Patent ID: 8276596

Claim:
An applicator for applying a composition to the eyelashes and/or the eyebrows, the applicator comprising an endpiece comprising: at least two brush sectors: each comprising a row of fibers, and said at least two brush sectors being made of a bottle brush comprising a plurality of wires that trap fibers or bundles of fibers; and at least two combs, each of said at least two combs: comprising a row of teeth, having a shape that is generally helical, and being situated adjacent at least one of said at least two brush sectors, said at least two combs: being an integral, one-piece construction, being connected together at a longitudinal end of said at least two combs, and forming a cage for receiving said at least two brush sectors; each of said at least two brush sectors having a generally helical shape outside the cage; said at least two combs being spaced apart and alternating with said at least two brush sectors about an axis of the applicator, each one of the brush sectors and each one of the combs extending from approximately one longitudinal end of the endpiece to approximately another longitudinal end of the endpiece; wherein said at least two brush sectors and said at least two combs spiral about said applicator axis.