Patents Examined by Rachel R Steitz
  • Patent number: 11058199
    Abstract: A hair styling appliance for curling hair includes a mandrel, a liquid reservoir, a heating element integrated in the mandrel, a wick communicating with the reservoir such that it is soaked with liquid, the wick extending between a proximal end intended to come into contact with the heating element and a distal end supplied with liquid from the reservoir, and a guide system for guiding the wick that is configured to permit it to move from a passive position to an active position in which the wick is in contact with the heating element in order to create steam, wherein the guide system includes an elastic guiding mechanism in contact with the periphery of the wick at the proximal end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Jacky Chelle, Bertrand Couet, Franck Da Palma
  • Patent number: 11051570
    Abstract: False eyelash apparatus and methods for applying false eyelashes. A false eyelash holder for holding a false eyelash has a support member for supporting the false eyelash and is adjustable to cause inversion of the false eyelash from a convex shape to a substantially concave shape. An inverter-loader device is configured to receive the holder and operable to adjust the holder to cause the false eyelash inversion. An applicator for applying an inverted false eyelash to an eyelid may have a unitary structure or may be a clamp for gripping the inverted false eyelashes. The applicator is operable to carry the inverted false eyelash for allowing the applicator to roll the false eyelash lengthways onto an eyelid and allowing the rolling false eyelash to release from the applicator. The applicator may be disposable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Inventor: Hal J Hansen
  • Patent number: 11040458
    Abstract: Embodiments of a hair cutting device for use with automated hair cutting systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a hair cutting device comprises a body having a proximal end and a distal end. A cutter head is attached to the distal end of the body, the cutter head configured for manipulating and cutting hair. The hair cutting device further comprises a plurality of sensors coupled to the body for sensing a position of the cutter head relative to a user's head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Inventor: Matthew W. Krenik
  • Patent number: 11026496
    Abstract: A mascara comb allows a user to quickly apply mascara liquid to the eyelashes without forming clumps. On the upper surface of the mascara comb a plurality of protrusion elements are disposed so as to form a plurality of rhombus structures; the rhombus structures are configured so as to form a predetermined gap for applying the mascara liquid to the eyelashes while combing the eyelashes, wherein a diagonal line in the axial direction of the comb portion forms a rhombus longer than a diagonal line in the orthogonal direction orthogonal thereto; further, the rhombus structures function as a velocity adjustment mechanism for making the velocity with which the mascara liquid flows in the axial direction slower than the velocity with which the mascara liquid flows in the orthogonal direction; and the inside of the rhombus structures are a holding portion having a function of holding the mascara liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: AMG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Hasegawa, Sung Joon Kang
  • Patent number: 11026771
    Abstract: An interdental cleaning instrument is equipped with a base part and a cleaning part. The base part has a shaft part and a grip part. At least the shape of the base part is set in a manner such that a first pressing force required to press a portion spaced 2.5 mm apart from a tip of the cleaning part in 10 mm is 0.3 N or more and 1.4 N or less in a state in which a portion spaced 10 mm apart from the tip of the cleaning part is fixed, and a second pressing force required to press a portion spaced 8.0 mm apart from the tip of the cleaning part in 10 mm is 0.5 N or more and 2.5 N or less in a state in which a portion spaced 35 mm apart from the tip of the cleaning part is fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: KOBAYASHI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tasuku Kikkawa
  • Patent number: 11026460
    Abstract: A fair filler device may be provided. A hair filler device may include a backing having a base and a flap portion. A plurality of hair strands may project from the base and the flap. Hair filler device may further include at least two clips disposed on the base for securing the hair filler device to a desired material, such as a wearer's existing hair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Inventor: Stormy McCowen Taylor
  • Patent number: 11019904
    Abstract: A hair integrations preparation system enables a user to rapidly tease hair by placing it in the intake port where it is held in a tube while it is teased by a set of rollers that travel along the tube. The hair is held in place by a series of wedges that constrict the tube. The ports, wedges, tube and rollers are held in a casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventor: Destiny Griffin
  • Patent number: 11019909
    Abstract: A lip or skin applicator device includes a first housing portion (20) and a second housing portion (60) rotatably connected to the first housing portion. The second housing portion rotates about the first housing portion such that, in the closed position, the product is enclosed within the first housing portion and the second housing portion, and in the open position, the product (90) is exposed and the first housing portion is at least partially housed within the second housing portion. The lip or skin applicator device may include an opening with a plurality of fins (24) into which a portion of a product is inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: BLISTEX INC.
