Mascara Applicator
AssigneeAvon Products, Inc.
InventorSimon Nicholas DUTTON
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Abstract
Implementations described herein provide an apparatus and a method for applying mascara with a mascara applicator assembly. The mascara applicator assembly has a body. The body has an inner volume configured to accept mascara product. A stem is coupled to the body. The stem has a passage and one or more apertures. The one or more apertures extend through the stem and into the passage. A brush is disposed on a distal end of the stem and has a dispensing region and an application region. The dispensing region has bristle fibers arranged in an orientation different than the bristle fibers disposed in the application region.
Claims17
A mascara applicator assembly, comprising:
- a base including a body having an inner volume configured to accept mascara product;
- a stem coupled to the body, the stem having a passage and one or more apertures, the one or more apertures extending through the stem and into the passage;
- a brush disposed on a distal end of the stem and having a dispensing region and an application region, said dispensing region being positioned to receive product exiting the apertures;
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- a cap comprising a cleaner configured to engage the brush when the cap is disposed on the body, the cleaner comprising a wiper sealing pad,
- wherein the cap is keyed with the base to align the cleaner therein with the brush so that the cleaner properly engages the brush and the wiper sealing pad aligns with the apertures thereby cleaning and sealing the apertures.
A method for applying mascara comprising:
- dispensing mascara product from a container disposed in a base of a mascara applicator assembly;
- flowing the mascara product through one or more apertures formed in the mascara applicator assembly into a dispensing region defined in a mascara brush;
- expanding the mascara product to foam in the dispensing region of the mascara brush;
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- moving the foamed mascara product to an application portion of the mascara brush;
- keying a cap comprising a cleaner therein with the base to align the cap with the mascara brush so that the cleaner properly engages the mascara brush and a wiper sealing pad aligns with the apertures thereby cleaning and sealing the apertures.
A mascara applicator assembly, comprising:
- a base including a body;
- a stem coupled to the body at a first end and the stem coupled to a brush at a second end, the brush having a dispensing region and an application region, said dispensing region being positioned to receive product exiting apertures;
- a cap comprising:
- a cleaner configured to engage the brush when the cap is disposed on the body wherein said cleaner comprises a wiper having one or more wiper blades, one or more waste chambers, and a wiper sealing pad wherein the cap is keyed with the base to align the cleaner therein with the brush so that the cleaner properly engages the brush and the wiper sealing pad aligns with the apertures thereby cleaning and sealing the apertures.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.