US 12,070,120 B2
Product applicator member having two interposed types of application elements, packaging and application device comprising such an applicator member, and method for manufacturing said applicator member
Alain Berhault, Clichy (FR)
Assigned to L'Oreal, Paris (FR)
Appl. No. 17/273,286
Filed by L'Oreal, Paris (FR)
PCT Filed Oct. 15, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/077857
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 3, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/078943, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1859601 (FR), filed on Oct. 17, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0337960 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. A45D 40/26 (2006.01); A46B 9/02 (2006.01); A46B 9/06 (2006.01)
CPC A46B 9/021 (2013.01) [A45D 40/265 (2013.01); A46B 9/06 (2013.01); A46B 2200/1053 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An applicator member for applying a product to keratin fibers or eyelashes, the applicator member comprising:
a core comprised of a polymer material and extending along a longitudinal axis;
first application elements that project from the core and are integral with the core; and
second application elements that project from the core and are separate from the first application elements;
wherein the core, the first application elements, and the second application elements form a one-piece assembly, wherein the first and second application elements are arranged in at least two helical coils disposed alternately along the longitudinal axis of the core,
wherein the applicator comprises a support deprived of any application elements and comprising at least two arms that are twisted at least partially together, the one-piece assembly bearing the first and second application elements being retained between the arms and turning through more than one revolution on itself about its longitudinal axis under the twisting effect brought about by the arms of the support, and wherein the first application elements are spikes and the second application elements are free fibers or bristles,
wherein the core is overmoulded on the second application elements, or
wherein the core comprises two complementary parts that are connected at one of their ends by material forming a hinge and are hinged along an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the core, between an opened position and a closed position in which the second application elements are pinched between the two parts of the core.