Straddling Or Encircling Tool During Withdrawal From Supply Patents (Class 401/122)
  • Patent number: 8206049
    Abstract: A packaging item for a cosmetic product includes a receptacle provided with an opening and a plate mounted on the receptacle and carrying at least one wiping member, the wiping member being displaceable in a slot or a port of the plate to occupy different positions in the opening of the receptacle, the positions allowing product to be removed with an applicator from different zones of the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Laure Thiebaut
  • Publication number: 20120148332
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper for wiping off a cosmetics applicator during the withdrawal from its storage container, wherein the wiper forms a substantially rectangular passage, which in the non-stressed state is closed off by two mutually opposing wiper lips that are respectively divided into several bending elements which are elastically deformed when the cosmetics applicator is pushed through and thus clear the way for the applicator to pass through the passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: GEKA GMBH
    Inventors: Helmut STREDAK, Manuela GEUTHER, Erwin SCHUSTER
  • Publication number: 20120128401
    Abstract: A multi-layered wiper for removing a product (e.g., a cosmetic product) from an applicator. The multi-layered wiper comprises a wiping body having a wiping face, an acute wiping tip, and vertical slits, formed of a first material, over-molded to a retention body, formed of another material harder than the first material. By virtue of having a multi-layered wiper comprising a wiping body, formed of a first material, over-molded to a retention body, formed of another material, harder than the first material, the multi-layered wiper is capable of providing exceptional installation characteristics, while simultaneously providing exceptional wiping characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: HCT Asia Ltd
    Inventor: Robert John Wilczynski
  • Publication number: 20120099918
    Abstract: A tube, for example for mascara, has a container equipped with a receptacle, a chamber and a wiping ring, and an applicator including a brush, a cap and an axial rod connecting the brush to the cap, in which the rod ensures closure of the wiping ring, and the ring has an internal diameter adapted to the specifications of the brush. According to the invention, the rod has an annular closure surface with a non-zero radial dimension, and the closure of the wiping ring by the rod is performed by applying the annular closure surface on the ring in an area of mutual contact having a non-zero radial dimension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: CEP TUBES
    Inventor: Gery Bernard Marie Cornil Dambricourt
  • Publication number: 20120093566
    Abstract: A packaging and applicator device for applying a composition on the eyelashes and/or the eyebrows, that includes a container defining an inside space containing the composition and including a wiper member; and an applicator having a longitudinal axis and having an applicator member with a twisted-core brush carrying bristles, there being 5 to 55 bristles per turn, the diameter of the brush lying in the range 6/100 mm to 40/100 mm along at least a fraction of the applicator member, a plurality of bristles carried by this portion coming to within a distance of less than 1.5 mm from the inside surface of the container under the wiper member in a storage position or while the applicator is being withdrawn along the longitudinal axis of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventor: Jean-Louis Gueret
  • Patent number: 8152399
    Abstract: The invention is a device for packaging and applying a product. The device includes a receptacle for containing the product and an applicator including a rod provided at one end with an application element. The receptacle further has a tubular body with a movable piston guided axially in the tubular body wherein the piston has a passage opening for the application element. The applicator includes an axial stop protruding radially relative to the rod and is capable of being in abutment against the piston. The stop can be retracted radially in order to allow it to pass through the passage opening of the piston and includes at least one orifice for the passage of air when the stop is in abutment against the piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Leandre Lasfargues, Nicolas Albisetti
  • Publication number: 20120082503
    Abstract: A cosmetic packaging and applicator device that includes a container having an inside space and a wiper member; an applicator having a core and projecting elements, a portion of the inside periphery of the container under the wiper member occupying a total angular extent of at least 90° at less than 1.5 mm from the applicator member when in its storage position or while being extracted from the container, the applicator member having at least two locations that are spaced apart along the core longitudinal axis by more than 3 mm and at each of which the difference between the greatest transverse dimension of the applicator member at the location and a smallest inside dimension of the container at the level of the location is less than 3 mm; and a preferential passage for flowing the composition along the applicator member while it is being extracted from the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventor: Jean-Louis Gueret
  • Publication number: 20120082502
    Abstract: A cosmetic applicator for applying cosmetic material includes a shaft body, a make-up comb having comb-teeth on an outer peripheral surface of a front end of the shaft body, a make-up applicator housed within the shaft body, a grip portion provided on the shaft body, and an operating portion provided on the grip portion and connected to the make-up applicator. A cosmetic container is provided with the cosmetic applicator and a container main body for accommodating cosmetic material. The make-up applicator is configured to be projected from and housed within the front end of the shaft body due to an operation of the operating unit by a user, thereby make-up by comb or applicator can be applied in a proper manner in accordance with the usage, and risk of adhesion of the cosmetic material is prevented when the make-up is applied by comb, and usability thereof can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: TOKIWA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomonori KOGUCHI
  • Patent number: 8142093
    Abstract: A wiper device for containers of cosmetic products comprises a wiper element (10) to be mounted in a casing (2) of a container (1) for cosmetic products and designed to come into contact with an applicator (6) housed in the casing (2), at least during pulling out of the applicator (6) from the casing (2). The wiper device further comprises means (11) for engagement of the wiper element (10) with the casing (2) and at least one seal (12) to be installed close to an opening (3) of the casing (2) and adapted for abutment against a closing cap (4) of the container (1), to ensure hermetic tightness of the container (1) and avoid escape of the cosmetic product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Brivaplast S.R.L.
