US 11,661,259 B2Granted

Apparatus, arrangement and method for providing skin care ingredients

AssigneeMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

InventorSteven Wang

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Abstract

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a cosmetic arrangement can be provided, which can include a first structure that can enclose a cosmetic active ingredient(s), a second structure that can enclose a solvent solution, a third structure(s) that can separate the solvent solution from the cosmetic active ingredient(s), a medium that can be configured to absorb a mixture of the cosmetic active ingredient(s) and solvent solution, and an indicator structure that can be configured to indicate whether the cosmetic active ingredient(s) and the solvent solution have come in contact with one another. Upon an application of a particular amount of pressure on a portion(s) of the arrangement, the cosmetic active ingredient(s) and the solvent solution can be caused to come into direct contact with one another.

Claims16

Dependent claims

An arrangement comprising:

a rigid structure having a first rigid compartment configured to hold at least one first ingredient and a second rigid compartment configured to hold at least one second ingredient;
a wall separating the first rigid compartment from the second rigid compartment configured to break upon an application of a first amount of pressure applied to the wall,
wherein the wall includes a weakened portion configured to break upon an application of a second amount of pressure applied to the weakened portion,
wherein upon a breakage of the wall, the at least one first ingredient and the at least one second ingredient are mixed with one another,
wherein, upon a breakage of the weakened portion, a mixture of the first and second ingredients is externally accessible,
wherein the first rigid compartment includes an indicator structure, wherein the indicator structure includes a pH agent associated with the at least one first ingredient and the at least one second ingredient, and wherein, when the at least one first ingredient and the at least one second ingredient come into contact with each other, the pH agent is configured to change color.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/222,527Filed 5 Apr 2021 · division
Priority: 2 Jul 2013
Published: US 2021/0292075 A123 Sep 2021
Granted: 30 May 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification22 codes

B65D 81/3266
Flexible containers having several compartments: separated by a common rupturable seal, a clip or other removable fastening device
A45D 44/002
Other cosmetic or toiletry articles, e.g. for hairdressers' rooms: masks for cosmetic treatment of the face
A61K 8/0212
Characterised by special physical form: face masks
A61K 8/022
Solid or semisolid forms: powders; Compacted Powders

Family

Application61/842,144Us provisional application · filed 2 Jul 2013
Application62/010,044Us provisional application · filed 10 Jun 2014
PCT/US2014/045066Parent of this division · filed 1 Jul 2014
Application16/284,870Parent of this division · filed 25 Feb 2019
US 10,214,339 B2Parent of this division · filed 26 Feb 2019
US 10,968,027 B2Parent of this division · filed 6 Apr 2021
US 2021/0292075 A1Pre-grant publication · published 23 Sep 2021
Application14/900,941Parent of this division
US 2016/0137387 A1Published application
US 2019/0193915 A1Published application
US 11,661,259 B2This patent

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