Patent ID: 7992577
Filing Date: 2011-08-09
Classification: A45D,A46B

Abstract:
1. An instrument for applying a liquid or semi-liquid composition on the eyelashes or the eyebrows, the instrument comprising: a) a generally cylindrically shaped core having a periphery and extending in an axial direction and having a cylindrical external surface and a central axis; b) at least one elongated first projection projecting radially outward from the surface of the core and in a direction emanating from an imaginary point at the central axis; c) at least one elongated second projection projecting radially from the surface of the core and in a direction emanating from an imaginary point at the central axis; d) at least one elongated third projection radially from the surface of the core and in a direction emanating from an imaginary point at the central axis; e) at least one elongated fourth projection projecting radially from the surface of the core and in a direction emanating from an imaginary point at the centrally axis; f) a first group of projection comprising the at least one first projection and the at least one second projections, the first group of projections being arranged in a plurality of arcs spaced around at least half of the periphery of the core such that the first group of projections in a given arc extends from the surface of the core in a nonparallel direction in relation to an adjacent first group of projections in the same arc, and wherein an adjacent first projection and second projection in the same arc are mutually spaced apart by a first spacing defining a first interstitial gap in the form of a hypothetical sheet extending at least locally in a first infinite plane that is substantially perpendicular to the axial direction, each first and second projection having an internal face wherein the first projection internal face is substantially parallel to the second projection internal face, the first interstitial gap being shaped and dimensioned to retain the composition therein for application on the eyelashes or the eyebrows; and g) a second group of projections comprising the at least own third projection and at least one fourth projection, the second group of projections being arranged in a plurality of arcs spaced around at least half of the periphery of the core such that the second group of projections in a given arc extends from the surface of the core in a nonparallel direction in relation to an adjacent second group of projections in the same arc, and wherein an adjacent third projection and fourth projection in the same arc are mutually space apart by a second spacing defining a second interstitial gap in the form of a hypothetical sheet extending at least locally in a second infinite plane that is substantially perpendicular to the axial direction, each third and fourth projection having an internal face wherein the third projection face is substantially parallel to the fourth projection internal face, the second interstitial gap being shaped and dimensioned to retain the composition therein for application on the eyelashes or eyebrows, wherein adjacent first and second projection in adjacent arcs from a row extending in a direction co-parallel with the axis of the core, wherein the first and second groups of projections are mutually spaced apart by a third spacing greater than either the first or the second spacing, the first and the second planes intersecting none of the projections, and wherein the first group and second group of projections and the core are formed as a single piece unit.