US 12,082,680 B2
Applicator for cosmetic product, in particular mascara, associated applicator assembly and method for manufacturing such an applicator
Yann Crapet, Gennevilliers (FR)
Assigned to ALBEA SERVICES, Gennevilliers (FR)
Appl. No. 17/618,494
Filed by ALBEA SERVICES, Gennevilliers (FR)
PCT Filed Aug. 20, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/073418
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 12, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/058210, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1910744 (FR), filed on Sep. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0172341 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. A45D 40/26 (2006.01)
CPC A45D 40/265 (2013.01) 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An applicator for cosmetic product, comprising:
a core extending in a direction of longitudinal extension, (“principal direction”) and comprising a proximal end, the proximal end being adapted to attached to a rod of the applicator by a sleeve extending the core, and
at least one movable element extending along all or part of a length of the core from a first end attached to the core towards a second end that is free to move in relation to the core, said core and/or the at least one movable element comprising a plurality of projecting protrusions,
wherein, the at least one movable element comprises branches extending along the direction of longitudinal extension of the core from the first end to the second end of the at least one movable element, the branches being connected by a ring at the second end that is free to move in relation to the core, wherein the ring is not connected to the core, the sleeve and the rod.