Patent ID: 11925250
Assignee: APR BEAUTY GROUP INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 13:
14. A cosmetic applicator for applying a cosmetic product on a keratinous surface, the cosmetic applicator comprising:
an applying member at a distal portion of the cosmetic applicator;
a shank at a proximal portion of the cosmetic applicator;
wherein the applying member comprises a first application face and a second application face opposite to the first application face;
wherein the applying member further comprises a first peripheral edge and a second peripheral edge opposite the first peripheral edge;
wherein the first peripheral edge and the second peripheral edge together bound the first application face and the second application face;
wherein the second application face includes three bulged portions, namely, a first bulged portion, a second bulged portion and a third bulged portion;
wherein the first application face includes three depressed portions, namely a first depressed portion, a second depressed portion, and a third depressed portion;
wherein the three depressed portions are defined by backside of the corresponding three bulged portions;
wherein the three bulged portions extend from the first peripheral edge towards a central longitudinal axis of the applying member on the second application face, but do not extend up to the second peripheral edge;
wherein free edges of the three bulged portions comprise at least 60% of the first peripheral edge;
wherein the free edge of each of the three bulged portions define a portion of the first peripheral edge;
wherein at least a few portions of the first peripheral edge that is defined by the free edges of the three bulged portions, each said free edge exhibit a convex curvature in a plane perpendicular to the plane containing the second application face;
wherein other portions of the first peripheral edge align with the same plane as the second application face;
wherein flat portions of the applying member separate free edges of the three bulged portions along the first peripheral edge;
wherein the three bulged portions rise from the second application face in a direction orthogonal to a plane containing the second application face;
wherein a maximum height of at least one bulged portion of the three of bulged portions is greater than a maximum thickness of the applying member; and
wherein each of the three bulged portions is arched shape, and each of the three depressed portion is concave bowl shape.