    Inventor: Stefano Vanoncini
  • Publication number: 20120039658
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an applicator (2) for combing the eyelashes and/or the eyebrows and/or for applying a composition thereto, the applicator comprising a molded applicator member (8), comprising: a core having a longitudinal axis; and teeth that extend outwards from the core, the majority of the teeth having a length lying in the range 0.5 mm to 1.8 mm; the applicator member (8) having a greatest transverse dimension, measured perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the core, that is strictly less than 6 mm, on at least 70% of the length of the applicator member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventor: Jean-Louis Gueret
  • Publication number: 20120039659
    Abstract: The assembly comprises a system (202) for the packaging and application of a product and a device (200) for protecting said system. The system comprises a receptacle (204) for storing the product, a product applicator (207) capable of being inserted into the receptacle in order to be loaded with product to be applied, and a member (206) for closing the receptacle bearing the applicator. The protective device comprises a cap (230) mounted on the system so as to at least partly cover it and at least one means for releasing the system. The releasing means comprises a means (246) for holding the system relative to the device and a means (250) for actuating the holding means in order to render the holding means inactive and at least partly separate the system and the protective device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventor: Marcel Sanchez
  • Publication number: 20120039660
    Abstract: An applicator-equipped container capable of rubbing off extra contents when extracting the applicator from a container body and of preventing pressure of the inner portion of the container body from excessively increasing when inserting the applicator is provided. The applicator-equipped container includes: a container body that contains contents; an applicator that is inserted in the container body from an inlet of the container body; and an annular wiping piece that is disposed in the container body, and is elastically deformable so that the rod of the applicator is inserted into an inner periphery of the wiping piece is rubbed to and comes into contact with the outer periphery of a rod, wherein a protrusion protruding to the inside of an inner edge of the wiping piece is provided in the inner periphery of the wiping piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuo Suzuki, Satoshi Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 8104985
    Abstract: An applicator dispenser has a container defining a tank with a lateral wall and a neck integral with a wiper. An applicator includes a cap having an outer shell and a threaded insert, and an axial wand fixedly attached to the insert and to an application means. The lateral wall of the tank forms at its upper part a straight skirt. The container has a closure component having an upper part forming the neck, a peripheral part engaging in a sealed way with the straight skirt, and a lower part engaging with the wiper forming a forward axial stop for the wiper. The wiper has a central part forming a swaged wiping part and a lateral part engaging with the lower part of the closure component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Benson S.R.L.
