Including Cosmetic Applicator Patents (Class 132/317)
  • Patent number: 6568529
    Abstract: To address the deficiencies of the prior art, the present invention provides a nestable cosmetic package assembly. The nestable package assembly includes at least two cosmetic-containing portions that may be interconnected to provide a convenient, portable, and economical package for cosmetics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Inventor: Stefani McMurrey
  • Publication number: 20030075199
    Abstract: The invention relates to a container (9) for cosmetic products in general constituted by an extractable cartridge (1), by an outer body (3), and by a cap (5). Removable locking means (8) are provided between cartridge and outer body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventors: Luciano Bertazza, Elio Davoli
  • Publication number: 20030077102
    Abstract: An article may comprise a hollow body made of a composite material element comprising a deformable layer and a stretchable covering attached to the deformable layer. The hollow body may have an axial dimension that is not less than a maximum transverse dimension. Also, the hollow body may be associated with a cosmetic product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventor: Laure Bourjal
  • Patent number: 6543458
    Abstract: A cosmetic container serves both as a container for containing a liquid cosmetic and a stick type cosmetic material container for housing a stick type cosmetic material in such a manner that the stick type cosmetic material can be fed out. Thus, a container body in which a liquid cosmetic is filled is spirally engaged with a junction tool which freely opens and closes the container body. A stick type pivot which is inserted in the container body and has an applicator is fixed to the junction tool. A front cylinder is rotatably connected to the junction tool. A feeding mechanism for moving in an axial direction a rod, which retains the stick type cosmetic material to be slidably inserted in the front cylinder, by rotations of the junction tool and the front cylinder is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Suzuno Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Atsushi Ohba
  • Patent number: 6539950
    Abstract: An applicator, applicator system and method of using an applicator for applying a product to the eyelashes include an application element disposed on an end of a stem. The application element includes at least one row of consecutive teeth alternately disposed at least partially on opposite sides of a geometric separation surface. The consecutive teeth have portions substantially contiguous with one another. Interstices, such as V-shaped notches, are defined by consecutive teeth above the substantially contiguous portions. Three consecutive teeth define a volume configured to contain the product to be applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: L'Oreal S.A.
    Inventor: Jean-Louis H. Gueret
  • Patent number: 6532967
    Abstract: In a mascara brush comprising a core of intertwisted wire sections, between which a plurality of bristles is fixed in place, standing out from the core, a free end of the core, which is not trimmed with bristles, being joined to a stem, it is provided, with a view to obtaining optimal application properties, that the core has a wavy configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: georg karl geka-brush GmbH
    Inventor: Norbert Dumler
  • Patent number: 6526992
    Abstract: A cosmetic sampler comprising a body and at least one applicator tip attached to the body, the applicator tip comprising an applicator surface and flocking. The flocking provides a surface that can receive a cosmetic product in an amount sufficient for one or two applications. Preferably, the individual bodies are stackable, the individual applicator tips are stackable and/or the assembled samplers are stackable. Optionally, a closure that covers the applicator tip and attaches to the body is included. The closure may provide either an ordinary or an airtight seal. Also, a method of making the cosmetic sampler comprising the steps of fabricating a hollow body, flocking a thermoformable substrate, thermoforming the flocked substrate into an applicator tip and attaching the applicator tip to the body. Alternatively, the applicator tip may be molded and then flocked and then attached to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Color Access, Inc.
    Inventor: Herve F. Bouix
  • Patent number: 6523548
    Abstract: A cosmetic package has a pouch container insert in an outer shell. The pouch container insert includes all of the elements required to make the cosmetic applicator device functional, i.e., a pouch container defining a product storage chamber, a neck member with a passage to the storage chamber, a cap on the neck member to close the passage and an applicator wand extending from the cap through the passage into the storage chamber. In addition, the neck member includes a flange adapted to connect the pouch container to the package outer shell. The flange has outwardly projecting teeth that engage the outer shell to prevent rotation of the insert with respect to the outer shell. The flange may be modified to adapt it to different outer shells. Thus, the insert is adaptable to outer shells having a variety of different shapes and materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Color Access, Inc.
