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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7918619 | Packaging and applicator device, and method of making up skin or lips A packaging and an applicator device may include: a receptacle containing a composition for application; and an applicator for applying the composition contained in the receptacle. The applicator may include: a stem; and an applicator element at one end thereof. The... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7429141 | Applicator for makeup or beauty care products A packaging and applicator device which is particularly advantageous for a cosmetic product. The arrangement includes a container incorporating an aperture and a cap intended to close the container aperture. The cap is connected to an applicator by a rod and a resil... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7131784 | Unit dose delivery system A container includes, in one embodiment, an outer housing holding a first mass of a first component of a composition, an inner housing holding a second mass of a second component of the composition, and a seal. The first component is a liquid and the mass of the sec... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7125187 | Closure system for a container An exemplary embodiment of a closure system for a container comprises a sealing member and a stopper. The sealing member comprises a flange, an inner sleeve extending from the flange, and an outer sleeve surrounding the inner sleeve. The outer sleeve extends from th... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7114624 | Fluid distribution device having a bottle and a decorative case A fluid distribution device, in particular of cosmetic product, of the type including a bottle adapted to contain fluid and having a distribution orifice. A decorative case covers the bottle. The case has a body and retaining elements adapted to retain the body with... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7077592 | Applicator including an applicator element configured to apply substance to skin An applicator for applying a substance to skin may include an applicator element configured to apply at least one line of substance to skin. The applicator element may include a rod or a receptacle, a portion extending from the rod or receptacle, and at least two ti... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6821041 | Surf wax refillable push-up stick with comb/scraper cap A combination solid material storage container and applicator assembly for solid materials, such as surf board wax, is disclosed. The assembly includes a symmetrical storage container member, which has an open top end, an open bottom end, and an interior surface. A ... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6666607 | Applicator and method for applying a product An applicator for applying a product comprises an applicator element configured to be loaded with product to be applied. The applicator element comprises a wall defining a cavity in which product accumulates. The cavity may have at least one opening throu... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6331085 | Container-applicator system for material for the skin A container-applicator system for cosmetic or like materials such as creams, powders, liquids and gels. The applicator of the system has an elongated tip for metered application of the material, located at the distal end of a stem which is carried by a ca... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6289902 | Ablation process involving bristles on a mascara brush and the mascara brush obtained by such process The process according to the invention comprises twisting a plastically deformable wire, typically of metal, so that it imprisons fibers within it, with the parts of the fibers projecting from the wire forming bristles in a helicoidal spiral, and of shavi... | 09/18/2001 |
| 5888005 | Capillary dosing unit with terminal slit A capillary dosing unit includes a stem provided with an axis of symmetry, a grip at a first end of the stem and at least one slit at a second end of the stem which emerges along the axis of the stem. This dosing unit allows accurate dosing of a liquid su... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5816728 | Mascara applicator A mascara applicator having one or more beads disposed on a central axle extending longitudinally from an elongated rod and handle is disclosed. A first preferred embodiment comprises a single cylindrical bead molded from plastic and having a series of lo... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5765574 | Sampler device for mascara and other cosmetic substances A sampler device for mascara and like cosmetic substances, consists of an elongate tubular container having one end closed and constituting a reservoir or well for holding the cosmetic product. The container has an elongate barrel portion which constitute... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5716150 | Applicator unit for a product of a pasty or powdery consistency such as lip rouge A applicator unit (1) for a product (P) of a pasty or powdery consistency. The applicator includes a stem (12) having a first free end (14) joined to an applicator end fitting (16) in contact with the product and being intended for the application of this... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5507401 | Personal perfume carrier A perfume carrier including a casing made of impact resisting material and defining a holding chamber, a compression spring received inside the holding chamber, a perfume bottle received in the holding chamber and supported on the compression spring, and ... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5224787 | Threaded cosmetics applicator with feed channels A cosmetics applicator comprises a rod having a threaded portion on the distal end of the rod, and characterized by a plurality of feed channels extending along the length of the rod and transected the threads. The space between the transecting threads an... | 07/06/1993 |
| 4974980 | Reservoir and an applicator with a flexible frustoconical, cylindrical distributor tip The invention relates to an assembly including a reservoir that contains a liquid and an applicator equipped with a flexible, elastically deformable pen (3); the pen has the shape of a truncated cone (31), elongated at its end of smaller diameter by a cyl... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4780017 | Resilient container with vent and dispensing assembly A container assembly structured to store and selectively dispense and/or apply liquid material contents from a storage chamber in a manner which eliminates waste by enabling substantially the entire quantity of liquid material product to be removed from t... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4580588 | Tooth care unit For use with a toothpaste tube having a conical end face surrounding an exteriorly threaded nipple there is a rigid stem long enough to be grasped by a user. A hub on the stem is interiorly threaded to engage the tube threads. A bristle base having bristl... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4437477 | Make of unit comprising a container and an applicator closing the container A make-up applicator has a container and an applicator which closes the container in a substantially leakproof manner and carries an applying member to draw up liquid make-up from the container and apply it to the surface to be made up. The container neck... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4261376 | Adjustable cosmetic wiper A wiper for a cosmetic applicator in which the size of the wiper orifice is adjustable.... | 04/14/1981 |
| 4194848 | Adjustable cosmetic wiper A wiper for a cosmetic applicator in which the size of the wiper orifice is adjustable.... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4192360 | Spoon dropper A measuring device has a cooperative plastic measuring liquid dropper dispensing a precise volume of liquid directly into an integral plastic spoon bowl. The spoon bowl is integrally foldably hinged to the dispensing tip of the medicine dropper by an inte... | 03/11/1980 |
| 3998235 | Adjustable mascara applicator An applicator for applying a predetermined metered amount of a cosmetic material characterized by a plurality of axially spaced coating surfaces in which the axial distance between each coating surface is adjustable.... | 12/21/1976 |