    Inventors: Davide Manici, Paolo Giusti
  • Publication number: 20120014738
    Abstract: An applicator device (10) for storing and applying a substance (20) to be applied, in particular a cosmetic substance, comprising: a container (30) for the substance having a container opening (32), an applicator implement (40), an adjustable stripping element (50) for the applicator implement, which is arranged at least partially in the region of the container opening, and an adjusting device for the action of the stripping means. The adjusting device (70) is formed by an actuating element (60) movable with respect to the stripping element for reversibly changing the stripping element, wherein the position of the actuating element is adjustable with respect to the stripping element by way of the adjusting device, and a crumple zone (34) in the container, by way of which the length of the container can be reversibly changed in the longitudinal direction, wherein the position of the actuating element is adjustable with respect to the stripping element by the change in length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: SCHWAN-STABILO COSMETICS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Thomas Heidenreiter
  • Patent number: 8087842
    Abstract: A multi-compartment, wiper-applicator package comprising a container holding a first formulation, a wiper, initially sealed at both ends and a barbed tool. Within the sealed wiper is a quantity of secondary ingredients that is to be mixed with the first formulation in the container. The barbed tool is able to pierce the top seal, then dislocate the bottom seal, completely separating the bottom seal from the wiper. Thereafter the barbed tool removes the top seal completely, so that, what remains, is a conventional wiper. The barbed tool can be inserted only to a defined depth in the wiper. This prevents the barbed tool from removing the wiper from the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: ELC Management, LLC
    Inventors: Herve F. Bouix, William R. Bickford, Elsa Marie Ovtchinnikoff
  • Patent number: 8079768
    Abstract: An apparatus for delivering paint to a paint roller directly from a paint can with a compartment for holding a paint brush which comprises a housing. A mechanism is for securing the housing to an exterior surface of a cylindrical side wall of the paint can. A roller wiper component is also provided. Another mechanism is for mounting the roller wiper component on the housing to extend over the paint can. After a roller cover of the paint roller is charged with paint contained in the paint can, excessive paint on the roller cover of the paint roller will be removed therefrom by the roller wiper component to safely drip back into the paint can.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Inventor: Thomas McLaughlin
  • Patent number: 8074665
    Abstract: A cosmetics container for storing and applying a cosmetic product is provided. In one embodiment, a cosmetics container includes a container body having an opening and a double walled cavity and a cap wherein the cap accommodates an applicator by way of a biasing means wherein said applicator includes a rod and an applicator element connected to a first end of the rod, and wherein said double walled cavity is closed by the rod when the applicator is mounted on the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Zen Design Solutions Limited
    Inventors: Leo Clifford Pires, Roger Hwang, Iti Seth, Rahul Bose, Koushik Kohli
  • Publication number: 20110299910
    Abstract: According to a first aspect of the invention there is provided a method of manufacturing an applicator and container arrangement comprising moulding an insert from a first material, placing the moulded insert into a mould, moulding an outer structure from a second material over the moulded insert, the second material having limited adhesion to the first material, the outer structure defining a handle portion and a shoulder portion, and having a weakened area between the handle portion and the shoulder portion, providing a body portion in a material compatible with the second material so as to ensure adherence to the shoulder portion of the outer structure, and assembling the outer structure, including the insert, and the body portion. The invention extends to a container and applicator arrangement made in accordance with the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Inventors: Edward Crutchley, Marc Bland, Victor Ramos, Nicholas Thorne
  • Publication number: 20110297174
    Abstract: An applicator for applying a cosmetic composition comprising an applicator element. The applicator element may be elongated along a longitudinal axis. The applicator has a first portion and a second portion separateable from the first portion and capable of moving independently from the first portion along the longitudinal axis. The first and/or second portions of the applicator element include means for holding a charge of cosmetic composition and transferring it to an integument on contact therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: AVON PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Gregory A. Ornoski, Marisol Simard
  • Publication number: 20110293352
    Abstract: A dual type cosmetics case includes a plurality of liquid containing parts and inlets partitioned from each other by a vertical partition wall. A plurality of stems immersed into the respective liquid containing parts are mounted in such a way as to be detachably coupled to the liquid containing parts. Each stem is selectively coupled to a cap and then used. The dual type cosmetics case is advantageous in that different kinds or colors of cosmetic liquids are held in one case, so that a user need not carry or keep several different cosmetics, and thus, especially while traveling, the volume of items which are to be carried by a person can be reduced. Further, costs for purchasing cosmetics can be reduced, so that the cosmetics case is very economical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventor: Tae Jin Kim
  • Publication number: 20110255912
