US 12,070,117 B2
Cosmetic blender and method of use
John H. Shadduck, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed by John H. Shadduck, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed on May 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/311,681.
Application 18/311,681 is a continuation of application No. 16/727,605, filed on Dec. 26, 2019, granted, now 11,641,928.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/786,067, filed on Dec. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0270236 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. A45D 34/04 (2006.01); A45D 33/00 (2006.01); A45D 33/18 (2006.01); A45D 40/28 (2006.01); G09B 19/00 (2006.01); G05D 15/01 (2006.01)
CPC A45D 40/28 (2013.01) [A45D 33/00 (2013.01); A45D 33/18 (2013.01); A45D 34/04 (2013.01); G09B 19/00 (2013.01); A45D 2200/1036 (2013.01); A45D 2200/155 (2013.01); A45D 2200/207 (2013.01); G05D 15/01 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cosmetic applicator comprising:
a resilient body having a curved shape relative to a longitudinal axis, wherein the resilient body is adapted for tamping and picking up makeup when held and moved by a user;
a surface layer of the resilient body having a thickness of between 0.2 mm and 5 mm;
a fluid impermeable portion of the resilient body underlying the surface layer;
wherein the surface layer comprises a first resilient portion and a second resilient portion comprising a plurality of makeup tamping elements spaced apart within the first resilient portion that extend depth-wise to the fluid impermeable portion and form a pattern within the surface layer;
wherein the first resilient portion comprises an open cell foam having a mean pore diameter between 100 microns and 500 microns adapted for picking up makeup, wherein the tamping elements have a second lesser porosity adapted for tamping makeup; and
wherein the first resilient portion comprises less than 10% of a volume of the resilient body.