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US 8,262,302 B1Granted
Kit for a heating applicator and product
AssigneeELC Management LLC
InventorsHerve F. Bouix, Francis Corbellini, Christophe Jacob
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Abstract
A heating applicator kit for mascara or other products that tend to dry out or be adversely affected when heated. A kit comprises multiple reservoirs of product and at least one heating applicator that alleviates the problems associated with heat exposure in the reservoir and on the applicator head.
Claims16
A kit comprising at least two disposable first subassemblies and at least one reusable second subassembly, wherein:
- each disposable first subassembly (FS) comprises a reservoir (1) of product and a hollow applicator head (3) that is initially mounted to the reservoir such that the reservoir is sealed from the ambient atmosphere, and such that a working surface (3a) of the applicator head is disposed in the reservoir;
- each reusable second subassembly (SS) comprises a handle (4) and an electric heating circuit that comprises a heat generating portion (7c) that is able to be connected to a power source (8);
- each reusable second subassembly (SS) is able to be attached to the first subassembly (FS) such that the heat generating portion (7c) is disposed inside the hollow applicator head (3);
- each reusable second subassembly (SS) is able to be detached from the first subassembly (FS) such that the applicator head (3) is removed from the reservoir (1), and becomes associated with the second subassembly;
- each reusable second subassembly (SS) is able to be reconnected to the first subassembly such that the product reservoir is again sealed;
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- each reusable second subassembly (SS) can be detached from the applicator head (3), thus restoring the second subassembly to its original form.
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