Patents by Inventor Nicolas Castex

Nicolas Castex 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: 20240041179
    Abstract: A cosmetic item including a reservoir adapted to contain a cosmetic product such as a mascara. A guide tube extends according to a longitudinal direction in the reservoir, and an applicator is mounted in longitudinal translation in the guide tube. The applicator can take on a retracted position and a deployed position with respect to the guide tube. The guide tube has a constant inner cross-section, and the applicator has a constant and identical cross-section, except for a functional clearance. The applicator includes a smooth longitudinal first portion and a second portion including a surface suitable adapted to retain the cosmetic product. The cosmetic item according to the invention is aesthetic and simple to use, it protects the cosmetic product from air and enables an accurate metering of the delivered product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: CHANEL PARFUMS BEAUTE
    Inventors: Nicolas CASTEX, Laurent TORRIANI, Antoine BONADEI, Carole CHAPELAT
  • Publication number: 20230404240
    Abstract: A cosmetic product applicator including a straight stick extending according to a main axis with a longitudinal direction, the stick including an external surface over which furrows are formed. Over at least one longitudinal portion of the stick, the external surface of the stick includes at least two helical furrows, one of the two furrows having a right-hand pitch and the other one having a left-hand pitch, the furrows meeting several times over the longitudinal portion of the stick, such an applicator having furrows with opposite pitches improving combing and separating of the eyelashes (or other hairs) when applying a cosmetic product. The presence of furrows having opposite pitches allows for an efficient use of the applicator both with the right hand and with the left hand, with an identical or similar make-up quality. The applicator is well-suited to be used in a “mascara pen” type mascara item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: CHANEL PARFUMS BEAUTE
    Inventors: Nicolas CASTEX, Marie LAMOUREUX, Antoine BONADEI
  • Patent number: 11832716
    Abstract: The applicator for applying an eyelash cosmetic includes a core having a cavity and side holes connecting the cavity to the exterior of the core. The holes are disposed in a staggered arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Chanel Parfums Beauté
    Inventor: Nicolas Castex
  • Publication number: 20230292911
    Abstract: An applicator for a cosmetic product including a fixed portion having an elongated shape along a longitudinal axis defining a longitudinal direction. The fixed portion is hollow, so that it includes an elongated cavity, and it includes holes connecting the cavity and an exterior area. The applicator includes a movable portion in relation to the fixed portion, the movable portion including an elongated central core in the longitudinal direction and disposed in the cavity formed by the fixed portion. The movable portion includes protuberances, each protuberance passing through a hole of the fixed portion so that it protrudes outside of said fixed portion. The configuration of the protuberances and of the holes makes it possible to move at least longitudinally the movable portion in relation to the fixed portion. The applicator may be obtained by additive manufacturing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: CHANEL PARFUMS BEAUTE
    Inventors: Nicolas CASTEX, Marie LAMOUREUX, Carole CHAPELAT, Antoine BONADEI
  • Publication number: 20230263295
    Abstract: Applicator for cosmetic product having an elongate general shape in a longitudinal direction, including a fixed part and a part movable in relation thereto. The movable part includes protrusions, at least one chain having a strand forming a succession of open loops, the chain extending substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the applicator. The fixed part includes at least two links, at least two of the open loops on each chain being passed through by a link of the fixed part. Thus, each chain of the movable part is fastened with at least one degree of freedom to the fixed part, enabling relative movement of the chain in relation to the fixed part longitudinally. This improves quality of the application of the product and gives the applicator a sensation of flexibility, even if the applicator is constituted by a rigid material. The applicator can be made by additive manufacturing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: CHANEL PARFUMS BEAUTE
    Inventors: Nicolas CASTEX, Marie LAMOUREUX, Carole CHAPELAT, Antoine BONADEI
  • Publication number: 20230022223
    Abstract: An applicator for mascara having an oblong general shape extending along a main axis, the applicator including at least three branches distributed around the main axis so as to define a cavity between them inside the applicator. The branches extend between a base to which they are connected and a free end of the applicator, which is remote from the base, and are shaped such that the cavity has a form of a surface of revolution around the main axis, said cavity being open by spaces formed between said branches. The branches extend in helical form around the main axis. The invention so developed makes it possible to obtain an applicator for mascara providing high autonomy by virtue of an internal cavity, the general three-dimensional configuration of which provides a good level of flexibility and enables easy application to the eyelashes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: CHANEL PARFUMS BEAUTE
