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US 5,856,653 AGranted
Mascara extender
OwnerNona Boudreauxinventor
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Abstract
A container with a compartment into which a container of cosmetics is placed, and a heating element in the walls of the container. The heating element is connected to a source of electricity which heats the heating element which in turn heats a fluid within the walls of the container. The heated fluid warms the cosmetics which will make it usable once again.
Claims9
A heating apparatus for heating a dried, unusable cosmetic comprising:
- a small, compact housing made from a non-conductive material having a top and bottom end with an aperture on its top end in communication with an elongated, substantially cylindrical well, said well dimensioned to receive and tightly surround a cosmetic container;
- an outer wall surrounding said well forming an integral sealed annular chamber therebetween,
- said chamber having a heatable fluid therein;
- an electrically powered heating element surrounding said outer wall for providing heat to a cosmetic container received within said well so that dried unusable cosmetic stored within said container will revert to a usable form.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.