Classifications

• • 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
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B33—ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY
  • B33Y—ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3-D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3-D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING
  • B33Y10/00—Processes of additive manufacturing
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B33—ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY
  • B33Y—ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3-D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3-D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING
  • B33Y80/00—Products made by additive manufacturing

Definitions

• the invention relates to cosmetic articles and more specifically false eyelashes.
• the false eyelashes generally comprise a thin and narrow adhesive support intended to adhere to the eyelashes or the eyelid and bearing itself the false eyelashes.
• this support must be invisible or almost invisible on the eye once in place, it has very small dimensions that make handling difficult, and especially as it is adhesive or coated with a layer of glue before installation.
• An object of the invention is to facilitate the use of false eyelashes.
• a cosmetic article which comprises:
• the gripping portion of the applicator allows the user to guide and install the support on the eye without directly manipulating the latter.
• the gripping portion is indeed in whole or in part at a distance from the support.
• the applicator therefore has before use a gripping portion leaving free opposite faces of the applicator. Unlike the latter, it can therefore have a large area.
• the larger the surface the easier it is to manipulate the article for setting false eyelashes.
• the installation of false eyelashes on the eye advantageously on the eyelash fringe, is thus made easier and faster.
• the invention advantageously allows daily use of false eyelashes.
• the applicator may furthermore exhibit at least any of the following characteristics:
• the applicator protrudes from the support, in the direction of a width of the support, over a distance greater than or equal to this width, or twice, three times or four times that width,
• the applicator protrudes from the support, in the direction of a length of the support, over a distance greater than or equal to 25% of this length, or even 50%, 75%, 100% or 125% of this length, and
• the applicator has on each face an upper surface or equal to three times, or 5 times or 10 times a surface of the support.
• the applicator comprises at least one lateral extension, such as a lobe, forming the gripping portion.
• the lateral disposition of the gripping portion facilitates the handling of the support and its installation on the eye. Indeed, this lateral arrangement leaves the support clearly visible to the user during installation.
• the lobe also extends higher than the support.
• the applicator may comprise two lobes, one on each side of the support. In this way, the user can choose to hold the applicator by the left, the right or with both hands holding both lobes at a time.
• the support is curved.
• This curve allows the support to marry the natural curve of the eyelid or row of eyelashes to facilitate the installation of false eyelashes and improve the quality of fixation to the eye.
• the support is transparent.
• the applicator does not cover at all the false eyelashes, it avoids any interference between the applicator and false eyelashes when the applicator is removed from the support after installation of the latter on the eye.
• the article comprises a protective element covering the support on one side of the support opposite to the applicator.
• This protection element serves to protect the generally adhesive face of the support intended to be placed directly on the eyelid or the eyelashes.
• the applicator is more rigid than the protection element.
• the protection element may be stiffer than the applicator.
• the applicator While the protective element is intended to be removed first during use of the article, the applicator must have a certain rigidity in order to be easily handled by the user for the installation of the support on the eye.
• an outer face of the protection element is decorated.
• the surface of the applicator on each face is greater than or equal to 150% of the surface of the support
• the applicator and / or the protective element have a length of between 25 and 60 mm, preferably between 30 and 45 mm;
• the applicator and / or the protective element have a width of between 5 and 20 mm, preferably between 10 and 15 mm;
• the support has a length of between 10 and 30 mm, preferably between 15 and 25 mm;
• the support has a width of between 1 and 10 mm, preferably between 1 and 5 mm;
• the support at a thickness of between 10 and 100 microns, preferably less than or equal to 25 microns;
• the support comprises polyurethane
• the protective element comprises paper.
• the invention also provides a method for manufacturing a cosmetic article, wherein the applicator, the support and / or the protective element of the article according to the invention are produced by additive synthesis.
• Such a manufacturing method corresponding to a production by 3D printing, allows in particular to achieve low cost article or parts of the article based on the dimensional characteristics of the eye of the user. This can be a custom manufacturing.
• an electronic recording medium comprising in recorded form data for implementing the method according to the invention and / or such a file.