    Inventors: Herve F. Bouix, Jonathan Thayer
  • Patent number: 6508256
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a foundation-retained cosmetic implement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Inventor: Young Kwang Byun
  • Patent number: 6497235
    Abstract: A mascara dispenser including a container, a cap bearing a mascara brush, a comb retractable within the cap, and an element on the cap pivotally connected to a shaft that projects from the comb lengthwise within the cap. As the element is moved to extend the comb out of the cap, a guide within the cap engages a dogleg portion of the shaft to pivot the comb into an offset position relative to the dispenser, for ease of manipulation and use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Assignee: Henlopen Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Salvatore Dorsa, Volker Schrepf
  • Patent number: 6481445
    Abstract: A mascara brush has bristles that are wider and stiffer than conventional “soft” bristles. The brush has a central core formed from a pair of twisted wire segments. A plurality of radially extending bristles is secured between the pair of twisted wire segments to form a brush portion at an end of the core. The bristles are secured in a quantity of from 4 to 27 bristles per turn of the twisted wire segments. Each of the bristles has a diameter of from 8 mil to 18 mil and is made from a thermoplastic elastomer material having a durometer of between 62D and 82D. Preferably, the bristles have a diameter of 10 mil to 13 mil, are made from an elastomeric polyester material having a durometer of about 72D and are secured in a quantity of from 7-14 bristles per turn. The material from which the bristles are made is softer than the material from which conventional bristles are made to ensure that the bristles will be supple enough to facilitate application and avoid irritation to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: Color Access, Inc.
    Inventor: Loretta A. Miraglia
  • Patent number: 6450178
    Abstract: An interactive mascara applicator (10) comprising: a handle end portion (40); an opposite bristle/brush end portion (80); and a rotating disc (50) positioned about the handle end portion (40) which when moved causes the bristles to change positions with respect to the applicator (10), so that one may hold the handle end portion (40) and move the disc (50) with a single hand to apply mascara.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Inventor: Mary A. Clay
  • Patent number: 6418939
    Abstract: A cosmetic brush is provided to carry a cosmetic powder therein to, protect the brush from the contamination or the wear-down, and prevent the discharge of the powder while the brush is not in use. The cosmetic brush comprises a cylinder containing the cosmetic powder and having discharge holes on one end; a connect cap being coupled with the cylinder and guiding the discharge of the cosmetic powder through the discharge holes; a pressure pump being screw-coupled with the cylinder to make the cosmetic powder move into the brush by its pumping; a guide tube being coupled with the cylinder, the brush moving therein; a sliding tube having the brush inserted therein and being free to rotate with fitting into the guide tube; a discharge pipe being placed into the brush to uniformly supply the cosmetic powder; and a covering cap for detachably covering the sliding tube to protect the brush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Inventor: Young Kwang Byun
  • Patent number: 6413087
    Abstract: An applicator assembly includes an applicator having a tip and a cap initially extending over the tip and detachably connected to the applicator. The applicator includes a flexible portion that can be bent in an arc as the cap is detached from the applicator in order to enhance access to the application site when needed. In preferred embodiments, the tip is supplied with a quantity of composition such as a dental composition, and as a result is especially advantageous for single patient use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Robert W. Petrich, Bruce R. Broyles
  • Patent number: 6397855
    Abstract: In a mascara brush comprising a plurality of bristles which are held between two intertwisted wire sections, it is provided, with a view to obtaining an optimal transfer effect, that at least part of the bristles form loops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Geroge Karl Geka-Brush GmbH
    Inventor: Norbert Dumler
  • Patent number: 6371129
    Abstract: A dispenser for fluid material such as cosmetic materials in the nature of mascara and the like is operative by one hand manipulation. The dispenser includes an internal reservoir for storage of an applicator attached to a post reciprocally received within a sleeve. A slider device is attached to the post having a portion accessible by the user. By one hand manipulation of the slider device, the applicator may be projected from the dispenser for use and retracted for storage. A closure member at one end of the dispenser may be opened and closed by manual manipulation or automatically by coupling to the slider device. Internal seals within the dispenser prevent evaporation of liquid and/or other volatile components of the fluid materials stored within the dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: Revlon Consumer Products Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Nathan Le Bras-Brown, Manhar K. Patel, Leo Clifford Pires, Albert J. Stiso, Jr., James Joseph Thalheimer
