Patents by Inventor Régis Fereyre

Régis Fereyre 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: 11690432
    Abstract: A hair styling device includes a first and a second arm each having first and second gripping sections mounted to be articulated between the open and closed configurations; a reservoir mounted on the first arm and designed to contain a fluid to be vaporised; a vaporisation device mounted on the first arm and designed to produce steam; and a fluid conveyor element secured to the reservoir and designed to convey the fluid contained in the reservoir towards the vaporisation device. The reservoir extends at least partly in the first gripping section and is mounted such that it can move between a vaporisation position in which the vaporisation device is configured to vaporise the fluid conveyed by said fluid conveyor element, and a resting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Inventors: Régis Fereyre, Johan Sabattier, Nicolas Lauchet
  • Patent number: 11684132
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for treating the hair and to the corresponding application method, the device (2) comprising: —two arms (5, 6) that are able to move relative to one another between a moved-together configuration for treating the hair and a spaced-apart configuration for inserting hair to be treated between said arms, and —a system (18) for applying a product, comprising an applicator member (26) for applying the product, the application system (18) being mounted on one of the arms (5) and being able to move relative to said arm (5) between at least two positions generating, while the device (2) is being used to treat the hair, different respective application pressures of the applicator member (26) on the hair to be treated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignees: L'OREAL, SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Baptiste Bonnemaire, Martial Maisonneuve, Fabien Normand, Régis Fereyre, Xavier Vacheron, Sandy Lapize, Gabin Vic, Stefania Nuzzo, Edouard Messager
  • Patent number: 11627790
    Abstract: A hair-styling appliance includes a first and second arm pivotably mounted between a spaced-apart and a closed configuration; a reservoir mounted on the first arm and intended for containing a fluid to be vaporised; a vaporisation device mounted on the first arm and configured for generating vapour; a fluid-conveying element attached to the reservoir and configured for conveying fluid contained in the reservoir to the vaporisation device. The reservoir is movably mounted between a vaporisation position in which the vaporisation device is configured for vaporising the fluid conveyed by the fluid conveying element and an inoperative position. The hair-styling appliance includes an actuating element mounted on the second arm and configured for moving the reservoir from the inoperative position to the vaporisation position when the first and second arms are moved from the spaced-apart configuration to the closed configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Inventors: Régis Fereyre, Johan Sabattier, Nicolas Lauchet
  • Patent number: 11470938
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for treating, especially styling, hair, comprising: a receptacle (25) containing a product to be applied, said product being contained in the receptacle in a fluid state; two jaws (3, 4) that are movable in relation to each other and can adopt a spread configuration for the insertion of a lock of hair therebetween and a closed configuration for treating the lock of hair, said jaws (3, 4) being movable along the lock of hair in said closed configuration; an application body (23) for applying the cosmetic product, carried by one of said jaws and suitable for coming into contact with the hair in the closed position; and a steam outlet (21) on the other one of said jaws, for exposing the hair engaged in the device to the steam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignees: L'OREAL, SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Régis Fereyre, Franck Mandica, Stefania Nuzzo
  • Patent number: 11452352
    Abstract: Provided is a hairstyling apparatus (1) including a portable treatment unit (2) provided with two arms (3, 4) arranged to form a clamp provided with two treatment surfaces (5, 6) disposed opposite one another and enabling a lock of hair to be clamped therebetween, the portable treatment unit including steam-diffusion means (7) arranged to diffuse steam from a first (5) of the two surfaces towards the second (6) of the two surfaces, one of the arms (3, 4) including a comb (19) disposed downstream or upstream of one of the surfaces (5, 6) of the arm (3, 4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Régis Fereyre
  • Patent number: 11399609
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for treating the hair, comprising two arms (16, 18) able to move with respect to one another between a closed configuration for treating the hair and a spread configuration for engaging therebetween the hairs to be treated, one (18) of the arms comprising a housing suitable for receiving a removable hair treatment refill (32), the hair treatment refill (32) comprising a refill body (36) and an application member (38) attached to the refill body (36), the connection of the refill (32) to the arm (18) being locked by means of a push-release locking device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignees: L'OREAL, SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Edouard Messager, Eddy Ngo, Martial Maisonneuve, Xavier Vacheron, Regis Fereyre
  • Patent number: 11324297
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for treating the hair including a housing for receiving a cosmetic product refill, a heating element for the hair to be treated, and a device that prevents the reception of the cosmetic product refill in the housing, depending on the temperature of the heating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignees: L'OREAL, SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Regis Fereyre, Baptiste Bonnemaire, Martial Maisonneuve, Vacheron Xavier