    Abstract: An applicator for a cosmetic product is provided, the applicator comprising a container for storing the cosmetic product, the container defining an opening, a first wiper element coupled to the container, proximate the opening of the container, and an applicator arrangement removably coupled to the container. The applicator arrangement includes a stem having an applicator element at a distal end and a first handle at a proximal end, the applicator element extending into the container for receiving cosmetic product. The applicator arrangement farther includes an elongate hollow tube that is slidable through the first wiper element, the hollow tube haying an opening defined by a rim at a distal end and a second handle at a proximal end, the rim defining a second wiper element, wherein the stem can be slidably accommodated within the hollow tube so that the applicator element of the stem can extend beyond the opening defined by the rim of the hollow tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: ALCAN PACKAGING BEAUTY SERVICES
    Inventor: Patrick Lhoyer
  • Publication number: 20110243639
    Abstract: The present invention is directed toward a cost effective device for storing a fluid material, and controlling the amount of fluid material that will be provided on an applicator for application to a particular surface. The device is comprised of few parts including an outer housing having a first chamber and a second chamber, a fluid insert, an applicator, and an adjustment mechanism. This makes the device cheaper to manufacture, and easy to assemble. The embodiments disclosed can be provided in a pre-assembled form to cosmetic companies and the like seeking to fill a dispenser with their fluid cosmetic products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventor: Frank Francavilla
  • Publication number: 20110222955
    Abstract: An applicator includes a bottle cap with an automatically extending applicator head coupled to a spring. The bottle cap is removably coupled to a bottle having a reservoir for containing a product, such as a cosmetics product or a medicinal product. By virtue of having an automatic extending applicator head, the applicator is capable of extending during application and retracting during storage in a clean and automatic fashion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: HCT Asia Ltd
    Inventor: James Thorpe
  • Patent number: 7979999
    Abstract: A bottle assembly has a bottle for storing a fluid, such as a cosmetic fluid. An applicator for applying the fluid is configured to be insertable and removable from the bottle along a path. A sealing body is configured to seal the bottle. The sealing body has a channel width movable between a first width and a second width. The first width is large enough to accommodate the applicator and the second width is smaller than the first width. The channel is resiliently biased toward the second width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Group One Ltd.
    Inventors: Fredric Goldstein, Robert Murray Barto, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7967519
    Abstract: A device for packaging and applying a substance includes: a receptacle for containing a substance; an applicator including an applicator element; and a wiper member for wiping the applicator element, wherein the wiper member includes a longitudinally split annular portion having a wall including at least one slot extending to a free end of the wiper member, the slot passing through an entire thickness of the wall. The split portion may have, in a plane in which an inside cross-section thereof is at a minimum, an outside cross-section that is greater than a maximum cross-section of the applicator element. The split portion deforms radially outward when the applicator element passes therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Jean-Louis Gueret
  • Publication number: 20110129286
    Abstract: A reservoir and application device including an applicator having a stem and a brush at the end of this stem, the brush presenting a largest transversal dimension between 9 and 14 mm, the brush being at least 30% wider than it is thick in cross section, a reservoir containing the product to be applied, having a wiper member defining a wiper orifice traversed by the brush when it is removed from the reservoir, the diameter of the wiper orifice being between 2.5 and 5.5 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventor: Jean-Louis Gueret
  • Patent number: 7950863
    Abstract: Product applicators that are separable from a product reservoir and that heat a portion of product. A product applicator fitted with an electronic heating element capable of connecting to a low voltage power source. Most of the electric circuitry is incorporated into a circuit subassembly, for example a flexible substrate with printed-on circuit. The preferred heating element is a flexible heater. Heat emanates from the surface of the separable applicator so that the product that is closest to the applicator surface is heated prior to and/or during application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: ELC Management LLC
    Inventors: Herve Bouix, Christophe Jacob
  • Patent number: 7946778
    Abstract: A device for packaging and applying a composition may include: a receptacle configured to contain the composition; an application element configured to apply the composition at least one wiper member configured to wipe the application element; and at least one adjustment member configured to act on the wiper member to modify an inside section of the wiper member. The application element may include a core and projecting elements that extend from the core. The application element may define an envelope surface including at least one cross-section that is off-center relative to the core and/or non-circular. The adjustment member may be movable in turning and/or translation relative to the wiper member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Jean-Louis Gueret
  • Publication number: 20110088713
    Abstract: A mascara applicator includes a main body, a rod and a bottle. The main body defines a receiving space therein. The main body has a power source and a reversible DC motor. The power source electrically connects to the DC motor. The DC motor includes a rotor. At least one counterweight block is disposed on the rotor so that a center of mass of the rotor is offset from the axle. The rod has a first end attached to the axle in a rotational operative relationship and a second end attached with an applicator head. The bottle defines a liquid chamber and an opening. The opening communicates with the liquid chamber, and the rod extending into the liquid chamber through the opening. The rod is sleeved with a gasket, so that the gasket blocks the opening and seals the liquid chamber when the main body is affixed to the bottle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventor: YUN-FA LUO
