US 11,882,926 B2Granted

Adjustable applicator

AssigneeZen Design Solutions Limited

InventorsLeo Clifford Pires, Roger Hwang, Rahul Bose, Manisha Kohli, Iti Seth, Rajesh Deswal

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Abstract

An adjustable applicator for applying cosmetic, makeup, or personal care composition, the adjustable applicator includes an applicator head. The applicator head comprises at least two applicator members each comprising a plurality of application elements and wherein when there is a relative axial displacement of one of the at least two applicator members, the other of the at least two applicator members is deformed radially. The applicator head may be used for applying cosmetic, makeup, or personal care composition to keratin materials chosen from the skin, the lips and the eyelashes, or hair of the human. The cosmetic or care product includes liquid or viscous cosmetics such as for mascara, lip stick, hair color, skin care and like products.

Claims20

Dependent claims

An adjustable applicator comprising:

an applicator head comprising at least two applicator members;
wherein the at least two applicator members comprise a first applicator member and a second applicator member;
wherein the first applicator member has a first proximal end and a first distal end and the second applicator member has a second proximal end and a second distal end, wherein the first and second distal ends are fixed relative to each other;
wherein each of the first applicator member and the second applicator member comprises a support body;
wherein the support body of the first applicator member comprises four longitudinal projecting strips and the support body of the second applicator member comprises four longitudinal strips including an outer surface facing away from a central longitudinal axis of the applicator head;
wherein a plurality of application elements extends out from the outer surface of the support body of each of the first applicator member and the second applicator member;
wherein the first applicator member is mounted at least in part within a hollow interior of the second applicator member, each of the plurality of longitudinal projecting strips being positioned in one of four slots of the second applicator member each slot defined between two different longitudinal strips of the four longitudinal strips;
wherein the distal ends of the first applicator member and the second applicator member are fixed to one another in the hollow interior of the second applicator member such that the distal ends of the first applicator member and the second applicator member do not move independently of each other;
wherein the second applicator member is capable of assuming at least a first configuration and a second configuration, and wherein the first configuration corresponds to a radially retracted position of the second applicator member and the second configuration corresponds to a radially extended position of the second applicator member wherein a plurality of protrusions of each one of the four longitudinal strips of the second applicator member extends into a respective one of the slots when the first applicator member is displaced axially toward a proximal end of the adjustable applicator to create a mechanical interference
wherein in the radially retracted position of the second applicator member, the applicator head has a first maximum diameter and in the radially extended position of the second applicator member, the applicator head has a second maximum diameter;
and
wherein the second maximum diameter is greater than the first maximum diameter.

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An adjustable applicator comprising:

an applicator head comprising at least two applicator members;
wherein the at least two applicator members comprise a first applicator member and a second applicator member;
wherein the applicator head is capable of assuming at least a first configuration and a second configuration;
wherein the first applicator member has a first proximal end and a first distal end and the second applicator member has a second proximal end and a second distal end, wherein the first and second distal ends are fixed relative to each other in a hollow interior of the second applicator member;
wherein each of the first applicator member and the second applicator member comprises a support body;
wherein the support body of each of the first applicator member and the second applicator member includes an outer surface facing away from a central longitudinal axis of the applicator head;
wherein the support body of the first applicator member comprises an elongated body and at least two longitudinal projecting strips projecting from the elongated body;
wherein at least one of the at least two longitudinal projecting strips of the first applicator member has at least one row of application elements;
wherein the support body of the second applicator member comprises a tubular body having a plurality of slots that extend longitudinally to define at least two longitudinal strips between them;
wherein one of the at least two longitudinal strips of the second applicator member has at least one row of application elements;
wherein the at least two longitudinal projecting strips of the first applicator member have a shape corresponding to the slots of the second applicator member;
and
wherein each of the at least two longitudinal strips of the second applicator member includes a plurality of protrusions extending into each respective one of the slots in the second applciator member, wherein a compression stress is exerted on the second applicator member when the first applicator member is displaced axially towards the proximal end of the adjustable applicator, a mechanical interference between the first and the second applicator member is generated.

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An adjustable applicator comprising:

an applicator head comprising at least two applicator members;
wherein the at least two applicator members comprise a first applicator member and a second applicator member;
wherein the first applicator member has a first proximal end and a first distal end and the second applicator member has a second proximal end and a second distal end;
wherein each of the first applicator member and the second applicator member comprises a support body;
wherein the support body of the first applicator member comprises an elongated body and at least two longitudinal projecting strips projecting from the elongated body;
wherein at least one of the at least two longitudinal projecting strips of the first applicator member has at least one row of application elements;
wherein the support body of the second applicator member comprises a tubular body with a hollow interior and having a plurality of slots that extend longitudinally to define at least two longitudinal strips between them;
wherein one of the at least two longitudinal strips of the second applicator member has at least one row of application elements;
wherein the at least two longitudinal projecting strips of the first applicator member have a shape corresponding to the slots of the second applicator member;
wherein the first applicator member is mounted at least in part within the hollow interior of the second applicator member;
wherein the distal ends of the first applicator member and the second applicator member are fixed to one another in such a manner that the distal ends of the first applicator member and the second applicator member do not move independently of each other and are fixed relative to each other in the hollow interior of the second applicator member;
wherein the second applicator member is capable of assuming at least a first configuration and a second configuration, and wherein the first configuration corresponds to a radially retracted position of the second applicator member and the second configuration corresponds to a radially extended position of the second applicator member wherein a plurality of protrusions for each one of the at least two longitudinal strips extends into a respective one of the slots when the first applicator member is displaced axially toward a proximal end of the adjustable applicator;
and
wherein in the second configuration, one of the at least two longitudinal strips of the second applicator member is deformed radially outward to separate from the at least two longitudinal projecting strips of the first applicator member.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/687,742Filed 28 Aug 2017
Priority: IN 20161102973831 Aug 2016
Published: US 2018/0055205 A11 Mar 2018
Granted: 30 Jan 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

A46B 7/02
Bristle carriers arranged in the brush body: in an expanding or articulating manner
A45D 34/046
Connected to the cap of the container: comprising a wiper
A45D 40/265
Using a brush or the like: connected to the cap of the container
A45D 40/267
Connected to the cap of the container: comprising a wiper