Applicator Includes Container Closure Or Overlies Material Patents (Class 401/126)
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Patent number: 11684136Abstract: An applicator head for applying a fluid product including a cosmetic, care, or pharmaceutical product onto the keratinous substrate. The applicator head includes an applying member elongated along a longitudinal axis. The applying member has tubular body with a closed proximal end and an open distal end. The applying member includes a sidewall and an interior longitudinal cavity having an opening at the open distal end of the applying member. The applying member, at its distal end portion, has a ball socket for rotatably mounting a spherical ball. The spherical ball can discharge the fluid product by rotation. The sidewall includes at least two through feed openings that allow filling of the internal longitudinal cavity with the fluid product when the applying member is dipped in the receptacle. A portion of the spherical ball protrudes from the ball socket beyond the open distal end of the applying member.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2023Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: APR Beauty Group, Inc.Inventors: Min-Yan Zheng, Feng-Ying Fu, Jun Shen
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Patent number: 11412835Abstract: The present teachings contemplate a dispensing apparatus for cosmetic samples, the apparatus comprising a retail point of sale dispenser; a carrier including a plurality of mounts and a plurality of containers removably attached to the carrier via the plurality of mounts; with vertical and horizontal translational components; one or more information retrieval devices; a user interface including a data interface adapted to store information on the one or more information retrieval devices; a transparent panel covering at least a portion of the dispensing apparatus and wherein the one or more information retrieval device are adapted to be maintained in the possession of a user; and wherein the apparatus dispenses cosmetic samples based on user input.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2016Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Cosmetic Technologies, L.L.C.Inventors: Julie R. Bartholomew, John Osborne, Ian Raber, Jordan Ridenour, Elizabeth Steenwyk
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Patent number: 11219292Abstract: A cosmetic package for applying a composition including a cosmetic, care or pharmaceutical composition onto the keratinous substrate such as skin, lips, under eyes, eyelids, cheeks, or any other part of the body. The cosmetic package comprises a cosmetic container and a cosmetic dropper coupled to the cosmetic container. The cosmetic dropper further comprises a massage ball, a bulb portion, a cap and a pipe. The massage ball is made of a heat transfer material to transfer the heat or cold on contact with the keratinous substrate of a user.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2020Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: Toly Managment Ltd.Inventor: Dorien Bianco
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Patent number: 11044981Abstract: An applicator (3) for applying a cosmetic product to human keratinous materials, comprises a stem (4) and an applicator member (6) fixed to the stem (4), the applicator member (6) comprising a body comprising a first and a second branch each extending away from the stem obliquely with respect to the longitudinal axis of the stem and diverging outward from one another and being connected by a third branch at their end, this third branch extending obliquely with respect to the longitudinal axis (X) of the stem (4), the first, second and third branches between them forming a cavity (28).Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2017Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: L'OREALInventor: Chloe Cabon
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Patent number: 10964198Abstract: Network-connected (i.e., “smart”) containers are described herein that include an electronic display on which personalized information can be presented. For example, the electronic display (and other necessary components, such as memory, processors, and communication modules) can be integrated into the cap or the body of a container, which holds a skin care product (e.g., a medication or a personal care product, such as a cosmetic) that is applied by the user as part of a skin care regimen. More specifically, a smart container can include an electronic display that presents relevant information to a user for review. Such information can include the name of the skin care product, textual instructions for complying with a skin care regimen, animations illustrating how to apply the skin care product, user information, messages (e.g., text messages delivered via a cloud service), notifications, and device information (e.g., battery status and network connectivity status).Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2019Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: KALI CARE, INC.Inventors: Sina Fateh, Navid Afsarifard, Philippe Cailloux
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Patent number: 10939748Abstract: Example aspects of a cosmetics brush and a method of providing a cosmetics brush are disclosed. The cosmetics brush can comprise a plurality of elongate primary brush fibers, each of the primary brush fibers defining a rectangular transverse cross section, each of the primary brush fibers defining four substantially parallel edges along a length of the primary brush fiber; and a ferrule attached to the plurality of primary brush fibers.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2018Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Anisa International, Inc.Inventor: Anisa Telwar Kaicker