    Inventors: Michael Wojcik, Kelly Sanborn
  • Patent number: 11019901
    Abstract: An eyelash curler includes a primary handle, a secondary handle pivotally connected with the primary handle, an upper curved plate secured on the secondary handle, a lower curved plate movably mounted on the secondary handle, and a clamping member mounted on the lower curved plate and facing the upper curved plate. The clamping member has a bottom provided with a mounting portion received in the recessed seat and has a top provided with a clamping portion which has a higher front arcuate guide face and a lower rear arcuate guide face. The front arcuate guide face and the rear arcuate guide face have a connection having a central line aligning with a lower pressing edge of the upper curved plate. The clamping portion has two ends each provided with an extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Good Chance Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jen-Rong Wang
  • Patent number: 11013584
    Abstract: An oral hygiene instrument includes a handle for gripping by a user and a dental floss assembly coupled with the handle. The dental floss assembly includes a support frame and a length of dental floss attached to the support frame for flossing between teeth. The support frame is selectively rotatable relative to the handle around an axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Horton, Valencia Burton
  • Patent number: 11006723
    Abstract: The present invention provides a push type cosmetic container that includes: an inner container (30) having a vertical tube (32) formed at the center of a storage space (31) for keeping makeup to feed the makeup vertically upward; a shoulder (40) fixed on the top of the inner container; a piston (50) inserted in the storage space (31) to be movable downward; and a valve unit (60) for discharging the makeup by opening a valve body (61) coupled to the top of the vertical tube (32) in the inner container when the piston (50) is pressed by pressing a pressing plate (63) elastically supported over the inner container (30) by a spring (65).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: CTK CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Jin Woo Kim
  • Patent number: 10986910
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cosmetic container for preventing a mirror from being contaminated, which includes an outer container (10) having an open upper portion, an outer container cover (20) coupled to one side of the outer container (10) and having a mirror (22) attached to an inner side thereof, an inner container (30) counted in the outer container (10), and an inner container cover (60) coupled to one side of the inner container (30) to seal the inner container (30). The inner container cover (60) has a puff receiving space (63) formed therein as a sidewall surface (62) integrally extends downward from an upper surface (61), a sealing member (66) extends downward from the sidewall surface (62), and a puff (70) is received in the puff receiving space (63).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: AMOREPACIFIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jun Young Kim
  • Patent number: 10986909
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for hair curling. The apparatus includes a base band comprising an inner surface and an outer surface. Further, the apparatus includes curl-forming elements disposed on the outer surface of the base band. Moreover, the apparatus includes connecting elements configured to connect the curl-forming elements to the base band, thereby creating closed loops between the base band and the curl-forming elements, wherein the curl-forming elements follow a contour of the outer surface of the base band. The curl-forming elements are configured to form an outer layer with respect to the outer surface of the base band, wherein the base band forms an inner layer with respect to the curl-forming elements, wherein a closed loop is provided between the outer and inner layers, wherein the closed loop is bounded by the connecting elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Inventor: Natasha Iwegbu
  • Patent number: 10980326
    Abstract: A hair straightener (HS) comprises a heating unit (HU) for heating hair while exercising a pressure on the hair, a temperature sensor (TS) for measuring a temperature of the heated hair to obtain a measured temperature, and a pressure adjustment unit (PAU) for adjusting the pressure exercised by the heating unit (HU) on the hair, in dependence on the measured temperature. The heating unit (HU) may comprise a pair of heating plates (HP1, HP2) between which hair is clamped, and the pressure adjustment unit (PAU) may be arranged for changing a distance between the heating plates (HP1, HP2). The pressure adjustment unit (PAU) may comprise a motor-operated push tool (W, C) for increasing the distance between the heating plates (HP1, HP2) when the measured temperature exceeds a first threshold temperature. The hair straightener (HS) may comprise a pair of hinged arms (A1, A2) each provided with a respective one of the heating plates (HP1, HP2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventor: Chuen Yu Cyrus Pang
  • Patent number: 10980331
