EP1050234A1 - Vorrichtung zum Auftragen von Schminkprodukten mit mehrfachen Formen - Google Patents

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EP1050234A1
EP1050234A1 EP00400825A EP00400825A EP1050234A1 EP 1050234 A1 EP1050234 A1 EP 1050234A1 EP 00400825 A EP00400825 A EP 00400825A EP 00400825 A EP00400825 A EP 00400825A EP 1050234 A1 EP1050234 A1 EP 1050234A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D40/00—Casings or accessories specially adapted for storing or handling solid or pasty toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. shaving soaps or lipsticks
    • A45D40/26—Appliances specially adapted for applying pasty paint, e.g. using roller, using a ball
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D33/00—Containers or accessories specially adapted for handling powdery toiletry or cosmetic substances
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D40/00—Casings or accessories specially adapted for storing or handling solid or pasty toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. shaving soaps or lipsticks
    • A45D40/26—Appliances specially adapted for applying pasty paint, e.g. using roller, using a ball
    • A45D40/28—Appliances specially adapted for spreading already applied paint

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  • the present invention relates to a device for application to a support, in particular the skin, of a product, such as a makeup product.
  • a product such as a makeup product.
  • the invention is particularly suitable for the treatment and / or makeup of the eyelids.
  • a makeup product in particular an eyeshadow
  • the large radius of curvature is suitable for the upper part of the eyelid, while the small radius is suitable for the lower edge of the eyelid.
  • the applicator is formed by a support relatively rigid on which is mounted a sheet of foam, suitable for being loaded with product, and forming a substantially flat application surface.
  • applicators capable of treating crow's feet from the corner of the eye, or the bags and dark circles under eyes.
  • a device for the application to a support, of a product, in particular make-up comprising an application member made of elastically deformable material, said member application having an application surface arranged substantially in a plan, and intended to be engaged with said support, said device comprising gripping means capable, in response to a constraint, of ability to deform said application surface in its plane, so as to make pass a section, parallel to said plane, of said application surface, of a first form to at least a second form, said section repeating by elastic return, said first form, when the stress on said ceases gripping means.
  • the application surface is substantially flat, at least when said member application is in rest position. In practice, it can in this rest position, in particular being slightly curved. She can also present certain reliefs, able in particular to facilitate its loading with product, and / or allow a massaging effect.
  • the application surface can, due to its elastic deformability, deform more or less, to conform to the profile of the surface to be treated.
  • the elastic restoring force causing the return of the application surface in said first shape is generated, at least in part, by the elasticity of the material forming the applicator member, possibly in combination with the elasticity of the structure formed by the gripping means.
  • the strength of elastic return generated by the stressing of the gripping means is significantly stronger than the restoring force generated by the elasticity of the material forming the application member.
  • the same applicator can be used to apply a product, in particular make-up on contoured surfaces different.
  • the applicator according to the invention is economical to produce, and simple of use.
  • the case or other packaging necessary for transport and protection of the applicator and of the product to be applied, in particular in a hands, is reduced in size and simplified in design, compared to the size and design of a housing to contain a plurality applicators.
  • the shapes can be of different geometry (in particular when a straight edge shape is distorted to become an edge shape curves) or identical geometry, but oriented differently (a first shape of the application surface can be the mirror image of a second form of the application surface).
  • the application surface is able to pass from said first form to a second form, constituting the mirror image of the first form. So, in its first form, i.e. in the absence of constraint, the application surface is adapted to the treatment of the eyelid the right eye. In the second form, the application surface is adapted to the treatment of the eyelid of the left eye.
  • the first shape of said section is symmetrical with respect to to an axis of symmetry, said gripping means being able to pass selectively the section of said application surface, from said first shape to a second form or a third form.
  • said seconds and third forms are asymmetrical, one constituting the mirror image of the other.
  • the application surface can be used advantageously for the treatment of another part of the body or face.
  • the section of the application surface is delimited by two lateral edges, substantially straight and extending from a first end to a second end of said surface application, the two lateral edges gradually diverging from one to the other towards said second end.
  • the first and second ends of the application surface may be rounded, said second end with a radius of curvature greater than a radius of curvature of the first end.
  • the section of said application surface forms a first lateral edge having a first radius of curvature, and a second lateral edge forming a second radius of curvature, said first radius of curvature being greater than said second radius curvature.
  • the edge with the greatest radius of curvature when the section of the application surface is in the second form becomes that with the smallest radius of curvature when the cross-section of the surface of application is in the third form, and vice versa.
  • the gripping means may consist of at least two edges support, rigid or semi-rigid, located on one side of the opposite application member to the application surface, said bearing edges being spaced from each other and extending perpendicular to said plane of the application surface.
