US20190133300A1

US20190133300A1 - Cosmetic Eyewear Applicator

Info

Publication number: US20190133300A1
Application number: US16/115,396
Authority: US
Inventors: Heather Hedglin
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2017-08-28
Filing date: 2018-08-28
Publication date: 2019-05-09

Abstract

A cosmetic eyewear applicator device including an application sheet having a transferrable pigmented image printed on a front side thereon, a first adhesive strip attached to the front side of the application sheet and a second adhesive strip attached to the rear side of the application sheet. The application sheet including a moisture absorbent substrate which transfers the pigmented image to a contact surface to which the pigmented image is in direct contact with when an application of moisture to a rear side of the application sheet occurs. The first adhesive strip provides a protection layer for the image printed on the application sheet. The second adhesive strip includes a self-moisturizing agent which activates moisture to the rear side of the application sheet upon release of the agent.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims the benefit of priority of U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/550,856 filed on Aug. 28, 2017, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

Embodiments described herein generally relate to the field of eye makeup application, and more specifically to an eye makeup applicator.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Many women and some men use facial makeup to improve their overall appearances and looks. Makeup usually comes in various forms and includes powders, mascaras, highlighters, eyeliners, lipstick and foundation. There are also makeup enhancers, such as, for example, eyebrow and eyelash enhancing applications. It may take a considerable amount of time to apply makeup daily, therefore shortcuts in various applications are always desirable. One area that takes a little extra time is applying eyeliner around the edge of an individual's eyelid.
The eyeliner defines the area around the eyes and provides a means to highlight the eye and contour the look of their eye. Eyeliner is used in conjunction with eyeshadow and eyelash enhancers to improve and accentuate eyes. Eyeliner may be applied in the form of liquid eyeliner, pencil or even a gel with an eye brush. As a result, it would advantageous to have a means to have a long-lasting eyeliner application which may last a series of days for a user to avoid daily application by eyeliner.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The various advantages of the embodiments of the present disclosure will become apparent to one skilled in the art by reading the following specification and appended claims, and by referencing the following drawing, in which:

