Patent ID: 8042554

Claim:
An applicator for cosmetics, comprising: an oblong main body having a free distal end and a proximal end, said proximal end connected to a first end of a rod extension, said rod extension having a second end connectable to a rod, said main body being formed in one piece with said rod extension and being made of a comparatively hard synthetic material to provide stability to the applicator, a tubular bristle body having injection-molded, bristle-shape, radially, and outwardly projecting extensions, said tubular bristle body and said projecting extensions being made of a relatively soft synthetic material, wherein said main body has a diameter that is thinner than a diameter of said rod extension, and comprises a solid, uninterrupted fixation cap formed on a distal end of said main body, wherein the bristle body is a single bristle body and is seated in a recess formed between the rod extension and the fixation cap, said fixation cap having an outside diameter approximately corresponding to an outside diameter of the bristle body and said fixation cap overlapping said bristle body, and wherein said bristle body comprises an annular groove on an inner surface thereof, and the main body has an annular bead extending around an entire circumference of said main body and engaging into said annular groove of the bristle body which, in cooperation with said fixation cap, axially fixes said bristle body relative to said main body.