Patents by Inventor Vincent de Laforcade

Vincent de Laforcade 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: 20020020637
    Abstract: An assembly for separately packaging two products for extemporaneous mixing comprises a first container and a second container. The first container contains a first product and delimits a first opening. A removable stopper is associated with the first opening. The second container contains a second product and delimits a second opening. The second container comprises a first coupling member. The first container and the second container are configured to be connected to one another. The first coupling member and the removable stopper are configured such that the first coupling member engages the removable stopper during establishment of a connection between the first container and the second container and the removable stopper passes into the second container so as to expose the first opening and allow the first product and the second product to be brought into contact with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2001
    Publication date: February 21, 2002
    Inventor: Vincent De Laforcade
  • Publication number: 20020012562
    Abstract: The present application relates to an application device for applying a hair product, especially a dye product, to sections of hair. The device comprises a component made of at least one elastically deformable material and a reservoir for containing a product. The component at least partly defines a slot which communicates with the reservoir and is accessible from the outside of the device. The slot is bounded by edges which, at rest, are positioned substantially contiguous to each other so as to create a seal. A section of hair is able to pass through the slot so as to allow the section of hair to be coated with the product in response to movement of the device in a longitudinal direction with respect to the section of hair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2000
    Publication date: January 31, 2002
    Inventor: Vincent De Laforcade
  • Publication number: 20020005417
    Abstract: A valve element may be configured to be mounted in an air intake passage of a container. The valve element may be at least partially elastically deformable. The valve element may include a valving member configured such that, when vacuum pressure inside the container is less than a predetermined threshold differential from atmospheric pressure, the valving member is in sealed contact with a seat formed on the container. The valving member may also be configured such that the valving member moves away from the seat when the predetermined threshold differential is reached, so as to allow air to be taken into the container. By elastic return, the valving member may return to a position in sealed contact with the seat when the vacuum pressure inside the container drops back to less than the predetermined threshold differential. The valve element may be placed in a functional configuration via an elastically irreversible modification thereof during mounting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2001
    Publication date: January 17, 2002
    Inventor: Vincent De Laforcade
  • Publication number: 20020005415
    Abstract: A dispensing cap for a product container, preferably a cosmetic product container, is provided. The cap includes a movable member comprising a valving portion capable of selectively opening and closing a product-dispensing orifice depending upon pressure within the container. The cap also includes an elastically deformable mounting element coupled to the movable member to retain the movable member on the cap, and the mounting element comprises a sealing member configured to selectively open and close at least one air intake passage, the air intake passage being separate from the product-dispensing orifice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2001
    Publication date: January 17, 2002
    Inventor: Vincent De Laforcade
  • Publication number: 20020005412
    Abstract: A dispensing device for dispensing a product includes a first chamber configured to initially contain at least one of a first composition and a mixture of the first composition and a second composition, a second chamber configured to contain the second composition, a flow passage for providing flow of the second composition from the second chamber to the first chamber, a selective air intake mechanism configured to selectively be placed in an open position to allow air to flow into the first chamber and a closed position to prevent air from flowing into the first chamber via the selective air intake mechanism, and an actuator configured to be actuated to cause an amount of a product to be dispensed from the first chamber. The product dispensed includes at least one of the first composition, the second composition, and the mixture of the first composition and the second composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2001
    Publication date: January 17, 2002
    Inventor: Vincent De Laforcade
  • Patent number: 6338442
    Abstract: A dispenser for containing a product stored under pressure, for example a cosmetic product, and dispensing it, is provided. The dispenser includes a container containing a pressurized product with a valve. The valve includes a valve body, an inlet orifice and an outlet orifice, and a closure member for selectively placing inlet orifice in flow communication with the outlet orifice to cause the product to be dispensed through at least one dispensing orifice, in response to actuation of the closure member. The valve body is located outside the container. The communication between the inlet orifice and the outlet orifice is caused by pressure exerted on the closure member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2002
    Assignee: L'Oreal S.A.
    Inventor: Vincent De Laforcade
  • Publication number: 20010018920
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for applying a product to hair. The device may include a dispensing head configured to be coupled to a container. The dispensing head may include an applicator member and a screen. The applicator member may include at least one tooth configured to be placed in contact with hair and moved with respect thereto. The applicator member may also include a duct extending in the at least one tooth along an axial length of the at least one tooth. The duct may be capable of being placed in flow communication with the container. The applicator member may also include an outlet orifice for the duct. The outlet orifice can be oriented to provide outlet flow of product in a direction transverse to an axis of the at least one tooth. The screen may be arranged such that the screen and the at least one tooth define a volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Publication date: September 6, 2001
    Inventor: Vincent De Laforcade
  • Patent number: 6267507
    Abstract: A container for containing a product includes a base including three sides and three faces extending from said base. The faces form an apex opposite to said base and each face has three sides. One of the sides of each face is adjacent to a respective one of the sides of the base and the other two sides of each face are adjacent to a respective one of the sides of another face. The container further includes first, second, and third sealed seams. The first sealed seam includes adjacent sides of two of the faces. The second and third sealed seams each include one of the sides of the base and the corresponding adjacent side of one of the faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Vincent de Laforcade
  • Publication number: 20010004087
    Abstract: A container for containing a product includes a base including three sides and three faces extending from said base. The faces form an apex opposite to said base and each face has three sides. One of the sides of each face is adjacent to a respective one of the sides of the base and the other two sides of each face are adjacent to a respective one of the sides of another face. The container further includes first, second, and third sealed seams. The first sealed seam includes adjacent sides of two of the faces. The second and third sealed seams each include one of the sides of the base and the corresponding adjacent side of one of the faces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2001
    Publication date: June 21, 2001
    Applicant: L'OREAL S.A.
