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US 10,477,945 B2Granted
Gel cosmetic applicator
AssigneeHct Group Holdings Limited
InventorsDenis Pierre Maurin, Nicholas Gardner, Armando Villarreal
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Abstract
Cosmetics packaging and applicators including a gel based tip are described. Gel applicators may or may not be provided with a through-hole. In various embodiments, the gel may be a stand-alone gel or may be encapsulated in a membrane. The gel applicator provides a soft feel and may have cooling effect as well. In some embodiments, the applicator is mounted to a platform or a hollow insert and coupled to a container housing the cosmetics product.
Claims20
A cosmetic applicator comprising:
- an applicator body formed from a first material encapsulated by a second material, wherein the first material is a gel material, the applicator body defining an application surface for applying cosmetics, wherein the gel material has a hardness of 90 or less on a Shore 000 scale;
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- an insert including a first end disposed within the gel material and a second end extending out of the gel material, the second end configured for coupling to a product reservoir.
A cosmetic applicator comprising:
- a product reservoir;
- an applicator body formed from a first material encapsulated by a second material, wherein the first material is a gel material, the applicator body defining an application surface for applying cosmetics, wherein the gel material has a hardness of 90 or less on a Shore 000 scale;
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- an insert including a first end disposed within the applicator body and a second end coupling the applicator body to the product reservoir.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.