Patents by Inventor Jean-Louis Gueret

Jean-Louis Gueret 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).

  • Publication number: 20070189841
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a packaging and applicator device, comprising: a reservoir containing at least one composition for application; a support that is secured to the reservoir during application and/or when the device is in a closed configuration; and a non-porous membrane that is carried by the support, that has at least one dispenser orifice passing therethrough for dispensing the composition, and that is externally covered, at least in part, by flocking; the membrane co-operating with the support and/or with the reservoir to define an inside space containing the composition; the membrane being flexible and/or mounted on the support and/or on the reservoir in such a manner as to present the possibility of being deformed and/or of being displaced relative to the support and/or to the reservoir, resulting in a reduction in the volume of the inside space of at least 0.1 mL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2007
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventor: Jean-Louis Gueret
  • Publication number: 20070140773
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a packaging and application device that includes a composition and an applicator. The applicator includes an application element and a rod. The rod includes a first portion that includes at least two branches. The at least two branches form at least one cavity therebetween, the at least one cavity opens onto an outer surface of the rod, and the cavity includes a non-constant cross-section along the length of the rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventor: Jean-Louis Gueret
  • Publication number: 20070141862
    Abstract: The device includes a container and an applicator including a rod connected at a first end to a gripping member and to an application element at a second end. The device further includes a first wiping member disposed in the container and including a deformable portion configured to wipe the application element during extraction of the application element from the container. The device includes a movable adjustment member that limits deformation of the deformable portion during passage of the application element through the deformable portion. Deformation of the deformable portion is less limited by the adjustment member when the adjustment member is in a second position than when the adjustment member is in a first position. The adjustment member typically limits deformation of the deformable portion without substantially constraining the deformable portion when the deformable portion is un-deformed by either the application element or rod, irrespective of a position of the adjustment member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventor: Jean-Louis Gueret
  • Publication number: 20070135741
    Abstract: A massage device may include: at least one support; and one or more massage members rotatably mounted on the support. The or each massage member may include at least one pair of flexible lips. Each lip may extend about an axis of rotation of the massage member, may be configured to come into engagement with a region to be treated, and may be configured to flex when the device is applied to the region to be treated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2006
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventor: Jean-Louis Gueret
  • Patent number: 7226227
    Abstract: A packaging and dispenser device may include: a receptacle containing a first substance; an application surface secured to the receptacle during application of the first substance; and a closure capsule configured to be removably fixed on the receptacle. The closure capsule may be configured to enable the closure capsule to be fixed on the receptacle. The packaging and dispenser device may also include at least one housing containing a second substance, the housing being suitable for opening from an end of the capsule remote from a part of the closure capsule configured to enable the closure capsule to be fixed on the receptacle, so that the second substance in the housing may be removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Jean-Louis Gueret
  • Publication number: 20070110501
    Abstract: A brush applicator including at least one tuft of hairs, a stick with a mounting including a first opening at one end of the stick. The tuft of hairs is fixed in the mounting by at least one fastener. The mounting is formed by a tubular wall including at least one punched portion so as to increase the retention of the fastener and/or modify the configuration of the hairs. A method of making the brush applicator includes punching a stick to as to form the appropriate shape of the stick.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventor: Jean-Louis GUERET
  • Publication number: 20070083135
    Abstract: A massage device may include: at least two massage members; and at least two branches. Each branch may carry at least one massage member. The branches may be in a first configuration when the massage members are not engaged with a region to be treated, and may be configured to take up a second configuration when the massage members are engaged with the region to be treated. The branches may be displaced relative to each other while passing from the first configuration to the second configuration, and may be configured to return resiliently into the first configuration when the massage members are no longer engaged with the region to be treated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2006
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventor: Jean-Louis Gueret
  • Publication number: 20070079845
    Abstract: A device for packaging and applying a composition may include: a receptacle configured to contain the composition; an application element configured to apply the composition at least one wiper member configured to wipe the application element; and at least one adjustment member configured to act on the wiper member to modify an inside section of the wiper member. The application element may include a core and projecting elements that extend from the core. The application element may define an envelope surface including at least one cross-section that is off-center relative to the core and/or non-circular. The adjustment member may be movable in turning and/or translation relative to the wiper member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2006
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventor: Jean-Louis Gueret
  • Publication number: 20070066919
    Abstract: A massage device may include: an elongate handle including a handle-forming body, and a frame including an orientation that is substantially constant relative to the body; and an elastically deformable massage member that defines a massage surface configured to come into contact with a region to be treated, and a side opposite from the massage surface. The massage member may include a periphery at which the massage member is secured to the frame. The massage member may be configured to be deformed by a user by exerting pressure on the massage member on the side opposite from the massage surface. The massage surface may be outwardly convex and solid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Applicant: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Jean-Louis Gueret
  • Publication number: 20070061990
    Abstract: A skin cleanser device may include a cleanser member including a cleanser surface configured to be moved in contact with skin. The cleanser surface may be defined by an elastically deformable synthetic material other than a foam, and may include cavities that include undercuts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventor: Jean-Louis Gueret
  • Patent number: 7172357
    Abstract: An applicator may include a handle member, a stem connected to the handle member via a hinge, and an applicator element at a first end of the stem. The stem and the applicator element may not extend entirely along a common rectilinear axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Jean-Louis Gueret
  • Patent number: 7168874
    Abstract: A device for applying a substance, in particular a cosmetic, the device comprising an applicator having a structure for application purposes and capable of transporting the substance onto a surface to be treated, and optionally a wiper member for wiping said applicator prior to applying the substance, wherein inside at least a portion of said structure and/or the wiper member there are disposed one or more elements generating or suitable for generating a magnetic field of predetermined orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: L'Oreal S.A.