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Patent number: 10646020Abstract: The present invention includes a finger-insertion mascara container having an eccentrically formed brush rod, the container having a structure in which: a packing is coupled to an upper opening of a container body for accommodating a mascara liquid; a wiper is coupled to the lower part of the packing and has an eccentric brush rod insertion hole formed to be eccentrically lopsided; a finger insertion member is inserted into the wiper; forms a finger insertion space, and has an eccentric brush rod coupling part formed to be eccentrically lopsided at the lower side thereof; and a brush rod having a brush is coupled to the eccentric brush rod coupling part.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2016Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: AMOREPACIFIC CORPORATIONInventors: Hae Won Jeong, Hyun Woo Roh, Eun Sil Han
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Patent number: 10301085Abstract: A fluid dispenser comprising a fluid reservoir (1), a pump (2) that is mounted on the fluid reservoir (1), and a pushbutton that is mounted on the pump (2) so as to actuate it; the fluid dispenser being characterized in that the pushbutton comprises a base (3) that is mounted in stationary manner on the pump (2), and a grip member (4) that is mounted in removable manner on the base (3), the grip member (4) including a fluid applicator (47), the grip member (4) defining a bearing surface (S) which may be pressed axially so as to move the base (3) and thus actuate the pump (2) so as to load the applicator (47) with fluid.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2015Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: APTAR FRANCE SASInventors: Frederic Duquet, Stephane Daviot
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Patent number: 10292479Abstract: The subject of the present invention is an applicator for applying a product (P) to keratin materials, having:—an applicator element (5),—a stem (4),—a linking element (9) fixed to the stem (4),—an articulation (11).Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2015Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: L'OREALInventors: Laure Thiebaut, Pierre Ducastin, Vincent Jacquart, Michel Limongi, Marc Ramet
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Patent number: 10251461Abstract: A cosmetic product applicator, in particular for mascara, is configured to be screwed on a receptacle for a cosmetic product The applicator includes a cover (22), intended to be manipulated by a user, a rod (24), intended to bear an applicator end-piece, and a molded interface zone (30) on which the cover (22) and/or the rod (24) are mounted The interface zone (30) bears a thread (32) for screwing the applicator (20) on the receptacle (10), the thread forming less than one turn.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2015Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: ALBEA SERVICESInventor: Jerome Liard
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Patent number: 10244845Abstract: A container for inks, paints, cosmetics, and the like, having a sponge applicator affixed within the container's threaded cap, is provided. When the cap is attached to the container, the sponge fits closely within a perforated mask located in the neck of the container. The mask controls the amount of material that can be transferred to and carried by the applicator when it is removed from the container. In preferred embodiments, the sponge applicator is automatically extended from the cap as the cap is removed from the container, and is automatically retracted into the cap as the cap is screwed onto the container.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2017Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: Presto Packaging Solutions LLCInventor: Hongliang Chen
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Patent number: 10080416Abstract: Device for packaging and applying a product, especially a cosmetic product, comprising a container (10) containing the product to be applied and an applicator comprising a wand provided at one end with an application member, the assembly formed by the wand and the application member extending along a non-rectilinear longitudinal axis, and a wiping member (30) borne by the container (10) in order to wipe the wand and the application member when the latter is removed from the container, the wiping member (30) comprising a tubular mounting skirt (31), in contact with a wall (12) of the container, and a wiping lip (71, 72) comprising a tubular-shaped portion (71) having a length (k) greater than or equal to its internal diameter (Dint), extending axially beyond the mounting skirt (31) towards the bottom of the container.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2014Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: L'OREALInventors: Eric Caulier, Lionel Drugeon, Philippe Goulinet
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Patent number: 10010152Abstract: A built-in material scraping device for a cosmetic container is a material scraping device capable of being slipped downward with a liquid surface of liquid material stored inside the cosmetic container. An elastic piston piece is mainly into the container before a scraping element is installed on the mouth of the container, where a through hole is configured on the center of the piston piece, having a diameter equal to the diameter of a brushing rod, which is passed through the through hole to press the piston piece downward to move the stored liquid material to flow downward, thereby being convenient for the soaking of the brush head upon make-up use.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2016Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: SHP (HK) TRADING LIMITEDInventor: Lin-Lang Chan