  • Patent number: 6371130
    Abstract: A mascara brush has a twisted wire core with radially extending bristles trimmed to a generally cross-sectional triangular shape. The apex is truncated to form an application surface and a feed groove extends inwardly from the base of the triangular shape, opposite the application surface. First and second combing surfaces flank the feed groove. A first side surface joins the first combing surface at a sharp comb edge and joins the application surface at a first application edge. A second side surface joins the second combing surface at a second sharp combing edge and joins the application surface at a second application edge. The application surface may also be rounded. The core may be curved to provide a convex or concave application surface. The various surfaces and edges provide a very versatile mascara brush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: The Bridgeport Metal Goods Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Martin M. Vasas
  • Patent number: 6363948
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cosmetic brush assembly capable of having a cosmetic powder retaining tank on an end thereof and injecting a cosmetic powder from the cosmetic powder retaining tank to a brush by the air pumping operation of an air pumping part, thereby increasing an injection force of the cosmetic powder and adjusting an amount of cosmetic powder injected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Inventor: Man Soo Choi
  • Patent number: 6343608
    Abstract: A device (1) for making up, or for a care treatment, of the user's lips (L) includes a support (2) at least a portion of which can be impregnated by a pulverulent or liquid-to-pasty product (P). The support (2) has a flattened shape and has at least one application surface (4, 6) capable of coming into contact with at least one of the user's lips, the portion impregnated with the product being capable of elastic deformation by compression of the surfaces by the lips and of assuming their shape, so that a transfer of the product to the lips is effected during the compression of the support between the user's lips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2002
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Jean-Louis H. Gueret
  • Patent number: 6325071
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dual bladed mascara application system having a dual bladed mascara applicator which is received in a cylindrical product container. A bottom blade has a channel formed adjacent a front edge thereof for receiving mascara. A top blade has a deflector rib positioned opposite the channel. The bottom blade can include teeth on the front edge. A wiper has a disc shape with two apertures to accept the applicator blades. A wiper housing receives the wiper and is rotatable in the product container. After use, the wiper housing can be locked to the product container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: G.H.B. Enterprises
    Inventor: John Butcher
  • Publication number: 20010045217
    Abstract: An aerosol apparatus for applying health or beauty products to selected portions of a person's body. The apparatus is suitable for general use but provides major benefits to physically disadvantaged persons, such as elderly, arthritic, amputee, paralytic and bedridden persons who are unable to care for their hygienic, health and grooming needs. The apparatus is suitable for use in residences, hospitals, nursing homes, at the beach and while traveling. The apparatus is comprised of a replaceable aerosol cartridge, a slender elongated tubular member having an inlet portion operatively connected to the cartridge, and an applicator attached to an outlet portion of the tubular member. The applicator can be rotatable about three mutually perpendicular axes for applying health and beauty products to difficult to reach body areas. The elongated tube may be extensible to provide further utility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2001
    Publication date: November 29, 2001
    Inventors: Joseph J. Berke, Charles T. Michael
  • Patent number: 6314967
    Abstract: This invention relates to a brush conventionally based on a metal wire (1) folded on itself and twisted in a spiral to form an attachment core (6) for fiber tufts forming the brush itself, the main characteristics being that it includes two types of fibers, namely plastic fibers (4) for example made of nylon, and vegetable fibers (5) for example made of cotton, linen or the like. The tufts of both types fibers (4-5) are laid out alternately such that the vegetable fibers (5) “stock” the makeup product, thus facilitating impregnation of the plastic fibers (4) when these plastic fibers come into contact with the user's eyelashes, making it possible to apply the mascara in a single pass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: Techpack Espana, S.L.
