Patents by Inventor Armando Villarreal

Armando Villarreal has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10455918
    Abstract: A dispenser includes a depressible thermal tip and a housing having a reservoir for containing a product, such as a cosmetic product or a medicinal product. The depressible thermal tip comprises a thermal applicator displaceable between open and closed positions. The thermal applicator may be depressibly coupled in a collar fixed to the housing, or the thermal applicator may be depressibly coupled in a button depressibly coupled in a collar fixed to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: HCT GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Armando Villarreal, Timothy Thorpe
  • Publication number: 20190281954
    Abstract: A cosmetic application device may include a housing having an opening on a top surface, an inner tube disposed within the housing, and a wheel actuator disposed on a side surface of the housing and rotatably coupled to the inner tube. The inner tube may be configured for holding a cosmetic product stick. Rotation of the wheel actuator may cause the cosmetic product stick to move axially through the housing and out of the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: HCT GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: SAMUEL KAI-DER CHEN, NOLAN QUENTIN ENG, RYAN L. GLEASON, ADRIAN CHARLES APODACA, ARMANDO VILLARREAL, LEWIS ON HANG LEE
  • Publication number: 20190281950
    Abstract: A cosmetic compact may comprise a housing including an open top, a front opening, a back side, lateral sides, and a slidable drawer at least partly within the housing having a first position and a second position. The cosmetic compact may include a first actuator positioned above the slidable drawer and accessible from the open top of the housing. The cosmetic compact may include one or more resistive members positioned between the slidable drawer and the first actuator, configured to bias the first actuator upwards, and a second actuator coupled to the back side of the housing and adapted to be compressed when the slidable drawer is closed and in an extended state when the slidable drawer is open. A downward force may be applied to the first actuator to release the slidable drawer from the first position and allow it to assume the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: HCT GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Xiaojun Huang, Stephen Charles Burditt, Armando Villarreal
  • Publication number: 20190281955
    Abstract: A cosmetic container that includes a lid assembly and a base assembly, the base assembly configured to hold a cosmetic product. The lid assembly and the base assembly are pivotably coupled to one another. The lid assembly may be releaseably secured to the base assembly through a rotatable handle and release mechanism. Rotation of the handle may actuate the release mechanism to move a clasp between a locked and an unlocked configuration to lock and unlock the lid assembly relative to the base assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: HCT GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: MICHELLE CHAN WONG, RYAN L. GLEASON, ARMANDO VILLARREAL
  • Patent number: 10405637
    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: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: HCT ASIA LTD.
    Inventors: Timothy Thorpe, Armando Villarreal, Courtney Frances Haley, Denis Pierre Maurin
  • Patent number: 10398210
    Abstract: A dispenser includes a housing having a reservoir for containing a product. An applicator tip is coupled to the housing and has an applicator and a product delivery passageway extending through the applicator tip and terminating at an opening in the applicator. A thermal storage mechanism is disposed on the applicator spaced from the opening in the applicator and provides an application surface for contacting a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: HCT GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Armando Villarreal, Timothy Thorpe, Adrian C. Apodaca
  • Publication number: 20190223577
    Abstract: A device for dispensing and applying a cosmetic product includes a bottle, a cosmetic dispensing member, and a cosmetic applicator. The bottle contains a volume of cosmetic product and comprises a closed end and an open end. The cosmetic dispensing member is coupled to the open end of the bottle. The cosmetic dispensing member includes an outlet and an actuating element configured to be actuated to enable delivery of a portion of the volume of cosmetic product through the outlet. The cosmetic applicator is coupled to the closed end of the bottle by one or more collar members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: HCT GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: ARMANDO VILLARREAL, KAMAAL WASHINGTON, STEPHEN BURDITT
  • Patent number: 10306967
    Abstract: A cosmetic applicator includes a container for containing a product to be dispensed and a tip threadably retained on the container. The tip includes an application surface including a thermal member and an opening in the application surface in fluid communication with the container through which the product is dispensed. The tip application surface is configured to contact a user's skin to apply the product to be dispensed and an opening in the application surface through which the product to be dispensed is dispensed from the reservoir. At least one of the dispensing tip or the cap includes a thermal member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: HCT GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Armando Villarreal, Timothy Thorpe, Adrian C. Apodaca
  • Patent number: 10285488
    Abstract: A device for dispensing and applying a cosmetic product includes a bottle, a cosmetic dispensing member, and a cosmetic applicator. The bottle contains a volume of cosmetic product and comprises a closed end and an open end. The cosmetic dispensing member is coupled to the open end of the bottle. The cosmetic dispensing member includes an outlet and an actuating element configured to be actuated to enable delivery of a portion of the volume of cosmetic product through the outlet. The cosmetic applicator is coupled to the closed end of the bottle by one or more collar members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: HCT GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Armando Villarreal, Kamaal Washington, Stephen Burditt