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Patent number: 9986811Abstract: A container for liquid cosmetics may include a container unit having which includes a container which is filled with a liquid cosmetic product and combined with cup-shaped packing in which an accepting pit, through which discharging holes penetrate, is formed and a liquid cosmetic product applying unit which includes a cap combined with the container, is assembled so that a sponge, which is assembled to the front end of an inner cylinder elastically supported with elasticity of a compression spring assembled inside the cap, tightly comes in contact with the accepting pit of the packing to assume the shape of the accepting pit and protrudes, when the cap is removed, the inner cylinder to a predetermined distance to restore the sponge to its original state.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2016Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: RICHCOS CO., LTD.Inventor: Ha Suk Yang
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Patent number: 9980550Abstract: The invention relates to an applicator for applying a product to the nails or to the skin, comprising: a gripping portion, a stem extending from the gripping portion along a longitudinal axis X-X, and an applicator member fixed in a housing at the free end of the stem. According to the invention, the stem of the applicator has, along the axis X-X, a succession of noncircular cross sections that are angularly offset with respect to one another about said axis X-X so as to form a helical pattern.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2014Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: L'OREALInventors: Eric Caulier, Marcel Sanchez
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Patent number: 9949546Abstract: A resealable shaving solid applicator comprising an upper section, a support for a shaving solid, a shaving solid, and a lower section is provided. The support for a shaving solid may comprise one or more resilient tabs for engaging a shaving solid to form a mounted shaving solid. Methods for introducing a shaving solid into a resealable shaving solid frame to form a resealable shaving solid applicator are also provided herein.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2015Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: Shav Shower Bar CorporationInventor: Nicholas May
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Patent number: 9936790Abstract: An applicator comprising at least two applicator elements and one of the at least two applicator elements at least partially surrounds or encompasses other of the at least two applicator elements. One of the at least two applicator element is constructed from a filament constructed at least partially from a thermal storage material that is capable of retaining heat or cold for application to a body, and comprises at least two loops which provide a discontinuous application surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2016Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: ZEN DESIGN SOLUTIONS LIMITEDInventors: Leo Clifford Pires, Smita Srivastava, Iti Seth, Rahul Bose
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Patent number: 9877565Abstract: When a lid storing an impregnation body impregnated with a liquid cosmetic material is attached to a container body holding a thick applicator at a front end thereof, a slope of a front end face of the thick applicator is stuck into the impregnation body to thereby easily intrude thereinto. Accordingly, an appropriate amount of the liquid cosmetic material impregnated into the impregnation body can be held and a thick line can be drawn by the thick applicator storing the liquid cosmetic material. In this way, since the liquid cosmetic material is stored in the lid while being impregnated with the impregnation body, the liquid cosmetic material does not leak from the lid even in a posture in which the lid separated from the container body is disposed, for example, laterally or reversely.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2016Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: TOKIWA CORPORATIONInventor: Arata Sasaki
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Patent number: 9675161Abstract: The device comprises a container that is transparent, at least in part, and that contains a transparent cosmetic composition; a cap that is suitable for closing the container, preventing any of the composition from leaving the container; and an applicator that is fastened to the cap, and that includes at least one transparent portion that extends into the composition when the container is closed by the cap. The transparent portion of the applicator and the composition have respective refractive indices that present a difference that is less than or equal to 0.075, preferably less than or equal to 0.05, or even less than or equal to 0.03.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2014Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: Chanel Parfums BeauteInventors: Nicolas Castex, Julien Seingier
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Patent number: 9668564Abstract: This applicator comprises a tip (22) with a central axis (A-A?) and a product application body (24), in a single piece with the tip (22). The body (24) includes a first curved segment (40) with a local axis moving away from the central axis (A-A?) seen in a plane parallel to an axial median plane of the applicator. The body (24) has a second curved intermediate segment (42) with a local axis approaching the central axis (A-A?), and defining, with the first segment (40), a first hollow area. The body (24) has a third end segment (44) defining, with the second intermediate segment (42), a second hollow area (58) opposite the first hollow area.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2013Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: L'OREALInventor: Marine Roualdes