  • Patent number: 7918619
    Abstract: A packaging and an applicator device may include: a receptacle containing a composition for application; and an applicator for applying the composition contained in the receptacle. The applicator may include: a stem; and an applicator element at one end thereof. The applicator element may project laterally from the stem, and may include at least two branches of plastics material, with at least one of the branches being flocked at least in part. The branches may meet at ends thereof and define between the ends a cavity that is open to the outside via a face of the applicator element that is configured to apply the composition. The cavity may be elongate in shape and may extend along the branches. The branches may be sufficiently rigid to prevent the cavity from deforming substantially between a moment when the applicator element leaves the composition and a moment when the composition is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Jean-Louis Gueret
  • Patent number: 7914220
    Abstract: A vented wiper for a mascara bottle or other packaging and modified filling methods for containers that have vented wipers. During filling of a container, the vented wiper allows air to vent from the container, other than through the interior of the wiper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: ELC Management LLC
    Inventors: Charles P. Neuner, William Bickford
  • Publication number: 20110048448
    Abstract: A cosmetic applicator with disparate material application zones and a backwipe return for permitting the achievement of multiple cosmetic material application effects with a single applicator and for permitting the return of backwiped cosmetic material to a cosmetic bottle. The applicator has a wire core formed from first and second wire segments twisted into a helical configuration to form a plurality of coils. A plurality of radially disposed bristles are retained by the wire core to form a brush head. Multiple distinct bristle zones of different bristle types exhibit distinct material application properties in a single cosmetic applicator. Backwiped cosmetic material can be returned to the cosmetic bottle by a sloped shoulder at a proximal end of an applicator rod in combination with a cosmetic material passageway in a sloped facing surface of a flexible inner ring of a wiper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventor: Raymond P. Legassie
  • Publication number: 20110052304
    Abstract: Receptacle comprising a neck provided with an opening intended for the passage of an applicator head, and a container for liquid product, and a wiping member. The wiping member includes an annular sleeve fitted into the neck and a wiping lip connected to the annular sleeve and capable of allowing the wiping of the applicator head. The wiping lip is fixed immovably to the annular sleeve while being arranged inside the annular sleeve close to the opening and is radially separated from the annular sleeve by an annular space provided with slots opening axially towards the inside of the sleeve and the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: L V M H Recherche
    Inventors: Marc Chevalier, Jean-Francois Tranchant, Myriam Chevalier
  • Publication number: 20110030718
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a packaging and applicator device (1) comprising: -an applicator (3) comprising an applicator element (5) having a length and defining an envelope surface of cross-section that varies, passing through at least one maximum; and -a container (2) containing a composition (P) for application to human keratinous materials, the container defining an internal space containing the composition, the space being of height that is at least twice the length of the applicator element; the maximum cross-section of the envelope surface of the applicator element occupying at least 70% “of the inside section of the internal space of the container containing the composition, at least along a portion of the path over which the applicator element travels while it is being removed from the container, the portion being of height that is at least equal to twice the length of the applicator element, the composition being able to flow relative to the applicator element from a zone located below the app
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2009
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Jean-Louis Gueret
  • Publication number: 20110030716
    Abstract: An electrical mascara brush structure includes a brush body having a chamber to hold an electrical motion component at one end and a brush rod with a brush at the other end. The electrical motion component includes a first shell and a second shell fully enclosing a power supply, a motor with a rotating shaft, and a circuit board. The circuit board includes a power control element and a variable speed control element. The electrical motion component is connected with a rotary unit disposed at the external of the first shell and the second shell. The rotary unit includes external teeth which matches with receiving teeth disposed at an interior of a handle, which can activate the electrical motion component and adjust the speed of the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: JIA HSING ENTERPRISE CO., LTD
    Inventor: KUN-LAN LOU
  • Patent number: 7874754
    Abstract: A drip containing one-piece container for use with a fast curing solvent welding liquid, wherein the container comprises a body, a top, a first and second wall end, and a bottom. The container further comprises a neck, a dauber cap, at least two extensions, and a wiper disposed between the extensions. The dauber cap further comprises a stem extending from the lid and a dauber applicator connected to the stem, wherein the dauber applicator and the stem are stored within the container. The dauber applicator retrieves a portion of the fast curing solvent welding liquid through an openings and the wiper removes portions of the fast curing solvent welding liquid allowing the fast curing solvent welding liquid to fall back into the body of the container and keep the removed portions of the fast curing solvent welding liquid from dripping externally to the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Inventors: James Ammons, Ronald Allan Ammons
  • Patent number: 7854560
