Shaped Cosmetic Applier Patents (Class 132/320)
  • Patent number: 9456966
    Abstract: A sunscreen composition comprised of one or more sunscreen active agents encapsulated in a cellulose derived capsule wherein the composition can contain one or more additional agents. A sunscreen composition can be mixed with a bodywash, shampoo, conditioner, lotion, gel, soap, cream, hand sanitizer, spray or mousse and can be used by an individual during their normal hygiene processes, such as during a shower or bath or while applying a body product to their skin or hair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: CoLabs International Corporation
    Inventor: Laura E. Cohen
  • Patent number: 9399235
    Abstract: This casing device (22) comprises a member (34) for actuating dispensing of cosmetic product, and a protective band (36). The device (22) comprises an intermediate locking member (38) arranged between the band (36) and the actuating member (34), the intermediate member (38) being suitable for moving between a position for locking the actuating member (34) in an idle position and a position for releasing the actuating member (34), when switching the band (36) between a protective configuration and an operating configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Lionel Drugeon, Jean-Marc Lebrand
  • Patent number: 9332819
    Abstract: This applicator comprises an application surface (16), the application surface (16) having a central region (22) and a peripheral contour line (24) analogous to the contour of the lips of a human being. The central region (22) and the peripheral line (24) being intended to receive the cosmetic product. The peripheral line (24) comprises preferred means (26) for application of the cosmetic product on the lips of the user for applying, opposite the peripheral line (24), a surface mass of cosmetic product that is greater than the surface mass applied opposite the central region (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Henri Samain, Franck Giron, Chrystele Gevrey
  • Patent number: 9113692
    Abstract: A cosmetic applicator and method of manufacturing same, wherein the cosmetic applicator is formed of a substrate and an application element comprising one or more application areas that are cohesively maintained on the substrate in a gapless, side-by-side formation in the presence of wet and/or dry binders. The substrate is subjected to a wetting agent that provides a better bind for the cosmetic slurries as they are printed onto their respective application area. The cosmetic compositions of each cosmetic application area may be different. Various cosmetic effects may be provided to end-users in a portable application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Avon Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Raheel Khan, Leona G. Fleissman, Catholyn T. Griffiths
  • Patent number: 9111132
    Abstract: An image processing device that identifies a characteristic of a lip from a face image including a mouth of a person has a representative skin color determination unit that determines a representative color of a skin in the face image, a candidate color determination unit that sets a plurality of regions in the face image such that at least one of the regions contains a part of the lip, and determines representative colors of the regions as candidate colors, and a representative lip color determination unit that determines a representative color of the lip from the plurality of candidate colors, in accordance with a difference in hue and saturation between the representative color of the skin and each candidate color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventor: Hiromatsu Aoki
  • Publication number: 20150114427
    Abstract: A device for applying first and second makeup material to a skin surface as well as a method for applying a first and second makeup material using a device is provided in accordance with the disclosure. The device includes a template body and an absorbent backing attached to the rear side of the template body. The backing is compressible and dimensioned to conform to the contours of a skin surface, such as the area below the eye and proximate the cheek. The template body includes an upper edge which, when contacted with the skin surface, screens adjacent skin surfaces areas. A first makeup material may then be applied above the upper edge while a second makeup material is released to the skin area below the upper edge as the backing is pressed against the skin surface. The template may then be removed and the first and second makeup materials may then be blended together to create a desired ornamental effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventor: Pamela JOHNSON
  • Patent number: 9011394
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sheet structure for application to a region of the human body, including the face, the structure comprising: a colored matrix; a first substrate situated on a first side of the matrix, a first surface of the sheet structure being defined by the first substrate; and a second substrate situated on a second side of the matrix, opposite the first, a second surface of the sheet structure being defined by the second substrate; the first and second substrates having different opacities, and at least one of the first and second substrates having an opacity that is low enough to enable the subjacent colored matrix to show through in such a manner that the first and second surfaces of the matrix appear to be of different colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Jean-Louis Gueret, Montserrat Tugas Casanoves
  • Patent number: 9010342