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Patent number: 9538826Abstract: An applicator comprising a stem having a handle at its proximal end and an applicator element at its distal end. The applicator element is constructed from a filament constructed at least partially from a thermal storage material that is capable of retaining heat or cold for application to a body. The applicator element comprises at least two loops which provide a discontinuous application surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2015Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: ZEN DESIGN SOLUTIONS LIMITEDInventors: Leo Clifford Pires, Roger Hwang, Smita Srivastava, Iti Seth, Rahul Bose
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Patent number: 9498048Abstract: The invention relates to a receptacle, more particularly a bottle for a cosmetic product, to an associated manufacturing method and to an applicator assembly comprising such a receptacle. The invention relates in particular to a receptacle, more particularly a bottle, for a cosmetic product, said receptacle comprising a body forming a container and an intermediate part forming a reservoir, which is capable of containing the cosmetic product and of sliding within said container so as to move with an applicator of said product, under the effect of the viscosity of said product, when said applicator is removed from said reservoir and/or when said applicator is inserted into said reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2014Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: Albea ServicesInventor: Patrick Lhoyer
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Patent number: 9456676Abstract: A cosmetic container is configured such that when a cover is rotated against a container main body in the removing direction, a guided part of a stopper portion rotated in sync with a grip portion is first guided by a guiding part of a joint, the stopper portion, the sleeve portion, and a cosmetic material M or an application body 3 move to the side of the container main body, the cosmetic material and the application body contact each other, and the screwing operation of the first and second screw parts then takes effect, to cause the cover to be removed from the container main body. This enables an appropriate amount of the cosmetic material to be attached to the application body along with a removing operation of the cover from the container main body without the need for a particular operation.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2015Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: TOKIWA CORPORATIONInventor: Takumi Suzuki
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Patent number: 9357827Abstract: A mascara device includes a housing. The housing includes a first mascara-carrying chamber and a second mascara-carrying chamber. A first mascara applicator is removably carried by the housing within the first mascara-carrying chamber. The first mascara applicator includes a first applicator tip that is adapted to apply mascara to eyelashes of a wearer. The first applicator tip includes a circular cross-sectional outer perimeter shape. A second mascara applicator is removably carried by the housing within the second mascara-carrying chamber. The second mascara applicator includes a second applicator tip that is adapted to apply mascara to the eyelashes of the wearer. The second applicator tip includes a semi-circular cross-sectional outer perimeter shape.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2015Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Inventor: Judith L. Grabo
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Patent number: 9185960Abstract: A stylus for use in the application of a cosmetic includes a wand member having a beveled end with a bevel angle and a second end opposite the beveled end; a cup member having beveled end with the bevel angle and second end opposite the beveled end; a connection member comprising one of a magnet or a metallic material, the connection member being fixably attached to the second end of the cup member; and a protrusion extending from the end face of the second end of the cup member; wherein the wand member and cup member are rotatably connected along an axis of rotation at their respective beveled ends.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2013Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: JULEP BEAUTY, INC.Inventors: Jane Park, Albert Han Leung, Pontus Kaj Bjorn Wahlgren, Alyson Marie Yamada, James R. Yurchenco
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Patent number: 9167881Abstract: A container system includes a bottle body having an inner cavity and a threaded rim, an inner housing compatible with the inner cavity, a layer of a sample of contents placed between the inner cavity of the bottle body and the inner housing, a receptacle removeably placed within the inner housing and storing contents, and a lid to form a seal with the bottle body, when attached to the threaded rim. There can also be a brush attached to the lid to dispense the contents. The contents are protected from degradation due to environmental exposure, while the layer still displays features of the contents. The receptacle has a first portion and a second portion. The portions have different shapes, but are made integral into a single cavity. The single cavity resists settling of the contents and facilitates stirring of the contents for actual use.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2013Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: JE MATADI, Inc.Inventors: Pershant Mehta, Leo Chieh-Hao Chen
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Patent number: 9033604Abstract: The present invention relates to an applicator for applying a composition to keratinous fibers, in particular the eyelashes or the eyebrows, the applicator including a stem having a longitudinal axis and including at least one elastically-deformable flexible portion that is suitable for flexing during application and/or wiping; and an applicator element that is fastened to the stem and that includes a twisted wire core and bristles that extend transversally to the longitudinal axis of the stem.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2007Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: L'OREALInventor: Jean-Louis Gueret
