Patent ID: 8950413
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: A45D,A46B,A46D,B33Y,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An applicator device comprising: a carrier having an application element covering consisting essentially of a plurality of application elements, wherein, at least two application elements comprise, along their longitudinal extent, at least one first section closer to the carrier and at least one second section more distant from the carrier, wherein the first section, tapers from its proximal end to its distal end, and a longitudinal axis of the first section has a straight profile and includes an angle of about 90° with a central longitudinal axis of the applicator device and the second section has a central longitudinal axis curved steadily in one direction with an apex between its proximal end and its free distal end, wherein the central longitudinal axes or their end tangents of the first and second sections, in a transitional zone from the first to the second section, converge in at least one projection onto a sectional plane through the application elements so as to form a bend; and the plurality of application elements extend in a longitudinal direction in first rows extending parallel to the longitudinal axis, and are disposed in second rows in a circumferential direction, wherein respectively adjacent application elements of two adjacent first rows form application element pairs that respectively have a smaller distance from each other than to other application elements, and the at least two application elements form at least one of the application element pairs where the curved sections of the application element pairs are oriented so as to point towards each other with their convexly curved outer faces, so that the at least one application element pair respectively forms a capturing funnel in which eyelashes of a user can be captured that are to be wetted with mascara mass, wherein the capturing funnel is defined between the free distal ends and apexes of the second sections of the application element pair, with the free distal ends and apexes of the second sections of the application element pair, with the free distal ends having a greater spacing therebetwen and the capturing funnel tapering to a narrower spacing between the apexes, and the first sections of the application element pair that, viewed in a radially inward direction, are situated underneath the capturing funnel are spaced from each other and delimit between them a free intermediate space, wherein the free intermediate space is defined between the apexes of the second sections and the proximal ends of the first sections of the application element pair, with the proximal ends of the second sections having a greater spacing therebetween than the spacing between the apexes, and the distal ends of the first sections coinciding with the proximal ends of the second sections and having a greater spacing therebetween than the spacing between the proximal ends of the first sections.