    Inventor: Luis Castells Ribas
  • Patent number: 6312181
    Abstract: A disposable make-up applicator comprising at least one layer of a porous, flexible material, where at least one part of a first face is impregnated with at least one slakable make-up product, and having a second face, opposite the first, which is covered with an impermeable film. The first face has at least one peripheral portion zone, which is not impregnated with the make-up product, and serves as a zone for gripping the applicator and/or a zone for shading off the product when applied by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Gérard Joulia
  • Patent number: 6298863
    Abstract: A cosmetic case comprises a body having a hollow portion formed at an upper portion thereof for containing a certain amount of cosmetic material and a brush storage hole formed inwardly at a lower portion thereof for storing a brush; a cover hinged at one side on the upper portion of the body to open and shut the body, the cover having a transparent window located at the center thereof for displaying the inside of the body containing the cosmetic material and a grip insertion groove formed at the other side of the cover opposed to the hinged portion; and a brush having a protective cap for wrapping and protecting a hair part and a grip part, the protective cap moving back and forth wrapping the hair part and the grip part, the brush being stored in the brush storage hole of the body and collapsed at a portion thereof, the collapsed end of the brush being forcedly inserted into the grip insertion groove of the cover to couple the cover and the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Inventor: Young Kwang Byun
  • Patent number: 6298864
    Abstract: A device for forming a peel-off film in situ includes a film-forming composition, a receptacle containing the composition, an applicator including an applicator element, and a wiper member inside the receptacle. The applicator element and the wiper member are organized in such a manner that, after wiping, and on being moved in contact with the skin, the applicator element leaves a film of film-forming composition which, once dry, can be peeled off and has a density per unit mass that preferably lies in the range 1 mg/cm2 to 15 mg/cm2. The film-forming composition preferably includes at least one active substance for cosmetic and/or pharmaceutical treatment of the skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Jean-Louis Gueret
  • Patent number: 6295994
    Abstract: A mascara applicator is disclosed that comprises a conventional twisted wire core brush with a plurality of radially extending bristles regularly disposed in a first orientation. A cylindrically configured helix is twisted onto the brush around the wire core such that the brush bristles extend radially between successive loops of the helix. The helix moves at least some of the bristles to a second orientation such that one or more characteristics of the brush may be altered. Characteristics of the original brush that may be altered include mascara retention, mascara application and combing characteristics, as well as the appearance of the brush. The dimensions of the helix, the pitch of the helix and the thickness of the helix body are each pre-selected to yield the desired characteristics in the finished brush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: Color Access, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Thayer, Herve F. Bouix
  • Patent number: 6289902
    Abstract: The process according to the invention comprises twisting a plastically deformable wire, typically of metal, so that it imprisons fibers within it, with the parts of the fibers projecting from the wire forming bristles in a helicoidal spiral, and of shaving off some of the bristles in predefined angular sectors by using the twisted wire to guide the components causing the total or partial ablation of the bristles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: Coty S.A.
