Patents by Inventor Eric Kerman
Eric Kerman 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).
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Publication number: 20200079558Abstract: A cap for a receptacle, in particular a tube, in particular a flexible tube for a cosmetic product. The receptacle has a neck (3) and a solid insert (8) forming a seal that closes off one end of the neck (3) that leads into an internal volume (4) of the receptacle. The cap (1) has a punch (14) designed to cut and/or pierce the seal, and the cap (1) being designed to be positioned on the neck (3) in a standby position in which the punch (14) is in the neck (3), leaving the seal intact, and in a use position in which the seal has been cut and/or pierced by the punch (14). The punch (14) has a body (30) in the form of a stem that is configured to cut and/or pierce the seal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Inventors: Eric Kerman, Etienne Hermant, Thierry Maurice
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Patent number: 10124520Abstract: The present invention relates to a flexible tube for a product having a liquid or pasty consistency, comprising: a tube head (1) comprising a shoulder (12) and a neck (11), a skirt (2) having a proximal end (21) which is connected to the tube head (1) and a free distal end (22), the skirt (2) forming an internal volume which is adapted to contain a product having a liquid or pasty consistency, characterized in that the proximal end (21) of said skirt (2) comprises a plurality of flaps (24) and a plurality of notches (23) separating said flaps (24), said flaps (24) being folded so as to cover all or part of the shoulder (12).Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2013Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: ALBEA SERVICESInventors: Thierry Maurice, Eric Kerman, Jean-Claude Jammet, Etienne Hermant
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Patent number: 9975691Abstract: The present invention relates to a plastic tube head for a product having a liquid to pasty consistency, comprising: a neck, a shoulder, an insert forming a barrier which is arranged on the inner surface of the shoulder, said insert comprising at least one metal layer and having an outer edge, the outer edge of the insert and a portion of the face of the insert which is oriented towards the internal volume of the tube and is adjacent to said outer edge being covered by an outer support, characterized in that said outer support has a thickness H and covers a length L of the face of the insert face which is oriented towards the internal volume of the tube, said thickness H and said length L being such that H?L.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2013Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: ALBEA SERVICESInventors: Thierry Maurice, Eric Kerman, Etienne Hermant
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Patent number: 9957086Abstract: A tube head is provided which is designed to be associated with a skirt so as to form an internal volume of the tube. The tube head includes a body formed from plastics material, that includes a neck having an opening at a first end, through which opening a product is removed from the internal volume of the tube, and a shoulder which is joined to a second end of the neck opposite the first end. The tube head also includes an insert arranged so as to be in contact with said shoulder and forming a barrier between the body and the product contained in the internal volume. The insert includes a central portion and a peripheral region. The central portion forms a non-perforated disc sealing the neck, and the peripheral region being mounted so as to as to be in contact with a complementary planar surface of the body.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2013Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: ALBEA SERVICESInventors: Eric Kerman, Thierry Maurice, Jean-Claude Jammet, Etienne Hermant, Jérôme Liard
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Patent number: 9681730Abstract: A container (1) has an applicator cap (2) for a cosmetic product and a flexible tube (3) having a skirt (31) and a tube head (32) having a shoulder part (321) and a neck (322) with an opening (3221), The tube head (32) is connected to the skirt (31) by the shoulder part (321). The flexible tube (3) acting as a reservoir to contain some cosmetic product. The applicator cap (2has a base (21) and an applicator, the base (21) being designed to fix onto the tube head (32) and plug the opening (3221) and the applicator being fixed to the base (21) so as to be housed inside the flexible tube (3) when the base (21) is fixed to the tube head (32) and plugs the opening (3221). The skirt (2) is made of a multilayered plastics material (4) comprising at least one barrier layer (41).Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2013Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: Albea ServicesInventors: Eric Kerman, Thomas Bonnin
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Patent number: 9463906Abstract: A tube head that is capable of being connected to a skirt so as to form an internal volume of the tube. The tube head has a body having a neck and a shoulder connected to the neck. The tube head further has an insert arranged so as to be in contact with the shoulder so as to form a barrier between the body and the product contained in the internal volume. The insert closes the neck and has a concave deformation to center the insert in the tube head.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2014Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: ALBEA SERVICESInventors: Eric Kerman, Thierry Maurice, Etienne Hermant
