Device including recessed container and method of cosmetic product application

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(11)

EP 1 421 874 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	23.06.2004 Bulletin 2004/26

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	26.05.2004 Bulletin 2004/22

(21)	Application number: 03257289.3

(22)	Date of filing: 19.11.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A45D 29/11, A45D 34/04

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK

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Priority:

20.11.2002 US 299661

(71)	Applicant: L'OREAL S.A.
	75008 Paris Cedex (FR)

(72)	Inventor:
	Theile, Frederick C. Ramsey New Jersey 07446 (US)

(74)	Representative: Price, Nigel John King
	J.A. KEMP & CO. 14 South Square Gray's Inn London WC1R 5JJ London WC1R 5JJ (GB)

(54)	Device including recessed container and method of cosmetic product application

(57) A device (10) includes a container (100) configured to be placed between a pair of adjacent fingers (F) of a user. The outer surface (110) of the container may include a first recess portion (130a) for receiving one of the user's fingers (F), the first recess portion (130a) facing in a first direction and including a first recess upper part (132a) and a first recess lower part (134a). The outer surface (110) may also include a second recess portion (130b) for receiving another of the user's fingers (F), the second recess portion (130b) facing in a second direction substantially opposite to the first direction and including a second recess upper part (132b) and a second recess lower part (134b). At least one of the first recess upper part (132a) and the second recess upper part (132b) may be configured to at least partially overlie a user's finger (F). Additionally, at least one of the first recess lower part (134a) and the second recess lower part (134b) may be configured to at least partially underlie a user's finger (F).

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