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US 6,626,599 B2Granted
Device for applying a product to a section of hair
AssigneeL'oreal
InventorVincent De Laforcade
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Abstract
An application device for applying a hair product, especially a dye product, to sections of hair. The device comprises a component made of at least one elastically deformable material and a reservoir for containing a product. The component at least partly defines a slot which communicates with the reservoir and is accessible from the outside of the device. The slot is bounded by edges which, at rest, are positioned substantially contiguous to each other so as to create a seal. A section of hair is able to pass through the slot so as to allow the section of hair to be coated with the product in response to movement of the device in a longitudinal direction with respect to the section of hair.
Claims54
An applicator device for applying a product to at least one section of hair, said device comprising:
- a component formed of at least one elastically deformable material;
- a reservoir for a product;
- a hair dye associated with the reservoir;
- a slot in communication with the reservoir, the slot being at least partially defined by said component and being accessible from an outside of the device, said slot being bounded by edges configured to be placed in a substantially contiguous position so as to create a seal without application of pressure by a user of the device, wherein the slot is configured to permit a section of hair to pass through the slot and become coated with product in response to movement of the device in a longitudinal direction with respect to the section of hair.
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An applicator device for applying a product to at least one section of hair, said device comprising:
- a component formed of at least one elastically deformable material;
- a reservoir for a product;
- a hair dye associated with the reservoir;
- and
- a slot in communication with the reservoir, the slot being at least partially defined by said component and being accessible from an outside of the device, said slot being bounded by edges configured to be placed in a substantially contiguous position so as to create a seal, wherein the slot is configured to permit a section of hair to pass through the slot and become coated with product in response to movement of the device in a longitudinal direction with respect to the section of hair, and wherein two of the edges of the slot are formed by the component.
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An applicator device for applying a product to at least one section of hair, said device comprising:
- a component formed of at least one elastically deformable material;
- a reservoir for a product;
- a hair dye associated with the reservoir;
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- a slot in communication with the reservoir, the slot being at least partially defined by said component and being accessible from an outside of the device, said slot being bounded by edges configured to be placed in a substantially contiguous position so as to create a seal, wherein the slot is configured to permit a section of hair to pass through the slot and become coated with product in response to movement of the device in a longitudinal direction with respect to the section of hair, and wherein the slot extends over an opening angle of from 20° to 320°.
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An applicator device for applying a product to at least one section of hair, said device comprising:
- a component formed of at least one elastically deformable material;
- a reservoir for a product;
- a hair dye associated with the reservoir;
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- a slot in communication with the reservoir, the slot being at least partially defined by said component and being accessible from an outside of the device, said slot being bounded by edges configured to be placed in a substantially contiguous position so as to create a seal, wherein the slot is configured to permit a section of hair to pass through the slot and become coated with product in response to movement of the device in a longitudinal direction with respect to the section of hair, and wherein the edges of the slot are flared with respect to one another to define an open portion configured to facilitate insertion of the section of hair into the slot.
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An applicator device for applying a product to at least one section of hair, said device comprising:
- a component formed of at least one elastically deformable material;
- a reservoir for a product, the reservoir being at least partly bounded by a hollowed-out portion of the component;
- a hair dye associated with the reservoir;
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- a slot in communication with the reservoir, the slot being at least partially defined by said component and being accessible from an outside of the device, said slot being bounded by edges configured to be placed in a substantially contiguous position so as to create a seal, wherein the slot is configured to permit a section of hair to pass through the slot and become coated with product in response to movement of the device in a longitudinal direction with respect to the section of hair.
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An applicator device for applying a product to at least one section of hair, said device comprising:
- a component formed of at least one elastically deformable material, the component being a hollowed-out cylinder having a center portion;
- a reservoir for a product, the reservoir being at least partially formed by the center portion of the hollowed-out cylinder of the component, and
- a slot in communication with the reservoir, the slot being at least partially defined by said component and being accessible from an outside of the device, said slot being bounded by edges configured to be placed in a substantially contiguous position so as to create a seal, wherein the slot is configured to permit a section of hair to pass through the slot and become coated with product in response to movement of the device in a longitudinal direction with respect to the section of hair.
An applicator device for applying a product to at least one section of hair, said device comprising:
- a component formed of at least one elastically deformable material;
- a reservoir for a product;
- a hair dye associated with the reservoir;
- a slot in communication with the reservoir, the slot being at least partially defined by said component and being accessible from an outside of the device, said slot being bounded by edges configured to be placed in a substantially contiguous position so as to create a seal without application of pressure by a user of the device, wherein the slot is configured to permit a section of hair to pass through the slot and become coated with product in response to movement of the device in a longitudinal direction with respect to the section of hair;
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- a resealable passage configured to allow the reservoir to be filled with the product.