    Abstract: Synthetic microfiber articles of manufacture and methods for use in consumer applications for absorbing liquids and cleaning surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Inventor: Nailah Orr
  • Publication number: 20150093173
    Abstract: A packaging system for a cosmetic product is disclosed. The system includes a reservoir for holding a cosmetic product. The reservoir defines an open end of the reservoir and a closed end opposite the open end of the reservoir. The system further includes a casing positioned at least partially over the reservoir, wherein at least a portion of the casing is transparent for observing the reservoir through the casing, and wherein a size and/or shape of the reservoir as observed through the casing appears different than an actual size and/or shape of the reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Zachary Mahoney, Wenzhen Cheng, Anthony Drouin, Thomas Kearney, Ludovic LeCaro
  • Publication number: 20150059800
    Abstract: A transfer device is provided for transferring, to an adherend, a thin-film to which a functional material adheres, the transfer device including a plurality of rollers for providing a rotating function, and an endless belt installed on the plurality of rollers, wherein, on the endless belt, the transfer device retains the thin-film with a surface of the thin-film to which the functional material adheres being in contact with the endless belt, and the transfer device transfers the thin-film to the adherend so that a surface opposite a surface of the thin-film to which the functional material adheres is in contact with the adherend. This configuration allows an ultrathin thin-film to be simply transferred to the adherend such as a human body without damage to the thin-film, the thin-film having the adhered functional material and requiring careful handling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: MASAYO SHINODA, TOMOKI MASUDA, HARUKA KUSUKAME, MITSURU HARADA
  • Patent number: 8957116
    Abstract: To provide a solution for forming a double eyelid which enables extremely easy formation of a natural and ideal double eyelid without giving a displeased feeling or an uncomfortable feeling to a user, and a method for forming a double eyelid using the solution for forming a double eyelid. A solution for forming a double eyelid 1 according to the present invention is formed by dissolving, into a solvent having volatility, a fibrous material which forms a film 1a onto a skin 5a of an eyelid 5 and shrinks with vaporization of the solvent. By applying the solution 1, in a successive-curve form, over an imaginary line I forming a fold 5d of a double eyelid in the eyelid 5 onto which a user want to make a fold and vaporizing the solvent so as to shrink the film 1a, successive concaved groove-like constricted part 5c is formed on the imaginary line I and the fold 5d of a double eyelid along the constricted part 5c is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Inventors: Naoko Iwagaki, Masayuki Kamagata, Jirou Taniyama
  • Publication number: 20150020844
    Abstract: A cosmetic applicator whose application part has an arithmetic average surface roughness Ra of 10 ?m or less is provided, based on a study of the surface roughness of the application part of the cosmetic applicator, to further reduce the amount of cosmetic material accumulating on the surface of the application part, and to more reliably release onto the skin surface the cosmetic material that has been picked up onto the surface of the application part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Muneto Nishimura, Yuko Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 8925135
    Abstract: An implement for the cleaning of areas around the human eye, especially the upper and lower lids and the eye lashes, includes a reusable cleaning implement having at least one low absorbency pad of a soft looped material for cleaning areas adjacent the eye orb wherein the loops of the material capture and remove oils, debris, crusts and cosmetics such as eye liner and mascara. Once laid on a surface, the pad of the article is elevated away from the surface to prevent soiling. The looped material of the pad is cleanable with at least soap and water, and dries rapidly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Inventor: Anthony James Makar
  • Patent number: 8925558
    Abstract: A device for applying first and second makeup material to a skin surface as well as a method for applying a first and second makeup material using a device is provided in accordance with the disclosure. The device includes a template body and an absorbent backing attached to the rear side of the template body. The backing is compressible and dimensioned to conform to the contours of a skin surface, such as the area below the eye and proximate the cheek. The template body includes an upper edge which, when contacted with the skin surface, screens adjacent skin surfaces areas. A first makeup material may then be applied above the upper edge while a second makeup material is released to the skin area below the upper edge as the backing is pressed against the skin surface. The template may then be removed and the first and second makeup materials may then be blended together to create a desired ornamental effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Inventor: Pamela Johnson
  • Patent number: 8914936