  • Each of the two bearing edges preferably has a first end and a second end, a pressure exerted on said first ends of said support edges, so as to bring them closer to each other, causing passage from said section of the first form to the second form, a pressure exerted on said second ends of said bearing edges, so as to move closer to each other, causing the passage of said section of the first form to the third form. So the transition from one form to another for said application surface, operated by a very simple gesture.
  • said first bearing edge is formed in a first plane, oriented perpendicular to said axis of symmetry, said second bearing edge being formed in a second plane parallel to the first.
  • the two bearing edges are connected by a connecting element formed in a plane containing said axis of symmetry, and perpendicular to said first and second planes, said element of bond being able to flex elastically in a first direction in response at a pressure exerted on said first ends, so as to move closer to each other, and flex elastically in a second direction, opposite the first, in response to pressure exerted on said second ends so as to bring them together.
  • the means of grip substantially form an H.
  • the edge, turned towards the organ of application, of the connecting element is preferably embedded, at least in part, in the mass of said applicator member, without however forming any additional thickness on said application surface. We thus favor the passage from one form to another of said application surface.
  • Gripping means, and in particular, the connecting element can be made integral with the application member by any other appropriate means, in particular by bonding, welding, or other mechanical attachment.
  • the bearing edges are connected to the connecting element by portions chamfered, capable of promoting the bending of said connecting element in said first and second directions.
  • these chamfered portions are four in number.
  • Means may be provided for releasably locking the surface of application in at least one of its forms obtained by deformation of the first form.
  • Such means may include an organ forming a hook, arranged at each end of the bearing edges, said hook being connected, in particular by a film hinge to the first bearing edge, and intended to snap reversibly onto the second support edge.
  • the gripping means including where appropriate, the locking means, can be formed in one piece, obtained by molding a material rigid or semi-rigid thermoplastic, in particular polypropylene or polyethylene.
  • said connecting element is of thickness thinner than the thickness of said first and second bearing edges so as to facilitate deflections required.
  • the applicator member may be formed from a thermoplastic elastomer, based especially polypropylene or polyethylene.
  • a thermoplastic elastomer based especially polypropylene or polyethylene.
  • the gripping means as well as the organ of application are formed by bi-injection or overmolding.
  • the application surface of said application member is formed of an absorbent material, in particular an open or semi-cell foam open.
  • an absorbent material configured in particular in the form of a relatively thin layer, can be stuck on the application member.
  • the applicator member forms a unitary structure in one and same material.
  • the invention also relates to a makeup case containing, in particular in an compartment provided for this purpose, an applicator according to the invention.
  • Such housing also comprises at least one other compartment intended to contain the product to be applied, in particular in the form of a solid loaf or a loose powder.
  • the application device 1 is in its rest position. In this position, no constraint is exerted, that this either on the gripping means 2, or on the application surface 3.
  • the application device 1 comprises an applicator member 4 in the form of a planar element made of material elastomeric, in particular based on polypropylene or polyethylene.
  • a face the applicator member 4 is covered with a sheet 5 of an absorbent material, in particular a foam, capable of loading with the product to be applied, for example an eyeshadow, and to restore the product on the surface to be treated, in particular the skin.
  • the sheet 5 can be glued to the corresponding face of the member application 4. This sheet forms the application surface 3 of the member of application 4.
  • the section of the application surface 3, in parallel in its plane, is elongated, symmetrical with respect to an X axis.
  • application 3 is delimited by two lateral edges 6, 7.
  • the edges 6, 7, are substantially straight, and diverge from each other for the first time rounded end 8, to a second rounded end 9.
  • the end rounded 9 has a radius of curvature greater than the radius of curvature of the end rounded 8.
  • the application member 4 is integral with a gripping member 2, made from of an H-shaped structure 11.
  • the structure 11 is made of a material rigid or semi rigid, in particular polypropylene.
  • the H has two elements side 12, 13, intended to form, as will be seen in more detail below, support edges.
  • the bearing edges 12, 13 are connected by a connecting element 14 perpendicular to the edges 12, 13.
  • the connecting element 14 is thick less than the thickness of the bearing edges 12, 13, in order to form a zone of deflection in response to pressure on the edges support 12, 13.
  • the edges 12 and 13 are connected to the connecting element 14 via chamfered portions 15, favoring the bending of the structure 11, in response to pressure exerted on one side or on the other of said structure.
  • the assembly of the H-structure and the applicator member 4 is done by overmolding or bi-injection, preferably using compatible materials between them so as to bind together at the injection temperature.
  • the support edges 12 and 13 are at a distance (about 1 to 2 mm) from the face 10 of the application body.
