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

Claim 0:
1. 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 applying member has a plurality of bulged portions on the second application face and a corresponding plurality of depressed portions on the first application face;
wherein each of the plurality of depressed portions defines a back surface of respective of the plurality of bulged portions;
wherein the plurality of 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 each of the plurality of bulged portions is convex in shape, and wherein each of the plurality of depressed portions is in the form a concave cavity that can hold a quantity of cosmetic product;
wherein the applying member is planar, except for the area near the first peripheral edge, where the applying member includes the plurality of bulged portions and the plurality of depressed portions;
wherein only the second application face has the plurality of bulged portions, while the first application face is free of bulged portions;
wherein a free edge of each of the plurality of bulged portions define a portion of the first peripheral edge;
wherein each of the plurality of bulged portions elevates from the second application surface in a direction orthogonal to a plane containing the second application face and reaches a maximum height at the free edge thereof;
wherein at least a few portions of the first peripheral edge that is defined by the free edges of the plurality of bulged portions, each 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 plurality of bulged portions along the first peripheral edge;
wherein a maximum height of at least one bulged portion of the plurality of bulged portions is greater than a maximum thickness of the applying member; and
wherein flocking is applied to both the first application face and the second application face of the applying member, encompassing both the plurality of bulged portions and the plurality of depressed portions.