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An applicator device for applying a product to at least one section of hair, said device comprising:
- a component formed of at least one elastically deformable material;
- a reservoir for a product;
- a hair dye associated with the reservoir;
- a slot in communication with the reservoir, the slot being at least partially defined by said component and being accessible from an outside of the device, said slot being bounded by edges configured to be placed in a substantially contiguous position so as to create a seal without application of pressure by a user of the device, wherein the slot is configured to permit a section of hair to pass through the slot and become coated with product in response to movement of the device in a longitudinal direction with respect to the section of hair;
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- a mount configured to allow mounting of the applicator device on an auxiliary reservoir.
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An applicator device for applying a product to at least one section of hair, said device comprising:
- a component formed of at least one elastically deformable material;
- a reservoir for a product;
- a hair dye associated with the reservoir;
- and
- a slot in communication with the reservoir, the slot being at least partially defined by said component and being accessible from an outside of the device, said slot being bounded by edges configured to be placed in a substantially contiguous position so as to create a seal without application of pressure by a user of the device, wherein the slot is configured to permit a section of hair to pass through the slot and become coated with product in response to movement of the device in a longitudinal direction with respect to the section of hair, and wherein the slot is bounded by two of the edges.
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An applicator device for applying a product to at least one section of hair, said device comprising:
- a component formed of at least one elastically deformable material;
- a reservoir for a product;
- a hair dye associated with the reservoir;
- and
- a slot in communication with the reservoir, the slot being at least partially defined by said component and being accessible from an outside of the device, said slot being bounded by edges configured to be placed in a substantially contiguous position so as to create a seal, wherein the slot is configured to permit a section of hair to pass through the slot and become coated with product in response to movement of the device in a longitudinal direction with respect to the section of hair, and wherein the component is configured to bias at least one of the edges toward the substantially contiguous position.
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A method of applying a hair product to at least one section of hair, the method comprising:
- selecting a section of hair to be coated with the product;
- passing the selected section of hair through a slot defined at least partially by substantially contiguous edge portions configured to create a seal without application of pressure by a user of the device, the slot being at least partly bounded by a component formed of at least one elastically deformable material, the component at least partly defining a reservoir containing a product, and the slot being in communication with the reservoir;
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- moving the component in a longitudinal direction with respect to the section of hair to transfer the product to the section of hair.
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An applicator device for applying a product to at least one section of hair, comprising:
- an elastically deformable component;
- a reservoir for the product, the reservoir being positioned in the elastically deformable component and being in fluid communication with at least a portion of the elastically deformable component;
- a hair dye associated with the reservoir;
- a slot at least partially defined by the elastically deformable component, the slot being bounded by edges and being configured to receive a section of hair between the edges;
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- an enclosure, the elastically deformable component being positioned in the enclosure.
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An applicator device for applying a product to at least one section of hair, comprising:
- an elastically deformable component, the elastically deformable component being a hollow cylinder;
- a reservoir for the product, the reservoir being positioned in the elastically deformable component and being in fluid communication with at least a portion of the elastically deformable component;
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- a slot at least partially defined by the elastically deformable component, the slot being bounded by edges and being configured to receive a section of hair between the edges.
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A method of applying a product to at least one section of hair, comprising:
- providing an applicator device comprising
- a component formed of at least one elastically deformable material,
- a reservoir containing a product, and
- a slot in communication with the reservoir, the slot being at least partially defined by said component and being accessible from an outside of the device, said slot being bounded by edges configured to be placed in a substantially contiguous position so as to create a seal without application of pressure by a user of the device, wherein the slot is configured to permit a section of hair to pass through the slot and become coated with product in response to movement of the device in a longitudinal direction with respect to the section of hair;
- passing a section of hair through the slot;
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- moving the device longitudinally with respect to the section of hair to transfer product from the device to the section of hair.
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A method of applying a product to at least one section of hair, comprising:
- providing an applicator device comprising
- an elastically deformable component,
- a reservoir containing the product, the reservoir being positioned in the elastically deformable component and being in fluid communication with at least a portion of the elastically deformable component,
- a slot at least partially defined by the elastically deformable component, the slot being bounded by edges and being configured to receive a section of hair between the edges, and
- an enclosure, the elastically deformable component being positioned in the enclosure;
- passing a section of hair through the slot;
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- moving the device longitudinally with respect to the section of hair to transfer product from the device to the section of hair.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.