US 12,402,711 B2
Applicator for applying a product, in particular a cosmetic product
Alain Berhault, Clichy (FR)
Assigned to L'Oreal, Paris (FR)
Appl. No. 17/272,183
Filed by L'Oreal, Paris (FR)
PCT Filed Aug. 29, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/073071
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 26, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/043816, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 5, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1857744 (FR), filed on Aug. 29, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0307487 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. A45D 34/04 (2006.01); A45D 40/20 (2006.01)
CPC A45D 34/045 (2013.01) [A45D 40/20 (2013.01); A45D 2200/1072 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An applicator for applying a product, comprising a gripping cap, an applicator member that is provided with at least one application surface for said product and comprises a flexible portion, and a rigid assembly insert that is mounted at least partially inside the gripping cap and is secured to said cap,
wherein the assembly insert comprises at least one fastening element that is able to allow said applicator to be fastened to a container,
wherein the gripping cap is mounted on an outer surface of the assembly insert,
wherein the flexible portion of the applicator member is fastened in the assembly insert in a region of said insert that is mounted inside the gripping cap,
wherein the flexible portion of the applicator member is fastened in the assembly insert by local plastic deformations of the outer surface of said insert which extend radially against the flexible portion of the applicator member,
wherein said local plastic deformations are visible at the outer surface of the assembly insert and concealed by the gripping cap,
wherein the assembly insert comprises a first portion, a second portion comprising the local plastic deformations distal the first portion, and a third portion abutting the gripping cap distal the second portion,
wherein the first portion, second portion, and third portion are each mounted inside the gripping cap,
wherein the second portion defines at least one groove around an outer circumference of the outer surface of the assembly insert, said groove being formed by said local plastic deformations.