Patents by Inventor Eric Caulier

Eric Caulier 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: 10178905
    Abstract: Applicator (3) for applying a cosmetic, makeup or care product (P) to the skin, the lips or the eyelashes and/or eyebrows, comprising: a stem (8), and an applicator member (10) located at one end of the stem (8) and comprising: a solid core (11) extending along a longitudinal axis (X), formed with one or more protuberances (13) and comprising one or more cavities (16), in particular through-cavities, and an envelope (14) located on the core (11), carrying applicator elements (12) and/or defining an application surface (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Marcel Sanchez, Eric Caulier, Audrey Thenin, Wendy Annonay
  • Publication number: 20190000213
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an assembly (1) for packaging and applying a liquid cosmetic product (P) comprising, on the one hand, a body forming a reservoir (3) which is intended to contain the cosmetic product (P) to be applied and, on the other hand, an applicator comprising an application member (5) that defines a convex application surface (50) having at least one apex (51); the body (2) which forms the reservoir comprising a housing capable of receiving the application member (5) and of which a dividing wall (8) with the reservoir has at least one through-orifice (9) in direct fluid communication with the reservoir, said orifices being located only at at least one end wall of the housing opposite the vicinity of an apex of the application member when said application member is in place in the housing of the body which forms a reservoir, characterized in that the application member is produced from an open-cell porous material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Eric CAULIER, Alain BERHAULT, Marcel SANCHEZ
  • Publication number: 20180344008
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a brush for applying a product to the eyelashes and/or eyebrows, that includes a core that extends along a longitudinal axis, and bristles held by the core, the core comprising a bristle-carrying portion with a proximal end, intended to be fixed to a stem, and a distal end, the bristles having free ends defining an envelope surface, the envelope surface having at least one cross section with a not entirely polygonal shape, the envelope surface defining at least one facet which extends longitudinally and is inclined with respect to the longitudinal axis of the core in the direction of the distal end, the facet having a width which increases in the direction towards the distal end of the bristle-carrying portion of the core, over at least a portion of the length of the facet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Alain BERHAULT, Eric CAULIER, Audrey THENIN
  • Publication number: 20180344016
    Abstract: A cosmetic system comprising a cosmetic applicator including a body having a plurality of circumferential protrusions and a plurality of fibers disposed on the circumferential protrusions, wherein the fibers have a substantially non-linear shape; and a cosmetic composition including water, at least one polyelectrolytic compound, at least one film-forming agent, at least one high melting point wax, at least one low melting point wax, and an emulsification system comprising at least one low HLB emulsifier and at least one high HLB emulsifier is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Mikhail MOTORNOV, Eric Caulier, Angeles Fonolla-Moreno, Lilavati Patel, Audrey Thenin
  • Publication number: 20180325237
    Abstract: Applicator for applying a cosmetic product to the skin, in particular the eyelids, comprising an applicator member (10), the latter having on its external surface a recess (12) and an applicator tip (15) having a substantially flat main facet (20) extending from the recess (12) towards the distal end of the applicator member (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Eric CAULIER, Pauline PRADE, Alain BERHAULT
  • Publication number: 20180295969
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an assembly for packaging and applying a cosmetic product comprising at least one volatile solvent, said packaging and application assembly comprising an applicator comprising an applicator member having a main body bearing a set of protruding application elements that define between one another a plurality of spaces for loading and applying the cosmetic product, characterized in that at least some of the spaces for loading and applying cosmetic product are delimited by at least one surface produced from an open-cell porous material that can selectively absorb some of the volatile solvent of the cosmetic product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Lionel DRUGEON, Eric CAULIER, Jean-Marc LEBRAND, Denis BEFVE
  • Patent number: 10080416
    Abstract: Device for packaging and applying a product, especially a cosmetic product, comprising a container (10) containing the product to be applied and an applicator comprising a wand provided at one end with an application member, the assembly formed by the wand and the application member extending along a non-rectilinear longitudinal axis, and a wiping member (30) borne by the container (10) in order to wipe the wand and the application member when the latter is removed from the container, the wiping member (30) comprising a tubular mounting skirt (31), in contact with a wall (12) of the container, and a wiping lip (71, 72) comprising a tubular-shaped portion (71) having a length (k) greater than or equal to its internal diameter (Dint), extending axially beyond the mounting skirt (31) towards the bottom of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Eric Caulier, Lionel Drugeon, Philippe Goulinet
  • Publication number: 20180228266
    Abstract: Packaging and application device, including: a container containing a product to be applied, a screen through which the product contained in the container exits, the screen having dispensing orifices with different sections, with at least three orifices of which the section varies in a strictly decreasing manner with distance from the centre of the screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Eric CAULIER, Alexis LEONARD, Audrey THENIN, Sophie CLOAREC, Lise BELLAVOINE
  • Publication number: 20180213914
    Abstract: The invention relates to an application pen (10) for applying a fluid substance (S) on a body part, said application pen comprising an applicator head (12) made of a porous material (20), said applicator head comprising a first part (22) and a second part (24) inclined (?) relative to each other, said first and second parts being single-piece. The applicator head is obtainable by a method comprising the following steps: forming a rod made of the porous material, said rod extending parallel to the first axis and having a first transversal dimension; then removing a portion of porous material, by grinding, in an off-centered manner, from a segment of the rod, in order to reduce (27) the first transversal dimension of said segment, said segment including a junction (30) between the first and second parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Denis BEFVE, Eric CAULIER, Pauline PRADE
  • Publication number: 20180202595
