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US 8,939,158 B2Granted
Agents, compositions and devices for temporary coloring local hair areas
AssigneeS.O.S. Color Ltd.
InventorsMichel Mercier, Shula Recanati
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Abstract
Hair-coloring applicators comprising a shield to protect the scalp, polymers of tannic acid having iron ions bound thereto, hair-coloring compositions comprising same and/or melanoidin, and novel alcohol-free carriers, are disclosed, as well uses thereof for coloring hair.
Claims24
A hair-coloring applicator particularly useful for touching-up hair along a hairline of a subject, the applicator comprising:
- a quantity of hair-coloring composition;
- a container within which said quantity of a hair-coloring composition is stored, said container including an outlet at one end of said container through which said hair-coloring composition is dispensed as a mist;
- an attachment attached to said one end of said container;
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- a shield projecting outwardly from said one end of the container including said outlet;
- wherein:
- i. one side of said attachment is formed with a slanted top wall terminating in a top rim formed with a projection for receiving said shield;
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- ii. said shield includes a plurality of closely spaced teeth having inner surfaces to be pressed against the subject's scalp with the root regions of the hairs passing through the spaces between said teeth and outer surfaces to be exposed to the hair-coloring composition dispensed as a mist from the container, such that the mist-dispensed hair-coloring composition coats the root regions of the hairs passing through the spaces between said teeth while said teeth substantially block the hair-coloring composition from reaching the individual's scalp.
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A hair-coloring applicator particularly useful for touching-up hair along a hairline of a subject, the applicator comprising:
- a quantity of hair-coloring composition;
- a container within which said quantity of a hair-coloring composition is stored, said container including an outlet at one end of the container through which said hair-coloring composition is dispensed as a mist;
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- an attachment attached to the end of the container carrying said outlet, said attachment including a shield, said attachment being formed with a slanted top wall terminating in a top rim formed with a projection for receiving said shield, said shield having a plurality of spaced parallel teeth which pass between the subject's hair to expose the hair root regions passing through the spaced teeth, while the spaced teeth substantially block the mist-dispensed hair-coloring composition from passing through to the subject's scalp.
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A method of touching up hair roots of an individual, the method comprising:
- a) providing a container within which a quantity of a hair-coloring composition is stored, an attachment attached to said one end of said container and a shield formed of a plurality of closely spaced teeth, the attachment being formed with a slanted top wall terminating in a top rim formed with a projection for receiving said shield, the shield including an inner side facing in one direction and an outer side facing in the opposite direction;
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- b) when the inner side of the shield is oriented towards and pressed against the individual's scalp so that root regions of hairs to be touched-up are received in the spaces between the teeth, spraying said hair coloring composition from said container over the outer side of the shield to produce a mist over the outer side such that:
- i) the hair coloring composition colors the root regions of the hairs passing through the spaces between the teeth, while
- ii) the closely-spaced teeth of the shield blocks passage of the hair coloring composition from the outer side to the scalp via the inner side of shield.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.