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US 2002/0172542 A1Published application
Illuminable lipstick applicator
OwnerCraig P. Nadelinventor
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Abstract
A lipstick applicator includes a housing part having a bullet-shaped mass of lipstick with a fixed end mounted in the housing part and projecting outward to a free end remote from the housing part. The lipstick is formed of a light diffusing material, that is at least partly transmissive to light, and a selectively-actuable light source such as an LED is mounted in the housing part so that light emitted therefrom enters the fixed end of the mass and is diffused or transmitted along and within the mass to thereby internally illuminate the lipstick mass.
Claims15
An applicator for applying material to a surface, said applicator comprising
- a first housing part,
- a mass of light diffusing material having a fixed end mounted in said first housing part and projecting from said fixed end to a free end remote from said housing part, said material being selectively applyable to a surface by contact with said surface, and
- a light source mounted in said first housing part so that light emitted from the light source enters said fixed end of said mass and is transmitted into and at least partially through and along said mass.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.