper edge of the slot is inclined with respect to a radial plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: ALBEA SERVICES
    Inventors: Marc Jourdain, Mark Edmondson, Thomas Emmanuel Sourdeau
  • Patent number: 12193557
    Abstract: A refill is removably mountable on an actuation base and configured to receive a cosmetic product. The refill includes grooves and/or ribs configured to cooperate respectively with all or part of ribs and/or grooves of the actuation base so as to allow the refill to be mounted on the actuation base to allow an entry and/or an exit of the cosmetic product. To that end, the grooves and/or ribs of the refill extend longitudinally over a part of the height of an internal skirt toward a first end of the refill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: ALBEA SERVICES
    Inventors: Frédéric Lecureuil, Mark Edmondson
  • Patent number: 12185817
    Abstract: A small cosmetic container with lid and bottom sized enough to hold a tube of lipstick and has an attached tool adapter for applying left-over lipstick from the tube of lipstick. Small items like lip balms and lip glosses can also be substituted and carried therein it's designed compact, lightweight and most convenient carrying while highlighting and touching up on beauty maintenance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Inventor: Frankie L. Briggs-Hopson
  • Patent number: 12185818
    Abstract: A Device for packaging and applying a fluid product having: —a container having a neck, an applicator, having an applicator member borne by a stem and at least one fastening relief protruding from the stem, and a component molded in one piece, for retaining the applicator and wiping the applicator member, fastened to the container, this component having a wiping part and a retaining part having at least one retaining relief beneath which said fastening relief engages when the applicator is mounted on the container, the wiping part being connected on only a portion of its periphery to the retaining part, so as to provide at least one opening beneath said retaining relief, this opening emerging axially away from the retaining relief.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventor: Stephane Leroux
  • Patent number: 12178310
    Abstract: A personal care product dispensing system with a body defining a cavity configured to retain a spreadable personal care product. A spreadable material is positioned within the cavity. A cover is mounted to the body. The cover defines a first aperture extending from a top surface of the cover to a bottom surface of the cover. A flexible applicator pad is mounted to the top surface of the cover with a valve positioned over the first aperture. The flexible applicator pad has a plurality of projections and a projection density of 10 to 40 projections per square centimeter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan William Staudt, Jack C. Chang
  • Patent number: 12179509
    Abstract: A magnetic writing implement that includes a shaft, a first magnet embedded within the shaft, a stylus nub coupled to a nut that has a first threading and a fourth threading, and a tip that includes a writing medium and extends from the shaft. The magnetic writing implement has a writing configuration that exposes the writing medium when the first threading engages a second threading and a stylus configuration that covers the writing medium when a third threading engages the fourth threading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Brass Witch, LLC
    Inventors: Barbara Jostlein Currie, Emma Currie