    Inventor: Jean-Louis Mathiez
  • Patent number: 6279583
    Abstract: A mascara brush is disclosed that has a twisted wire core supporting a plurality of regularly disposed radially extending short and long bristles. The tips of the long bristles define an outer envelope of the brush. The short and long bristles are interspersed such that tips of the short bristles form a layer spaced inwardly from the outer envelope. The brush can be made without regard to bristle stiffness. Because the brush can be made without regard to bristle stiffness, the short bristles can have a degree of flexibility for a given length that is equal to or greater than a degree of flexibility for a given length of the long bristles. The brush is made by first forming a brush blank. The brush blank is made by providing a plurality of bristles of substantially equal length between a pair of parallel wire segments. The wire segments are initially twisted sufficiently to secure the bristles for subsequent steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Color Access, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles P. Neuner
  • Patent number: 6269821
    Abstract: An aerosol apparatus for applying health or beauty products to selected portions of a person's body. The apparatus is suitable for general use but provides major benefits to physically disadvantaged persons, such as elderly, arthritic, amputee, paralytic and bedridden persons who are unable to care for their hygienic, health and grooming needs. The apparatus is suitable for use in residences, hospitals, nursing homes, at the beach and while traveling. The apparatus is comprised of a replaceable aerosol cartridge, a slender elongated tubular member having an inlet portion operatively connected to the cartridge, and an applicator attached to an outlet portion of the tubular member. The applicator can be rotatable about three mutually perpendicular axes for applying health and beauty products to difficult to reach body areas. The elongated tube may be extensible to provide further utility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Inventors: Joseph J. Berke, Charles T. Michael
  • Publication number: 20010010227
    Abstract: In a mascara brush comprising a multiplicity of bristles fixed between two helically twisted wire segments, with bristles or tufts of bristles with varying radial lengths extending from the wire core formed by the helically twisted wires, provision is made for the tips of tie shorter bristles to be located essentially on a nearly rotation-symmetrical, especially cylindrical, inner envelope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2001
    Publication date: August 2, 2001
    Inventor: Norbert Dumler
  • Patent number: 6237609
    Abstract: A mascara brush has a wire core securing bristles extending radially therefrom. The bristles are trimmed to define applicator bristles and bristles extending in a longitudinal profile comb deployed along the core, the profile comb being longer than the applicator bristles. The core is curved in a plane passing through the profile comb whereby bristles extending from the convex side of the curved core diverge and bristles extending from the concave side of the curved core converge. The profile comb has a flat comb surface extending across its width, and the comb surface longitudinally curves to generally conform to eyelashes. For applying quick drying building or curling mascara, the profile comb extends from the concave side of the curved core. For applying heavier defining mascaras, the profile comb extends from the convex side of the core. The brush has bristles along one inch of its length, the bristles being secured in approximately sixteen turns of the brush at a density of 45 to 65 bristles per turn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: The Bridgeport Metal Goods Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Martin M. Vasas
  • Patent number: 6234181
    Abstract: The rouge powder brush structure which can be more simply used and conveniently carried. The rouge powder is contained inside the rouge powder brush so that it is no more necessary to carry a rouge cake case outdoors. The rouge powder brush structure including an upper fitting cap, a press key cap, a linking key cap, a large spring, an upper ventilating sleeve, a stopper block, a ball valve, a small spring, a lower ventilating sleeve, a receiving barrel, a movable binding collar, a locking sleeve and a cap body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: Jia Hsing Enterprises Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kun-Lan Lou
  • Patent number: 6227737
    Abstract: An applicator for applying a fluid to a surface includes an applicator tip element (5) connected to the end of a substantially rigid stem (1) by a part (3) capable of flexing resiliently as the applicator tip element is stroked across a surface. The application element is conveniently formed as a pad or a molded member of porous material e.g. foam, which can be attached in various ways, e.g. by of adhesive, heat welding or mechanical fixing, to the resiliently flexible connection part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventor: Mark Roger Lightfoot
  • Patent number: 6220254
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for packaging and applying a substance that is a liquid, a semiliquid, or a powder, in particular a cosmetic product, the device comprising a receptacle that is open at one end, that is suitable for containing the substance, an applicator including at one end an applicator element and at its other end a handle element, and a link member interconnecting the applicator element and the handle element, the device further comprising a wiper member constituted at least in part by an elastically deformable porous material. The applicator element, the handle element, and the link member are not in alignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Jean-Louis Gueret
  • Patent number: 6220255
    Abstract: In a method for the manufacture of filler sticks for cosmetic sticks or the like, the filler stick being cast in a casing which is inserted in a mold, and the liquid casting compound rigidifying in the casing and in the mold, respectively, it is provided that the casing is housed in the holder at least with its lower end at an acute angle relative to the horizontal, that it can be filled from the free opposite end, the front of the lower end of the casing being followed by a closing portion, and the air displaced upon casting escaping through a vent, which extends outwards in the vicinity of the upper side of the lower front of the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Nele Kosmetik GmbH
