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US 12,745,834 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.
Claims18
A makeup brush comprising:
- a handle with a ferrule end and a holding end, wherein:
- said ferrule end of said handle comprises a narrow portion with a narrow diameter and a wide portion with a wide diameter;
- said narrow diameter is less than said wide diameter;
- and
- said wide portion comprises a handle lip;
- a ferrule comprising:
- a ferrule inner end connectable to said ferrule end of said handle, comprising a ferrule lip with a ferrule lip diameter;
- 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 narrow portion of said ferrule end of said handle;
- said ferrule comprises a ferrule snapping feature disposed in said interior of said ferrule that releasably mates with a handle snapping feature disposed on said narrow portion of said ferrule end of said handle;
- said ferrule snapping feature is an indentation in said ferrule body and said handle snapping feature is a protrusion from said narrow portion of said ferrule end of said handle, wherein said indentation and said protrusion are releasably snapped with one another;
- and
- said ferrule lip diameter and said wide diameter are equal.
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