  • Patent number: 10244847
    Abstract: A cosmetic packaging device with aligning cap includes connection structures and/or a collar that facilitate easy alignment of the cap/applicator to the cosmetics packaging in order to achieve a desirable appearance in an easy manner to the user. Ramped edges on one or both of the collar on a bottle and/or a connecting structure of an applicator are designed to guide a tab into a slot as the applicator and cap are replaced on the cosmetics packaging, which may contain a cosmetic product such as a mascara, lip gloss or various other products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: HCT GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Jeremy Wilson, Armando Villarreal, Adrian Apodaca
  • Publication number: 20190090612
    Abstract: A cosmetic applicator includes a container for containing a product to be dispensed and a tip threadably retained on the container. The tip includes an application surface including a thermal member and an opening in the application surface in fluid communication with the container through which the product is dispensed. The tip application surface is configured to contact a user's skin to apply the product to be dispensed and an opening in the application surface through which the product to be dispensed is dispensed from the reservoir. At least one of the dispensing tip or the cap includes a thermal member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: HCT GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: ARMANDO VILLARREAL, TIMOTHY THORPE, ADRIAN C. APODACA
  • Publication number: 20190053606
    Abstract: An applicator device or dispenser includes an applicator tip assembly 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 applicator tip assembly may be coupled to the housing and may comprise a thermal storage applicator portion having an application face for applying the product to a surface, the thermal storage applicator portion being made from a material that is capable of storing and retaining and/or transferring thermal energy during application of the product. The applicator tip assembly may further comprise a main body portion having a product delivery passageway extending through the main body portion for dispensing a product to the application face of the thermal storage applicator portion, the main body portion configured to at least partially enclose the thermal storage applicator portion at a periphery of the thermal storage applicator portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicant: HCT ASIA LTD.
    Inventors: TIMOTHY THORPE, ADRIAN CHARLES APODACA, DENIS PIERRE MAURIN, ARMANDO VILLARREAL
  • Patent number: 10206484
    Abstract: A product dispenser is provided that includes a container within a shell, and a pump and insert for dispensing the product. A spring biases the container and pump away from the tip of the shell. The bottom of the container is pushed up relative to the shell to activate the pump, thereby dispensing the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: HCT GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Jeremy Wilson, Armando Villarreal, Denis Maurin
  • Publication number: 20190045904
    Abstract: Containers for distributing products are disclosed. The containers comprise a bottle having at least one sidewall and defining a cavity therein. The bottle has at least one opening. The containers also include an actuator comprising at least one sidewall defining a cavity therein. The bottle also includes a tip including an orifice. The orifice is configured to dispense product therethrough. The actuator is positioned between the bottle and the tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: HCT GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Denis Pierre Maurin, Armando Villarreal
  • Publication number: 20190008260
    Abstract: A cosmetic application device includes a housing for containing a product and an applicator tip having an application surface with an orifice for delivering the product from the housing. The applicator tip includes a brush disposed on a side surface of the applicator tip, spaced apart from the orifice. Various forms for the brush are disclosed including a thermoplastic elastomer and/or variously configured bristles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: HCT GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: JEREMY WILSON, ARMANDO VILLARREAL, RYAN L. GLEASON
  • Patent number: 10144023
    Abstract: A device for dispensing a cosmetic product may include a container configured to hold a volume of cosmetic product, the container having a closed lower end and an open upper end, a pump assembly disposed at least partially within the open upper end of the container, and a tip connected to the pump assembly, the tip having an outlet for dispensing the cosmetic product. The pump assembly and tip may be configured such that manually tilting the tip actuates the pump assembly to deliver a portion of the volume of cosmetic product to the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: HCT GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Adrian C. Apodaca, Denis Pierre Maurin, Jeremy Wilson, Xiaojun Huang, Armando Villarreal
  • Patent number: D840591
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: HCT GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Armando Villarreal, Denis Maurin
  • Patent number: D842548
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: HCT GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Megan Langdon, Armando Villarreal
  • Patent number: D856159
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: HCT GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Armando Villarreal, Jeremy Wilson, Adrian C. Apodaca
  • Patent number: D856814
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: HCT GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Armando Villarreal, Stephen Charles Burditt