Patents by Inventor William Blake SOETERS
William Blake SOETERS 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).
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Patent number: 11766528Abstract: Cartridges have a cartridge body configured to store a formulation, a formulation valve disposed in the cartridge body, and an air valve disposed in the cartridge body. The cartridge is configured to dispense the formulation through the formulation valve when the formulation valve and the air valve are each in an open state, and to not dispense the formulation when the formulation valve and the air valve are in a closed state.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2019Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: L'OrealInventors: Wenzhen Cheng, William Blake Soeters
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Patent number: 11751662Abstract: A palette, such as for providing choices of a makeup includes a base enclosing a drawer. The drawer includes pans within pan compartments. The base has a drawer compartment from which the drawer can slide in and out. The pan is retained in the pan compartment by application of a force that presses on the bottom of the pan, and the top of the pan presses against a frame or lid. The pan is removable from the pan compartment when the drawer is slid out from the base to expose an opening in the pan compartment through which the pan is removed. When the drawer includes a fixed frame on top, the pan can slide out from the front of the drawer, and when the drawer includes lids on top, the pan can be removed from the top as well as the front of the drawer.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: L'OrealInventors: Wenzhen Cheng, Thomas Kearney, William Blake Soeters, Jesse Luis, Nikia Brown
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Patent number: 11751661Abstract: A compact case and a method of making the compact case. The method includes the step of supporting a formulation tray having a depression formed from up an upright wall surrounding a bottom of the tray, and a flange extending outward from the exterior of the wall between a first frame that presses on top of the flange and a second frame that supports the bottom of the flange, wherein a gap separates the bottom of the formulation tray from the top of second frame.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: L'OrealInventors: Wenzhen Cheng, Hadir Osman, Thomas Kearney, William Blake Soeters, Pierre Gardet, Florence Trotet, Laurence Marchand
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Publication number: 20220408898Abstract: A palette, such as for providing choices of a makeup includes a base enclosing a drawer. The drawer includes pans within pan compartments. The base has a drawer compartment from which the drawer can slide in and out. The pan is retained in the pan compartment by application of a force that presses on the bottom of the pan, and the top of the pan presses against a frame or lid. The pan is removable from the pan compartment when the drawer is slid out from the base to expose an opening in the pan compartment through which the pan is removed. When the drawer includes a fixed frame on top, the pan can slide out from the front of the drawer, and when the drawer includes lids on top, the pan can be removed from the top as well as the front of the drawer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2021Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicant: L'OrealInventors: Wenzhen Cheng, Thomas Kearney, William Blake Soeters, Jesse Luis, Nikia Brown
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Publication number: 20220346522Abstract: A compact case and a method of making the compact case. The method includes the step of supporting a formulation tray having a depression formed from up an upright wall surrounding a bottom of the tray, and a flange extending outward from the exterior of the wall between a first frame that presses on top of the flange and a second frame that supports the bottom of the flange, wherein a gap separates the bottom of the formulation tray from the top of second frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2021Publication date: November 3, 2022Inventors: Wenzhen Cheng, Hadir Osman, Thomas Kearney, William Blake Soeters, Pierre Gardet, Florence Trotet, Laurence Marchand
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Publication number: 20210154417Abstract: Cartridges have a cartridge body configured to store a formulation, a formulation valve disposed in the cartridge body, and an air valve disposed in the cartridge body. The cartridge is configured to dispense the formulation through the formulation valve when the formulation valve and the air valve are each in an open state, and to not dispense the formulation when the formulation valve and the air valve are in a closed state.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2019Publication date: May 27, 2021Applicant: L'OrealInventors: Wenzhen Cheng, William Blake Soeters
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Publication number: 20210153622Abstract: Packaging systems include a container having a mouth, a workpiece, and an insert configured to receive the workpiece and to retain the workpiece within the mouth of the container in an axially aligned configuration. The insert has an annular wall with an outer surface that tapers from a first outer diameter proximal a first end thereof to a second outer diameter proximal a second end thereof. The second outer diameter is greater than the first outer diameter, and the first end is configured for insertion into the mouth of the container before the second end.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2019Publication date: May 27, 2021Applicant: L'OrealInventors: William Bickford, Oliver Sha, Wenzhen Cheng, William Blake Soeters