  • Publication number: 20220071364
    Abstract: The invention relates to a steam hair-styling appliance (1) for shaping the hair, comprising: —a first jaw (2) and a second jaw (3), arranged opposite one another and hinged together, a first treatment surface (4) being supported by the first jaw (2) and a second treatment surface being supported by the second jaw (3), the first and second treatment surfaces being configured to grip at least one lock of hair, and —a liquid reservoir, said first and/or second jaw (2, 3) additionally comprising: —a system for vapourising (7) the liquid to form steam, comprising at least one vaporisation chamber (71) which has an inner surface and is in communication via an injection tube (74) with the liquid reservoir, said injection tube (74) having a free end which forms a point for injecting the liquid into the vaporisation chamber (71), and —a system for dispensing (7) the steam from the vaporisation system (7), comprising at least one steam dispensing port (75) directed toward the at least one lock of hair, characterised i
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Mathias Ganem, Stéphane Poncet, Régis Fereyre
  • Patent number: 11259613
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cosmetic product refill for a device for treating hair, which includes at least one heating element, the cosmetic product refill including a rib or groove for fastening the refill to the device and a cosmetic product applicator element in the form of a sheet, such that the rib or groove is designed to fasten the cosmetic product refill to the device for treating the hair in such a way that a part of the cosmetic product refill is offset laterally with respect to the heating element(s), and such that at least one portion of the applicator element is designed to extend next to the heating element(s). The invention also relates to a device for treating the hair including such a refill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Inventors: Anne Debauge, Regis Fereyre, Baptiste Bonnemaire, Martial Maisonneuve, Vacheron Xavier
  • Publication number: 20210381502
    Abstract: The invention relates to a peristaltic pump (6) for a household electric appliance comprising a pump body (60) defining a chamber (68) in which a deformable hose is located (63), which is intended to contain a liquid to be moved, characterized in that the peristaltic pump (6) comprises a sealing device (661, 662, 663) designed to contain the liquid inside the chamber (68) in the event of rupture of the deformable hose (63).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Mathias Ganem, Régis Fereyre, Johan Sabattier
  • Publication number: 20210307471
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hairstyling applicance having a housing (111) comprising a liquid transporting device and/or a liquid storage device and at least one electrical or electronic component, the housing (111) comprises a liquid evacuation device (114) designed to evacuate the liquid out of the housing (111) in the event of a leak of liquid from the liquid transporting device and/or liquid storage device, and in that said evacuation device is designed such that the liquid cannot come into contact with said at least one electrical or electronic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Régis Fereyre
  • Patent number: 10973297
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly having a refill and an appliance designed for using the refill, the appliance having an insertion guide along which the refill travels, the refill having an element that serves as a use memory and the accommodating structure having a relief that acts on said element when the refill is fitted on the appliance for the first time, so as to cause it to pass from an inactive configuration to an active configuration, the accommodating structure having a locking member disposed to as to intercept said element when the latter is in the active configuration, while the refill is being fitted in and removed from the accommodating structure, the locking member can be passed over by said element in the direction of removal of the refill and such that the locking member prevents said element from passing in the direction of insertion of the refill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignees: L'OREAL, SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Anne Debauge, Edouard Messager, Baptiste Bonnemaire, Regis Fereyre, Cedric Pollet, Xavier Vacheron, Martial Maisonneuve
  • Publication number: 20200397110
    Abstract: The invention concerns a hair treatment apparatus, comprising: —two arms that are movable relative to each other and capable of assuming a spaced-apart configuration in which a lock of hair can be inserted between them, and a closed configuration for treating the lock of hair, the arms being capable of being moved along the lock in this closed configuration, —two contact surfaces carried respectively by the two arms, arranged opposite each other, at least one of the contact surfaces being heated, —at least one steam outlet carried by one of the arms at a distance from the corresponding contact surface, in order to expose the hair engaged between the arms to steam, —a containment structure for at least partially containing the steam, carried at least partially by the other of said arms, —a comb having teeth, carried by said one of the arms that carries said at least one steam outlet, said at least one steam outlet being interposed between the comb and the contact surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Régis Fereyre, Johan Sabattier, Mathias Ganem
  • Publication number: 20200383445
