Patent ID: 8794247

Claim:
An applicator device, in particular for a mascara applicator, comprising: a core; and a plurality of application organs extending from the core, each of the application organs having a greater thickness in a base area and tapering toward a free end of the organ and forming an eyelet-like loop at the free end, wherein at least in some portions of the applicator device the application organs are disposed longitudinally in rows, as viewed along a longitudinal axis of the core, and each of the application organs comprises a central axis having at least one undulation with at least one change of curvature with a point of inflection, such that a tangent through the point of inflection forms an angle β with the longitudinal axis of the core, and the angle β is between 25° and 75°, and the central axis of an application organ spans a plane; wherein the undulations of the central axes of application organs of adjacent rows are configured in an inverse manner.