    Abstract: To better facilitate the application and removal of make-up on the skin, including on the face, and especially around the eyes, the present invention provides a wiping product having two or more lobes which substantially conform to both the user's finger and the area around the user's eyes. The wiping product is not secured to the user's finger or worn like a glove, but rather is simply supported by one or more fingers in use. In this manner, the wiping product is both simple to use and provides excellent application and removal of make-up in often hard to reach areas, such as the recesses of the eyes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Bjoern Niklas Jemsby, Jason Robert Boon, Nadeem Haidary, Jereme Nathanial Dumm, Jonathan Adam Dien, Scott Adam Ternovits, Jennifer Lee Schiffman, Pooja Ghanshyam Merai
  • Publication number: 20140360529
    Abstract: A cosmetic application tool is provided which includes an applying portion attached and integrated with a leading end portion of a brush shaft. The applying portion includes a flat, plate-shaped portion surrounded by a hollow, skirt-shaped portion at its distal end. When the brush shaft is drawn out of a cosmetic container, the skirt-shaped hollow portion of the applying portion is flattened by a wiper provided in a surrounding manner within the cosmetic container, so that some of the liquid cosmetic that has been pooled in the skirt-shaped hollow portion is pushed out over the flat plate-shaped portion while some is retained in the skirt-shaped hollow portion of the applying portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: SINWA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hironori Aso
  • Publication number: 20140360528
    Abstract: A dispensable eyeliner to facilitate applying eye makeup, where the dispensable eyeliner includes a twistable base to dispense the eyeliner onto a curve tipped applicator. Due to its shape, the curved tip applicator may be pressed against a user's lash line to apply an even line above the lashes. The curved tip applicator may create a thin or thick line depending on which side of the applicator used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventor: Leana Alshaibi
  • Patent number: 8899242
    Abstract: An eye make-up application machine is provided, which includes a cosmetics provider in an eyeshade. The control device can control the cosmetics provider to move to a make-up application utility into position in order to spray or apply cosmetic materials to a contour corresponding to a human eye. Thus, the invention can provide an automatic make-up application utility for variously and accurately carrying out a makeup-application on eyes selected or emulated by one or more users. An eye contour image in the invention can be provided by an internal or external storage device or image recognition device. A plurality of makeup-application profiles can be provided by an internal or external storage device or be edited by the user as an option.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Zong Jing Investment, Inc.
    Inventor: Charlene Hsueh-Ling Wong
  • Publication number: 20140345639
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for making up the skin, including the step that consists in forming, on a deposit of a foundation composition applied to the skin, a discontinuous deposit of islets of corrective composition and/or a deposit of corrective composition including visible substances that give it an inhomogeneous appearance, said corrective composition having optical properties that locally modify the appearance of the makeup so as to create a pattern reproducing the appearance of skin relief and/or colour heterogeneities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Henri Samain, Franck Giron, Guillaume Cassin, Véronique Ferrari
  • Patent number: 8893732
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a makeup puff apparatus. A puff is coupled in such a way so as to be freely movable, and is very efficiently designed to have functionality including flexibility, elasticity and a restoring force, thus ensuring durability resulting from firm coupling and enabling reliable operation, and thereby considerably increasing the ease and convenience of use. Particularly, the apparatus enables flexible motion and adjustment of the puff in conformity with a variation in angle on a touch portion when the apparatus is in use, thus continuously maintaining a soft touch sensation of the puff, and allows the apparatus to be immediately restored to its original state, thus preventing the angle of the puff from deviating from a predetermined angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignees: Hichen Co., Ltd., Corea Puff Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Min Seok Kim
  • Patent number: 8894314
    Abstract: A device for the application of a gel or solid substance to a human body surface is disclosed. The apparatus is comprised of an applicator portion to which gel or solid deodorant is secured and which is coupled to a handle portion. The applicator portion is sized to accommodate a single application of deodorant in a compact format while the handle portion is sized to be grasped between the fingers and thumb of the human hand. The handle portion comprises a moveable connecting point allowing the handle portion to traverse between a storage position and a gripping position during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Inventors: Richard P. Morrow, Patrick Birde
  • Patent number: 8893731
