Mascara brush with square cross-sectional profile - Patent 1000566

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EP 1 000 566 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	03.07.2002 Bulletin 2002/27

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	17.05.2000 Bulletin 2000/20

(21)	Application number: 99420221.6

(22)	Date of filing: 04.11.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A46B 9/02, A46B 3/18

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

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Priority:

12.11.1998 US 107957 P

(71)	Applicant: HENLOPEN MANUFACTURING CO., INC.
	Melville, New York 11747 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	Schrepf, Volker New York (US)

(74)	Representative: Pigasse, Daniel
	Pechiney, Immeuble "SIS" 217, cours Lafayette 69451 Lyon Cedex 06 69451 Lyon Cedex 06 (FR)

(54)	Mascara brush with square cross-sectional profile

(57) A twisted-in-wire mascara brush with an array of bristles in which the tips of the bristles define an envelope having a profile that is square in cross-section.