  • the lower edge 16 of the connecting element 14 is extends beyond the lower edge of the lateral elements 12, 13, so that during the molding of the device, to drown in the mass of the material forming the application member, without however leading to the application face 3.
  • the connecting element 14 is thus perpendicular to the application surface 3, and is arranged along the X axis, when said application surface 3 is in the rest position illustrated in FIGS. 1A and 1B.
  • the bearing edges 12, 13 are perpendicular to the connecting element 14 and to the application surface 3.
  • the edge upper of connecting element 14 ends at the same level as the elements side 12, 13.
  • the elastomeric material forming the applicator member 4 covers the two faces of the connecting element 14, and forms an over-height 17 at the above the upper edge of the connecting element 14. Such an arrangement allows good attachment of the H-structure relative to the applicator member 4, when the materials used for the realization of one and the other are not compatible, or only partially.
  • an application member 4 is made of thermoplastic elastomer whose length along the X axis is of the order of 35 mm.
  • the maximum width of the application surface 3 (before rounding 9) is of the order of 15 mm.
  • the width minimum of the application surface 3 (before the rounding 8) is of the order of 8 mm.
  • the thickness of the applicator member is of the order of 3 to 5 mm.
  • the H-structure is made of polypropylene.
  • the thickness of the bearing edges 12, 13 is of the order 2mm.
  • Their width perpendicular to the X axis is of the order of 20 mm.
  • the width of the connecting strip 14, along the axis X is of the order of 20 mm. His average thickness is 1 mm.
  • FIGS. 2A-2B and 4C the use of the applicator discussed above for making up the eyelid of the right eye.
  • the user grasps the device 1 between the thumb and forefinger, and tightens, relative to each other, the ends 18, 19 of the edges support 12, 13. Conversely, the ends 20 and 21 of the support edges 12, 13 deviate from each other. In doing so, the connecting element 14 flexes correspondingly, thereby causing a similar deformation of the applicator member 4, in which the edge 16 of the connecting element 14 is embedded in part.
  • the application surface 3 undergoes a deflection identical to that of the connecting element.
  • the product application surface can be impregnated either prior to the deformation of the application surface, ie after the required shape of the application surface.
  • the product is contained, especially under in the form of a solid loaf, in a case as conventionally used in the field of makeup.
  • Such a housing 100 is shown in Figure 6. It remains then apply the application surface 3 on the eyelid of the right eye, so as to transfer all or part of the product carried thereon by the application surface 3.
  • the user releases the pressure she exerted on the ends 18, 19 of the bearing edges 12, 13. These, like the face application 3, return by elastic return to their position in FIGS. 1A and 4B.
  • FIGS. 3A-3B and 4A the use of the applicator discussed above for the makeup of the eyelid of the left eye.
  • the user grasps the device 1 between the thumb and forefinger, and tightens, relative to each other, the ends 20, 21 of the edges support 12, 13. Conversely, the ends 18 and 19 of the support edges 12, 13 deviate from each other. In doing so, the connecting element 14 flexes correspondingly, thereby causing a similar deformation of the application member 4 and the application surface 3.
  • the section of the face application 3 is then asymmetrical. As shown in Figure 4A, the section of the application face 3 is oriented opposite the section of the figure 4C.
  • the edge 6 now forms a curvature of radius greater than the curvature of the edge 7.
  • the application is done in the same way as for the application on the eyelid of the left eye. After application, the user releases the pressure she exerted on the ends 20, 21 of the bearing edges 12, 13. These, like the face application 3, return by elastic return to their position in FIGS. 1A and4B.
  • FIGS. 5A-5B illustrate a variant of the previous embodiment.
  • the end 19 of the bearing edge 12 is connected via a film hinge, to a first attachment device 22, suitable, when the application surface 3 is in the form of FIG. 4C, coming into engagement by snap-fastening, with the end 18 of the support edge 13, so as to reversibly lock the application surface 3 in its form suitable for application to the eyelid of the right eye (see Figure 5B).
  • the application of the product on the surface to be treated is then finds it easier.
  • the end 20 of the edge support 12 is connected, via a film hinge, to a second attachment device 23, suitable, when the application surface 3 is in the form shown in the FIG. 4A, coming into engagement with the end 21 of the bearing edge 13, of so as to freeze reversibly, the application surface 3, in its shape suitable for the treatment of the eyelid of the left eye.
  • FIG. 6 there is shown a housing 100 having a bottom 101 and a cover 102, hinged on the bottom.
  • the bottom 101 has a first compartment 103 to receive a solid eye shadow bread, and a second compartment 104 for receiving an application device 1 according to the invention.
  • a clasp 105 ensures the reversible locking of the cover 102 on the bottom 101.
  • a mirror 106 is glued to the inner surface of the cover.

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ATE250876T1 (de) 2003-10-15
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