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Patent number: 9033605Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 12, 2010Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: L'OREALInventor: Jean-Louis Gueret
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Patent number: 9033603Abstract: Container for liquid or paste-like products, of the type consisting of a tank and of a closing cap of said tank and a handle for a stem carried by said cap, said tank consisting of a cylindrical body, limited above by a neck, said stem being configured to be introduced through said neck and having at the distal end thereof an application unit, characterized in that on the outer periphery of said neck there are provided relief shaped elements guiding and retaining pin elements projecting internally from said cap, said shaped elements consisting of a serrated, annular base crown and a series of guiding and retaining bodies, the axis of which is angled with respect to the axis of said tank 1 , said bodies being mutually separated and separated from said annular crown by a channel.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2012Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: BRIVAPLAST S.r.L.Inventors: Stefano Vanoncini, Anna Poletto, Ambrogio Fumagalli, Bruno Boccardo
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Publication number: 20150128980Abstract: A stylus for use in the application of a cosmetic includes a wand member having a beveled end with a bevel angle and a second end opposite the beveled end; a cup member having beveled end with the bevel angle and second end opposite the beveled end; a connection member comprising one of a magnet or a metallic material, the connection member being fixably attached to the second end of the cup member; and a protrusion extending from the end face of the second end of the cup member; wherein the wand member and cup member are rotatably connected along an axis of rotation at their respective beveled ends.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2013Publication date: May 14, 2015Applicant: JULEP. INC.Inventors: Jane PARK, Albert Han LEUNG, Pontus Kaj Bjorn WAHLGREN, Alyson Marie YAMADA, James R. YURCHENKO
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Publication number: 20150132042Abstract: A cap-dispenser assembly including a cap and a dispenser attached to the cap. The cap is a hollow cylinder with a first pipe provided on the upper surface of the base of the cap. A plurality of ribs are provided between the first pipe and the base of the cap. The space inside the first pipe and the space inside the base form a fluid channel. The dispenser has an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion of the dispenser is upward tapered while the lower portion of the dispenser is provided at bottom with a recess to receive the first pipe of the cap. The cap-dispenser assembly can be attached to a flexible tube to enable dispense of the content in the flexible tube on wounds of various sizes via the fluid channel and pores of the dispenser.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2014Publication date: May 14, 2015Inventor: Fa-Ter CHU
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Patent number: 8998522Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 12, 2010Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: L'OrealInventor: Jean-Louis Gueret
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Patent number: 8998521Abstract: A cosmetics container for a liquid or pasty cosmetic, comprising a storage container having a removal opening, and a closure cap for opening and closing this removal opening. The closure cap can be detachably locked in its closing position on the storage container using at least one latching device that acts between the closure cap and the storage container. The cosmetics container further comprises at least one locking device which is able to assume at least one release position and at least one blocking position, and which in the blocking position blocks the latching element in such a way that a lock existing between the closure cap and the storage container cannot be released and the closure cap thus cannot be moved out of its closing position.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2012Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: GEKA GmbHInventor: Friedrich Weigel
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Publication number: 20150086257Abstract: The invention relates to a receptacle, more particularly a bottle for a cosmetic product, to an associated manufacturing method and to an applicator assembly comprising such a receptacle. The invention relates in particular to a receptacle, more particularly a bottle, for a cosmetic product, said receptacle comprising a body forming a container and an intermediate part forming a reservoir, which is capable of containing the cosmetic product and of sliding within said container so as to move with an applicator of said product, under the effect of the viscosity of said product, when said applicator is removed from said reservoir and/or when said applicator is inserted into said reservoir.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2014Publication date: March 26, 2015Inventor: Patrick Lhoyer
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Patent number: 8985883Abstract: A cosmetic applicator comprising a handle having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the handle comprises a drive; an applicator head operatively associated with the drive to move at least part of the applicator head relative to the handle; and a control surface disposed at the proximal end of the handle and operatively associated with the drive. The control surface may be rotatable about a control surface axis through a plurality of positions and the control surface axis may be aligned with the longitudinal axis of the handle. The control surface may be moveable through a plurality of positions. The applicator may comprise an additional control surface, such as a second control surface or temporary control surface, which may be operated independently or in combination with the first control surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2008Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Peter Jonathan Wyatt, David Edward Wilson, Florina Winter, Neil Scott Beattie, Colin Dennis Ager, Peter David Cauwood, Thomas Elliot Rabe