• the support is fixed beforehand to the applicator.
• FIG. 1 is an elevational view and an exploded view of a cosmetic article according to one embodiment of the invention
• FIG. 2 is an elevational view and a sectional view along the plane 1-l of the article of Figure 1;
• FIG. 3 is a view on a larger scale of the detail D of the sectional view of FIG. 2;
• FIG. 4 is a view similar to FIG. 2 taken along another section plane
• Fig. 5 is an elevational view and a perspective view showing a first step of the method of using the article
• the article 1 comprises a support 2, false eyelashes 4, an applicator 6 and a protective element 8.
• the support here is flat and thin. It presents here the shape of an elongated rectangular band. As illustrated in particular in FIG. 3, a proximal end of each false eyelash 4 is fixed by gluing to a front face 10 of the support by means of an adhesive strip 24.
• the support is for example in the form of a flexible film and sticky on the side of the support intended to face the protection element.
• a film type is available under several trade names such as TEGADERM TM (3M Company, St. Paul, MN), BIOCLUSIVE TM (Johnson & Johnson Company, New Brunswick, NJ), OP-SITE TM (TJ Smith & Nephew, Hull, England) and UNIFLEX TM (How Medica, Largo, FL).
• This is for example a transparent polyurethane film with a thickness of between 10 and 100 microns, preferably less than or equal to 25 microns.
• a reference point with three axes X, Y and Z is used in the present description, the directions X, Y and Z respectively denoting the length, the width and the thickness of the support within the article. 1.
• All false eyelashes 4 are attached to the same face of the support.
• the proximal end of the false eyelashes extends in the middle part of this face.
• most false eyelashes or their entirety extends projecting from the support protruding from the lower face 12 of the latter.
• Most of each false eyelash is free.
• the orientation of the false eyelashes from the support can vary between false eyelashes.
• false eyelashes can all be oriented in the same direction at the same inclination or, on the contrary, their inclinations can vary by a few degrees, for example by 10 °, 25 ° or 45 ° thus creating an effect of abundance.
• the line of false eyelashes on the eyelid of the user is rectilinear as in the embodiment illustrated by the figures or, on the contrary, curved.
• the support 2, from which the false eyelashes extend, and the applicator 6 can be rectilinear or curved in order to guide and perfectly install the false eyelashes on the eyelid of the user.
• False eyelashes may be identical to each other or different from each other. For example, they each have a length of between 5 and 100 mm, for example greater than or equal to 5, 10 or even 15 mm.
• the applicator 6 and the protection element 8 both have a generally flat and thin shape. In this case, they present contours and similar dimensions.
• the protective element 8 has curved edges over most of its periphery. It has a convex shape in majority. It has on its front face 16 a zone 14 dedicated to receiving the support 2. In this case, the entire rear face of the support is fixed by adhesion to the front face of the protective element in this area.
• the protection element has a rectilinear lower edge 18 coinciding with the lower edge of the support.
• the protection element also extends upwards beyond the upper edge of the support. It thus has an upper extension 20, itself extended by a right lobe 22 extending to the right and a left lobe 23, smaller, extending to the left, as shown in particular in Figure 1.
• the element protection is for example made of paper.
• the applicator 6 has a shape and a contour identical to those of the element of protection 8 except for the reception area.
• the applicator has indeed a notch 24 which extends opposite the support 2 when the protective element 8 and the applicator 6 are superposed edge to edge as in Figures 1 to 4. This notch reduces the area of contact between the rear face of the applicator 6 and the front face 10 of the support so that the latter is in contact with the applicator on the upper edge of this face. It is easy to separate these two parts during the installation of false eyelashes. The area of the front face of the support thus left free is occupied in large part by the ends of the false eyelashes.
• the applicator is for example in the form of a sheet of silicone paper, a sheet of multilayer paper, a plastic film or an elastomeric film.
• the total length L a of the applicator 6 and the protection element 8 is 39 mm.
• the width a is 13 mm.
• the total length L s of the support is 20 mm. Its total width l s is 2 mm.
