Patents by Inventor Norbert Dumler

Norbert Dumler 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: 20070034224
    Abstract: In an applicator for mascara, hair colorants or similar cosmetic products comprising a main body of a relatively hard material, such as metal or hard plastic, said main body being connectable to a rod and having a plurality of circumferential grooves, provision is made, in order to improve the combing action and transfer properties, for the grooves to extend parallel to each other and substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Applicant: GEKA BRUSH GMBH
    Inventor: Norbert Dumler
  • Publication number: 20070034223
    Abstract: In an applicator for a cosmetic product, especially for mascara or hair dye, comprising a main body that is connectable to a handle, said main body having a plurality of discs disposed parallel to one another, spaced apart from one another, provision is made for the discs to be patterned individually user-specifically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Applicant: Geka Brush GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Dumler, Daniela Kulik
  • Publication number: 20070033760
    Abstract: In an applicator, especially for mascara, hair dye, or similar cosmetics, comprising an oblong main body connectable to a rod, said main body being made of a comparatively hard synthetic material, also a tubular bristle body having bristle-like, radially outwardly projecting extensions made of a relatively soft synthetic material, provision is made, in order to attain an advantageous producibility and sturdy handling properties, for the bristle body to be axially fixed relative to the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Applicant: GEKA BRUSH GMBH
    Inventor: Norbert Dumler
  • Publication number: 20060165472
    Abstract: An applicator rod, at the distal end of which an applicator for a cosmetic product is arranged, and the proximal end of which is designed to be connected to a sealing cap, in particular, a screw cap, for a container for holding the cosmetic product, the rod being made of injection-moulded plastic, and being characterised in that it is essentially hollow in form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2006
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Applicant: GEKA BRUSH GMBH
    Inventor: Norbert Dumler
  • Publication number: 20060102192
    Abstract: In an effect packaging for a cosmetic, in particular a mascara unit, comprising a reservoir for the cosmetic and a lucent covering surrounding the reservoir, wherein the reservoir and covering are at least partially spaced from one another, it is provided that a centering device cooperating with the bottom of the reservoir is provided at the bottom of the outer covering, and that the reservoir and the outer covering are engageable with one another by the cooperation of a locking groove and a locking bead by an axial relative movement, for achieving an attractive appearance accompanied with a cost-effective producibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Applicant: Geka Brush GMBH
    Inventors: Werner Fischer, Friedrich Weigel, Norbert Dumler
  • Patent number: 7025068
    Abstract: In an applicator, in particular a mascara brush, comprising a plurality of bristles which are held between two intertwisted wire sections, with the bristles passing through a helical reinforcing element, it is provided that the reinforcing element is a two-flight helix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Geka Brush GmbH
    Inventor: Norbert Dumler
  • Publication number: 20060070635
    Abstract: A cosmetic brush and a process of making same. The brush comprises a substantially longitudinal stem and a plurality of bristles, each bristle extending from a base associated with the stem and terminating with a free end, each bristle having external walls and a longitudinal axis, the brush further having a major axis disposed along the stem, wherein the plurality of bristles comprises selected bristles, each of the selected bristles having at least one external depression oriented in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the selected bristle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Norbert Dumler, Paul Sheppard, Bryan Kadlubowski, Bernard Fellner
  • Publication number: 20060065282
    Abstract: In an applicator, in particular for a lip cosmetic, comprising a spattle-like base body injected from plastic, it is provided that the base body has a spattle-like form, wherein, starting from the stem towards the outer end, the thickness decreases, in particular tapers progressively curved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Applicant: GEKA BRUSH GMBH
    Inventors: Karl Hartstock, Norbert Dumler
  • Publication number: 20060039744
    Abstract: A container and applicator unit, in particular test unit, comprises a container for a cosmetic. An applicator top is placed thereon, having an applicator that stands out from the top in a principal sense of extension. The applicator, at least by sections, is rotationally symmetrical or plurally symmetrical in relation to an axis of symmetry that is parallel to the principal sense of extension. At least one passage, which, at least by sections, is decentralized from the axis of symmetry of the applicator, leads from the container to the applicator. The result is a container and applicator unit by which to enable a cosmetic to be spread uniformly on the surface of application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2005
    Publication date: February 23, 2006
    Applicant: GEKA BRUSH GMBH
    Inventor: Norbert Dumler
  • Publication number: 20050286965
