US 12,185,812 B2
Electric personal care apparatus
Paulus Hubertus Gerardus Offermans, Weert (NL); Antonius Wilhelmus Maria De Laat, Den Dungen (NL); Mona Scholten, Goirle (NL); and Ronaldus Mathias Hubertus Steijvers, Nederweert (NL)
Assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Appl. No. 17/773,632
Filed by KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed Nov. 5, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/081166
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 2, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/094196, PCT Pub. Date May 20, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19208683 (EP), filed on Nov. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0378169 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. A45D 27/00 (2006.01); A45D 34/04 (2006.01); B26B 19/40 (2006.01)
CPC A45D 27/00 (2013.01) [A45D 34/04 (2013.01); B26B 19/40 (2013.01); A45D 2200/25 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric personal care apparatus comprising a skin contacting portion configured for contact with skin of a user, wherein:
the skin contacting portion comprises a porous and compressible material;
the porous and compressible material is configured to hold a fluid by capillary forces;
the porous and compressible material is configured to be compressed due to pressure contact of the skin contacting portion with the skin of the user, and configured to release the fluid onto the skin of the user when the porous and compressible material is holding the fluid and being compressed,
the skin contacting portion further comprises a layer applied to a supporting member of the electric personal care apparatus, wherein the layer comprises the porous and compressible material;
the layer comprises at least two components, wherein the at least two components comprise a carrier material and a plurality of particles embedded in the carrier material, wherein the carrier material is different from the porous and compressible material, and wherein the plurality of particles comprises the porous and compressible material.