US 8,671,499 B2Granted

Cosmetic brush systems with coupled caps

AssigneeHCT Group Holding Limited

InventorsCindy Sean Yuei Lim, Megan Rene Langdon

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Abstract

A cosmetic brush system for applying a product to a surface is disclosed. The cosmetic brush system may include a displaceable cap coupled to a handle and a group of bristles fixed to one end of the handle. The displaceable cap may be slideably or peelably coupled to the handle. The handle may include ballast to position a centroid of the cosmetic brush closer to the end of the handle. In embodiments where the displaceable cap is a slideable cap, an end cap may be fixed to the end of the handle and the slideable cap and the end cap may form a uniform elongated cylindrical shape having the same outer diameter. The displaceable cap may also include a ventilation system. By virtue of having a displaceable cap permanently coupled to the handle of the cosmetic brush system, the user cannot misplace the cap and the system is portable and convenient.

Claims17

Dependent claims

A cosmetic brush for applying a product to a body comprising:

a handle having a group of bristles fixed in a top end of the handle opposite a bottom end of the handle;
and
a cap slideably coupled to the handle and configured to be slideably displaced, while remaining coupled to the handle, from a stowed position exposing the group of bristles to a use position covering the group of bristles, the cap comprising;
a ventilation system to ventilate the covered group of bristles when the cap is in the use position, the ventilation system comprising at least one aperture arranged in a wall of the cap and at least one other aperture arranged in a wall of a sleeve rotatably coupled to the cap, the sleeve configured to rotate between an open position and a closed position;
wherein
when the sleeve is in the open position, the at least one aperture arranged in the wall of the cap is aligned with the at least one other aperture arranged in the wall of the sleeve to ventilate the covered group of bristles;
and
when the sleeve is in the closed position, the at least one aperture arranged in the wall of the cap is unaligned with the at least one other aperture arranged in the wall of the sleeve to prevent the covered group of bristles from protruding from the least one aperture arranged in the wall of the cap when the cap slides between the use position and the stowed position.

5 more elements

A brush comprising:

a handle having an application surface fixed in a top end of the handle opposite a bottom end of the handle;
a cap slideably coupled to the handle to slide between a stowed position and a use position, the slideable cap configured, when in the use position, to cover the application surface and provide for ventilating the application surface via at least one aperture arrange in a wall of the cap;
and
a breathable liner lining an inside of the wall of the cap, the breathable liner configured to prevent the application surface from protruding from the aperture arranged in the wall of the cap when the cap is slideably displaced from the use position to the stowed position, and to provide for ventilating the application surface in cooperation with the at least one aperture arranged in the wall of the cap when the cap is in the use position.

1 more element

An applicator for applying a product comprising:

a first tube slideably receiving at least a portion of a second tube;
the second tube comprising an application surface fixed in a first end of the second tube and a ballast fixed at or near a second end of the second tube opposite to the application surface, wherein the application surface is configured to apply the product and the ballast is configured to position a centroid of the applicator closer to the second end of the second tube than to the first end of the second tube;
and
the first tube configured to be slideably displaced between a stowed position and a use position that covers the application surface, the first tube comprising;
a ventilation system to ventilate the application surface when the first tube is in the use position, the ventilation system comprising at least one aperture arranged in a wall of the first tube and at least one other aperture arranged in a wall of a sleeve rotatably coupled to the first tube, the sleeve configured to rotate between an open position and a closed position;
wherein
when the sleeve is in the open position, the at least one aperture arranged in the wall of the first tube is aligned with the at least one other aperture arranged in the wall of the sleeve to ventilate the application surface;
and
when the sleeve is in the closed position, the at least one aperture arranged in the wall of the first tube is unaligned with the at least one other aperture arranged in the wall of the sleeve to prevent the application surface from protruding from the least one aperture arranged in the wall of the first tube when the first tube slides between the use position and the stowed position.

6 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/292,654Filed 9 Nov 2011
Published: US 2013/0111683 A19 May 2013
Granted: 18 Mar 2014
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

A46B 7/026
Where the bristle carrier retracts or collapses, i.e. for storage: where the bristle carrier collapses
A46B 5/005
Bending or stretching or collapsing: brushes with a telescopic or similarly moveable portion
A46B 15/0093
Other brushes; Brushes with additional arrangements: magazins or sets of brushes components, e.g. plurality of brushes linked as a package
A46B 17/04
Accessories for brushes: protective covers for the bristles