    Abstract: An adhesive container for use with a liquid adhesive, wherein the container comprises a body, a bottom, a side wall and a top. The container can include a stem extending from the lid and a dauber applicator connected to the stem, wherein the dauber applicator and the stem are stored within the container. The dauber applicator retrieves a portion of the liquid adhesive through at least one opening and the wiper removes portions of the liquid adhesive allowing the liquid adhesive to fall back into the body of the container and keep the removed portions of the liquid adhesive from dripping externally to the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Inventors: James Ammons, Ronald Allan Ammons
  • Patent number: 7854561
    Abstract: Removable two piece drip containing lids for sealing one or more liquid holding container having a neck and a neck opening are provided. The removable two piece drip containing lid can include a wiper lid portion having a central opening and a cap portion. The wiper lid portion can include a wiper housing for engaging the outside of the neck; an extension secured to an inner portion of the wiper housing; a wiper connected to at least a portion of the extension. The cap portion can be connected to the wiper lid portion. The cap portion can include an applicator cap; a stem connected to the applicator cap and an applicator connected to the stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Inventors: James Ammons, Ronald Allan Ammons
  • Publication number: 20100310296
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an applicator for combing the eyelashes and/or the eyebrows, and/or for applying a cosmetic, makeup, or a care product thereto, the applicator comprising a molded applicator member (8) that comprises: an inner core that is elongate along a longitudinal axis, and comprising opposite first and second portions that each extend along the longitudinal axis; and a plurality of rows of teeth, the rows extending along the longitudinal axis of the applicator member, with first rows and second rows of teeth extending from the first and second portions of the core respectively; at least half of the teeth of at least two consecutive first rows differing from at least half of the teeth of at least two consecutive second rows in thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventor: Jean-Louis Gueret
  • Publication number: 20100310295
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an applicator (2) for combing the eyelashes and/or the eyebrows and/or for applying a composition thereto, the applicator comprising a molded applicator member (8), comprising: an elongate core that extends along a longitudinal axis; and at least three rows of teeth that are connected to the core, the rows extending along the longitudinal axis of the core, having at least one row of long teeth and at least one row of short teeth, the implantation of the rows of teeth, on the core being substantially constant around the core over at least a fraction of the length of the applicator member, and, when the applicator member, wherein at least one row of long teeth is disposed on the core in a manner that is different from a row of short teeth, the two rows differing in at least one of the following ways: the spacing of the teeth in the row; the number of teeth in the row; or the thickness of the teeth measured perpendicularly to their long direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventor: Jean-Louis Gueret
  • Publication number: 20100307529
    Abstract: The part of a cosmetics unit is an applicator in the form of a brush (1). It is implemented as a sandwich injection-molded part consisting of two different plastic component s (9a, 11a). A first inner plastic component (11a) is injected by means of a single joint injection point (14) into a second outer plastic component (9a). The first inner plastic component (11a) and the second outer plastic component (9a) precisely rest against each other everywhere with regard to their contours. A connecting area is formed, so as to be free of gaps everywhere, between the first inner plastic component (11a) and the second outer plastic component (9a). The second outer plastic component (9a) completely encloses the first inner plastic component (11a), with the exception of the injection point (14). The sandwich injection-molded part (1) has a total weight of at most 10 g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: GEKA BRUSH GmbH
    Inventors: Friedrich Schwab, Dieter Wolfsgruber
  • Publication number: 20100303533
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an applicator (2) for combing the eyelashes and/or the eyebrows and/or for applying a composition thereto, the applicator comprising a molded applicator member (8), comprising: a core having a longitudinal axis; and teeth that extend outwards from the core, the majority of the teeth having a length lying in the range 0.5 mm to 1.8 mm; the applicator member (8) having a greatest transverse dimension, measured perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the core, that is strictly less than 6 mm, on at least 70% of the length of the applicator member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventor: Jean-Louis Gueret
  • Publication number: 20100303534
    Abstract: A cosmetic lip symbol and design applicator having protruding symbols and design patterns embedded into the rod of the applicator which produces a non-permanent imprinted design on the lip surface. The applicator has a corresponding cylindrical encasement which contains liquid or semi-liquid cosmetic material in a reservoir within the encasement. A preferred embodiment includes a roller-type mechanism at the base of the applicator and a wiping mechanism that is integrated into the orifice of the encasement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventor: Thomas John Culbertson
  • Patent number: 7837402
    Abstract: A bottle assembly has a bottle for storing a fluid, such as a cosmetic fluid. An applicator for applying the fluid is configured to be insertable and removable from the bottle along a path. A sealing body is configured to seal the bottle. The sealing body has a channel width movable between a first width and a second width. The first width is large enough to accommodate the applicator and the second width is smaller than the first width. The channel is resiliently biased toward the second width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Group One Ltd.