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Patent number: 8967896Abstract: A cosmetic apparatus includes a double-ended cosmetic container having a liquid cosmetic reservoir chamber therein. Interchangeable end caps are removably attached to generally opposite ends of the container. An applicator wand, attached to the first end cap, is insertable through the first end and a first wiper insert, and selectively moved to the generally opposite second end so as to be insertable through the second open end and second insert, which is configured to funnel cosmetic material into the second insert and onto the applicator so as to capture the remaining cosmetic material.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2012Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Inventors: Dean Johnson, Jennifer Baker-Johnson, Robyn M. Rhodes
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Patent number: 8967894Abstract: A mascara brush capable of achieving the volume-up and curling of eyelashes by raising eyelashes with a mascara material applied is provided. The mascara brush is withdrawn from a mascara container, a button on the top of a grip is pressed, and then the brush is bent from a brush rod in an arc shape by a working member within a brush base, to prevent mascara materials adhered to a mascara rod from staining the periphery of eyes or nose, thereby providing a convenient use.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2011Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Amorepacific CorporationInventor: Hae-won Jeong
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Patent number: 8967895Abstract: The present invention relates to an application device (1) for a liquid or semi-liquid product contained in a receptacle (B), where the application device (1) comprises an adjusting screw (3), an applicator brush (2) and a sleeve (4). By means of the adjusting screw (3), the applicator brush's (2) position in the longitudinal direction of the sleeve (4) can be controlled, whereby the application device's (1) applicator element (21) is brought into contact with the liquid or semi-liquid product contained in the receptacle (B).Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2010Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Elecape ASInventors: Siv-Rita Svendsen, Lene Eriksen
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Patent number: 8961049Abstract: A container for liquid cosmetics, wherein liquid cosmetic is filled both in a first bottle and a second bottle. A user can use the liquid cosmetic filled in the second bottle, and if necessary, the user can move the liquid cosmetic filled in the first bottle to the second bottle. That is, the container can be easily kept and used. In addition, a first bottle is allowed to be rotated in one direction only by stopper protrusions and stoppers so that the container can be used without errors.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2012Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Inventor: Young-Kwang Byun
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Patent number: 8950962Abstract: A system for sampling a heated product comprising a disposable first subassembly having an applicator head, and a physically separate reusable second subassembly having an electric heating circuit. Prior to use, the two subassemblies are able to form a rigid connection. As a result of forming this connection, the applicator head is transferred to the second subassembly such that a portion of the electric heating circuit is inserted into an interior space of the applicator head. In this configuration, the second subassembly is used to apply heated product.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2011Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: ELC Management, LLCInventors: Herve F. Bouix, Francis Corbellini, Christophe Jacob
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Patent number: 8944714Abstract: An applicator for combing and/or for applying a composition including a molded applicator member, that includes an elongate core extending along a longitudinal axis; and at least three rows of teeth 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 being substantially constant around the core over at least a fraction of the length of the applicator member, 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: GrantFiled: October 23, 2008Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: L'OrealInventor: Jean-Louis Gueret
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Patent number: 8944711Abstract: 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 molding 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: GrantFiled: October 24, 2008Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Albea ServicesInventor: Edward Brooke Crutchley
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Patent number: 8944713Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 25, 2011Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Tokiwa CorporationInventor: Tomonori Koguchi
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Publication number: 20150023716Abstract: A container or case for cosmetics or other products that are applied by an applicator tool, the container or case comprising a housing adapted to receive an exchangeable cartridge and a handle adapted to receive an exchangeable applicator tool. In some embodiments, the housing comprises a window for viewing the substance contained in the exchangeable cartridge.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2014Publication date: January 22, 2015Inventor: Brigitte Donna Nobles
