EP3247237A1 - Plateau pour maintenir des extensions de cils, et procédés d'application d'extensions de cils - Google Patents

Plateau pour maintenir des extensions de cils, et procédés d'application d'extensions de cils

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EP3247237A1
EP3247237A1 EP16740902.8A EP16740902A EP3247237A1 EP 3247237 A1 EP3247237 A1 EP 3247237A1 EP 16740902 A EP16740902 A EP 16740902A EP 3247237 A1 EP3247237 A1 EP 3247237A1
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tray
individual
eyelash
eyelash extensions
extensions
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EP3247237A4 (fr
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Zachary CHIPMAN
Haley CHIPMAN
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Bella Lash Extensions LLC
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Bella Lash Extensions LLC
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41G—ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS; WIGS; MASKS; FEATHERS
    • A41G5/00—Hair pieces, inserts, rolls, pads, or the like; Toupées
    • A41G5/02—Artificial eyelashes; Artificial eyebrows
    • 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
    • A45D44/00—Other cosmetic or toiletry articles, e.g. for hairdressers' rooms
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44C—PERSONAL ADORNMENTS, e.g. JEWELLERY; COINS
    • A44C5/00—Bracelets; Wrist-watch straps; Fastenings for bracelets or wrist-watch straps
    • A44C5/0007—Bracelets specially adapted for other functions or with means for attaching other articles
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45F—TRAVELLING OR CAMP EQUIPMENT: SACKS OR PACKS CARRIED ON THE BODY
    • A45F5/00—Holders or carriers for hand articles; Holders or carriers for use while travelling or camping
    • A45F2005/008—Hand articles fastened to the wrist or to the arm or to the leg

