US 11,452,356 B2Granted

Cosmetic applicator

AssigneeL'oreal

InventorsPauline Prade, Chloé Cabon, Alain Berhault, Eric Caulier

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Abstract

Applicator for applying a cosmetic product to human keratin materials, having: a holder and an applicator tip (20), of longitudinal axis (X), that is carried by the holder and has: a base part (22), of axis (X), for fastening to the holder by way of at least one of its portions, and an application part (24) that is attached to the base part (22) and has at least three surfaces (26, 28, 30), each having a contour formed by at least one edge (34), and/or a base line (36) that acts as a junction between the application part (24) and a cylindrical portion, of axis (X), of the base part (22), the shapes of the contours of the surfaces (26, 28, 30) being different in pairs and not symmetrical to one another about an axis or a median plane.

Claims14

Dependent claims

An applicator for applying a cosmetic product to human keratin materials, comprising:

a holder;
and
an applicator tip, having a longitudinal axis, that is carried by the holder, the applicator tip including:
a base part, having an axis, for fastening to the holder by way of at least one of its portions, and
an application part that is attached to the base part and has at least three surfaces, each surface having a contour formed by:
at least one edge, and/or
a base line that acts as a junction between the application part and a cylindrical portion, having an axis, of the base part,
wherein shapes of the contours of the at least three surfaces are all different from each other and are all not symmetrical from each other about any axis and any median plane, wherein the applicator tip does not have an axis of symmetry.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/711,615Filed 12 Dec 2019 · continuation
Priority: FR 155451320 May 2015
Published: US 2020/0163437 A128 May 2020
Granted: 27 Sep 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

A45D 34/042
Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball: using a brush or the like
A45D 40/20
Casings or accessories specially adapted for storing or handling solid or pasty toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. shaving soaps or lipsticks:…
A45D 40/262
Appliances specially adapted for applying pasty paint, e.g. using roller, using a ball: using a brush or the like
A45D 2200/1072
Details of applicators: eyeliners

Family

PCT/EP2016/060416Parent of this continuation · filed 10 May 2016
US 2020/0163437 A1Pre-grant publication · published 28 May 2020
Application15/575,100Parent of this continuation
US 10,835,015 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2018/0146766 A1Published application
US 11,452,356 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.