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Publication number: 20150020836Abstract: The present invention relates to an applicator comprising: a gripping member (7), a stem (6), of longitudinal axis X, connected by its first end to the gripping member (7), an applicator element (20) connected to a second end of the stem (6) by an articulation comprising a ball joint (206), characterized in that the articulation comprises a rotation axis that coincides with the longitudinal axis X of the stem (6), and the stem (6) is in one piece, and the applicator element (20) is made of metal, ceramic or glass.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2013Publication date: January 22, 2015Inventors: Marc Ramet, Michel Limongi
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Publication number: 20150013713Abstract: An device not limited to the application of a cosmetic, includes a means for shearing mascara; a means for loading mascara evenly onto the applicator head; a means for choosing the direction of the rotation motion; a means for simultaneous rotation, reciprocation and vibration of the applicator head; a means for choosing when to activate and deactivate the device; a means for vibration of an applicator head; and a means for converting an rotation motion into a reciprocating rotating motion thereby enabling the applicator head to simultaneously travel back and forth and rotate for the application of mascara to the eyelashes. The incorporation of above mentioned means results in a device for applying mascara to the eyelashes by way of a simultaneous reciprocation, rotation and vibration motion in a clockwise or counterclockwise manner, a simultaneous reciprocation and rotation motion in a clockwise or counterclockwise manner or a vibration only means.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2014Publication date: January 15, 2015Inventor: Herman David Palmieri
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Patent number: 8899243Abstract: The present invention generally is an adjustable applicator employed for application of a cosmetic or a care product such as for application of mascara, coloring strands of hair, for dental flossing or for applying pharmaceuticals or cleaning agents. The invention discloses an adjustable applicator comprising an applicator element having a bore, a filament wherein the filament is housed inside the bore of the applicator element and a clasping means wherein the applicator element angularly deforms when a force is applied on the clasping means. Also disclosed is a device for packaging and dispensing a substance comprising said adjustable applicator.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2012Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Zen Design Solutions LimitedInventors: Leo Clifford Pires, Roger Hwang, Rahul Bose
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Publication number: 20140348566Abstract: This cosmetic application device (1) includes an application tool (2) and a container (3), the application tool (2) being insertable into and removable from the container (3) through an opening (33) of the container (3). When the application tool (2) is tilted in a state where the fixation between the lid body (23) of the application tool (2) and the mouth/neck section (32) of the container (3) has been released and the lower end section (23d) of the lid body (23) is located at a position within the height-wise length of the mouth/neck section (32), the front end of the application section (21) of the application tool (2) is made to contact an inner wall in the vicinity of the bottom section of the containing section (31) of the container (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2012Publication date: November 27, 2014Applicant: Kao CorporationInventors: Kazuyuki Uehara, Kenko Kurita, Masahiro Oka, Yu Saito
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Patent number: 8894310Abstract: The cosmetics unit comprises a storage container for accommodating a cosmetic substance, an applicator-handle part with an applicator that can be dipped into the cosmetic substance and a handle connected with the applicator, as well as a securing mechanism for detachably securing the applicator-handle part in a closed position in which the applicator is inserted into the storage container. The securing mechanism comprises a swiveling element that can be swiveled about a swiveling axis, which retains, in a final swiveling position, the applicator-handle part in the closed position. The swiveling element is mounted directly on the storage container or on a separate bearing mount attached to the storage container.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2014Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: GEKA GmbHInventors: Karl Hartstock-Martin, Jochen Rauschert
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Patent number: 8894311Abstract: An applicator for eyeliner having a stem and an applicator endpiece carried by the stem, the endpiece being of elongate shape along a longitudinal axis and including a flexible zone that deforms while the applicator is in use and that has first and second dimensions dx and dy respectively along first and second axes that are perpendicular to each other and perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the endpiece, the first and second dimensions dx and dy being substantially equal; the endpiece including a head extending the flexible zone, the head being connected to the remainder of the endpiece solely via the flexible zone, the head being flat in a plane containing the longitudinal axis and the second axis, and measured parallel to the second axis having a maximum width that is greater than the second dimension dy.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2009Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: L'OrealInventor: Jean-Louis Gueret