Patent ID: 8282945
Filing Date: 2012-10-09
Classification: A45D

Abstract:
1. A cosmetics applicator including: a) an applicator body having a front thin flexible non-permeable smooth planar material surface and a rear flexible surface that resiliently retains the front surface in the planar arrangement; b) the front planar material surface having a first portion for holding between the fingers and a second teardrop portion shaped like an eyelid and deformable to fit over an eyelid, the second teardrop portion including poly-tetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and having a relatively low coefficient of friction; c) a coating of a waxy or oily layer on at least the second teardrop portion of the front surface as an underlay; and d) a coating of a powder-based cosmetics preparation in a first pattern on the coating of a waxy or oily layer; the material of said front planar material surface being selected to facilitate retention of said cosmetics preparation thereon at least in part by electrostatic attraction; the low coefficient of friction of the front planar material surface and said underlay allowing a major proportion of the cosmetic preparation to be transferred in a sliding manner to a human skin surface in substantially a single wiping pass of the cosmetics preparation in a second pattern on the skin surface substantially corresponding to the first pattern.