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Patent number: 10894641Abstract: A packaging system includes a base, a lid, a closure structure, and an adhesive deposit. The base has a well. The lid is hingeably connected to the base and has a user input region and a protrusion projecting into the well. The closure structure is configured for releasably retaining the lid in a closed position relative to the base. The adhesive deposit is located within the well and at least partially surrounds the protrusion, and forms a first plurality of adhesive bonds with the well and a second plurality of adhesive bonds with the protrusion. The second plurality of adhesive bonds and the closure structure are configured to exert a combined retention force of at least 20N.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2018Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: L'OREALInventors: Wenzhen Cheng, William Blake Soeters
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Patent number: 10660423Abstract: Described herein is a cosmetic system for applying a cosmetic composition including a cosmetic applicator and a cosmetic composition, where the cosmetic applicator includes a container configured to store the cosmetic composition, an applicator head having a non-linear shape with a proximal end and a distal end, and a slit along an axis of the applicator head, the distal end connected to the container.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2016Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: L'ORÉALInventors: Christine Marie Crane, Anke Hadasch, Zachary John Mahoney, William Blake Soeters, Rolando Gorostiza
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Publication number: 20200095038Abstract: A packaging system includes a base, a lid, a closure structure, and an adhesive deposit. The base has a well. The lid is hingeably connected to the base and has a user input region and a protrusion projecting into the well. The closure structure is configured for releasably retaining the lid in a closed position relative to the base. The adhesive deposit is located within the well and at least partially surrounds the protrusion, and forms a first plurality of adhesive bonds with the well and a second plurality of adhesive bonds with the protrusion. The second plurality of adhesive bonds and the closure structure are configured to exert a combined retention force of at least 20N.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2018Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Wenzhen Cheng, William Blake Soeters
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Publication number: 20190000218Abstract: Discussed herein is a cosmetic system including a cosmetic applicator, and a cosmetic composition. The cosmetic applicator includes a deformable container that stores the cosmetic composition. The applicator includes an applicator head having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the distal end is connected to the deformable container. The applicator also includes a slit along an axis of the applicator head and an interior channel in the applicator head. Further, the applicator includes a flocked brush covering at least a portion of the slit, wherein the flocked brush includes a plurality of fibers, each fiber having a length in a first range of 0.5 millimeters (mm) to 3.0 mm, and a decitex (dtex) value in a second range of 5-50.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2017Publication date: January 3, 2019Applicant: L'OREALInventors: Anke HADASCH, Christine Marie Crane, Noemie Chaillet Piquand, William Blake Soeters, Roloando Gorostiza
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Publication number: 20170258203Abstract: Described herein is a cosmetic system for applying a cosmetic composition including a cosmetic applicator and a cosmetic composition, where the cosmetic applicator includes includes a container configured to store the cosmetic composition, an applicator head having a linear or non-linear shape with a proximal end and a distal end, and a plurality of holes along or around the circumference of the applicator head, the distal end connected to the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2016Publication date: September 14, 2017Applicant: L'ORÉALInventors: Christine Marie CRANE, Anke HADASCH, Mikhail MOTORNOV, William Blake SOETERS, Rolando GOROSTIZA
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Publication number: 20170258202Abstract: Described herein is a cosmetic system for applying a cosmetic composition including a cosmetic applicator and a cosmetic composition, where the cosmetic applicator includes a container configured to store the cosmetic composition, an applicator head having a non-linear shape with a proximal end and a distal end, and a slit along an axis of the applicator head, the distal end connected to the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2016Publication date: September 14, 2017Applicant: L'ORÉALInventors: Christine Marie CRANE, Anke HADASCH, Zachary John MAHONEY, William Blake SOETERS, Rolando GOROSTIZA