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US 10,299,561 B2Granted
Makeup tool
AssigneeMitsubishi Pencil Company, Limited
InventorsSeiichi Maruyama, Shigeki Ooba, Hisami Tamano
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Abstract
To provide a makeup tool that is excellent in design and can perform stable application of a cosmetic, the makeup tool includes a barrel cylinder storing the cosmetic; and an application part attached to one end of the barrel cylinder, in which the application part includes an applying element capable of feeding the cosmetic from the barrel cylinder to apply the cosmetic, and a retainer that holds the applying element, and the retainer is formed of a hard material presenting visibility.
Claims4
A makeup tool comprising:
- a barrel cylinder storing a cosmetic;
- and
- an application part attached to one end of the barrel cylinder,
- the application part comprising:
- an applying element capable of feeding the cosmetic from the barrel cylinder to apply the cosmetic;
- and
- a retainer that holds the applying element,
- wherein
- the retainer is formed of a transparent hard material or a translucent hard material,
- the retainer is arranged so as to surround an outer surface of the applying element and an outside diameter of the retainer is equal to or greater than three times of an outside diameter of the applying element,
- the retainer includes an inner passage with a surface, and the retainer is configured to totally internally reflect light on the surface of the inner passage such that the applying element becomes invisible due to the internal reflection, and
- the retainer includes concavely arched external sides that are configured to provide a concave lens effect.
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A makeup tool comprise:
- a barrel cylinder storing a cosmetic;
- and
- an application part attached to one of the barrel cylinder,
- the application part comprising:
- an applying element capable of feeding the cosmetic from the barrel cylinder to apply the cosmetic;
- and
- a retainer that holds the applying element,
- wherein
- the retainer is formed of a transparent hard material of a translucent hard material,
- the applying element is arranged on an outer surface of the retainer along a longitudinal direction of the barrel cylinder,
- a front end of the applying element has a curved portion, a flat portion, and a corner portion along a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the barrel cylinder,
- the curved portion, the flat portion, and the corner portion are formed in the order of the foregoing on the front end, and
- the front end of the applying element is formed in such a manner that the front end becomes narrower from the curved portion toward the corner portion along a ridge of the front end.
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A makeup tool comprising:
- a barrel cylinder storing a cosmetic;
- and
- an application part attached to one of the barrel cylinder,
- the application part comprising:
- an applying element capable of feeding the cosmetic from the barrel cylinder to apply the cosmetic;
- and
- a retainer that holds the applying element,
- wherein
- the retainer is formed of a transparent hard material or a translucent hard material,
- the retainer is arranged so as to surround an outer surface of the applying element in a width direction,
- an outer peripheral surface of the retainer is formed to a tapered shape toward a front end of the applying element, and
- a tapered outer surface of the retainer is formed with raised ribs along a longitudinal direction of the barrel cylinder, the raised ribs being configured to magnify a user's view of the applying element through the retainer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.