US 12,514,357 B2Granted

Lip balm applicator

AssigneeEos Products, LLC

InventorsJonathan Teller, Craig Dubitsky, Coral Garvey, Dennis Payongayong

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Abstract

A lip balm applicator product comprises upper and lower portions that are connectable together to define the applicator product being of a substantially spherical shape. A support platform is located in the lower portion and accommodates a quantity of lip balm having an arcuate surface. A lip balm comprises a composition of waxes and oils in solid form and formed to have an arcuate surface. The composition is formed to have the arcuate surface using a hot pour process. A method of manufacturing a lip balm comprises providing a receptacle having a concave arcuate surface. A lip balm material in a heated, liquefied phase is poured into the receptacle. Once poured, the heated, liquefied phase is allowed to solidify such that a surface of the solidified lip balm material has an arcuate configuration that corresponds to the concave arcuate surface of the receptacle.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A lip balm applicator comprising:

an upper first portion having a first end and an opposite second end, a lower second portion having a first end and an opposite second end, a first interior cavity extending through at least a portion of the upper first portion and accessible at the second end of the upper first portion, a second interior cavity extending through at least a portion of the lower second portion and accessible at the first end of the lower second portion, and an inter-engaging connecting structure having a first engagement portion formed on the upper first portion adjacent the second end of the upper first portion, and a second engagement portion formed on the lower second portion adjacent the first end of the lower second portion;
a support structure of the lower second portion having an outer rim portion and an inner support portion, the inner support portion being surrounded at least in part by the outer rim portion, the inner support portion including at least a first spoke having a first support surface and a second spoke having a second support surface, the first support surface and the second support surface being separated by a gap formed in the support structure, and the outer rim portion being attached to portions of the lower second portion;
and
a lip balm mounted on and covering at least a portion of the first support surface and the second support surface;
wherein at least a portion of the support structure is provided in the second interior cavity, and the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion are engageable to connect the upper first portion and the lower second portion to one another.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/648,936Filed 29 Apr 2024 · continuation
Priority: 7 Dec 2009
Published: US 2024/0268537 A115 Aug 2024
Granted: 6 Jan 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification21 codes

A45D 40/0068
Casings or accessories specially adapted for storing or handling solid or pasty toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. shaving soaps or lipsticks: jars
A45D 40/00
Casings or accessories specially adapted for storing or handling solid or pasty
A45D 40/12
Casings or accessories specially adapted for storing or handling solid or pasty toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. shaving soaps or lipsticks:…
A45D 40/16
Casings or accessories specially adapted for storing or handling solid or pasty toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. shaving soaps or lipsticks:…

Family

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