Patent ID: 9427075
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: A45D,A46B

Claim Text:
1. An applicator for combing eyelashes and/or eyebrows, and/or for applying a cosmetic, makeup, or a care product thereto, the applicator comprising an applicator member molded in one piece that comprises: an inner core that is elongate along a longitudinal axis, and comprising opposite first and second portions that each extend along the longitudinal axis, each of the first and second portions extending angularly, continuously around the longitudinal axis over an angular sector in the range of 150° to 210°, the first and second portions being entirely situated on respective opposite sides of at least a plane comprising the longitudinal axis of the inner core; and a plurality of rows of teeth, the rows extending along the longitudinal axis of the core, with first rows and second rows of teeth extending from the first and second portions of the core respectively, a number of the first rows of teeth being equal to a number of the second rows of teeth, the teeth of each row of each of the plurality of rows of teeth being disposed in a staggered configuration with their bases not being in alignment, the first rows of teeth defining a first application surface of the applicator member and the second rows of teeth defining a second application surface of the applicator member, wherein in a cross section taken transverse to the longitudinal axis of the core of the applicator member, crossing from the first application surface to the second application surface occurs a single time in a clockwise direction; at least half of the teeth of at least two consecutive first rows differing from at least half of the teeth of at least two consecutive second rows in their thickness, wherein the applicator member has no axis of symmetry in at least one cross-section taken transverse to the longitudinal axis of the core, each of the first and second portions comprising teeth that extend in at least three different directions.