Patents Examined by Rachel Steitz
  • Patent number: 9468245
    Abstract: A reusable eyelash includes an eyelash and a monofilament lace attachment strip. The eyelash is adjacently connected on a top surface of the monofilament lace attachment strip, where a bottom surface of the monofilament lace attachment strip is attached onto an eyelid through an adhesive layer. The adhesive layer of the reusable eyelash can be a user applied adhesive liquid or a pre-manufactured adhesive strip while the monofilament lace attachment strip is a formfitting material that can match the contour of the eyelid in order to create a natural appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Inventor: Deangela Carter Woods
  • Patent number: 9462871
    Abstract: An applicator cup for user with a motorized handle for applying cosmetics. The applicator cup includes an applicator configured to apply a liquid or powder substance (e.g., such as cosmetics, makeup, lotion, sunblock, sunscreen, moisturizer, foundation, concealer, eye shadow, blush, bronzer, cream, or any other appropriate substance) to a user's body. The applicator cup may be configured to enable a user to selectively attach the applicator cup to the motorized handle substantially without touching the applicator. The applicator cup is adapted to enable a user to use the applicator cup in combination with a handle, such as a motorized handle, to apply the liquid or powder substances to the user's body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Worth Beauty, LLC
    Inventors: Steven C. Machiorlette, Edward Darrell Jervey, III, Carol Martin
  • Patent number: 9456675
    Abstract: Footwear worn on a foot of a user having a heel and toes with toenails, and abrades the toenails of the toes of the foot of the user without any input from the user. The footwear includes a sole, an insole, a vamp, a toe portion, and a pedicure assembly. The insole is disposed on top of the sole, and has the foot of the user rest thereon. The vamp extends upwardly from the sole, and overlies the foot of the user. The toe portion extends upwardly from the sole, forwardly from the vamp, and overlies the toes of the foot of the user. The pedicure assembly is disposed within the toe portion, and abrades the toenails of the toes of the foot of the user without any input from the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Inventor: Joseph B. Haas
  • Patent number: 9439498
    Abstract: A device for applying lip coating includes an applicator which has a handle which is connected to an application end by a shaft. The application end is smooth in order to facilitate cleaning. A housing removably receives the shaft and application end when the device is not being used. In an embodiment the application end includes a frustoconical section and a rounded tip. In another embodiment a cleaning device for cleaning the application end is contained with the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Inventors: Naomi Grizelda Eversley, Diamond Tantrel Majett
  • Patent number: 9439495
    Abstract: A compact having a protrusible and retractable puff includes a lower case having a spring seated therein, an upper case having a seating section and a guide section which extend downward through a central portion, a puff assembly fitted into the seating section, the puff assembly having a puff member fixed to a lower portion, a lift fitted into the guide section, and an inner dish positioned on top of the lift. The puff assembly has a switch and a battery. The puff member is coupled to a separate elastic moving body coupled to the puff assembly. A vibrator is accommodated inside the elastic moving body. The puff assembly is coupled to and separated from the upper case, protrudes upward from the upper case under repulsive force of the spring, such that the puff member vibrates when the vibrator is operated by the switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: HANKOOK P&P CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koon Il Yoo
  • Patent number: 9427059
    Abstract: A hair lifting, retention, and styling device having a substantially rectilinear cross piece member having a first distal end and a second distal end and first and second substantially rectilinear side members cooperating with the substantially rectilinear cross piece member, wherein said first and second substantially rectilinear side members are disposed proximate said first and second distal ends of the cross piece member. Further, curved bight members are disposed between the cross piece member and the side members, such that the curvilinear design and the bight members co-act to provide lift and enhanced volume to a wearer's hair style thus augmenting and enhancing the wearer's chosen hairstyle. In an alternate embodiment, the rectilinear side members include at least one telescoping section such that the length of the side members is adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Purkey Enterprises, LLC
    Inventors: Janet L. Purkey, Laura Barker
  • Patent number: 9427065
    Abstract: A device for the purpose of applying cosmetic product which can be made to shear cosmetic product held within its chamber prior to loading a portion of cosmetic product evenly onto the applicator head by way of separating the detachable container from the handle. After separation, the direction of the rotation motion is chosen and the device is activated. Once activated, the drive mechanism converts rotation motion into a reciprocating rotation motion thereby enabling the applicator head to simultaneously travel back and forth and rotate for purposes of applying cosmetic product. The applicator head via transfer vibration can be vibrated along or in conjunction with the reciprocation rotating motion for purposes of apply cosmetic product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Inventor: Herman David Palmieri
  • Patent number: 9427075
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an applicator for combing the eyelashes and/or the eyebrows, and/or for applying a cosmetic, makeup, or a care product thereto, the applicator comprising a molded applicator member (8) that comprises: an inner core that is elongate along a longitudinal axis, and comprising opposite first and second portions that each extend along the longitudinal axis; and a plurality of rows of teeth, the rows extending along the longitudinal axis of the applicator member, with first rows and second rows of teeth extending from the first and second portions of the core respectively; at least half of the teeth of at least two consecutive first rows differing from at least half of the teeth of at least two consecutive second rows in thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: L'OREAL S.A.