    Inventor: Matthias Hempel
  • Patent number: 6154914
    Abstract: A cosmetic applicator and a process for producing the same are disclosed. The cosmetic applicator according to the present invention comprises a pair of components each comprising a cloth material used for coating cosmetics and a core material which is wrapped with the cloth material from the front surface side to the back surface side of the core material, and a welding sheet arranged at a joining portion of the two components which are arranged to face the respective back surfaces in order to join the back surfaces of the two components with each other, wherein the cloth material at the back surface side of the core material is folded at a predetermined size in the site excluding the central portion of the core material to form a folding face, and an excess endface inside the peripheral edge of the folding face is subjected to drawing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Tokyo Puff Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Suzuki, Takeshi Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 6145514
    Abstract: An interactive mascara applicator (10) comprising: a handle end portion (40); an opposite bristle/brush end portion (80); and a rotating disc (50) positioned about the handle end portion (40) which when moved causes the bristles to change positions with respect to the applicator (10), so that one may hold the handle end portion (40) and move the disc (50) with a single hand to apply mascara.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Inventor: Mary A. Clay
  • 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: 6079423
    Abstract: A binding yarn is wound at a portion on the inner periphery of an applicator pad adhered to a stick corresponding to a cutaway groove, where the applicator pad is bound to the core portion of the stick while being bitten into the cutaway groove. Then, a heating head is applied to a certain portion of the binding yarn wound around the applicator pad, to heat it at a predetermined temperature and fuse it. Thereafter, the binding yarn delivered from the tip of a rotary arm is heated and cut to be separated therefrom. The makeup applicator is thus accomplished. Therefore, the present invention provides such a makeup applicator and a method of producing the same, which ensures that the applicator pad is attached to the stick, with a resistance of a long-term use, and with an enhanced sanitary capability and high safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Tokyo Puff Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akio Suzuki
  • Patent number: 6076534
    Abstract: A device (1) for making up, or for a care treatment, of the user's lips (L) includes a support (2) at least a portion of which can be impregnated by a pulverulent or liquid-to-pasty product (P). The support (2) has a flattened shape and has at least one application surface (4, 6) capable of coming into contact with at least one of the user's lips, the portion impregnated with the product being capable of elastic deformation by compression of the surfaces by the lips and of assuming their shape, so that a transfer of the product to the lips is effected during the compression of the support between the user's lips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Jean-Louis H. Gueret
  • Patent number: 6070598
    Abstract: A device for making up the lips or the eyelids, the device comprising a container containing the cosmetic to be applied, an applicator including an applicator element, and a wiper member through which the applicator element is extracted from the container. At least while the applicator element is passing through the wiper member, the applicator element and the wiper member present sections that are different so that the wiper member does not come into wiping contact with all of the side surface of the applicator element, and some cosmetic remains thereon after it has passed through the wiper member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Jean-Louis Gueret
  • Patent number: 6062235
    Abstract: A cosmetic sampler comprising an elongated base formed from a sheet with a top portion and a bottom portion. The top portion has an applicator portion and a discard portion separable from the applicator portion. The discard portion has a first hinge therethrough at a midpoint thereof and perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the base and a second hinge therethrough where the top portion connects to the bottom portion. There is a cosmetic product disposed on a part of the applicator portion and a transparent protective layer disposed over the top portion of the base. An adhesive attaches the protective layer to the base, covering the discard layer above the first hinge and only partially covering the discard layer between the first hinge and the second hinge, so that the protective layer is easily lifted off of the base below the first hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Cosmetic Sampling Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas J. Renna
  • Patent number: 6062234
    Abstract: The present invention includes an applicator device that comprises a first sheet with a bottom surface and a top surface. A cosmetic portion is positioned on the top surface of the first sheet. The applicator device also includes a second sheet that comprises a bottom surface facing the top surface of the first sheet and the cosmetic portion. A plurality of fibers is positioned on either the top surface of the second sheet or the bottom surface of the second sheet or both. An adhesive adheres the first sheet to the second sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Coty Inc.
    Inventors: Sylvie A. Finocchiaro, Jacques A. Gerbron
  • Patent number: 6053184
    Abstract: An improved applicator for medicinal, therapeutic, pharmaceutical, and/or cosmetic preparations comprising an applicator head having a foam applicator head, a flexible tubular reservoir for storing the preparation, and a cap to seal off the applicator end of the applicator head. The foam having one or more slits which form communication passageways between the reservoir and the applicator head and which are compressed by the cap to prevent migration of air from the exterior into the reservoir and passage of preparation from the reservoir to the applicator head when the cap is seated on the applicator head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: Handsfree Applicators, Inc.