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Publication number: 20160194122Abstract: The invention relates to a cap for a receptacle, in particular a tube, in particular a flexible tube for a cosmetic product, said receptacle comprising a neck (3) and a solid insert (8) forming a seal that closes off one end of the neck (3) that leads into an internal volume (4) of the receptacle, said cap (1) comprising a punch (14) designed to cut and/or pierce the seal, said cap (1) being designed to be positioned on said neck (3) in a standby position in which the punch (14) is in the neck (3), leaving the seal intact, and in a use position in which the seal has been cut and/or pierced by said punch (14), said punch (14) comprising a body (30) in the form of a stem that is configured to cut and/or pierce said seal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2014Publication date: July 7, 2016Applicant: ALBEA SERVICESInventors: Eric Kerman, Etienne Hermant, Thierry Maurice
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Publication number: 20150344191Abstract: The present invention relates to a flexible tube for a product having a liquid or pasty consistency, comprising: a tube head (1) comprising a shoulder (12) and a neck (11), a skirt (2) having a proximal end (21) which is connected to the tube head (1) and a free distal end (22), the skirt (2) forming an internal volume which is adapted to contain a product having a liquid or pasty consistency, characterised in that the proximal end (21) of said skirt (2) comprises a plurality of flaps (24) and a plurality of notches (23) separating said flaps (24), said flaps (24) being folded so as to cover all or part of the shoulder (12).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2013Publication date: December 3, 2015Applicant: ALBEA SERVICESInventors: Thierry MAURICE, Eric KERMAN, Jean-Claude JAMMET, Etienne HERMANT
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Publication number: 20150321829Abstract: The present invention relates to a plastic tube head for a product having a liquid to pasty consistency, comprising: a neck, a shoulder, an insert forming a barrier which is arranged on the inner surface of the shoulder, said insert comprising at least one metal layer and having an outer edge, the outer edge of the insert and a portion of the face of the insert which is oriented towards the internal volume of the tube and is adjacent to said outer edge being covered by an outer support, characterized in that said outer support has a thickness H and covers a length L of the face of the insert face which is oriented towards the internal volume of the tube, said thickness H and said length L being such that H?L.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2013Publication date: November 12, 2015Inventors: Thierry MAURICE, Eric KERMAN, Etienne HERMANT
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Patent number: 9161614Abstract: A method of making a cosmetic applicator assembly is described. The cosmetic applicator assembly includes an applicator head comprising an applicator front portion having at least a first surface, a second surface, and a multiplicity of apertures extending between the first surface and the second surface, at least one applicator component protruding from the at one least aperture and attachable to the applicator front portion, and an applicator back portion fixed to the applicator front portion so as to cover the second surface of the applicator front portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2013Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: Albea ServicesInventors: Michel Limongi, Eric Kerman, Uresti Osvaldo, Thomas Clos
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Publication number: 20150114993Abstract: Tube head that is capable of being connected to a skirt so as to form an internal volume of the tube, said tube head comprising a body, said body comprising a neck and a shoulder connected to the neck, said tube head further comprising an insert arranged so as to be in contact with said shoulder so as to form a barrier between the body and the product contained in the internal volume, said insert closing the neck, characterised in that said insert comprises a means for positioning in the tube head.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2014Publication date: April 30, 2015Inventors: Eric Kerman, Thierry Maurice, Etienne Hermant
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Publication number: 20150020841Abstract: The invention relates to a container (1) with an applicator cap (2) for a cosmetic product, comprising: a flexible tube (3) comprising a skirt (31) and a tube head (32) comprising a shoulder part (321) and a neck (322) with an opening (3221), the tube head (32) being connected to the skirt (31) by the shoulder part (321), the flexible tube (3) acting as a reservoir to contain some cosmetic product; an applicator cap (2) comprising a base (21) and an applicator, the base (21) being designed to fix onto the tube head (32) and plug the opening (3221) and the applicator being fixed to the base (21) so as to be housed inside the flexible tube (3) when the base (21) is fixed to the tube head (32) and plugs the opening (3221); characterized in that the skirt (2) is made of a multilayered plastics material (4) comprising at least one barrier layer (41).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2013Publication date: January 22, 2015Applicant: ALBEA SERVICESInventors: Eric Kerman, Thomas Bonnin
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Patent number: 8905668Abstract: A cosmetic applicator comprises a body defining a handle, the body being arranged to receive the cosmetic product, a rotatable applicator element attached to a distal end of the body, the applicator element extending transversely relative to the body and being located proximate the cosmetic product, and a driving arrangement to rotate the applicator element, thereby loading the cosmetic product for subsequent application. In an embodiment, the body is elongate so as to define a longitudinal axis, with the applicator element extending perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the body. In an embodiment, the cosmetic applicator comprises an actuating arrangement to allow a user to selectively control the position of the cosmetic product with respect to the applicator element, thereby allowing a controlled quantity of cosmetic product to be loaded onto the applicator element.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2011Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: Albea ServicesInventors: Mark Edmondson, Eric Kerman, Franck Seguin, Eric Da Silva
