Patent ID: 8082928
Filing Date: 2011-12-27
Classification: A46B

Abstract:
1. A device for applying a product to eyelashes, the device comprising: a stem having two opposite ends; and a brush portion connected to one end portion of the stem, the one end portion of the stem having a longitudinal axis and the brush portion having a free end that is not aligned with the longitudinal axis of the one end portion of the stem, wherein the brush portion comprises a core having a core free end, at least part of the core being curved such that all lines tangent to the core at any axial position along the core are not perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the one end portion of the stem and a longitudinal axis of the core free end is not parallel to the longitudinal axis of the one end portion of the stem, and wherein the brush portion further comprises bristles connected to the core, the bristles comprising ends defining an envelope surface having a varying cross-section along at least a part of its length, the envelope surface being asymmetrical about a midplane of the envelope surface, the midplane being oriented perpendicular to the core, the core having a bristle carrying portion having a longitudinal axis extending on a plurality of sides of the longitudinal axis of the end portion of the stem.