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  • This disclosure relates generally to apparatuses that are used to hold eyelash extensions in place as a cosmetician applies the eyelash extensions. More specifically, this disclosure relates to apparatuses that are configured to be held on a cosmetician's hand or wrist and, in turn, hold the eyelash extensions at a location and in an orientation that makes the eyelash extensions readily accessible to the cosmetician as she applies them to an individual' s existing eyelashes.
  • Artificial eyelashes are used to provide an individual with the appearance of having long, thick, beautiful eyelashes. They may be used in lieu of eye make-up, such as mascara. There are two main types of artificial eyelashes— false lashes and individual eyelash extensions.
  • False eyelashes include a plurality of lashes that are permanently affixed to a single strip for one application, and are typically made to adhere to an individual' s eyelid, but are only supposed to remain in place on the individual's eyelid for a day or two.
  • Individual eyelash extensions are configured to be independently secured to an individual's existing eyelashes. There are several different colors, sizes (e.g., thicknesses, etc.) and lengths of individual eyelash extensions, and different types of individual eyelash extensions may be used in combination.
  • a cosmetician will grasp a single eyelash extension with a pair of tweezers and dip a base end of the eyelash extension in an adhesive material, or glue.
  • the adhesive material is typically non-toxic, strong and flexible, and made just for eyelash extensions. With the glue in place on the base end of the individual eyelash extension, it may be applied to one of the individual's natural eyelashes, where it may remain for three or four weeks or more.
  • Individual eyelash extensions may be packaged loosely in a small container, as shown in FIG. 1. In that arrangement, the individual eyelash extensions may be mixed together and even tangled, making it difficult for a cosmetician to grasp them one at a time.
  • the cosmetician may have to identify the end of the eyelash extension to which adhesive material, or glue, is to be applied (e.g., the base end, or proximal end, etc.), and then properly orient the eyelash extension so that the adhesive material, or glue, is applied to the appropriate end.
  • a cosmetician may use tweezers to grasp in individual eyelash extension and to remove it from the strip, or to grasp two or more eyelash extensions and remove them from the strip in a process known as "volume lashing." While holding the individual eyelash extension(s) with the tweezers, the cosmetician may dip the base end of the eyelash extension(s) into a suitable adhesive material. With the adhesive material in place on the base end(s) of the individual eyelash extension(s), the adhesive material is placed onto a client's natural eyelash to secure the base end(s) of the individual eyelash extension(s) to the client's natural eyelash.
  • the individual eyelash extension(s) is (are) briefly held in position with the tweezers as the adhesive material sets. The process is then repeated, one eyelash extension at a time (or one group of eyelash extensions at a time), until a desired number of eyelash extensions have been adhered to the client' s natural eyelashes (e.g., most or all of the client' s natural eyelashes have extensions adhered to them, etc.).
  • a desired number of eyelash extensions have been adhered to the client' s natural eyelashes (e.g., most or all of the client' s natural eyelashes have extensions adhered to them, etc.).
  • one or more strips carrying a plurality of individual eyelash extensions may be temporarily adhered to a convexly curved surface of a support so that the outer ends of the individual eyelash extensions carried by the strip(s) are fanned out.
  • the support may then be positioned at a location where the individual eyelash extensions are readily accessible to the cosmetician and in proximity to the customer's own eye lashes.
  • the placement of adhesive material on the cosmetician's hand can be a challenge.
  • the adhesive cannot be placed directly on her hand, nor should the cosmetician be required to steadily hold onto a receptacle for the adhesive material over prolonged periods of time (e.g., the amount of time it typically takes a cosmetician to apply a set of individual eyelash extensions to a customer' s existing eyelashes, etc.) so that the liquid adhesive material will not spill out of the receptacle.
  • glue ring eliminates the need for a cosmetician to hold onto a receptacle for the adhesive material, its use can be undesirably dangerous, as it will move whenever the finger or thumb on which it is placed moves, and because of the risk that some of the liquid adhesive material may spill each time the cosmetician moves her finger or thumb.
  • glue rings are typically top-heavy— particularly when they carry adhesive material— when may cause them to unexpectedly roll on a cosmetician' s finger and to spill the liquid adhesive material that they carry.
  • glue rings are intended to enable a cosmetician to place the adhesive material close to a customer' s face and eyes— the very locations that are prone to injury if the liquid adhesive material is spilled.
  • a glue ring and one or more strips that have been secured to a cosmetician' s hand must be positioned at a location to the side of a customer' s head.
  • Another ring such as that depicted by FIG. 5A, may be used to hold strips of individual eyelash extensions, on an individual's finger.
  • FIG. 5A may be used to hold strips of individual eyelash extensions, on an individual's finger.
  • positioning individual eyelash extensions on the individual' s finger limits her ability to use that finger and, thus, the hand of which that finger is a part, for other purposes.
  • the individual eyelash extensions may be moved from their preferred orientation, which may increase the difficulty of grasping and applying adhesive material to the base ends of the individual eyelash extensions.
  • An apparatus that supports a plurality of individual eyelash extensions includes a tray and an attachment member.
  • the tray is configured to be positioned on the back of an individual's hand and/or wrist (e.g., a cosmetician' s hand and/or wrist, etc.), while the attachment member is configured to secure the tray in place on the back of the
  • the tray may also be configured to hold an adhesive material at a location that may be easily and readily accessed by the individual's other hand, and which is close to the natural eyelashes to which the individual eyelash extensions are to be applied.
  • the tray may include a receptacle which is configured to place adhesive material close to (e.g., directly adjacent to, etc.) the individual eyelash extensions and, depending upon the location of the tray, close to the natural eyelashes to which the individual eyelash extensions are to be applied.
  • the tray may be configured to receive a removable, replaceable receptacle that holds adhesive material.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a container that holds a plurality of loose individual eyelash extensions
  • FIG. 7 is a top edge view of the embodiment of support shown in FIG. 6;