    Inventor: Nicolas CASTEX
  • Patent number: 11350724
    Abstract: Disclosed is a container for a cosmetic product, comprising: an outer wall, an inner wall extending between the outer wall and a main axis of the container, and a cosmetic product, said product being situated exclusively on the side of a surface of the inner wall that faces the outer wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Inventors: Nicolas Castex, Marc Lassus
  • Patent number: 11185144
    Abstract: Dispensing device for a cosmetic product stored in heterogeneous form including solid elements in suspension. The device includes a reservoir, a dispensing tip, a guide duct for transporting the product between the reservoir and the dispensing tip, and a product flow inducer configured to cause product flow from the reservoir to the dispensing tip. The guide duct includes a solid elements rupture configured to rupture the solid elements. The solid elements rupture includes a first stage at an exit from the reservoir forming a first portion of the guide duct and includes a changing transverse cross-section that has, at the exit, edges projecting within the guide duct. A second stage, near the dispensing tip, forms a second portion of the guide duct having a progressing cross-sectional restriction. The invention also relates to an assembly that includes such device and a cosmetic or care product that includes solid elements in suspension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: CHANEL PARFUMS BEAUTE
    Inventors: Nicolas Castex, Floriane Peronne, Antoine Cayron
  • Patent number: 11160357
    Abstract: The invention relates to an applicator for a cosmetic product, having a proximal end and a free end, and having at least two rows of fingers forming a first and a second planar layer respectively. The two layers are separate and parallel to one another. One dimension of the fingers decreases along the applicator from the proximal end to the free end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventor: Nicolas Castex
  • Patent number: 11076676
    Abstract: Device for dispensing and applying a liquid, semi-fluid, or pasty cosmetic or care product having an elongate and hollow rotary body and an elongate and hollow outer shaft butted together and rotatable one to the other, an applicator endpiece secured to the end of the rotary body, the rotary body and outer shaft forming an interior volume in which a pierced cylinder having a longitudinal duct is formed, and an inner shaft having an open end through which the pierced cylinder is introduced and a closed end forming a reservoir for the product. The pierced cylinder is fixed in translation with respect to the rotary body. A mechanism of the device converts rotation of the rotary body with respect to the outer shaft into movement of the inner shaft in translation with respect to the pierced cylinder in the interior volume formed by the rotary body and the outer shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: CHANEL PARFUMS BEAUTE
    Inventors: Nicolas Castex, Floriane Peronne, Antoine Cayron
  • Patent number: 10966512
    Abstract: A cosmetic article including a case and a applicator that is fastened to the case but movable relative to the case between a retracted position and an extended position, in which the applicator extends outward from the case further than in the retracted position. The applicator includes a body and protuberances, at least some of which are arranged so as to be movable relative to the body between a retracted position and an extended position, in which the protuberances extend outward from the body further than in the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Inventors: Nicolas Castex, Marc Lassus
  • Publication number: 20210076763
    Abstract: The cosmetic article includes a plurality of false eyelashes, a thin support carrying the false eyelashes, and an applicator adhering to the support and having at least one gripping portion for holding the applicator directly by two opposite faces of the gripping portion when the applicator adheres to the support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Nicolas Castex, Audrey Ducardonnet
  • Patent number: 10842240
    Abstract: The cosmetic article including a cosmetic product reserve, and at least two meshes, one upstream and one downstream relative to the direction in which the product is discharged from the article, said meshes including through-holes and being arranged such that the product passes through the upstream mesh and subsequently through the downstream mesh.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Chanel Parfums Beauté
    Inventor: Nicolas Castex
  • Publication number: 20200229576