    Abstract: An application device including a container, an application member which has a porous application surface, a composition for making up and/or caring for the lips (P), stored in the container, which is in the form of a liquid emulsion that includes a) at least 8% by weight, relative to the total weight of the composition, of one or more non-volatile oils; b) at least one film-forming agent; c) at least 10% by weight of water relative to the total weight of the composition;
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Florence LAHOUSSE, Eric Caulier, Emillie Henin, Roberto Cavazzuti
  • Publication number: 20180184793
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a brush for applying a product to the eyelashes and/or eyebrows. The brush includes a core having two branches which are twisted together and bristles clamped between the branches, and the method includes the steps of a) producing a brush blank, of which the envelope surface defines at least one first groove, and b) producing, in the blank obtained at a), at least one second groove intersecting the first one, at least one of the grooves being a helical groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Eric Caulier, Davide Manici
  • Publication number: 20180153278
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an applicator of a cosmetic, makeup or care product, on human keratin materials, comprising: an application point made from felt, defining an application surface of the product, extending along a longitudinal axis and having at least one oblique groove extending along an axis that is not perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the application point and does not lie in a plane containing the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Pauline PRADE, Eric CAULIER, Alain BERHAULT, Chloé CABON
  • Publication number: 20180146766
    Abstract: Applicator for applying a cosmetic product to human keratin materials, having: a holder and an applicator tip (20), of longitudinal axis (X), that is carried by the holder and has: a base part (22), of axis (X), for fastening to the holder by way of at least one of its portions, and an application part (24) that is attached to the base part (22) and has at least three surfaces (26, 28, 30), each having a contour formed by at least one edge (34), and/or a base line (36) that acts as a junction between the application part (24) and a cylindrical portion, of axis (X), of the base part (22), the shapes of the contours of said surfaces (26, 28, 30) being different in pairs and not symmetrical to one another about an axis or a median plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Pauline PRADE, Chloé CABON, Alain BERHAULT, Eric CAULIER
  • Patent number: 9980550
    Abstract: The invention relates to an applicator for applying a product to the nails or to the skin, comprising: a gripping portion, a stem extending from the gripping portion along a longitudinal axis X-X, and an applicator member fixed in a housing at the free end of the stem. According to the invention, the stem of the applicator has, along the axis X-X, a succession of noncircular cross sections that are angularly offset with respect to one another about said axis X-X so as to form a helical pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Eric Caulier, Marcel Sanchez
  • Publication number: 20180140082
    Abstract: Applicator (2) for applying a cosmetic product to the eyelashes and/or eyebrows, having an applicator member (8), the applicator member (8) having: a core (10) that extends along a longitudinal axis (X), and a plurality of different arms (20) that are oriented longitudinally, the arms (20) being connected to the core (10) by their two ends, the length of each arm (20) being greater than the distance (P) along the longitudinal axis of the core (10) between the two ends of the arm (20), the core (10) having at least one portion, between the ends of the arms (20), with a non-circular cross section, and the arms (20) being distributed irregularly around the core (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Pauline PRADE, Eric CAULIER
  • Patent number: 9955771
    Abstract: Applicator (3) for applying a cosmetic, makeup or care product (P) to the eyelashes and/or eyebrows, comprising: —a stem (8), and—an applicator member (10) located at one end of the stem (8) and comprising: —a perforated support (11) extending along a longitudinal axis (X) and carrying applicator elements (12), and—an applicator part (14) over molded on the perforated support (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Eric Caulier, Marcel Sanchez, Wendy Annonay, Audrey Thenin
  • Patent number: 9907386
    Abstract: An applicator for applying a cosmetic make-up or cosmetic care product to the eyelashes and/or the eyebrows, said applicator comprising a rod and an application member at one end of the rod, the application member being produced by molding a material and comprising a non-twisted core extending along a longitudinal axis and application elements carried by the core and arranged in a plurality of helical rows about the longitudinal axis of the core, the application member having at least one helical strip extending over more than half a revolution about the longitudinal axis of the core, which strip is free of application elements and delimited by two consecutive helical rows of application elements extending parallel to each other, the gap between said two consecutive helical rows of application elements being greater than the average gap between the application elements within said helical rows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Marcel Sanchez, Wendy Annonay, Eric Caulier, Audrey Thenin
  • Publication number: 20180049542
    Abstract: An applicator for applying a cosmetic product, having a stem, and an applicator member carried by the stem, having a plurality of fibres, each having a hollow cylindrical body, and at least one longitudinal rib attached to the body by its base, each fibre being without axial symmetry in cross section and being inscribed in a circle (C) of diameter D2, such that the ratio D2/D1 is less than or equal to 1.75, D1 being the greatest outside transverse dimension of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Applicant: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Davide MANICI, Eric CAULIER, Alain BERHAULT
  • Publication number: 20180042362
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an applicator member (1) for an applicator for applying cosmetic product, notably for applying mascara to the eyelashes, said applicator member comprising a metal core (2) having an end (2a) for connecting to a gripping member (5), characterized in that said connecting end is shaped so as to be able to form a joint head that is able to engage in a corresponding housing in the gripping member, and in that said connecting end is produced by moulding in one piece with the metal core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Alain BERHAULT, Marc BORSARI, Pierre DUCASTIN, Audrey THENIN, Eric CAULIER
  • Publication number: 20180020806
    Abstract: Cosmetic applicator comprising an application member having a base fixed to a support, this base extending along a longitudinal axis of the support, and an applicator part connected to the base, the applicator comprising a constraint element (30) attached to the application member and at least partially in contact with the latter, the constraint element (30) constraining the application member in such a way that the applicator part extends at least partially obliquely with respect to the axis of the support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Pauline PRADE, Alain BERHAULT, Eric CAULIER