US 12,239,204 B2
Cosmetic article with retractable applicator
Nicolas Castex, Neuilly sur Seine (FR); Laurent Torriani, Bienne (CH); Antoine Bonadei, Bienne (CH); and Carole Chapelat, Bienne (CH)
Assigned to CHANEL PARFUMS BEAUTE, Neuilly-sur-Seine (FR)
Appl. No. 18/268,837
Filed by CHANEL PARFUMS BEAUTE, Neuilly-sur-Seine (FR)
PCT Filed Dec. 13, 2021, PCT No. PCT/FR2021/052286
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 21, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/136764, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 30, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. FR2013875 (FR), filed on Dec. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0041179 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. A46B 11/00 (2006.01); A45D 34/04 (2006.01); A45D 40/26 (2006.01)
CPC A45D 34/04 (2013.01) [A45D 40/262 (2013.01); A45D 40/264 (2013.01); A45D 2200/05 (2013.01); A45D 2200/10 (2013.01); A46B 2200/1053 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cosmetic item comprising:
a reservoir configured to contain a liquid or semi-liquid cosmetic product;
a guide tube extending according to a longitudinal direction in the reservoir; and
an applicator movably mounted in longitudinal translation in the guide tube between a retracted position in which the applicator is contained entirely or partially in the guide tube and a deployed position in which a portion of the applicator which is contained in the guide tube in the retracted position comes out from one end of the guide tube;
the applicator including a smooth longitudinal first portion, and a second portion having a surface configured to retain the cosmetic product;
the guide tube having a constant inner cross-section;
the first portion of the applicator having a constant and identical cross-section, except for a functional clearance, to the cross-section of the guide tube; and
the guide tube including, proximate to the end, at least one aperture enabling the passage of the cosmetic product from the reservoir towards the applicator; the second portion of the applicator entirely or partially faces the aperture in the retracted position.