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device for dispensing a cosmetic product (P) stored in heterogeneous form comprising solid elements (B) in suspension. The device comprises a container (1), a dispensing end-piece (4), a guide pipe for transporting the product between the container (1) and the dispensing end-piece (4), and means suitable for causing the product to flow from the container (1) towards the end-piece. The guide pipe comprises a device for breaking the solid elements (B) that comprises a first stage (E1), at the outlet of the container (1), forming a first portion of the guide pipe and comprising an evolving cross-section that has, at the outlet, edges that protrude into said guide pipe, and a second stage (E2), in the vicinity of the dispensing end-piece, forming a second portion of the guide pipe and having a gradually narrowing cross-section. The invention also concerns an assembly comprising such a device and a cosmetic or care product comprising solid elements (B) in suspension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: CHANEL PARFUMS BEAUTE
    Inventors: Nicolas CASTEX, Floriane PERONNE, Antoine CAYRON
  • Publication number: 20200214421
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for dispensing and applying a liquid, semi-fluid or pasty cosmetic or care product, having an elongate and hollow rotary body (3) and an elongate and hollow outer shaft (2) that are butted together and are rotatable with respect to one another, an applicator end piece (4) being secured to the end of the rotary body (3), said rotary body (3) and outer shaft (2) forming an interior volume in which there are formed a pierced cylinder (5) having a longitudinal duct (51), and an inner shaft (1) having an open end through which the pierced cylinder (5) is introduced and a closed end so as to form a reservoir for the cosmetic or care product (P). The pierced cylinder is fixed in translation with respect to the rotary body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: CHANEL PARFUMS BEAUTE
    Inventors: Nicolas CASTEX, Floriane PERONNE, Antoine CAYRON
  • Patent number: 10638825
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compressible dispenser of a liquid product, in particular a cosmetic liquid product such as a cream, which includes a resiliently compressible body, a member for dispensing said liquid product having an outlet opening for the liquid, a cap having a wall, attachment means intended for ensuring the removable attachment of said cap on said body, and which includes a cover covering the distribution member. The outer peripheral surface is flush with said outlet opening, and the wall of the cap and the wall of the body have outer surfaces that are flush at the upper edges thereof. The cap and the body are portions that complement one another, with a continuously convex shape, said protection cover having a shape identical to that of the wall of the cap, but reduced by at least the thickness of the wall of said cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: CHANEL PARFUMS BEAUTE
    Inventors: Sylvie Legastelois, Olivier Perrin, Nicolas Castex, Nicolas Mathieu
  • Patent number: 10576487
    Abstract: The invention relates to a jar comprising: a body having an upper wall, a flexible pouch containing a product to be dispensed, a deformable chamber delimited by a rigid wall and a flexible diaphragm and in fluidic communication with, for the one part, the flexible pouch and, for the other part, a dispensing orifice that opens out at the upper wall, a lid mounted on the upper wall so as to be movable between an open position and a closed position, the movement between these positions consisting of the lid being slid over the upper wall, pressurizing means designed to press on the flexible diaphragm while the lid moves from the closed position to the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: CHANEL PARFUMS BEAUTE
    Inventors: Nicolas Castex, Sylvie Legastelois, Olivier Perrin, Marc Lassus
  • Patent number: 10548394
    Abstract: An applicator for applying an eyelash cosmetic including a body and protuberances having a free end and arranged so as to be movable relative to the body between a retracted position and an extended position, in which the protuberances extend outward from the body further than in the retracted position. The applicator is designed such that every free end moving from the retracted to the extended position follows a path that is transversal to a longitudinal axis of the applicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Chanel Parfums Beauté
    Inventors: Nicolas Castex, Marc Lassus
  • Publication number: 20200022480
    Abstract: A device for packaging and dispensing a cosmetic composition, including a housing receiving a cosmetic composition having a hardness of greater than or equal to 20 g, and at least one grid arranged for the passage of the cosmetic composition through the grid and having through-orifices. The device is configured such that the cosmetic composition undergoes a reduction in its hardness of greater than 50%, preferably greater than 70%, during the passage of the cosmetic composition through the at least one grid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: CHANEL PARFUMS BEAUTE
    Inventors: Alexandre LAUER, Sylvie PIRES LEITAO, Nicolas CASTEX
  • Publication number: 20190335885
    Abstract: The applicator for applying an eyelash cosmetic includes a core having a cavity and side holes connecting the cavity to the exterior of the core. The holes are disposed in a staggered arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventor: Nicolas Castex