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a container system. More particularly the invention relates to the container system for storing at least two products of same or different type/color, and at least one applicator. The container system of the present invention is configured to comprise at least two receptacles for storing the products, and substantially abutting each other and at least one applicator configured to pick up the products stored in the receptacles simultaneously. The invention also relates to the container system for holding consumer products such as cosmetic or care products and is aimed at providing single or multiple makeup effects on the skin, face, lips, eyes and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Zen Design Solutions Limited
    Inventors: Leo Clifford Pires, Roger Hwang, Swati Kharbanda, Iti Seth, Rajesh Deswal
  • Publication number: 20140332027
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cosmetic applicator that may include a handle and a polyhedral applicator coupled to the handle. The applicator may comprise a first gradient, a second gradient, and a peak where the first gradient adjoins to the second gradient. In some embodiments, the first gradient may have dimensions substantially similar to those of the second gradient so that the polyhedral applicator is symmetrical about a longitudinal axis of the implement. In other embodiments the first gradient may have dimensions substantially different than those of the second gradient so that the polyhedral applicator is asymmetrical about the longitudinal axis of the implement. In some examples, the cosmetic implement may be configured to apply a cosmetic product, such as eye shadow, to a first surface and a second surface simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: HCT Group Holdings Limited
    Inventor: Cindy Sean Yuei Lim
  • Publication number: 20140331422
    Abstract: A cosmetic applicator includes a handle having a distal end and a proximal end and a head, configured for application of one or more cosmetic products to a surface, attached to the proximal end of the handle. The head comprises a plurality of portions wherein at least one portion comprises a brush and at least one portion comprises a paddle or other application member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: HCT Group Holdings Limited
    Inventor: Cindy Sean Yuei Lim
  • Patent number: 8844543
    Abstract: A dual-ended applicator is provided. The applicator includes a handle, a first roller having a broad concave surface at one end of the handle, and a second, ball-like roller having a convex surface, at the opposite end of the handle. The first roller, having a greater axial length and surface area than does the second roller is intended for applying a cosmetic to broader convex areas of the skin. The second roller, having a lesser axial dimension and surface area as compared with the first roller is intended for distributing a cosmetic to the narrower, concave areas of the skin. The first roller is mounted on the applicator so as to rotate about a fixed axis lateral to the longitudinal axis of the applicator, and will move in straight paths along the skin, in line with the longitudinal axis of the applicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: ELC Management LLC
    Inventors: William R. Bickford, Anne T. Carullo, Herve F. Bouix
  • Patent number: 8826921
    Abstract: The device (1) for creating hair bundle effects to a hair bundle (11) described herein comprises a first portion (10) movably joined to a second portion (20) by means of a connection (30). The second portion (20) is associated with a system (70) for bending a hair bundle (11) within a cavity (12) provided in the first portion (10). The system (70) for bending the hair bundle (11) consists of at least a first fin (71) and of a second fin (72). The free distal edge (712) of the first fin (71) points toward the free distal edge (722) of the second fin (72). The device (1) preferably comprises a first metering layer (81) and more preferably also a second metering layer (82) to achieve evenness during the application of a hair treatment composition (15) to hair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Paul James Smith
  • Patent number: 8826920
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an applicator (1) for applying a hair treatment composition. The applicator (1) comprises a plate (10) and a containment portion (20) movably joined by a connection (30) so that said applicator (1) may alternate between a closed state and an open state. A first fin (50), preferably a first (50) and a second (60) fin, projects from the substantially flat internal surface (101) of the plate (10) and bend the hair strand into the containment portion (20) while the applicator (1) is in use. The hair treatment applicator according to the invention allows for precise, non-messy and even application of a hair treatment composition to the hair, in particular to a hair strand and preferably to a bundle of hair strands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Paul Edmund Baker, Paul James Smith
  • Patent number: 8820333
    Abstract: A device and method for mixing and applying hair coloring chemicals to a user's hair. The device comprises a brush applicator, a first compartment capable of holding the brush applicator, a second compartment containing a first hair coloring chemical, a third compartment containing a second hair coloring chemical, and a membrane. The brush applicator is movable toward the membrane to puncture the membrane and cause the hair coloring chemicals to be mixed together. In another embodiment, the device contains two or more hair coloring chemicals, at least one in at least one receptacle within the device. The device further comprises a cutting member in the form of a cursor, pull-member, rotatable element, or push-member to cut open the receptacle(s) within the device to release and thereby mix the hair coloring chemicals. The device can include an applicator removably attached to the housing to apply the mixed hair coloring chemicals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Inventors: Schatteman Cristophe, Sybrowsky Joshua, Jean Roorcyk
