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US 7,458,126 B2Granted
Applicator for applying a substance to nails
AssigneeL'oreal
InventorJean-Louis Gueret
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Abstract
An applicator for applying a substance to nails is disclosed. The applicator comprises a rod having an end portion, the end portion having a housing, the housing having an opening of oblong cross-section with a long axis, the rod having a wall of varying thickness around the housing. In the end portion, the rod has a cross-section having an outer contour that is not concave, with the exception of one or more grooves situated opposite each other.
Claims28
An applicator for applying a substance to nails, comprising:
- a rod having an end portion including a housing and an opening to said housing formed therein, said housing and said opening having an elongated transverse cross-section with a long axis, said housing having a plurality of corners in said transverse cross-section, said rod including a wall around said housing that varies in thickness in said transverse cross-section, a minimum distance between one of said corners and an outside surface of said wall defining a first wall thickness, and a distance along said long axis between a longitudinal end of said housing and said outside surface of said wall defining a second wall thickness greater than said first wall thickness, said rod having formed therein only one groove or only two grooves situated opposite each other, said only one groove or said only two grooves extending along at least a portion of said rod and being situated substantially mid-way along said long axis;
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- bristles fixed in said housing and having a portion projecting therefrom.
An applicator for applying a substance to nails, comprising:
- a rod having an end portion including a housing and an opening to said housing formed therein, said housing and said opening having an elongated transverse cross-section with a long axis, said rod including a wall around said housing that varies in thickness in said transverse cross-section, said rod having formed therein only two grooves situated opposite each other, said only two grooves being situated substantially mid-way along said long axis and having different shapes, said transverse cross-section at said end portion of said rod having a convex outer contour except at the location of said only two grooves;
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- bristles fixed in said housing and having a portion projecting therefrom.
An applicator for applying a substance to nails, comprising:
- a rod having an end portion including a housing and an opening to said housing formed therein, said housing and said opening having an elongated transverse cross-section with a long axis, said rod including a wall around said housing that varies in thickness in said transverse cross-section, said wall having a first thickness at a longitudinal end of said transverse cross-section of said housing and a second thickness greater than said first thickness mid-way along said transverse cross-section of said housing, said rod having formed therein only one groove or only two grooves situated opposite each other, said transverse cross-section at said end portion of said rod having a convex outer contour except at the location of said only one groove or said only two grooves, said only one groove or said only two grooves extending along at least a portion of said rod and being situated substantially mid-way along said long axis;
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- bristles fixed in said housing and having a portion projecting therefrom.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.