    Inventor: Vincent de Laforcade
  • Patent number: 6234698
    Abstract: An applicator for a product of viscous consistency includes a product reservoir on top of which there is a dispensing head equipped with a rigid application element provided with pores which communicate with one another in all directions. The product has a viscosity chosen so that passage of the product through the pores under gravity and/or capillary action is prevented. The applicator includes a device for compressing the product and producing a sufficient pressure on the product to push it through the pores when a dose of product is dispensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Vincent De Laforcade
  • Patent number: 6227417
    Abstract: A pressurized container, containing a dished part and a valve equipped with a valve body with a valve-control stem surmounted by a push-button with a seal and with a return system wherein the dished part and the valve body interact to form, on the one hand, a reservoir cavity able to contain a product to be dispensed and a propulsion device and, on the other hand, a valve cavity and wherein a passage is formed between the reservoir cavity and the valve cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Vincent De LaForcade, Frank Lacout
  • Patent number: 6196276
    Abstract: A valve component capable of being positioned on a body of a valve includes a valving member configured to cooperate with a seal on the valve to selectively permit fluid flow through the valve when the valving member is in a first position and limit flow through the valve when the valving member is in a second position, a retainer configured to retain the seal on the valve body, and at least one frangible portion connecting the valving member to the retainer. The at least one frangible portion is configured to break when the valve component is positioned on the valve body so as to permit the retainer to retain the seal on the valve body. A valve, a dispenser, and methods of forming a valve using a valve component are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: L'Oréal S.A.
    Inventor: Vincent De Laforcade
  • Patent number: 6176389
    Abstract: A container includes a body having at least one wall defining an open area for containing fluid and a member. The body includes a guiding portion for guiding removal of an applicator from the container along a predetermined path and an opening permitting access to the open area of the body. The member includes a wiping portion having an open end. The wiping portion is shaped so that as the applicator is removed from the container along the predetermined path the wiping portion wipes at least two opposed points on a transverse section of the applicator. Also disclosed are systems and methods for dispensing fluid from the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: L'Or{acute over (e)}al S.A.
    Inventor: Vincent de Laforcade
  • Patent number: 6148995
    Abstract: The present invention is a device for combining at least two products. The device includes a container having at least one wall, the wall defining an interior of the container, and an opening for allowing access to the interior of the container. The device also includes a separating element movable with respect to the container from a first position to a second position. In the first position, at least a portion of the separating element is in the interior of the container and defines in the interior of the container a first region for a first product and a second region for a second product. In the second position, the separating element is at least substantially removed from the interior of the container so that the regions are placed in fluid communication with one another to permit mixing of the first and second products. In one aspect of the invention, the separating element moves from the first position to the second position without passing through the opening of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: L'Oreal S.A.
    Inventor: Vincent De Laforcade
  • Patent number: 6142157
    Abstract: An applicator for a hair product includes a handle having at least a first end, a second end, and a longitudinal axis, and a brush on the first end of the handle. The brush includes a base and a plurality of brush members extending from the base. The base has at least three protrusion including a first protrusion extending in a first direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the handle, a second protrusion extending in a second direction substantially opposite to the first direction and substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the handle, and a third protrusion extending in a third direction facing away from the handle and substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the handle. Also disclosed are systems for applying a hair product to hair and methods for applying a hair coloring with an applicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignee: L'Oreal S.A.
    Inventor: Vincent de Laforcade
  • Patent number: 6131776
    Abstract: An assembly for packaging and pressurized dispensing of a product, particularly a cosmetic, including a first container which is surmounted by a first valve capable of moving from a closed position to an open position for dispensing the product, and which defines two compartments which are separated in a leaktight manner by a movable piston. The first compartment contains the product and the second compartment receives a propellent gas capable of pressurizing the product via the movable piston. When the valve is in a closed position, the second compartment is substantially at atmospheric pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Vincent De Laforcade, Pierre-Andre Lasserre
  • Patent number: 6082919
    Abstract: An assembly for the application of a product includes a container (104) which contains a product to be dispensed and is provided with an outlet for the product, and a component (114) for applying the product, which has an application surface (118) and a peripheral edge (122). The component includes a region (126) in communication with the product outlet of the container. The application component comprises a part (127), separate from the application component, which limits the radial diffusion of the product in the application component, this part being located between the region and the peripheral edge of the application component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Vincent de Laforcade
  • Patent number: 6077579
    Abstract: A container for a product of a liquid-to-pasty consistency, having at least one longitudinal strip which is of a color and/or appearance different from a color and/or appearance of a remainder of the container and which is delimited by two lateral edges. The lateral edges of the longitudinal strip or strips are situated substantially within longitudinal grooves so as to conceal any variations of width of the longitudinal strip. The container can be constructed of thermoplastic material in an injection molding device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Vincent De Laforcade
  • Patent number: 6062231
    Abstract: A device (1) for applying a hair product to tresses includes a tip (12) for separating a given tress (21) of a head of hair, rows of teeth (5) capable of being charged with a hair product, the application of the hair product to the separated tress being effected by bringing the tress into application contact at a given point of the tress with the teeth (5) and by displacing the teeth (5) relative to the tress from the given point towards the free end of the tress. A part (3, 13) of the device 1 keeps the tress in application contact with the teeth (5) during the whole of the displacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Vincent De Laforcade
  • Patent number: D426410
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Vincent De Laforcade