Patent ID: 8783268

Claim:
An applicator for combing keratinous fibers and/or for applying a composition on the keratinous fibers, the applicator comprising a molded applicator member that comprises: a core extending along a longitudinal axis between front and rear ends; teeth extending outwards from the core, each tooth extending from a respective base towards a respective free end, said base being in contact with the core, the core presenting a greatest transverse dimension measured perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the core, that is less than or equal to a greatest length of the teeth; and at least one tooth extending from a respective base of the at least one tooth towards the front end and at least one second tooth extending from a respective base of the at least one second tooth towards the rear end of the applicator; the at least one tooth extending towards the front end and the at least one second tooth extending towards the rear end of the applicator each making a non-zero angle θ other than 90° relative to the longitudinal axis of the core, wherein the at least one tooth and the at least one second tooth are aligned along a linear axis parallel to the longitudinal axis, and wherein the teeth extending outwards from the core include a plurality of fanning teeth, each fanning tooth extends from a base of the respective fanning tooth along a respective direction of elongation and each fanning tooth makes an angle with the longitudinal axis of the core and wherein on moving along the longitudinal axis of the core, the angles formed between the directions of elongation of each of the fanning teeth and the longitudinal axis increase and then decrease.