Expandable mascara
AssigneeHct Group Holdings Limited
InventorsASHLEIGH EARL, ADRIAN C. APODACA, STEPHEN MOORE
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Abstract
An expandable applicator system for applying a product to a surface. The expandable applicator system may include an expandable implement including a brush and an expandable tip. The expandable tip may be configured to move between a first unexpanded state and a second expanded state. A cap may be coupled to the expandable implement. Actuation of a mechanism at or near the cap move the expandable tip of the implement from a deflated state to an inflated state.
Claims20
An expandable applicator system for applying a product to a surface, the expandable applicator system comprising:
- an expandable implement comprising:
- a hollow stem defining a lumen and having a first end and a second end;
- a tube having a first end and a second end, the tube disposed within the lumen of the hollow stem;
- an applicator affixed adjacent to the bottom end of the hollow stem and including a brush and an expandable tip, an interior surface of the expandable tip in fluid communication with a lumen of the tube;
- a cap including a depressible panel, the cap affixed adjacent to the top end of the hollow stem;
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- a flexible fluid chamber disposed within the cap and adjacent to the depressible panel and in fluid communication with the lumen of the tube;
- wherein actuation of the depressible panel is configured to move the expandable tip of the applicator from a deflated state to an inflated state.
An expandable applicator system for applying a product to a surface, the expandable applicator system comprising:
- an expandable implement comprising:
- a hollow stem defining a lumen and having a top end and a bottom end;
- an applicator affixed adjacent to the bottom end of the hollow stem and including a brush and an expandable tip, an interior surface of the expandable tip in fluid communication with the lumen of the hollow stem;
- a cap including one or more depressible panels, the cap affixed adjacent to the top end of the hollow stem;
- and
- a fluid chamber disposed within the cap and in fluid communication with the lumen of the hollow stem;
- wherein actuation of the one or more depressible panels is configured to move the expandable tip of the applicator from a deflated state to an inflated state.
An expandable applicator system for applying a product to a surface, the expandable applicator system comprising:
- an expandable implement comprising:
- a hollow stem defining a lumen and having a top end and a bottom end;
- a splayed component defining a lumen and having a plurality of movable fingers, the splayed component affixed to the bottom end of the hollow stem;
- a plunger slidably disposed in the lumen of the hollow stem and the lumen of the splayed component;
- and
- an applicator affixed adjacent to the bottom end of the hollow stem and including a brush and an expandable tip;
- wherein actuation of the plunger is configured to move the expandable tip of the applicator from a first state to a second state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.