EP 2422643 A4 20121226 - TOOL FOR APPLYING COSMETICS
Title (en)
TOOL FOR APPLYING COSMETICS
Title (de)
UTENSIL ZUM AUFTRAGEN VON KOSMETIKA
Title (fr)
OUTIL POUR APPLIQUER DES COSMÉTIQUES
Publication
Application
Priority
- JP 2009060238 W 20090604
- JP 2009106740 A 20090424
Abstract (en)
[origin: US2012011674A1] To provide a user-friendly and easy-to-use cosmetic applicator equipped with a brush section having thin, tapered, plastic brush fibers each having a round cross section and a rounded tip, yet the brush as a whole having adequate stiffness, not too stiff nor too soft for applying a cosmetic without hurting facial skin. A cosmetic applicator has an applicator shaft 30 made of a first plastic resin, a brush section 40 made of a second plastic resin softer than the first plastic resin and securely fixed to the leading end of the applicator shaft 30. The brush section has a base 42 securely fixed to the leading end of the applicator shaft 30 and a brush 44 consisting of a multiplicity of tapered thin brush fibers that are integrally molded with the base 42 to extend forward from the base 42. Each brush fiber has a round cross section and a rounded tip. The brush includes thick stiff fibers 44a mixed with thin soft fibers 44b. The stiffness and softness of the brush fibers are optimized so as not to be too stiff nor too soft so that the applicator is handleable but not hurtful to lips and facial skin.
IPC 8 full level
A45D 34/04 (2006.01); A46B 3/00 (2006.01); A46B 9/02 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
A45D 34/045 (2013.01 - EP US); A46B 3/005 (2013.01 - EP US); A46B 5/0095 (2013.01 - EP US); A46B 9/021 (2013.01 - EP US); A46B 15/0061 (2013.01 - EP US); A46B 2200/1046 (2013.01 - EP US)
Citation (search report)
- [Y] US 2009083925 A1 20090402 - MATHIEZ JEAN-LOUIS [FR]
- [YD] JP 2004196371 A 20040715 - SHISEIDO CO LTD
- [A] GB 2159699 A 19851211 - COLE RODNEY DAVID
- [A] US 5357647 A 19941025 - GUERET JEAN-LOUIS H [FR]
- [A] US 2003034322 A1 20030220 - DOHERTY MICHAEL A [IE], et al
- [A] US 2003163884 A1 20030904 - WEIHRAUCH GEORG [DE]
- See references of WO 2010122681A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
US 2012011674 A1 20120119; EP 2422643 A1 20120229; EP 2422643 A4 20121226; JP 2010253045 A 20101111; WO 2010122681 A1 20101028
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 200913259243 A 20090604; EP 09843675 A 20090604; JP 2009060238 W 20090604; JP 2009106740 A 20090424