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a refill (10) for an appliance, notably a hair-shaping appliance, the refill comprising a fixing means able to collaborate with a complimentary member belonging to a receiving structure of the appliance, the fixing means of the refill comprising two profile elements (14, 15) able to engage in an insertion guide of the receiving structure and between them defining a space in which one or more members of the appliance are able to engage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicants: L'OREAL, SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Martial MAISONNEUVE, Cederic POLLET, Baptiste BONNEMAIRE, Xavier VACHERON, Regis FEREYRE, Stefania NUZZO, Anne DEBAUGE
  • Publication number: 20200275753
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cosmetic product refill for a device for treating the hair that comprises at least one heating element, the cosmetic product refill comprising a means for fastening the refill to the device and a cosmetic product applicator element in the form of a sheet, such that the means for fastening the refill is designed to fasten the cosmetic product refill to the device for treating the hair in such a way that a part of the cosmetic product refill is offset laterally with respect to the heating element(s), and such that at least one portion of the applicator element is designed to extend next to the heating element(s). The invention also relates to a device for treating the hair including such a refill.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Anne DEBAUGE, Régis FEREYRE, Baptiste BONNEMAIRE, Martial MAISONNEUVE, Vacheron XAVIER
  • Patent number: 10758020
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for treating the hair including a first and a second arm connected together by a joint and able to move with respect to one another between a closed configuration for treating the hair and a spread configuration for engaging between them the hairs to be treated. The device also includes a refill including a body having a housing, a member for applying a cosmetic product received in the housing. The refill includes at least one first mounting means engaging with at least one second mounting means of the first arm, in such a way that the assembly of the first and second mounting means is performed by moving the first mounting means along an axis (Y) substantially parallel to the joint, relative to the second mounting means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Arnaud Grienay, Eddy Ngo, Martial Maisonneuve, Régis Fereyre, Edouard Messager, Anne Debauge
  • Patent number: 10631610
    Abstract: A hairstyling device for curling hair includes a housing including a rolling chamber, an insertion slot and an extraction opening arranged on a side end of the housing, and a mandrel which has one end fixed to the housing and a free end arranged near to the extraction opening, and which extends into the rolling chamber. A roller is arranged inside the rolling chamber and configured to roll the strand of hair around the mandrel, during rotation thereof. The device includes a stationary finger arranged at the contour of the extraction opening, the shape of which is configured with respect to the free end of the mandrel in order to block the rotation of the strand of hair around the mandrel without the risk of going beyond the finger during the rotation of the roller, and to promote the demoulding of the curled strand of hair along the mandrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Baptiste Bonnemaire, Régis Fereyre
  • Publication number: 20200046101
    Abstract: A hair styling device includes a first and a second arm each having first and second gripping sections mounted to be articulated between the open and closed configurations; a reservoir mounted on the first arm and designed to contain a fluid to be vaporised; a vaporisation device mounted on the first arm and designed to produce steam; and a fluid conveyor element secured to the reservoir and designed to convey the fluid contained in the reservoir towards the vaporisation device. The reservoir extends at least partly in the first gripping section and is mounted such that it can move between a vaporisation position in which the vaporisation device is configured to vaporise the fluid conveyed by said fluid conveyor element, and a resting position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2017
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Régis FEREYRE, Johan SABATTIER, Nicolas LAUCHET
  • Patent number: 10524556
    Abstract: A packaging and distribution device, for example a device for treatment with an electric current, includes: a refill containing a product to be distributed, including a vessel defined at least partially by a flexible wall; a pressing member for pressing on the flexible wall in order to apply pressure to the product contained therein, wherein the pressing member includes two flaps hingedly connected to one another, each connected to a mechanical system biasing the flap to bear against the refill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Thi Hong Lien Planard-Luong, Franck Mandica, Johan Sabattier, Régis Fereyre
  • Patent number: 10492980
    Abstract: Provided is a facial massage device including: a massage head (1) that includes: a bearing element (20) that forms a bearing ring (21) defining a bearing surface (S) lying within a bearing plane (P) and a working area (Z) located within the bearing ring, within the bearing ring and inside the working area (Z), at least one working head (22) that has a working surface that extends, protruding, from the bearing plane (P), maneuvering device (25) designed to move each working head (22) in rotation about at least one axis of rotation (?, ??) offset relative to the centre of the corresponding working surface (T), and a drive housing that carries the massage head (1) and that includes an electric motor (6) that actuates drive means (7) designed to transmit the drive from the electric motor (6) to the maneuvering device (25).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Camille Giraud, Régis Fereyre, Laurence Laranjeira, Franck Mandica