  • Publication number: 20140216497
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cosmetic applicator comprising at least two molded applicator parts that define a portion of an applicator head. The at least two molded applicator parts have a respective first molded surface and a second molded surface defined thereon which meet at an interface defined on an outer surface of the applicator head and at least one projection is formed at the interface. The at least one projection comprises a projection from the first molded surface and a projection from the adjacent second molded surface. The cosmetic applicator of the present invention may be used for cosmetic and care applications such as on skin or on keratinous fibers in the area of mascara application, lash care, nail care, mascara removal, lip application, hair coloring and hair repair etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventors: Leo Clifford Pires, Roger Hwang, Rahul Bose, Manisha Kohli
  • Publication number: 20140216490
    Abstract: An applicator having a concave surface comprising a non-absorbing elastomeric material is effective in topically compositions to minimize the appearance of fine facial hair on women.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: David Edward Wilson, Gordon Gerald Guay, Kazuhiro Yamada, Michiko Takai, Maya Mitsumatsu, Iku Hayashi, Matthew Ehrman
  • Publication number: 20140216496
    Abstract: An efficiency enhancing device for replaceable cosmetic skincare pads includes a main body with a containing space, a motor installed in the main body, a driving platform installed at the top end of the main body and electrically connected to the motor and having first ribs on a surface of the driving platform, a propping platform installed at a position corresponding to the driving platform and having bumps formed on a side corresponding to the first ribs, such that the driving platform can be driven by the motor to drive the propping platform to move up and down, and a carrying platform disposed above the propping platform for installing the skincare pad. The carrying platform moves up and down by the propping platform and the driving platform to touch a user's skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: MICRO BASE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: TUN-YING FANG, YU-DE SU, YUAN-FENG JHANG
  • Patent number: 8794247
    Abstract: The invention relates to an applicator device, in particular for a mascara applicator, having a core from which application organs extend. The applicator device can be produced using a primary forming process in which, at least in some portions, the application organs are disposed in a longitudinal extent in rows, as viewed along a longitudinal axis of the core, and comprise a central axis. The central axis of the application organs have at least one undulation with at least one change of curvature, and the central axis of an application organ lies completely or substantially completely within one plane or spanning a plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: GEKA GmbH
    Inventor: Daniela Kulik
  • Patent number: 8783268
    Abstract: An applicator for combing keratinous fibers, in particular eyelashes and/or eyebrows, and/or for applying a composition on the keratinous fibers, in particular the eyelashes and/or the eyebrows, the applicator including a molded applicator member that includes a core having a longitudinal axis; and teeth extending outwards from the core, at least one tooth extending towards the front and at least one tooth extending towards the rear of the applicator; the core presenting a greatest transverse dimension measured perpendicularly to its longitudinal axis, that is less than or equal to the greatest length of the teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Jean-Louis Gueret
  • Publication number: 20140166041
    Abstract: Brush apparatuses configured to apply cosmetics to human skin. The use of a generally pointed application tip provides for detail, whereas the contoured shape of the spoon-shaped application surface provides for consistent application of cosmetic product over a similarly contoured skin surface. Various sizes and scales are contemplated for various applications, such as for the face, eyes, lips, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: ANISA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: SHANA ALEXANDREA KING
  • Patent number: 8746258
    Abstract: A molded plastic applicator for cosmetics including a plastic panel lying substantially in a mold plane when formed and bent out of the mold plane to surround an extended longitudinal axis when the applicator is assembled. A plurality of openings or projections are formed in or on the panel so as to be oriented substantially in a common pull direction transverse to the mold plane when the panel lies in the mold plane and oriented substantially radially of the longitudinal axis when the panel is bent to surround the axis. A retainer holds the panel, when bent, in surrounding relation to the axis. The panel may be formed as a plurality of free-ended limbs, radiating from a hub through which the longitudinal axis extends, and bent down around the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Albea Services
    Inventors: Michael Malvar, Thomas Jonas
  • Patent number: 8733371
