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US 11,751,676 B2Granted
Makeup brush
AssigneeLumetique, Inc.
InventorAndrea Gunness
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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.
Claims20
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 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;
- and
- 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 ferrule inner end of said ferrule is releasably connected to said ferrule end of said handle;
- said ferrule comprises a ferrule snapping feature 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;
- said ferrule further comprises a ferrule disc disposed within said interior of said ferrule body parallel to said well base, wherein said ferrule disc comprises at least one ferrule disc guiding feature;
- said handle further comprises a handle disc disposed on said ferrule end of said handle, wherein said handle disc comprises at least one handle disc guiding feature;
- and
- said at least one ferrule disc guiding feature and said at least one handle disc guiding feature are sized and dimensioned to mate so as to guide said handle and said ferrule into proper alignment for connection.
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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 the ferrule end of the handle;
- a ferrule outer end;
- an interior;
- a ferrule body with a ferrule length extending between the inner and outer ends and around the interior;
- and
- a plurality of bristles, wherein:
- each of the bristles comprises a bristle outer tip, a bristle inner tip, and a bristle length extending between the bristle outer and inner tips;
- and
- the bristles extend out of the ferrule outer end of the ferrule;;
- wherein:
- the handle is substantially circular in cross section and tapers in diameter along at least a portion a length extending from the ferrule end to the holding end;
- the handle comprises a narrow portion at the ferrule end that is narrower in diameter than an immediately adjacent portion;
- the ferrule inner end of the ferrule is releasably connected to the ferrule end of the handle;
- the ferrule comprises a ferrule snapping feature configured to releasably mate with a handle snapping feature provided on the handle;
- and
- the ferrule snapping feature comprises an indentation in the ferrule and the handle snapping feature comprises a protrusion from the handle, wherein the indentation and the protrusion are configured to be releasably snapped with one another.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.