Flexible handle for makeup applicator
AssigneeL'oreal
InventorZachary John Mahoney
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Abstract
A flexible handle for makeup applicator, in particular a mascara applicator enables a sweeping motion of a mascara brush with just a gesture from the fingertips. An apparatus for applying mascara to eyelashes includes a stem having a longitudinal stem axis with a first end and a second end, an applicator head coupled to the second end of the stem, a flexible handle coupled to the first end of the stem. The flexible handle includes a first part made of a semi-rigid material and a second part made of a flexible material. The flexible handle is of a structure that inhibits twisting while being bent in either of two directions.
Claims13
An apparatus for applying mascara to eyelashes, the apparatus comprising:
- a stem having a longitudinal stem axis with a first end and a second end;
- an applicator head coupled to the second end of the stem;
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- a flexible handle coupled to the first end of the stem, wherein the handle includes a first end and a second end, a cap portion at the second end of the handle couples the first end of the stem to the handle, the flexible handle including:
- a first part made of a flat rectangular sheet of semi-rigid material;
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- a second part having first and second rod-shaped portions made of a flexible material, the first and second rod-shaped portions being disposed on opposite edges of the rectangular sheet and extending in a direction of the longitudinal stem axis,
- wherein the flexible handle is of a structure that inhibits twisting while being bent in either of two directions, an exterior of the sheet being exposed between the first and the second rod-shaped portions and throughout a majority of a length of the sheet, the handle being flexible throughout the majority of the length of the sheet, wherein the flexible handle has a length configured for resting the first end of the handle against a palm-side of a finger and the second end of the handle against a fingertip, and the flexible handle has a flexibility to flex into a hook when a force is applied at about a middle of the length of the handle.
An apparatus for applying mascara to eyelashes, comprising:
- a stem having a longitudinal stem axis with a first end and a second end;
- an applicator head coupled to the second end of the stem;
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- a flexible handle coupled to the first end of the stem, wherein the handle includes a first end and a second end, a cap portion at the second end of the handle couples the first end of the stem to the handle, the flexible handle including:
- a first part made of a semi-rigid or flexible material formed in an elongate pattern having an oval-shaped opening in the vicinity of an end to be connected to the makeup applicator;
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- a second part made of a rigid material formed in an exposed elongated pattern with a fishbone or rib pattern proximate to an end away from a makeup applicator and an elongated opening over a majority of the pattern proximate to the applicator connection end,
- wherein the flexible handle is of a structure that inhibits twisting while being bent in either of two directions, and
- wherein the flexible handle has a length configured for resting the first end of the handle against a palm-side of a finger and the second end of the handle against a fingertip, and the flexible handle has a flexibility to flex into a hook when a force is applied at about a middle of the length of the handle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.