    Abstract: A device for delivering an agent to the skin or the hair or the fur of a recipient. In one form the device has a comb-like extent of tines which are of a carrier material that will melt on contact with skin and thereby deposit an agent that is mixed with the carrier. In other form there is an abrading material in the mixture so as to abrade the skin and thereby allow the agent to be deposited. In the latter case the agent may be an inoculant. The tines may also be placed on a glove so that the agent can be delivered by moving the tines over a selected area to deposit the agent. The device can be in the form of a finger condom having a tine strip. The methods allow delivery of the agent using the various forms of the device and to accomplish various purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Inventor: Jan Rassman
  • Patent number: 8726916
    Abstract: Provided is an interchangeable makeup brush including: a plurality of brush tips fixing a brush; and a brush rod having the brush tip detachably coupled thereto, and being grasped by a hand of a user, wherein the brush tip includes a mounting protruding portion formed at a rear thereof which is inserted and coupled in the brush rod. According to the present invention, a brush tip may be attached and detached to and from a brush rod, enabling convenient use when applying makeup by selecting and mounting a required brush, and allowing only one brush rod to be provided for economical advantage and ease of portability and storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Hyun-Jin Park
    Inventor: Hyun-Jin Park
  • Patent number: 8726914
    Abstract: A compact system for applying a product to a surface including a removable applicator slideably housed in a compact comprising an actuator and a slide-mechanism. In one example, the slide-mechanism is configured to magnetically couple with a magnet in the base of the applicator, and slides the applicator into and out of the compact. By virtue of having a removable applicator, the compact system is portable and convenient, while at the same time the applicator remains clean and intact until a time of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: HCT Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Cindy Sean Yuei Lim, Megan Rene Langdon
  • Patent number: 8726913
    Abstract: The invention relates to an applicator for applying a decorative cosmetic with a flowable consistency from a storage container, such as in particular mascara, comprising an applicator brush equipped with a bristle area consisting of outwardly protruding bristles and/or bristle discs that comprises stationary bristles and/or bristle discs, wherein the bristle area is additionally formed from mobile bristles and/or bristle discs whose base area can be displaced relative to the base area of the stationary bristles or bristle discs in such a way that a free space between the stationary bristles or bristle discs that can be loaded with the cosmetic by dipping the brush into the reservoir can be arbitrarily varied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: GEKA GmbH
    Inventor: Friedrich Weigel
  • Patent number: 8689808
    Abstract: An applicator may include an applicator member including an inorganic material. The applicator member may include a core that is different from a twisted core, and projecting applicator elements extending from the core. The applicator member may further include a stem supporting the applicator member. The stem may include a rigid portion and a flexible portion extending between the applicator member and the rigid portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Jean-Louis H. Gueret
  • Patent number: 8662091
    Abstract: A makeup tool set for a handicapped person. The makeup tool set includes a makeup tool (110), into which a finger is inserted, to apply cosmetics; and a custody case (120) including a seat groove (122) in which the makeup tool (110) is mounted. A hand handicapped person can easily hold a makeup tool to apply color cosmetics for makeup such as eye makeup, lip makeup, and cheek makeup, and can easily keep the makeup tool in the custody.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Amorepacific Corporation
    Inventor: Sin Ju Jang
  • Patent number: 8662089
    Abstract: The nail-cleaning tool 1000 has a body part 100 and the body part 100 has an oil reservoir 80 therein. An abrasive member 10 and a nib 20 are protruded from the body part 100. The nib 20 is connected to the oil reservoir 80 so that oil is supplied to the nib 20 from the oil reservoir 80, and the nib 20 and the abrasive member 10 are aligned to be in contact with each other by their faces along the longitudinal direction of the body part 100.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Beauty Promotions Inc.
    Inventor: Yong Bum Hwang
  • Patent number: 8651117
    Abstract: An applicator used to apply a cosmetic composition to the eyelashes or the eyebrows includes a stem having a distal stem portion extending along a longitudinal axis and further includes a brush extending from the distal stem portion. The brush includes a core supporting bristles. The core extends along a longitudinal axis that is entirely contained within a plane. The core further has a first curve that is concave towards a first side of the core and a second curve, different from the first curve, that is concave towards a second side of the core opposite from the first side of the core. The longitudinal axis of the core crosses the longitudinal axis of the distal stem portion at least once. The core of the brush extends along the longitudinal axis of the core towards a free end of the core without turning back towards the distal stem portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: L'Oreal S.A.