    Inventor: Adam R. DeVone
  • Patent number: 6050273
    Abstract: A brush includes a mascara applicator and a stem with a grip, the stem having first and second ends substantially aligned with each other along a common axis, and an intermediate non-rectilinear portion connecting the first and second ends, the intermediate non-rectilinear portion having an offset shape protruding in a first direction from the common axis, the mascara applicator being attached to the first end and protruding from the common axis in a second direction substantially opposite the first direction, and the grip being attached to the second end of the stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: Lvmh Recherche
    Inventor: Francois Lhuisset
  • Patent number: 6039053
    Abstract: A cosmetic applicator includes a body adapted for grasping by a user having a base with at least three walls extending upwardly therefrom. Each side presents a purchase surface for receiving one of the fingers of a user. The walls converge to form a top section of the handle. An applicator is releasably attached to the top section of the handle for receiving a cosmetic material thereon. The applicator includes a base having at least three sides with a face extending upwardly from each side of the applicator base. The applicator faces converge to form an applicator top, each face being generally parallel to a respective corresponding wall of the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Inventor: Mary Faye Turrentine
  • Patent number: 6039052
    Abstract: A cosmetic brush assembly according to the invention comprises a first hollow cylindrical type casing; a second hollow cylindrical type casing having a smaller length than that of the first casing and slidably accommodating a lower portion of the first casing; a brush member slidably accommodated in the first casing. The brush member has a brush formed at upper end and a plurality of engaging pieces formed at a periphery of lower end thereof. The present invention further comprises a length-variable member having an end fixed to a center of lower surface of said brush member and a cylindrical engaging member fixed to an inner circumference of lower portion of the first casing. The engaging member has a plurality of engaging pieces formed at upper end thereof, the each engaging piece of the engaging member is capable of engaging with the each engaging piece of the brush member respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Inventor: Man Su Choi
  • Patent number: 6035866
    Abstract: A pomade stick applicator having a swiveling pomade advancing and retracting mechanism has a two-part base-cap container and virtually air-tight sealing features. These include an interfering snap fit between the container base and the longitudinally slotted inner body, and a resiliently deformable annular seal between the lower end of the helical internal cam and the inner body. This annular seal is urged into telescoping deformed sealed engagement by the container cap applied by the user. The interior of the cap seals the upper end of the shell fixed to the cam, and also provides an inner skirt interferingly telescoped with the upper end of the inner body, prevening swiveling. These seals enclose the pomade stick, blocking the escape of volatiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: Eyelematic Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent C. Seneco, William Kezema, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6026824
    Abstract: A device (1) for applying a make-up product for keratinous fibers, in particular eyelashes, includes a handle (8) of a substantially flat profile, whose first end (10) carries an applicator element (50) having a free end. The applicator element is formed by a blade (6) defining a unitary structure elastically deformable in a multidirectional mode, and disposed substantially parallel to a plane of the handle. The blade (6) has two main sides (51, 52), the surface of at least one of the sides having reliefs (53) capable of retaining some of the product after a substantial portion of the surface has been brought into contact with the product. The width of the free end, measured along a first direction (X) parallel to the plane, is at least equal to a quarter of the average width of an arc of eyelashes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Jean-Louis H. Gueret
  • Patent number: RE38019
    Abstract: A brush (200) has a straight stem (201) defining a main axis (X—X), a flexible core (202) having a first end integral with the stem and bristles (204) implanted radially in the core. The ends of the bristles define the surface (205) of the brush, this surface having a first face. The intersection of any meridian plane passing through the main axis with the surface of the brush defines two peak lines (207) having a specific curvature. The core is curved, the peak lines (207) are concave and the first face (207.1) is substantially straight and parallel to the main axis (X—X).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Jean-Louis H. Gueret