Patent ID: 9717315
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: A45D,A46B

Claim:
1. An additional member attached to an eyelash curler having a movable member operable to move in a vertical direction and a stationary member fixed above the movable member, wherein an elastic member is attachable to the movable member, the elastic member having a contact area that is brought into contact with the stationary member, the additional member comprising: an attachment portion attachable to the movable member; a bridge portion extending obliquely in an upward and backward direction from the attachment portion; and a plurality of upright tooth-shaped separators extending upward in the vertical direction from an upper end of the bridge portion that extends obliquely in an upward and backward direction, the plurality of tooth-shaped separators being spaced at certain intervals in a horizontal direction, wherein: each of the plurality of tooth-shaped separators has a tapered upper end for separating eyelashes from each other, and the plurality of upright tooth-shaped separators are operable to move in the vertical direction responsive to the movable member being moved in the vertical direction; the stationary member includes a lower end configured to engage with curved upper ends of the plurality of tooth-shaped separators to prevent the stationary member from being caught on tips of the tooth-shaped separators, and to prevent the tips of the tooth-shaped separators from sticking in a user's eye; a through hole is formed in the attachment portion so as to extend from a front surface of the attachment portion to a rear surface of the attachment portion; the movable member includes a hook portion inserted into the through hole and held in engagement with the attachment portion; the elastic member sits in the movable member between sidewalls of the movable member and in direct contact with the sidewalls of the movable member; the elastic member is in direct contact with the bridge portion; the hook portion is adjacent to the elastic member; the hook portion is disposed beneath the bridge portion; the contact area of the elastic member is at a top center location of the elastic member; the movable member is configured to bring the elastic member into contact with the stationary member at the top center location of the elastic member; each of the plurality of tooth-shaped separators has a contact surface along substantially an entire length of each of the plurality of tooth-shaped separators thereof; and the contact surface of each of the plurality of tooth-shaped separators is configured to substantially be brought into contact with a front surface of the stationary member responsive to the contact area of the elastic member being brought into contact with the stationary member.