US 12,011,079 B2
Magnetic cosmetics applicator
Ramona Bundschuh, Mönchsroth (DE); Fabian Kurt Schneider, Bruckberg (DE); Sacha Cusseau, New York, NY (US); Viet Huong Bister, Ansbach (DE); Erika Von Jan, Roth (DE); David Monical, Pleasanton, CA (US); and Mira Moumene, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to GEKA GmbH, Bechhofen (DE); and Benefit Cosmetics LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/420,082
Filed by GEKA GmbH, Bechhofen (DE); and Benefit Cosmetics LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
PCT Filed Jul. 1, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/067572
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 30, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/141026, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 9, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 102018010013.9 (DE), filed on Dec. 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0061501 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A45D 40/26 (2006.01); A46B 9/02 (2006.01); A46B 15/00 (2006.01); A46D 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC A45D 40/262 (2013.01) [A46B 9/021 (2013.01); A46B 15/0026 (2013.01); A46D 3/005 (2013.01); A45D 2200/20 (2013.01); A46B 2200/1053 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cosmetics applicator made of plastic and comprising:
a bristle carrier; and
a plurality of bristles integrally bonded with the bristle carrier as a single part, wherein the bristle carrier is a permanent magnet while the bristles are non-magnetic, and wherein the bristle carrier comprises a core made of a first plastic filled with magnetic particles and forming an interface at least at an outer circumference of the core, said interface being enclosed by a layer of a second, non-magnetic plastic, wherein the first and the second plastic are welded to each other and the second plastic is harder than the first plastic, and wherein the second plastic is integrally connected to the bristles as a single piece.