    Abstract: A cosmetic unit, especially a mascara unit, comprises a storage container for a mascara liquid, a closing cap for placing onto the storage container, an applicator rod incorporating an applicator and extending away from the inside of the closing cap through an orifice, and a wiper means placed in the orifice of the container, wherein the wiper means extends sufficiently far from the edge of the orifice into the interior of the container so that the wiper orifice or the wiper lips of the wiper means, when the applicator is in the inserted condition, extend to the region of the proximal edge of the applicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Publication date: December 29, 2005
    Applicant: GEKA BRUSH GMBH
    Inventor: Norbert Dumler
  • Patent number: 6962160
    Abstract: A mascara brush serves to apply a mascara mass onto the eyelashes. It comprises a plurality of bristles that are secured between two twisted wire segments and extend out from the wire segments. The free ends of the bristles are tapered wedge-shaped in cross section. This serves to improve the combing result of the mascara brush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: Geka Brush GmbH
    Inventor: Norbert Dumler
  • Publication number: 20050199259
    Abstract: In a compact comprising a housing, an applicator and a plurality of recesses in the housing for receiving a cosmetic, it is provided, with a view to obtaining an improved compact, that the length of the applicator and the width of the recesses are coordinated for the sum of the widths of the recesses approximately to correspond to the length of the applicator so that the applicator, when stroking across the recesses, is simultaneously loaded with each of the cosmetics contained therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2005
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Applicant: Geka Brush GMBH
    Inventors: Norbert Dumler, Steve Bennett
  • Publication number: 20050183737
    Abstract: A brush for cosmetic- or care-product application to human skin, in particular for lip-cosmetic application, wherein a bunch of fibers is bent in a shape of a U and, in the vicinity of a bight of the U, is fixed in a recess of a shank of the brush, and wherein the fibers are pointed towards both tips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2005
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Applicant: GEKA BRUSH GMBH
    Inventor: Norbert Dumler
  • Publication number: 20040261811
    Abstract: In an applicator, in particular a mascara brush, comprising a plurality of bristles which are held between two intertwisted wire sections, with the bristles passing through a helical reinforcing element, it is provided that the reinforcing element is a two-flight helix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2003
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicant: GEKA BRUSH GMBH
    Inventor: Norbert Dumler
  • Publication number: 20040237996
    Abstract: In an applicator for a decoration lip cream or lip-care cream or the like of comparatively soft plastic material for being mounted on a stem or a stem connection attachment, it is provided, for defined and efficient application accompanied with accurate contouring, that the applicator has a surface comprising a plurality of ribs and grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Applicant: GEKA BRUSH GMBH
    Inventors: Werner Fischer, Norbert Dumler
  • Patent number: 6726387
    Abstract: In a hair dyeing or cosmetic unit, in particular a mascara unit, comprising a reservoir for holding the liquid cosmetic and a cap as well as an applicator that is mounted on a handle, it is provided, with a view to facilitation of purchase, that the cosmetic unit is designed such that, when presented for purchase, the applicator does not dip into the liquid cosmetic and is visible through a transparent section of a member of the cosmetic unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: Geka Brush GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Dumler, Werner Fischer
  • Publication number: 20040047676
    Abstract: A container and applicator unit, in particular test unit, comprises a container for a cosmetic. An applicator top is placed thereon, having an applicator that stands out from the top in a principal sense of extension. The applicator, at least by sections, is rotationally symmetrical or plurally symmetrical in relation to an axis of symmetry that is parallel to the principal sense of extension. At least one passage, which, at least by sections, is decentralized from the axis of symmetry of the applicator, leads from the container to the applicator. The result is a container and applicator unit by which to enable a cosmetic to be spread uniformly on the surface of application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Applicant: GEKA BRUSH GMBH
    Inventor: Norbert Dumler
  • Patent number: 6702494
    Abstract: A cosmetic unit comprising two different applicators each with a stem, each of the applicators dipping into a respective reservoir; each reservoir having an externally threaded neck on which to screw a coupling member; and the two reservoirs being releasably attachable to each other via a coupling sleeve by means of the coupling members which are screwed on and which simultaneously serve as a closure cap. The coupling members in the form of screw caps are non-rotarily attachable to the coupling sleeve by an axial serration and axially tightly attachable thereto by a beaded section engaging with a locking groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: Geka Brush GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Dumler, Werner Fischer
  • Publication number: 20040011375
    Abstract: A mascara brush serves to apply a mascara mass onto the eyelashes. It comprises a plurality of bristles that are secured between two twisted wire segments and extend out from the wire segments. The free ends of the bristles are tapered wedge-shaped in cross section. This serves to improve the combing result of the mascara brush.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Applicant: GEKA BRUSH GMBH
    Inventor: Norbert Dumler
  • Patent number: D502572
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: Geka Brush GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Dumler, Werner Fischer