Cosmetic applicator with separately formed surfaces
AssigneeToly Management Ltd.
InventorDorien Bianco
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Abstract
A cosmetic applicator for applying a cosmetic or care product includes an applicator member retained at a distal end of a stem. The applicator member comprising an applicator head including: a first part having a cavity which is not a through cavity, and a second part that is connected to the first part by a hinge and is at least partially engaged in the housing of the first part. The applicator head defines two opposite main faces and wherein one type of application elements are accessible for use on the first face and a second type of application elements are accessible for use on second face of the applicator head.
Claims11
An applicator member comprising;
- a first part having a substantially flat first mating face and a first applicator face, wherein the first applicator face comprises first application elements;
- a second part having a substantially flat second mating face, a received face, and a second applicator face, wherein the second applicator face comprises second application elements, and wherein the received face is opposite from the second applicator face;
- and
- a hinge,
- wherein the hinge joins the first part to the second part,
- wherein, in an interim configuration, the hinge is open so that the first part and the second part are separated from one another,
- wherein rotation of the first and second parts about a hinge axis moves the first part and the second part into an assembled configuration so that the first and second mating faces contact one another to form an applicator head having a longitudinal axis and a connecting part for connection to a rod stem,
- wherein the first part further comprises a non-through cavity formed by the first applicator face and two walls extending in a direction away from the first applicator face, the two walls extending at oblique angles with respect to the longitudinal axis of the applicator head,
- wherein, in the assembled configuration, the received face is received in the non-through cavity between the two walls, and
- wherein the two walls surround the second part and provide application surfaces that extend along outside edges of the second part and such that only an outer surface of the first part is visible from a first side of the applicator member and a combination of an outer surface of the first part including the application surfaces of the two walls and the first application elements and an outer surface of the second part are visible from a second side of the applicator member opposite the first side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.