• the applicator and / or the protective element have a length of between 25 and 60 mm, preferably between 30 and 45 mm.
• the applicator and / or the protective element have a width of between 5 and 20 mm, preferably between 10 and 15 mm.
• the support has a length of between 10 and 30 mm, preferably between 15 and 25 mm.
• the support has a width of between 1 and 10 mm, preferably between 1 and 5 mm.
• the protective element 8 protrudes from the support 2 upwards, in the direction of the width of the support, over a distance here greater than four times this width.
• it protrudes from the support, in the direction of the length of the support, to the left over a distance greater than or equal to 25% of this length and to the right over a distance greater than 100% of this length.
• the applicator 6 has here on each face an upper surface 5 times or 10 times the surface of the support.
• the applicator 6 and the protective element 8 are superimposed edge to edge while partially sandwiching the support 2. Moreover, in this embodiment, the applicator 6 completely leaves the false eyelashes 4, without covering them in any way. Still in this embodiment, the applicator 6 and the support 2 are two distinct or different elements.
• the protective element 8 and the applicator 6 are fixed by means of an adhesive to the respective faces of the support 2.
• the adhesive may be carried by the support or, on the contrary, be applied to the faces of the protection element 8 and of the applicator to be fixed on the support.
• the adhesive is a adhesive strip (not shown) applied to the applicator 6 and to the protective element 8.
• the protective element 8 is peelable so that it can be easily detached from the support 2. It is the same for the However, the false eyelashes are firmly glued to the face 10 of the support 2 by means of an adhesive strip 24 so as not to be easily detached from the latter.
• the band of glue used to fix between them the various parts of the article, including false eyelashes, is for example a hypoallergenic acrylate copolymer.
• the glue strip 24 is distinct from the support 2.
• the applicator 6 Because of its large dimensions relative to the support 2, the applicator 6 has two gripping portions formed by the left and right lobes 22, 23 and each allowing the applicator to be grasped directly by two opposite faces of the gripping portion when the applicator adheres to the support. In particular, the applicator can be held by the left lobe, by the right lobe or both at the same time.
• the applicator 6 is more rigid than the protection element 8.
• the user begins by removing the protective element 8 of the article by separating the support 2 by peeling. This separation is for example from the right edge of the article as illustrated. As a result, the sticky back side of the support 2 is now exposed and ready to come into contact with the user's eye.
• the user holds between his fingers the applicator 6 by one of its gripping areas, here by its only right lobe 22.
• This grasping is done by applying the fingers on the two opposite faces of the applicator 6, directly on them, the fingers remaining completely at a distance from the support 2.
• the user while holding the applicator in this way, just put the back of the support 2 on the base of the eyelashes or on the edge of the eyelid of his eye to adhere this face to his eye. Thanks to the gripping area which has a relatively large area, the user has a firm grip of the applicator and can therefore perform this step by positioning the support accurately on the eye. If at the beginning of the positioning, the support is not properly arranged on the eye, it can easily reposition it by pulling on the applicator and affixing the support on the eye in a new position.
• the user applies a slight pressure on the support 2 by pressing the applicator 6 and / or the distal end of the false eyelashes by means of his finger or an instrument in order to adhere the rear face of the support to his eye.
• the user can then pull the applicator 6, still held by its gripping zone, in order to separate it from the support. In this way, only the support 2 and the false eyelashes remain on the eye. The installation is then complete.
• this method comprises the following steps:
• the applicator 6, the support 2 and / or the protection element 8 can be produced by additive synthesis by means of conventional 3D printing techniques.
• the method may use a computer file comprising code instructions that can be used by a computer to control the implementation of the method and an electronic recording medium comprising, in recorded form, data, in particular dimensional data, making it possible to implement the process and the file. It can be provided to make the file available for download on a telecommunication network.
• the support, the protective element and / or the applicator are curved.
• an outer face of the protective element or the applicator is decorated, for example having been printed.

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• 2018
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  • 2018-06-06 US US16/620,319 patent/US20210076763A1/en not_active Abandoned
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