  • FIG. 10 is another perspective view of the embodiment of support shown in FIG. 6.
  • the following embodiments provide a new and useful platform for organizing eyelash extension work materials and for providing access to those work materials in close proximity to a client, while maintaining the adhesive at a safe distance from the client's eyes.
  • a support 100 may be configured to fit comfortably on the back of an individual's (e.g., a cosmetician's, etc.) hand, wrist, or even on her thumb. Such a configuration may enable the individual to position the support 100 near another person's natural eyelashes to reduce the distance the individual is required to move her hand each time she applies an individual eyelash extension 216 or a group of individual eyelash extensions 216 (e.g., in a process known as "volume lashing," etc.) to a person's natural eyelash.
  • an individual eyelash extension 216 or a group of individual eyelash extensions 216 e.g., in a process known as "volume lashing," etc.
  • Such a configuration may, as shown in FIG. 3B, cause the individual eyelash extensions 216 that are carried by a strip 212 to fan out, thereby spacing their outer ends 218 farther apart from one another than their respective base ends 217 are spaced apart from each other, as disclosed by the '685 Patent. This spreading of the outer ends 218 of the individual eyelash extensions 216 enables an individual to grasp a specific individual eyelash extension 216 with a pair of tweezers 300.
  • the manner in which the surface 110 of the tray 102 of the support 100 fans the individual eyelash extensions 216 is also useful in volume lashing processes (in which two to six or more eyelash extensions are arranged in a fan configuration), as the base ends 217 of the individual eyelash extensions 216 are already close together, while the outer ends 218 of the individual eyelash extensions 216 are already spread apart.
  • the shape of the surface 110 may enable the individual to grasp two or more individual eyelash extensions 216 that have already been arranged in a fan arrangement, and to maintain that arrangement as the individual eyelash extensions 216 are applied to a person' s natural eyelash.
  • the support 100 may include a disposable liner (not shown) that covers the surface 110 and/or other surfaces of the support 100 to facilitate clean up after an eyelash extension procedure is complete.
  • receptacle 106c, 106s in combination with stable placement of the support 100 on the back of the individual's hand and/or wrist may minimize the risk that the adhesive material will spill onto the person's face or into her eye.
  • the surface 110' of a tray 102' of a support 100' may be configured to rotate relative to a base 111 ' of the tray 102'. Such a configuration may enable an individual to rotate the surface 110' and the individual eyelash extensions 216 (FIG. 3B) carried thereby to orientations that are most convenient to the individual.
  • a number of mechanisms may be used to enable rotation of the surface 110' of the tray 102' relative to its base 111'.
  • a so-called "rotatable ball detent" mechanism 150 may be used.
  • the surface 110' of a tray 102' of a support 100' may be configured to be removed from and to be replaced upon a base 111 ' of the tray 102'.
  • Such a configuration may enable an individual to assemble a surface 110' that has been pre-loaded with strips 212 (FIG. 3B) that carry individual eyelash extensions 216 (FIG. 3B) with the base 111'.
  • Such a configuration may also enable the individual to select a surface 110' that carries a certain set of individual eyelash extensions 216 that are best suited for use with a particular person's natural eyelashes, and to assemble that tray with the base 111 '.
  • the ability of the base 111 ' to receive a separate surface 110' may also enable an individual to select a surface 110' from a variety of configurations (e.g., shapes, widths, lengths, etc.), which may provide the individual with the ability to tailor the support 100' to her needs or desires.
  • receptacle 106' may facilitate the use of receptacles 106' that are pre-loaded with adhesive material, rather than requiring an individual who uses the support 100 to repeatedly clean and fill a receptacle 106 with adhesive material, which might otherwise be time consuming and messy.
  • a support 100, 100' may enable an individual to easily handle strips of individual eyelash extensions 216 and adhesive material during the process of attaching the individual eyelash extensions 216, either individually or in a volume lashing process. These embodiments may provide ready and easy access to multiple types (e.g., lengths, thicknesses, styles, colors, etc.) of individual eyelash extensions 216 organized on a surface 110, 110'.
  • a process is shown for using a portable support 200 ⁇ e.g., a support 100 (FIGs. 6-10), a support 100' (FIGs. 6A, 6B, 7A, 8A, 8B, 9A, 9B), etc.) that has been positioned on and secured to a cosmetician's hand or wrist 204 to apply individual eyelash extensions 216 to a persons' natural eyelashes.
  • the portable support 200 includes a curved surface 210 disposed at an angle relative to the arm of a cosmetician to assist the cosmetician in accessing the eyelash extensions, as well as providing an ergonomic feel for the cosmetician when accessing one or more individual eyelash extensions 216.
  • a small receptacle 206 is provided on the side of the portable support 200 for adhesive material.
  • multiple strips 212 that carry individual eyelash extensions 216 may be adhered by adhesive backing to the curved surface 210 of the portable support 200.
  • Each strip 212 may be adhered to the curved surface 210 in such a way that the individual eyelash extensions 216 are directed outward away from the cosmetician's hand or wrist 204. As discussed above, this arrangement causes the outer ends 218 of the individual eyelash extensions 216 to fan out, providing easy access by the cosmetician to each individual eyelash extension 216.
  • the cosmetician may position the portable support 200 on her right hand or wrist 204.
  • the cosmetician may also have pair of tweezers 230 in her right hand 204 and another pair of tweezers 232 in her left hand 238.

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L'invention concerne un support pour maintenir des extensions de cils individuelles, qui comprend un plateau qui est configuré pour être positionné sur le dos d'une main et/ou d'un poignet d'un individu, ainsi qu'un élément de fixation associé au plateau pour fixer le plateau en place sur le dos de la main et/ou du poignet de l'individu. Le plateau comprend une surface pour maintenir des extensions de cils individuelles. Plus spécifiquement, la surface peut être configurée pour recevoir une bande qui porte des extensions de cils individuelles, et pour amener les extensions de cils individuelles à se disperser d'une manière qui les rend faciles à saisir individuellement. L'invention concerne également des procédés pour appliquer des extensions de cils à des cils naturels d'une personne.
EP16740902.8A 2015-01-23 2016-01-25 Plateau pour maintenir des extensions de cils, et procédés d'application d'extensions de cils Withdrawn EP3247237A4 (fr)

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