FIG. 1 shows an exemplary illustration of a cosmetic eyewear applicator device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Exemplary embodiments disclosed herein describe a cosmetic eyewear applicator device including an application sheet, a first adhesive strip and a second adhesive strip. The application sheet having a transferrable pigmented image printed on a front side thereon, the application sheet including a moisture absorbent substrate which transfers the pigmented image to a contact surface to which the pigmented image is in direct contact with when an application of moisture to a rear side of the application sheet occurs. The first adhesive strip is attached to the front side of the application sheet and protects the pigmented image printed on the application sheet. The second adhesive strip is attached to a rear side of the application sheet and includes a self-moisturizing agent which activates moisture to the rear side of the application sheet when the agent is exposed to air.
In some exemplary embodiments, the first and second adhesive strips are peel off paper strips.
In some exemplary embodiments, the self-moisturizing agent in the second adhesive strip is exposed to air when a user peels off the second adhesive strip from the application sheet.
In some exemplary embodiments, the transferrable pigmented image is a temporary eyeliner tattoo.
In some exemplary embodiments, the transferrable pigmented image is a temporary eyeshadow tattoo.
In some exemplary embodiments, the transferrable pigmented image is a temporary eyebrow tattoo.
In some exemplary embodiments, the application sheet is a decal.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The present disclosure describes a cosmetic eyewear applicator device. The applicator applies a temporary tattoo of eye makeup to an eye area of a user. The eye makeup may include eyeliner, eye shadow and eye brow shaping. To apply the eye makeup using the eyewear applicator device a user peels off a front side adhesive strip, places the tattoo in a desired position, and peels off a rear side adhesive strip. Once the rear side adhesive strip is peeled off, air activates a self-moistening agent therein which causes an application of moisture to the rear side of the application sheet which causes the ink from the tattoo to adhere to a contact surface (e.g., the positioned eye area). The temporary eye makeup tattoo remains on the eye surface for a few days.
As illustrated in FIG. 1, the cosmetic eyewear applicator device 10 includes an application sheet 12 having a transferrable pigmented image 14 printed thereon, a first adhesive strip 16 and a second adhesive strip 18. The first adhesive strip is attached to a front side of the application sheet to protect the pigmented image. The second adhesive strip is attached to the rear side of the application sheet and it applies moisture to the rear side of the application sheet when a self-moisturizing agent therein is activated upon exposure to air. The agent is exposed to air when a user peels the second adhesive strip off the rear side of the application sheet. The moisturizing agent may include any suitable agent that generates moisture upon air activation.
The application sheet includes a moisture absorbent substrate which transfers a pigmented image printed on the sheet to a contact surface to which the pigmented image is in direct contact with when an application of moisture to a rear side of the application sheet occurs. The application sheet is made of any suitable material, such as, for example, plastic, cloth, paper or ceramic. In a preferred embodiment, the application sheet is a decal.
The pigmented image printed on the application sheet is a temporary eye makeup tattoo. The image may come in various designs, sizes and shapes. In a preferred embodiment, the pigmented image is an eyeliner image. The eyeliner image may include both the upper eyelid and lower eyelid or alternatively the upper eyelid or the lower eyelid. The image is pigmented with a colorant, such as, for example, a dye, ink. The colorant is non-permanent.
In another exemplary embodiment, the pigmented image is an eyeshadow image.
In another exemplary embodiment, the pigmented image is an eye brow image.
The adhesive strips are peel off strips and may be made of any suitable material, such as, for example, plastic, paper or cloth.
In an alternative embodiment, the tattoo is completely encased in a plastic pouch, and the tattoo is air activated (i.e. transferred to a contact surface) when the pouch is opened.
While embodiments of the present disclosure have been described for eyewear makeup, the applicator device may be used with other types of pigmented images for tattooing to the human skin.
The disclosed embodiments are not inclusive and many other modifications and variations will be apparent to someone of ordinary skill in the art with construction skills in the related arts. Together the descriptions and accompanying illustrations seek to provide an explanation of the basic principles of the embodiment and its application. It is therefore intended that the specification and embodiments be considered as exemplary only. The true scope of the embodiments of the invention should not be so limited since other modifications will become apparent to the skilled practitioner upon a study of the drawings, specification, and following claims.
Accordingly, while example embodiments are capable of various modifications and alternative forms, embodiments thereof are shown by way of example in the figures and will herein be described in detail. It should be understood, however, that there is no intent to limit example embodiments to the particular forms disclosed, but on the contrary, example embodiments are to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the scope of the disclosure. Like numbers refer to like/similar elements throughout the detailed description.
It is understood that when an element is referred to as being “connected” or “coupled” to another element, it can be directly connected or coupled to the other element or intervening elements may be present. In contrast, when an element is referred to as being “directly connected” or “directly coupled” to another element, there are no intervening elements present. Other words used to describe the relationship between elements should be interpreted in a like fashion (e.g., “between” versus “directly between,” “adjacent” versus “directly adjacent,” etc.)
The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of example embodiments. As used herein, the singular forms “a,” “an” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms “comprises,” “comprising,” “includes” and/or “including,” when used herein, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components and/or groups thereof.
Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which example embodiments belong. It will be further understood that terms, e.g., those defined in commonly used dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant art. However, should the present disclosure give a specific meaning to a term deviating from a meaning commonly understood by one of ordinary skill, this meaning is to be taken into account in the specific context this definition is given herein.
Those skilled in the art will appreciate from the foregoing description that the broad techniques of the embodiments of the present invention may be implemented in a variety of forms. Therefore, while the embodiments of this invention have been described in connection with particular examples thereof, the true scope of the embodiments of the invention should not be so limited since other modifications will become apparent to the skilled practitioner upon a study of the drawings, specification, and following claims.

Claims

What is claimed is:

1. A cosmetic eyewear applicator device comprising:

an application sheet having a transferrable pigmented image printed on a front side thereon, the application sheet including a moisture absorbent substrate which transfers the pigmented image to a contact surface to which the pigmented image is in direct contact with when an application of moisture to a rear side of the application sheet occurs;

a first adhesive strip attached to the front side of the application sheet, wherein the first adhesive strip protects the pigmented image printed on the application sheet; and

a second adhesive strip attached to a rear side of the application sheet, the second adhesive strip including a self-moisturizing agent which activates moisture to the rear side of the application sheet when the agent is exposed to air.

2. The applicator device of claim 1, wherein the first and second adhesive strips are peel off paper strips.

3. The applicator device of claim 2, wherein the self-moisturizing agent in the second adhesive strip is exposed to air when a user peels off the second adhesive strip from the application sheet.

4. The applicator device of claim 1, wherein the transferrable pigmented image is a temporary eyeliner tattoo.

5. The applicator device of claim 1, wherein the transferrable pigmented image is a temporary eyeshadow tattoo.

6. The applicator device of claim 1, wherein the transferrable pigmented image is a temporary eyebrow tattoo.

7. The applicator device of claim 1, wherein the application sheet is a decal.