    Inventor: Jean-Louis Gueret
  • Patent number: 9420868
    Abstract: A casing for a cosmetic article comprising a housing defining a window, a tray accommodated within the housing and being movable relative to the window of the housing, the tray accommodating the cosmetic article, and a zone defined within the housing and being movable relative to the window of the housing in response to the movement of the tray. The tray and the zone are movable relative to the housing between a retracted position, in which the cosmetic article is displayed through the window so that the cosmetic article can be visually inspected through the window, and an extended position, in which the tray protrudes from the housing to facilitate access to the cosmetic article and the zone can be viewed through the window. In an embodiment, the cosmetic product can be visually inspected through the window when the tray and the zone are in the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Albea Services
    Inventors: Yann Crapet, Patrick Fraillon
  • Patent number: 9420861
    Abstract: Embodiments of a hair straightener are disclosed herein. According to various embodiments, the hair straightener can include a top portion, which can include a top heating plate and a first hollow end. The top heating plate can include a first heating element and the first hollow end can include a first aperture formed in the top portion. The first aperture can receive a finger of a user. The hair straightener also can include a bottom portion that can include a bottom heating plate and a second hollow end. The bottom heating plate can include a second heating element and a second hollow end that can include a second aperture formed in the bottom portion. The second aperture can receive a thumb of the user. The hair straightener also can include a hinge structure that can join the top portion to the bottom portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Inventor: Eran Israel
  • Patent number: 9414661
    Abstract: A rotary hair brushing and curling appliance includes a hollow rotary barrel of a thermally conductive material mounted to rotate on a handle, and having an external hair-engaging surface. Silicone rubber bristles are mounted on the barrel, and arranged in first and second sets projecting from first and second arcuate surfaces which are axially elongated and circumferentially spaced apart. Heating elements abut respective abutment surfaces inside the barrel. A reversible motor rotates the barrel. The first and second arcuate surfaces each occupy 10% to 40% of the external surface and are subtended at the axis by respective first and second central angles. The heating elements are positioned outside first and second sectors defined by the first and second central angles, focusing the conductive heat transfer to the adjacent relatively large unobstructed external areas of the barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: KENFORD INDUSTRIAL COMPANY LTD.
    Inventor: Wai Ho Michael Keong
  • Patent number: 9392856
    Abstract: A hairnet has a fabric comprising an elongated fan edge and an elasticated edge portion extending from a first end to a second end of the elongated fan edge around a peripheral edge of the fabric. The fabric is drawn together at a line of binding proximate the elongated fan edge. The hairnet comprises a strip of material at least partially covering the elongated fan edge. A method of producing a hairnet free of a cinch point includes providing a hairnet precursor bunched at a cinch point, positioning the hairnet precursor on a mount to splay fabric adjacent the cinch point of the hairnet precursor so that fabric is spread out over the mount with first and second edges of the fabric extending from each side of the cinch point, binding the fabric around a perimeter portion of the cinch point and removing the cinch point along a cutting line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Aburnet Limited
    Inventors: Richard John Stacey Burnet, Paul Parsons
  • Patent number: 9380849
    Abstract: A head cover (800) has selectable size and location of at least one opening (812, 814) for exposure of a portion of a user's hair to an external hair treatment environment. The cover includes an impermeable outer surface that protects hair thereunder from an external hair treatment environment. A main opening (802) in the cover receives a user's head inserted into the cover. An opening (812, 814) on the cover, separate from the main opening, has an opening size selectable from selectable sizes and has an opening location selectable from selectable locations on the protective head cover. The opening (812, 814) selectively exposes a portion of the user's hair from under the cover to an external hair treatment environment while the cover protecting another portion of the user's hair from the external hair treatment environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Inventor: Amy Lyn Domizi
  • Patent number: 9364068
    Abstract: A hair-root applicator (10) of the present invention includes: a comb-teeth part (13) in which a plurality of comb teeth (12) are erected from a surface of a comb-teeth base (14); and a container (11) for containing a hair dye as a coating agent. This hair-root applicator is an applicator capable of applying, to hair-root sections of the hair, the hair dye supplied from the container (11) to the comb teeth (12). Each comb tooth (12) includes a comb-tooth body part (15) having a function of combing the hair, and a tip-end elastically deformable part (16) that is provided contiguously to the tip end of the comb-tooth body part (15) and that is made of a soft resin. A liquid introduction path (17) for the coating agent is provided inside the comb-tooth body part (15). A discharge port (17a) of the liquid introduction path (17) is opened so as to be arranged in the vicinity of the tip-end elastically deformable part (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventor: Daisuke Kodama