    Inventor: Jean-Louis H. Gueret
  • Patent number: 8646142
    Abstract: A multi-fluid applicator utensil comprising a head assembly having a head section; a face surface; a back surface; and a receiver and a handle assembly having a shank and a gripper. The head assembly is pivotally mounted on the handle assembly with the shank received by the receiver located in the head section. The head assembly comprises a socket. The handle assembly comprises a ball pivotable in the socket. The shank is telescopic providing an extended length of about twelve inches and a retracted length of about 8½ inches. The gripper provides a grippable surface by which a user-applier is able to manipulate the multi-fluid applicator utensil. The multi-fluid applicator utensil comprises injection-molded thermoplastic and is useable by the user-applier to surface-apply the oil, lotion and cream to the bodily skin surface in hard-to-reach locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Inventors: Frank Ferrara, Lyn Ferrara
  • Publication number: 20140037360
    Abstract: A multi-purpose makeup applicator is provided. The applicator includes a handle, a hollow elongated shaft extending longitudinally outward from the handle, a first applicator located within the shaft and a second applicator formed on the shaft. The first applicator comprises an elongated member, affixed to the handle at one end, and an applicator tool affixed to a second, opposite end. The elongated member of the first applicator may be a retractable eyeliner tool for applying cosmetics around the eyes. The second applicator may be coupled to the distal end of the shaft and comprise bristles or bristle fibers extending outwardly from the shaft forming a brush used to apply cosmetics, such as mascara. A twist and slide mechanism may be located in the handle for retracting and/or extending the first applicator. The second applicator can either retract/extend into/out of the elongated shaft or can remain in a permanent extended position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: M.Y.H Ltd
    Inventor: Melanie Yeh Hofmann
  • Patent number: 8640716
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a cosmetic applicator in which a surface of a wide, flat spatula projecting from a shaft includes an application portion formed from flock but the flock does not peel due to friction with a wiping part even after repeated use. In a cosmetic applicator in which electrostatic flocking is implemented on a surface of a spatula formed by forming an application portion in a flat plate shape, forming a root portion in a columnar shape attached to a shaft, and gradually deforming the columnar root portion and the flat application portion from the columnar shape into the plate shape, a projecting portion that projects outward beyond an outer diameter of the shaft is formed on the spatula between the root portion and the application portion, and a part not subjected to flocking is provided between the projecting portion and the root portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Shiseido Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Naomi Shimamura
  • Patent number: 8627831
    Abstract: A cosmetic applicator assembly is shown. The cosmetic applicator assembly includes an applicator head comprising an applicator front portion having at least a first surface, a second surface, and a multiplicity of apertures extending between the first surface and the second surface, at least one applicator component protruding from the at one least aperture and attachable to the applicator front portion, and an applicator back portion fixed to the applicator front portion so as to cover the second surface of the applicator front portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Albea Services
    Inventors: Michel Limongi, Eric Kerman, Osvaldo Uresti, Thomas Clos
  • Patent number: 8622063
    Abstract: A lip substrate applicator kit includes upper and lower applicators adapted to facilitate the application of lip substrates onto the upper and lower lips of a wearer. The lip substrates typically includes an image layer featuring one or more of a variety of colors, graphic designs and text elements. Edges of the applicators may be pre-cut to ensure that the applied substrate presents a symmetrical and clean appearance at the vermillion borders of the wearer's lips. Each applicator includes an adhesive layer, a peel layer and a guide layer. The guide layer has a guide pattern configured to aid a user in trimming excess portions from the applicator generally along a curved pathway, so that the substrate may be customized to fit the lips of the wearer. The kit may include a die cut applicator sheet from which the upper and lower applicators are die cut, suspended and detachable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Violent Lips, LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey Paul Haddad
  • Patent number: 8616223
    Abstract: An applicator for use with an eyelash extension system that has a backbone and a backbone surface configured to be joined with a closure surface. A plurality of eyelash extensions are attached to the backbone. The applicator includes a frame having a first end and a second end spaced laterally from the first end, a rail attached to the frame and extending laterally between the first and second ends, and a cam. The cam has a cam surface configured to contact the backbone of the eyelash extension system to urge the backbone to come into contact with the closure as the cam is moved laterally along the rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Thomas Elliot Rabe, Peter Jonathan Wyatt, Keri Ann Marsh, Matthew Clair Ehrman, Nancy Taylor Dempsey, Megan Mai Morys, Robert Scadding Moir, Peter Paul Beentje, Kate Reeves
  • Publication number: 20130343799
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to an eyeliner. More particularly, the invention encompasses a hygienic cosmetic eyeliner applicator. The present invention is also directed to a hygienic cosmetic eyeliner applicator with an arcuate or curved or crescented applicator tip. The hygienic cosmetic eyeliner applicator also has means for removing and inserting the arcuate applicator tip to the shaft or handle. The inventive hygienic cosmetic eyeliner applicator with an arcuate applicator tip can be housed in a container, and wherein the container could contain eyeliner related contents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventor: Diane Marie Mitchell