    Inventor: Jean-Louis Gueret
  • Publication number: 20070020027
    Abstract: A packaging and an applicator device may include: a receptacle containing a composition for application; and an applicator for applying the composition contained in the receptacle. The applicator may include: a stem; and an applicator element at one end thereof. The applicator element may project laterally from the stem, and may include at least two branches of plastics material, with at least one of the branches being flocked at least in part. The branches may meet at ends thereof and define between the ends a cavity that is open to the outside via a face of the applicator element that is configured to apply the composition. The cavity may be elongate in shape and may extend along the branches. The branches may be sufficiently rigid to prevent the cavity from deforming substantially between a moment when the applicator element leaves the composition and a moment when the composition is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2006
    Publication date: January 25, 2007
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventor: Jean-Louis Gueret
  • Publication number: 20070017544
    Abstract: An applicator for applying a composition to a surface may include at least one applicator endpiece including at least a body of non-porous material that is covered, at least in part, by flocking. The body may include a proximal first portion, a distal second portion connected to the first portion and comprising at least one application face; and at least one hinge-forming zone between the first portion and the second portion. The hinge-forming zone may enable the second portion to pivot relative to the first portion while the application face is pressing against the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2006
    Publication date: January 25, 2007
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventor: Jean-Louis Gueret
  • Publication number: 20070006891
    Abstract: An applicator brush for applying a cosmetic composition may include a stem, and bristles that are supported by the stem. At least 500 of the bristles may include a greatest dimension in cross-section that is strictly less than 6.5/100 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2006
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventor: Jean-Louis Gueret
  • Publication number: 20070000566
    Abstract: A packaging and applicator device may include: a composition for application to the skin; a receptacle containing the composition, and including a dispenser zone configured to dispense the composition; and a closure system configured to close the receptacle. The closure system may include a first end facing the dispenser zone. The closure system may include, on a second end remote from the first end, a treatment zone including portions in relief and/or a surface state that enable(s) a user to massage and/or to cleanse skin. The closure system may prevent any communication between the treatment zone and the dispenser zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventor: Jean-Louis Gueret
  • Publication number: 20070000513
    Abstract: An applicator for applying a cosmetic or a skin care product may include a stem including at least one stamped portion forming a joint, and an applicator member disposed at a first end of the stem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2006
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventor: Jean-Louis Gueret
  • Publication number: 20060279181
    Abstract: An applicator for applying a composition to eyelashes and/or eyebrows may include: a stem; and an applicator member at one end of the stem. The applicator member may include: a support that is made of plastics material, and that is elongate along a longitudinal axis. The support may be connected at a proximal end to the stem, and may include a free distal end. The support may include only two branches that extend along the longitudinal axis of the support. The branches may form a single opening therebetween, and together may define a greatest width of the support. At least one row of applicator elements may be disposed on one of the branches. The at least one row may include applicator elements which, over at least half of their length, extend other than over the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2006
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventor: Jean-Louis Gueret
  • Publication number: 20060272670
    Abstract: An applicator for applying a fluid composition may include: a sheath; a stem extending, at least in part, inside the sheath, a gap being formed between the sheath and the stem; and an applicator element carried by the stem. A shape of the gap between the sheath and the stem may be modifiable by a user in such a manner as to enable the applicator element to take on at least a first configuration in which a fluid composition in the gap is retained by capillarity, and a second configuration that encourages the fluid composition in the gap to flow over the applicator element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventor: Jean-Louis Gueret
  • Patent number: 7134799
    Abstract: An applicator is configured to apply a substance on a portion of the human body and comprises an applicator element. The applicator element comprises at least two walls forming therebetween a cavity suitable for retaining the substance, at least one slot that extends along a longitudinal axis and through which the substance contained in the cavity is dispensed in order to be applied, and at least one opening whereby the cavity opens to the outside. In embodiments, the opening comprises at least one portion with a width in a plane extending transversely to the slot that is greater than a width of the slot in the same plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Jean-Louis Gueret