    Abstract: An eye cosmetic applicator capable of obtaining a good makeup effect while reducing fear of contacting to an eyeball or an eyelid when applying liquid mascara to roots of eyelashes. An eye cosmetic applicator 40 includes a spindle 20; a base portion 19 supported by the spindle; and a plurality of protrusions 13, formed at the base portion, each extending in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the base portion, wherein each of the protrusions 13 is formed to protrude from a front surface 11 of the base portion 19, and wherein each of the protrusions 13 includes a protruding portion 132 protruding outwardly from a periphery 111 of the base portion 19.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: SHISEIDO COMPANY, LTD
    Inventors: Suguru Kinoshita, Motoki Takata, Miyako Okamoto
  • Patent number: 10973297
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly having a refill and an appliance designed for using the refill, the appliance having an insertion guide along which the refill travels, the refill having an element that serves as a use memory and the accommodating structure having a relief that acts on said element when the refill is fitted on the appliance for the first time, so as to cause it to pass from an inactive configuration to an active configuration, the accommodating structure having a locking member disposed to as to intercept said element when the latter is in the active configuration, while the refill is being fitted in and removed from the accommodating structure, the locking member can be passed over by said element in the direction of removal of the refill and such that the locking member prevents said element from passing in the direction of insertion of the refill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignees: L'OREAL, SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Anne Debauge, Edouard Messager, Baptiste Bonnemaire, Regis Fereyre, Cedric Pollet, Xavier Vacheron, Martial Maisonneuve
  • Patent number: 10966503
    Abstract: An eyeliner make-up applicator includes a cylindrical body having a first end and a second end; a first stamp portion integral with the first end and having a first stamp; a second stamp portion integral with the second end and having a second stamp; a first cap to removably secure over the first stamp portion; and a second cap to removably secure over the second stamp portion; eyeliner liquid is contained within the cylindrical body and is in fluid communication with the first stamp and the second stamp. The applicator includes a first tip portion having an inkpad in fluid communication with the first stamp and the eyeliner liquid contained within the cylindrical body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Inventors: Desiree Robinson, Carol Robinson
  • Patent number: 10952481
    Abstract: A hair extension removably secured to a hair extension attachment apparatus, including a at least one hook for attaching the hair extension. The hair extension includes a band having a front surface and a back surface. A plurality of hair strands are attached to the back surface of the band and extend downwardly therefrom. The hair extension further includes an elongated retaining member attached to the front surface of the band at at least one of intervals. The at least one interval forms a pocket between the band and the retaining member, which facilitates removably mounting the hair extension onto the at least one hook of the hair extension attachment apparatus by inserting the hook into the associated pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Inventors: Quintina Williams, Brittni S. B. Abiolu
  • Patent number: 10945477
    Abstract: An exemplary wig grip apparatus includes a first securement member, a second securement member and a mesh element. The securement members are comprised of a flexible fabric. The mesh element is transparent and affixed to inboard portions of the securement elements. The outboard portions may be configured to be placed into releasable gripping engagement with one another by way of mutually-engageable complementary fastener elements. The securement members each include a forward edge and an opposing rearward edge. The mesh element may include a frontal segment having a forward periphery. The forward periphery is preferably in alignment with the forward edges. The mesh element may include a parting-line segment extending oppositely of the forward periphery. The width of the frontal segment may be greater than the corresponding width of the parting-line segment. Moreover, the parting-line segment may include a rearward periphery in alignment with the rearward edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: NG Imports, Inc.
    Inventors: Yehudis Geisinsky, Yitzchok Geisinsky
  • Patent number: 10945513
    Abstract: A cosmetic case including an inner body carrying on its outer surface a plurality of basin-shaped receptacles for housing a cosmetic product or a cosmetic article, and a number of cosmetic products and/or cosmetic articles each retained within a basin-shaped receptacle of the plurality of basin-shaped receptacles, where the inner body has an elongated shape developing along a main axis, the shape of the inner body being provided with a lateral surface developing around the main axis, and a first and a second end surface transversal to the main axis; where at least one basin-shaped receptacle of the plurality of basin-shaped receptacles is provided on the lateral surface of the inner body; and where at least one elongated receptacle is provided inside the inner body, extending parallel to the main axis and accessible through an aperture obtained on the first and/or second end surface of the inner body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: ESSENTIA BEAUTY S.r.l.
    Inventor: Katia de Martino