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Publication number: 20140190973Abstract: A tube head assembly includes a tube head that includes a lid, a cap that includes a punch and a spacing ring. The ring is dimensioned in such a way as to keep the punch spaced from the lid when the cap is screwed onto the neck. Further, the ring and the cap include lugs and recesses co-operating in such a way as to limit their rotation relative to one another in the direction of screwing of the cap onto the neck.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2013Publication date: July 10, 2014Applicant: ALBEA SERVICESInventor: Eric Kerman
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Publication number: 20140091613Abstract: A method of making a cosmetic applicator assembly is described. The cosmetic applicator assembly includes an applicator head comprising an applicator front portion having at least a first surface, a second surface, and a multiplicity of apertures extending between the first surface and the second surface, at least one applicator component protruding from the at one least aperture and attachable to the applicator front portion, and an applicator back portion fixed to the applicator front portion so as to cover the second surface of the applicator front portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2013Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicant: Albea Services SASInventors: Michel Limongi, Eric Kerman, Uresti Osvaldo, Thomas Clos
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Publication number: 20140061146Abstract: A tube head is provided which is designed to be associated with a skirt so as to form an internal volume of the tube. The tube head includes a body formed from plastics material, that includes a neck having an opening at a first end, through which opening a product is removed from the internal volume of the tube, and a shoulder which is joined to a second end of the neck opposite the first end. The tube head also includes an insert arranged so as to be in contact with said shoulder and forming a barrier between the body and the product contained in the internal volume. The insert includes a central portion and a peripheral region. The central portion forms a non-perforated disc sealing the neck, and the peripheral region being mounted so as to as to be in contact with a complementary planar surface of the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2013Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: ALBEA SERVICESInventors: Eric KERMAN, Thierry MAURICE, Jean-Claude JAMMET, Etienne HERMANT, Jérôme LIARD
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Patent number: 8627831Abstract: A cosmetic applicator assembly is shown. The cosmetic applicator assembly includes an applicator head comprising an applicator front portion having at least a first surface, a second surface, and a multiplicity of apertures extending between the first surface and the second surface, at least one applicator component protruding from the at one least aperture and attachable to the applicator front portion, and an applicator back portion fixed to the applicator front portion so as to cover the second surface of the applicator front portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2010Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Assignee: Albea ServicesInventors: Michel Limongi, Eric Kerman, Osvaldo Uresti, Thomas Clos
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Patent number: 8622245Abstract: A double dispensing container including an outer container and an inner container, each container including a body and a head provided with a neck and a shoulder linking the neck to the body, the neck having a side wall and one or more dispensing orifices, the neck of the inner container being housed inside the neck of the outer container and having a section such that it provides one of more outflow passages for a pasty product A and, in combination with the inner surface of the outer container neck, one or more outflow passages for a pasty product B emerging onto a single or multiple orifice dispensing the product B. The inner neck is extended by a summit portion which is linked to the inner neck via a thin annular zone and which closes the single or multiple orifice dispensing product A.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2006Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Cebal S.A.S.Inventors: Herve Zakrzewski, Eric Kerman
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Publication number: 20120205404Abstract: The present invention relates to a tube head for product of fluid to pasty consistency comprising: a neck having at a first end an opening through which the product is extracted from the tube; and a shoulder connected to a second end of the neck opposite the first end, and the tube head comprising an air non-return means placed in said neck, said means being adapted to avoid a return of air from the first end of the neck to the second end of the neck, characterised in that the tube head is one piece and in that the non-return means comprise at least one valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2011Publication date: August 16, 2012Applicant: ALCAN PACKAGING BEAUTY SERVICESInventors: Jean-Manuel Massey, Eric Kerman, Nick Thorne
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Publication number: 20120204995Abstract: The present invention relates to a tube head for product of fluid to pasty consistency comprising a neck having at a first end an opening through which the product is extracted from the tube, a shoulder connected to a second end of the neck opposite the first end, and the tube head comprising an air non-return means placed in said neck, said means being adapted to avoid a return of air from the first end of the neck to the second end of the neck, characterised in that the tube head is one piece.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2011Publication date: August 16, 2012Applicant: ALCAN PACKAGING BEAUTY SERVICESInventors: Eric Kerman, Nick Thorne