  • Patent number: 9364066
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for cutting hair that incorporates the shape of the head to determine the angles at which the hair will be cut for a given hair style. The angle at which the hair is cut depends on the shape of the head where the cut is made as well as the angle at which the hair falls at the cut. The shape of the head changes according to location, and therefore the angle at which the hair is cut changes accordingly. Other factors also taken into consideration by the present invention include the natural fall of the hair, the density of the hair, and the guide lengths and the perimeter lines of the haircut style.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Inventor: Diana Kim Moore
  • Patent number: 9364065
    Abstract: A hair curler comprises a handle, a roller and a heating part. One end of the roller is fixedly connected to the handle and the heating part is electrically connected to the power source. The hair curler comprises a heat insulation unit which is fixedly disposed on the other end of the roller away from the handle and closes the other end of the roller; an extending part is disposed on the other end of the roller; the heat insulation unit comprises a heat insulation part, an end cap and a fixing member, the end cap is cap joint to the other end of the roller, the heat insulation part is adapted inside the extending part and located between the end cap and the heating part, and the fixing member fixes the end cap with respect to the roller; and the heat insulation part is made of heat insulation materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: CHEER MASTER TRADING, LTD.
    Inventor: Xu Liang
  • Patent number: 9345302
    Abstract: An electro-heating hair curling apparatus includes a casing, a tube-shaped member, a rotatable assembly, a motor, a peripheral member, a first electro-heating device, a second electro-heating device and a control unit. The casing includes a handle part and a hair-accommodating part. The tube-shaped member and the peripheral member are disposed in the hair-accommodating part. When a length of hair passes through a breach of the hair-accommodating part to dispose in a space between the tube-shaped member and the peripheral member, the control unit selectively controls the motor to drive the rotatable assembly to engage the hair on the tube-shaped member and further to rotate and wind the hair around and onto the tube-shaped member. The control unit also controls the first electro-heating device and the second electro-heating device to heat and thus style the hair wound around the tube-shaped member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Ever Bridge International Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chien-Lan Chung
  • Patent number: 9345303
    Abstract: A compact having a protrusible and retractable puff includes a lower case having a spring seated therein, an upper case having a seating section and a guide section which extend downward through a central portion, a puff assembly fitted into the seating section and having a puff member fixed to a lower portion, a lift fitted into the guide section, and an inner dish positioned on top of the lift. The lift positioned inside the guide section and pressed downward is subjected to upward repulsive force from the spring positioned under the lift. The puff assembly is coupled to and separated from the upper case. When the puff assembly is separated from the upper case, the lift including the inner dish moves upwards in response to the repulsive force of the spring, causing the puff assembly including the puff member to protrude upwards from the upper case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: HANKOOK P&P CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koon Il Yoo
  • Patent number: 9339095
    Abstract: A hair applicator comprises a body, a flexible member, and a means of transferring a center of the flexible member. The flexible member comprises bristles, which may be arranged in a circular pattern and/or of differing lengths. A user applies an appropriate amount of hair coloring composition within the bristles of the flexible member. When the center of the flexible member is moved, the shape of the flexible member is changed which causes the bristles to form a conical shape which may be used to grasp strands of hair. The user combs the hair coloring composition throughout the length of the hair to effectively highlight the desired hair strands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventor: Daisuke Kodama
  • Patent number: 9332819
    Abstract: This applicator comprises an application surface (16), the application surface (16) having a central region (22) and a peripheral contour line (24) analogous to the contour of the lips of a human being. The central region (22) and the peripheral line (24) being intended to receive the cosmetic product. The peripheral line (24) comprises preferred means (26) for application of the cosmetic product on the lips of the user for applying, opposite the peripheral line (24), a surface mass of cosmetic product that is greater than the surface mass applied opposite the central region (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Henri Samain, Franck Giron, Chrystele Gevrey