Patents by Inventor Valerie Vieu

Valerie Vieu 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: 7168435
    Abstract: A dispenser for material including an applicator, an elongated housing member with a well at one end thereof for receiving the applicator to shield the applicator, a laterally opening receptacle carried by the housing member for holding a coherent body of the material to be dispensed and applied, and structure carried by or forming a part of the housing member for closing the receptacle to shield the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: L'Oreal S.A.
    Inventors: Valérie Vieu, Thaddeus I. Kingsford, Michael M. Malvar, Volker Schrepf
  • Publication number: 20030168076
    Abstract: A dispenser for material including an applicator, an elongated housing member with a well at one end thereof for receiving the applicator to shield the applicator, a laterally opening receptacle carried by the housing member for holding a coherent body of the material to be dispensed and applied, and structure carried by or forming a part of the housing member for closing the receptacle to shield the material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2002
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Inventors: Valerie Vieu, Thaddeus I. Kingsford, Michael M. Malvar, Volker Schrepf
  • Patent number: 6280112
    Abstract: Application member for the application of a product to the skin, including a gripping element and an application element, integral with the gripping element, the application element being flexible, and having at least a first substantially planar face, the width of which in a direction perpendicular to an axis of the gripping element decreases in the direction of a free end located opposite the gripping element, the first face being delimited by two lateral edges, at least one of which is of concave form. Further included herein is an application assembly equipped with such an application member and a method to the use of this application member for the treatment of wrinkles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Valerie Vieu
  • Patent number: 6244433
    Abstract: A device for separately storing at least three components, for mixing them together, and for extemporaneously dispensing of the resulting mixture includes: a first receptacle containing a first component; a second receptacle containing a second component and provided with a chimney for receiving the neck of the first receptacle; a shutter disposed in removable manner in the chimney; and an intermediate element disposed in the chimney between the shutter and the opening for receiving the neck, with the intermediate element defining a compartment that contains a third component. The neck, the chimney, and the intermediate element are also organized in such a manner that at the end of a predetermined axial displacement stroke of the neck in the chimney, the shutter is ejected, and the components can mix together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Valérie Vieu
  • Patent number: 6009881
    Abstract: A device for applying a hair product to the base of the hair includes an enclosure having tapered ends able to separate the hair on either side of a part. An applicator end-piece is designed to be mounted on a receptacle containing the product, optionally via an applicator end-piece surmounting the receptacle in such a way as to enable the product to be applied in a localized manner in the vicinity of the part. A wall which may be solid or made of bristles is associated with the enclosure for spreading the applied product on the base of the hair situated on either side of the part. The device is designed so that a single movement of the device effects separation of the hair, application of the product and spreading of the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Gilles Baudin, Valerie Vieu
  • Patent number: 6003673
    Abstract: A packaging unit includes a body delimited by a peripheral edge, and defining inside the peripheral edge at least one hollow compartment containing at least one liquid or semi-liquid product, and having an opening. A removable element is provided for obturating the opening in a leakproof manner. A groove forming a gutter is arranged substantially all around the opening of at least one of the compartments. The gutter is capable of receiving a quantity of the product which can escape from the compartment during its opening or during the manipulation of the packaging unit after it has been opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Valerie Vieu