Patent ID: 8499769
Filing Date: 2013-08-06
Classification: A45D

Abstract:
1. A method to treat the hair wherein one hair strand are contacted with an applicator for applying a hair treatment composition to the hair, wherein the method comprises the steps of: i) loading a hair treatment composition into an applicator to form a loaded applicator, ii) positioning the loaded applicator, the loaded applicator in an open position, at the root-line of the one hair strand, iii) closing the loaded applicator to form a closed loaded applicator, and iv) swiping the closed loaded applicator along the length of the one hair strand; and wherein the applicator comprises a plate and a containment portion; wherein said plate has a perimeter, a substantially flat internal surface and an external surface; wherein said containment portion comprises a base and a wall, said wall emerging from said base and extending upwardly, said wall having a rim and said rim defining an opening and an internal volume of said containment portion; wherein said plate and said containment portion are movably joined by a connection so that said applicator may alternate between a closed state and an open state, wherein when said applicator is in a closed state, said substantially flat internal surface of said plate is in a juxtaposed relationship to said opening of said containment portion and wherein when said applicator is in an open state, said substantially flat internal surface of said plate is in a distal relationship to said opening of said containment portion; wherein a first fin and a second fin projects from said substantially flat internal surface of said plate and forms with said substantially flat internal surface an acute angle α of from about 25° to about 55°; wherein said first fin and a second fin extends for an average first length (L 1 ) of from about 1 mm to about 50 mm; wherein said first fin and a second fin comprises a proximal edge and a distal edge; wherein said proximal edge is attached to said substantially flat internal surface of said plate and wherein the distal edges of the first and second fin verge one toward the other without touching.