    Inventors: Fredric Goldstein, Robert Murray Barto, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7832954
    Abstract: An applicator for applying a makeup composition. The applicator includes an applicator element configured to apply the makeup composition to one of nails, eyelashes, eyebrows, skin and lips, and a vibration source causing the applicator element to vibrate. The applicator is configured to be fastened onto a receptacle containing the composition to be applied, and/or further comprises a reservoir containing the composition to be applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Jean-Louis Gueret
  • Patent number: 7824121
    Abstract: A packaging and applicator device may include a receptacle for containing a composition to be applied and an applicator including an applicator element that is configured to be inserted into the receptacle for taking the composition. The receptacle may include a body and a movable system that is movable inside the body. The movable system may include a wiper member that includes only one opening through which the applicator element passes while the applicator element is being inserted into the receptacle, the movable system being configured so as to move in a generally unidirectional manner toward a bottom of the receptacle under an effect of a force exerted by the applicator while the applicator is being inserted into the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Marc Ramet, Daniel Crosnier, Christiane Crosnier, legal representative
  • Publication number: 20100266327
    Abstract: An applicator device for a cosmetic product including a stem surmounted by a one piece applicator body, the body including a proximal part associated with the stem and a distal part opposite from said proximal part in a longitudinal direction, the distal and proximal parts being linked by a bridge formed in recess in the applicator body, wherein the distal part includes a rounded geometry having an outer diameter and the proximal part includes at least a protruding zone having an outer dimension which is bigger than the outer diameter of the distal part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Ching Lang Lin, Ashley Louise Greene, Pauline Uhlen
  • Publication number: 20100226705
    Abstract: Bottle (101) for a cosmetic product containing a volatile solvent, especially for mascara, comprising an opening (106) and a rigid side wall (103) produced as a plastic moulding having an inside lateral surface in contact with said cosmetic product and an outside lateral surface (104) to which a label (100) is affixed, said label having barrier properties with regard to the volatile solvent. This label advantageously covers the entire outside lateral surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: Alcan Packaging Beauty Services
    Inventor: Edward Brooke Crutchley
  • Patent number: 7753609
    Abstract: Product applicators that are separable from a product reservoir and that heat a portion of product and a product applicator fitted with an electronic heating element capable of connecting to a low voltage power source. Most of the electric circuitry is incorporated into a circuit subassembly, for example a flexible substrate with printed-on circuit. The preferred heating element is a flexible heater. Heat emanates from the surface of the separable applicator so that the product that is closest to the applicator surface is heated prior to and/or during application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: ELC Management LLC
    Inventors: Herve Bouix, Christophe Jacob
  • Publication number: 20100166488
    Abstract: A rigid low cost cosmetic container is provided wherein the basic elements, a tubular container and an applicator wand, are integrally formed as a unitary body. The wand extends inwardly from the top of the container into a product reservoir to form of an applicator end. The wand extends upwardly from the top end of the container to form a handle which may be provided in dimensions approximating the cap on a saleable package. The container and wand are separated by a frangible connection in the top end of the container. The frangible connection The bottom margin of the container sidewall is provided with a substantially reduced thickness to permit the container to be pinched and hermetically sealed after the product reservoir is filled with a quantity of product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Herve F. Bouix, Christophe Jacob