Applicator and a device for applying a cosmetic
AssigneeL'oreal
InventorJean-Louis Gueret
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Abstract
An applicator for applying a fluid composition may include: a sheath; a stem extending, at least in part, inside the sheath, a gap being formed between the sheath and the stem; and an applicator element carried by the stem. A shape of the gap between the sheath and the stem may be modifiable by a user in such a manner as to enable the applicator element to take on at least a first configuration in which a fluid composition in the gap is retained by capillarity, and a second configuration that encourages the fluid composition in the gap to flow over the applicator element.
Claims27
An applicator for applying a fluid composition, the applicator comprising:
- a sheath;
- a stem extending, at least in part, inside the sheath;
- an applicator element carried by the stem;
- the stem extending downward beyond the sheath in a first configuration and a second configuration of the applicator element, a gap being formed between the sheath and the stem;
- and
- the shape of the gap between the sheath and the stem being modifiable by the user, in such a manner as to enable the applicator element to take on at least the first configuration in which the composition present in said gap is retained by capillarity, and the second configuration that encourages the composition contained in said gap to flow over the applicator element, wherein the applicator element comprises, in the first and second configurations an outer surface for the application of the composition which is situated entirely outside the sheath, wherein while passing from the first configuration to the second configuration, the dimensions of the gap change, such that a quantity of composition present in said gap and retained by capillarity in the first configuration can flow over the applicator element in the second configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.