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US 10,820,684 B2Granted
Makeup brush
OwnerAndrea Gunnessinventor
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Abstract
The method for manufacturing a makeup brush includes: molding a ferrule and welding bristles to the ferrule. The ferrule includes a ferrule inner end; a ferrule outer end; a ferrule body; an interior; and a well. The well has a well base parallel to the ferrule outer end. The well base has an inner side and an outer side. The step of welding the bristles includes the steps of disposing the bristles in contact with the outer side of the well base and exposing the inner side of the well base to welding.
Claims16
A makeup brush comprising:
- a handle with a ferrule end and a holding end;
- a ferrule comprising:
- a ferrule inner end connectable to said ferrule end of said handle;
- a ferrule outer end;
- an interior;
- a round ferrule body with a ferrule length extending between said inner and outer ends and around said interior;
- and
- a well disposed at said ferrule outer end, wherein said well comprises a well base parallel to said ferrule outer end, wherein said well base comprises an inner side that faces toward said interior of said ferrule body and an outer side that faces away from said interior of said ferrule;
- a plurality of bristles, wherein:
- each of said bristles comprises a bristle outer tip, a bristle inner tip, and a bristle length extending between said bristle outer and inner tips;
- said bristles extend out of said ferrule;
- and
- said inner tips of said bristles are integrally attached to said outer side of said well base of said ferrule;
- and
- means for releasably connecting said ferrule to said handle, wherein:
- said ferrule inner end is releasably connected to said ferrule end of said handle;
- said means for releasably connecting said ferrule to said handle comprises a ferrule snapping feature disposed on said ferrule that releasably mates with a handle snapping feature disposed on said handle;
- said ferrule snapping feature is one of an indentation in or a protrusion from said ferrule body and said handle snapping feature is an other of a protrusion from or an indentation in said handle, wherein said indentation and said protrusion are releasably snapped with one another;
- and
- said indentation in or protrusion from said ferrule body extends at least partially around said round ferrule body and said protrusion from of indentation in said handle correspondingly extends at least partially around said handle.
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A makeup brush comprising:
- a handle with a ferrule end and a holding end;
- a ferrule comprising:
- a ferrule inner end connectable to said ferrule end of said handle;
- a ferrule outer end, wherein said ferrule outer end is elliptical in shape;
- an interior;
- a ferrule body with a ferrule length extending between said inner and outer ends and around said interior;
- and
- a well disposed at said ferrule outer end, wherein said well comprises a well base parallel to said ferrule outer end, wherein said well base comprises an inner side that faces toward said interior of said ferrule body and an outer side that faces away from said interior of said ferrule;
- a plurality of bristles, wherein:
- each of said bristles comprises a bristle outer tip, a bristle inner tip, and a bristle length extending between said bristle outer and inner tips;
- said bristles extend out of said ferrule;
- and
- said inner tips of said bristles are integrally attached to said outer side of said well base of said ferrule, wherein said integral attachment is achieved through welding said inner side of said well of said ferrule.
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